Spoiled little Rich Boy

[Syrrus]

Syrrus DeLaine was as always dressed in his black school uniform, shirt tucked in to his trousers and his jacket was hanging over his right shoulder. He entered the library with his usual crowd, three of the guys from the sports team and two girls on each arm. Syrrus didn't even need to put the arm around them, they were the ones holding on to him. The first thing young DeLaine did was to smile at the current librarian and give her a flirtatious wink, but it didn't look sleazy for some reason he had managed to make it look nothing but charming.


Surprisingly Syrrus was also the only one who seemed to obey the rules of a silent place to study, as the rest of them were acting like wild dogs. He did nothing to stop them though, seeing how much he loved being treated like a king. In this place, Syrrus DeLaine sure was a king, not like at home. These people knew very little of the actual Syrrus DeLaine.


What was told about the young man was that he was a spoiled little rich boy. A guy who had it all and always would have it all. He could get any female he wanted, girl or woman. He owned a mansion, maybe even two of them, some even said he had three. At least it was sure he had about six cars, all of them shiny and big. No one had seen neither though, because DeLaine never invited someone to his place, he always came to theirs and not like other boys or men, Syrrus would stay all night and not leave till the morning after he had served who-ever owned the place some breakfast.


The young man sat down by one of the bigger tables, one of the girls sitting down instantly on his lap, wrapping her arms around him. The guys had started to throw around book like footballs, shouting names and insults to each other, ignoring the angry looks from the others who had gone to the library for an actual purpose.

 

[LullDayBreak13]

It was the usual morning for Risa Twining, she had to attend some of her morning classes today and she indeed enjoyed learning. She writes down tons of lectures and notes in her notebooks so that she won't forget the important parts of each lesson that the professors explained. After classes were done, she puts all her notebooks in her bag and walks out of the classroom. When she was on her way to the library, she starts hearing some people talking loudly like they didn't care about the others who was doing something useful in the library. The people who were studying and trying to write something were disturbed by the noisy crowd.


The two librarians who were trying to tell the noisy crowd to be silent but it was useless for them to control the noisiness. "Ah Risa! Can you please help us, we've been trying to warn them about being noisy here isn't allowed, but they just wouldn't listen to our warnings." one of the librarians said and was tired of warning them while the other nodded and just remained silent. Risa looked at the noisy group and he noticed that one of them was the only one following the rules. But it didn't looked like he cared about telling the others to keep quiet.


Risa isn't used to these kind of people as she sighed and walked over to them while the two other librarians were right behind her. She was sure that they would make a fool of her and the others, she was nervous but it was her job to be a librarian, so she stepped up to them and excused herself. "Excuse me, this is the library, please lower your voice, your group is disturbing the other people here." she said as she grabbed the books from the boys who were playing with them and gave them to the other two librarians behind her. "And may I remind you that, 'throwing' books isn't allowed here, the book is for reading. Please do respect the rules in the library, if your group is just gonna goof around her, you might as well be outside." she was telling them off like they were children to her.


"Oh and one last thing, please don't act like spoiled kids, you're old enough to know that by now, right?" she smiled at them and then tells the two librarians to put back the books to their rightful places in the bookshelves.

 

[Syrrus]

Syrrus was of course the first one to react and before the others could even comment and tell the young librarian girl to get off their case, he stood up, causing the girl sitting in his lap to fall off with a very high pitched scream. The young man looked down at her and gave her a apologetic smile before he turned towards the librarian, who's name he knew too well.


It was one of Syrrus habits to learn the name of every girl that went to both his college and the other colleges around the town they lived in. Not to mention the pretty women working in the boring business building across the street, but that was all not important.


“Ah. Risa! How nice to see you.” He started to wave a hand dismissively at his very loud friends who decided to shut their traps with great confusion . What was Syrrus deal with this girl then? Rumors were going to spread almost instantly, even DeLaine knew this but he wasn't bothered. Too many rumors was circling around him now-a-days.


“I apologize for their behavior.” He wrapped one arm around her, very carefully and directed her away from his group of friends, towards the music section. “I hope you're alright?” He smiled down at her, he was about a head taller than she, after all. And when they reached the other end of the library, where the books about music-theory were placed he removed himself from the young and pretty girl and stood still in front of her.


There hadn't been an accident to why they had decided to go to the library that day. His friends thought it was just going to be a bit of fun but Syrrus actually had a proper reason, a reason of which he didn't want any one to know. He just had to hope Risa wasn't one for gossip and rumors. This could destroy his entire image.


“How good are you with secrets, Risa dearest?” He asked, smiling charmingly down at her. She was pretty enough, quite beautiful too. But Syrrus knew beautiful girls quite well and he had a feeling she would be just like them. He wouldn't mind to treat her to a day out and a night in, if that was what he had to do to keep this secret off the streets. Sometimes he wondered when a girl would actually just be trust worthy without the need of some messed up payment.


Syrrus leaned against the bookshelf behind him, folding his arms gently across his chest as he tilted his head. But he never stopped smiling at her, women liked when you smiled at them.

 

[LullDayBreak13]

Risa was a bit shock to see them quiet down almost immediately. She knew this guy was famous and she didn't liked his attitude towards her. She told herself she won't fall for him, not like the other girls who are interested in this type of guy. When he puts his arm around, she got all uncomfortable with it and was now cautious around him. "I-I'm alright, please take your hand off of me." she mumbled as they arrived at the music section of the library. They were quite far apart from the entrance and only a few people would come here at the music area.


She knew that Syrrus was the type of guy who would go for any girl he could find pretty. She observes his every move on her and every word he said to her. She won't be fooled but at the same time, just being alone with him makes her nervous all over that it makes her stutter at times. Risa then looked away from him and held onto her bag tightly. "S-secrets? I think I'm alright when it comes to secrets...." she answered as she looked at him. She was telling the truth.


But then if she was asking him this, there might be a reason why he wanted to be alone with him right? "But...may I know why you asked something like that?" she asked. Risa kept on thinking that there was a reason why the ever so popular Syrrus would come over to the library and easily walks with her. Normally, people like him wouldn't even go to the library.

 

[Syrrus]

Syrrus had to admit that her fumbling about was quite adorable, he didn't find girls adorable often. He started to look rather nervous and uncomfortable now, looking around him as if he thought someone was spying on him. He could bet that someone actually was spying on him too, it wouldn't have been the first time. He had no problem admitting that he played the violin, it was a very posh instrument and some of his male friend enjoyed picking fun when it came to it. His other secret was less easy to deal with, it was something very few men could be proud of and if they were something was not quite right.


“You see, I need some help. I need a few books on a certain subject, but I can't pick them up and rent them myself. It would butcher my reputation and even if it might not seem like a great deal to someone has intelligent and beautiful as you, a reputation is all a man got, after all.” Syrrus smiled and stopped fiddling about like a worried cat, instead he decided to focus all his attention towards the young lady, it was easier like that. “So it's more of a favor than a secret, really. I was wondering if you could rent me a few books in your name and brin them to me? I'll be at the theater later this evening.” He gestured towards the instrumental cage on his back, shaped like a violin. “I have my music lesson over there at eight, you see. Could you perhaps do this for me?”

 

[LullDayBreak13]

Risa watched him and noticed that he rather looks nervous around her and when he tried to look around trying to check if someone was there, she also looked if someone was there as well but didn't saw anybody. 'Is his secret that bad that he doesn't want anyone knowing it? But why me exactly?' she wondered about the sudden invitation to talk about secrets with her. She looked confused at first but then was starting to get worried about what he was about to tell her. What if it was something unnecessary or disgusting? The endless possibilities of knowing what kind of secret he holds.


When he told her his 'secret' which actually sounded like a 'favor', she didn't expect something like this coming from his mouth. This guy actually needed her help. The fact that is saying this to her, she was even more confused, she heard some rumors her was some rich guy who owns expensive cars and had mansions of his owns and has a lot of money with him. But no, this guy here was practically begging her to borrow some books he needed. But this was all because of this so-called 'reputation' of his and she somehow didn't like his attitude.


"....a reputation is all a man got...." is what he said and sighed. "Please don't flatter me about me being intelligent and beautiful...." she somehow didn't like hearing it from this kind of man but then she decided to help him. "Fine... if you're reputation is 'that' important for you then, I'll help you, do you have a list of the books you needed? If not, you can just tell me what kind of subjects you'll be reading and I'll find the perfect books for you." she said, crossing her arms as she waited for him to give her something.

 

[Syrrus]

“I need a book on poems.” Syrrus said, with a low voice. He leaned further back and tried his hardest not to look her in the eyes. The young man was blushing now, extremely embarrassed. Poems, yes. This was his dirty little secret. Syrrus didn't dislike women, quite the opposite, he had a strange love for them. Most of them were kind, sweet and extremely pretty and Syrrus would do anything to please them. However, his love for music and poems came from somewhere much deeper.


“I don't need a book on how to write them or the history behind them. I'm not stupid... But I'd like one, I know in fact that there is one, with poems written by the great leaders of the world, historic as romantic.” Syrrus scratched the back of his head, he felt rather silly for standing there and spout information about a book on such a stupid topic. It wasn’t the most manly topic, and he knew exactly what would happen would anyone hear about this.


The young man folded his arms nervously and continued to look around the library, his friends was staring at them from across the hall. Waving as they noticed Syrrus attention. They probably thought he was asking this little girl out. What else would they think? That was all the world knew about him, that he was a rich Casanova. He was proud of that reputation, it made people avoid questioning everything he did, so no one could know how pathetic he actually was.

 

[LullDayBreak13]

Now he was talking about Poems. Poems? He asked her about a book of peoms and she watched his action every time he talks, it was different this time. Risa didn't expect this guy to actually love these kind of things. Seeing his embarrassed face made her giggle softly and somehow thought of him who is someone who really is a sensitive kind of guy. Somehow, she slowly thought that maybe he wasn't such a bad guy after all. She nodded at him and made sure to speak in a softer voice as she leans over to him and whispers softly to his ear.


"Okay then, I think I know the book you are talking about." she whispered softly to his ear and smiled at him "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone about this little secret of yours, trust me." she reassured him with a kind smile and noticed that some of his friends were watching them talk. She thought that maybe the reputation is really all he had, but then she had some second thoughts about the stuff he gets, like maybe the expensive car he brought just the other day.


"A guy who actually likes to read about poems.... I guess it isn't bad, it's kind of sweet..." she said softly to him and adjusted her glasses and holds onto her bag. "Well then, I'll see you later then, Mr. Popular." she said, not expecting something in return. She walks away from Syrrus and acts as if nothing happened between them and puts her bag under the counter and starts checking on the books that were already returned.

 

[Syrrus]

The young man blinked nervously a few times as she leaned over to whisper something to him. For some reason having this girl who he now had told a secret this close to his face made him even more nervous than he already was. To think that he usually were quite great with women, maybe only women who thought he was this great charming perfect guy, now when Risa knew that he was a bit of a weirdo, a sensitive and... odd weirdo, things started to feel a bit odd. He had to stay away from her, in case she'd get to know too much.


“Syrrus!” He said after her, a bit too loudly, causing some people to glare angrily at him. “Eh... Call me Syrrus.” He hurried up to his friends who instantly were questioning him about the girl he just asked out, he wasn't certain where they had gotten that idea, but it sort of annoyed him some. Could he really not have a normal friend? Someone he could actually trust?


The two girls threw themselves at him, and did their best to try and shake out some information about this librarian girl. They wanted to know where they had met, how long ago it was, if it was serious and why he was interested. Syrrus simply smiled at them and said no more, and as they walked towards the door he made sure to wave goodbye at Risa. He wouldn't tell his friends a single thing, not a word.

 

[LullDayBreak13]

Risa tried to hide her laughter when he just shouted inside the library and the other librarians wondered what made her wanna laugh so hard. She watched Syrrus walk and his gang walk out of the library and softly giggles to herself. "So Mr. Ever-so-Popular wants help huh..." she said as she found the book that he was requesting to borrow. It was just returned today, since she was the one who borrowed it. "How interesting...." she said as she had a text message from her mother that she had to go to and fetch her sister from school today. She texted back that she would do that before going to the theater.


Time passed quickly and it was finally time to go fetch her little sister from school, her mother will be staying at the school for awhile since they have a meeting right now. Risa already borrowed the book from the library and exited her school. She goes to the train station and waits for the train. "The theater, ins't there like a play going on there right now?" she asked herself softly and the train finally arrives and stops. She rides the train and it starts moving, heading toward the next stop. After waiting in the train, she walks out of it and out of the train station, the school was only a few blocks away from the station, so she decided to buy a popsicle for her and her little sister.


"Big sis!!" a little voice called out as the girl who had brown hair and had twin tails was waving at her while her mother was beside her. "Hey there mom." she said as she got a hug from her mother and also a kiss on her forehead. "Big sis! Look what I drawn today!! A lion! RAWR!" she said cutely as she got hugged by Risa. Risa just loves her little sister. "Hey May, I got us something to eat~" she said, shaking the plastic bag to her little sister. "Well, be careful on your way home now." their mother said as she walks back inside the school.


Risa takes out the popsicles for them to eat and throws the wrapper in the trash can. "May, I need to meet someone first, it's alright for you to make a little detour right?" she asked as her little sister titled her head and wondered what the word 'detour' means but then agreed on going with her to the theater with her. When they finally arrived, decided to wait on one the benches and Risa finished on eating her popsicle and then throws the stick to the trash bin.

 

[Syrrus]

Syrrus had been waiting for a good while. His teacher had called him earlier that day, she had been ill but seeing as Syrrus did not wish to keep Risa waiting he still decided to go to the theater early and this was why he was standing there on the street with the street-lamp throwing a beam of light down on top of him. He was playing his violin, moving his upper body with the rhythm.


Syrrus was a great violinist, it was of course something he took for granted. He had been playing the dirty old thing since he was but a little boy and it was his greatest skill. Perhaps his teacher was right and he did belong on stage, he probably did but he would not be one to stand up there and play a classical instrument for a whole crowed of people. He rather stood like this, with the beam of a street light and the silence of the night surrounding him. Nothing could make him happier.


When the young man played that very instrument his whole being seemed to be at ease, he felt at peace, happy and free. There was no one do judge him or to hurt him. There was just him and his beautiful music, in the dead of night. Enjoy his life to the fullest.

 

[LullDayBreak13]

May finished eating her popsicle and threw the stick to the trash bin like a good kid should do but then after she sate the popsicle, her cheeks was covered with the juices of the popsicle and that made Risa chuckle. She takes out her handkerchief and wipe her cheeks clean with it. "You really need to eat cleanly, but then you are just a kid, haha." she said smiling at her little sister giggled with her. Then suddenly, they hear a sweet serenade not too far away.


Both the siblings was curious on who was playing the violin and they decided to see who the violinist was. Risa held little May's hand and walks towards to where the music came from and ended up stopping when she saw some people watching a very familiar boy, playing the violin. She couldn't believe that the ever so popular boy was actually playing the violin. Somehow seeing him play like that, it suited him, he looked like he was really into it as well. "Syrrus....?" she said softly.


"Hey big sis, that man boy right there is good at making music!" May said as Risa looked at her and nodded "I guess he is..." she answered him and they both continued to watch him from the corner among the crowd. 'Has he been doing this for awhile now? It looks like that violin is old as well, it looks totally used too...' she wondered while watching him play the violin.

 

[Syrrus]

If no one had interrupted him, the young man would probably have continued playing for another few hours, without noticing the time go by. It wasn't music in general that made Syrrus feel to real, as if everything that had happened through his rather short life was but a blur being washed away by rainfall. It was the sound of his violin and as he played he also managed with very flexible fingers to tune the beautiful instrument, he made the sounds come out just as he wanted it by tweaking it just slightly up and down.


Then he was interrupted, someone had said his name. Syrrus stopped mid tune and turned his head towards the one who had uttered his birth right. He smiled at Risa and finished the tune before bowing before the crowd and putting the violin neatly back in it's case. “Good evening Risa. I hope I didn't keep you waiting?”


Syrrus already knew he hadn't kept her waiting, for she had in fact made him wait for her but it all mattered little. The man put the case around his arm and carried it neatly on his back as he walked up to the librarian and what seemed to be either her child – depending on how young she had had her – or little sister, he figured the second option. “Nice evening, isn't it?”

 

[LullDayBreak13]

When they were finally noticed by Syrrus, Risa watched him walk towards them and even greeted her. "Good evening as well." she said as he looked around to see if anyone from school was nearby. Good thing no one was around. "O-oh yes... it is nice." she stuttered as her younger sister tugged on his sleeve. "Hey mister, do you always play something so good like that?" May asked with curious eyes. "Ah May!" she said as she pulls her away from the man. "I'm sorry, this is my little sister, May. And May, this is Syrrus, a schoolmate of mine." she formally introduced them to each other.


"Your good at playing the violin Syrrus, very talented." she commented on his play from earlier. "Yeah, May thinks so too!" little May raised her hand as well and giggles. "It was like magic!" she added cutely. Risa smiled at the child's innocent act as she takes out the book he requested. "Oh here is the book you wanted, it's due after this friday, so be sure to give it back to me by then." she said before handing the book over to Syrrus. "This book really is inspiring when you read it, you know." she said as she pointed out that she always borrows these kind of books as well and her name was on the list of borrowers card that was behind the book.

 

[Syrrus]

Syrrus looked down at the little girl tugging at his shirt. He smiled down at her and keeled after removing something from his violin case. It was a small flower with only a few petals, he handed it to the little girl gently. “I am glad you liked it little lady and I do hope all my songs would sound pretty to you.” Syrrus was kind, deep down he was far from the man people thought he was, though many thought he was kind too. “I'm Syrrus, what's your name?”


Syrrus got back up on his feet and looked at Risa with a chuckle. “Don't worry about it, she's very sweet, aren't you May?” He looked back down at the little girl before turning his attention towards Risa once again as she handed him the book he had been waiting for. He took little time to open it up and take a quick look inside, his smile was now completely blissful. “Thank you, Risa, I wont forget your kindness; this is very helpful.”

 

[LullDayBreak13]

When May received the flower from him she giggled and smelled the flower. "This flower is cute!" she said as Risa chuckled and inserts the flower between her ear and hair. "May is sweet!" she repeated the words Syrrus said as Risa liked how she was getting along with him and it made her giggle a bit. "Your welcome, if you need more books, just ask me." she said both the sisters bowed their heads to him before leaving. "Well then, we'll be going now." she simply said before walking away from the guy.


"Thank you for the pretty flower Syrrus!" May said cutely as she held Risa's hand tightly and starts walking with her big sister. "Now then, what dinner shall we have today? How about your favorite chicken curry?" she said as May was excited and shouted "Curry! I love curry! With those pretty orange flowers as well!" she said as Risa knew what she meant. It was the carrots that shaped like flowers whenever she made curry. "Okay, curry it is! Now off we go to the supermarket to buy the ingredients!" she said.


They finally arrived at the supermarket and Risa takes a basket and carries it. "Okay, let's find the ingredients now May." she said and starts to walk around the supermarket. While they were looking for the ingredients, May sneaked in some chocolates and candies for them to buy. Risa noticed this and just let is slide and giggles. "Oh yeah, chocolate is great for curry, nice job May." she said, caressing her little sister's head gently.

 

[Syrrus]

Syrrus waved goodbye and turned around to get going back to his own home. He didn't walk very quick, holding the book in front of him and reading it while he walked, still managing to avoid walking into anything or anyone.


Syrrus continued walking for what felt like an hour, he had since long walked past the expensive neighborhood and further down the street. The young man didn't stop till he was far outside of the town at a tiny and dark looking cottage. Looking around himself, to make sure no one had followed him he removed a key from his pocket and unlocked the broken door to get inside.


The windows to the cottage was smashed and broken, the indoors was layered with dust and it didn't seem to have a single lamp or advice which used electricity, instead the room was littered with candles which he lit one by one as he walked past time, holding his lighter carefully in one hand.


Syrrus kicked off his shoes and planted himself down onto the broken sofa, missing one of the sharp springs by an inch. He placed his violin gently on the only whole cushion in the entire building and wrapped himself in the only blanket that could be seen. Before pulling up his new book to read in the comfort of the scent of candles and smoke.


The young man took a deep breath and cuddled on the dirty sofa, wondering very little about what he would have for dinner that night. Syrrus didn't eat dinner. He had one meal a day and that was from the school cafeteria. If he actually did have dinner and breakfast it was probably because he had charmed a local woman or a student back at school and followed them back to their place. He never ate at home, there was nothing but dust rabbits anyhow.

 

[LullDayBreak13]

Risa and May finished buying the stuff they needed and exited the supermarket. May was really happy since she got to buy some candies for herself and even some chocolates as well. When they finally got home, their mother was already home and was about to put on her apron. "Welcome back." she said as the siblings greeted back with "We're back." May takes off her shoes and runs over to her mother and points at her flower. "Look mother look! A friend of big sis gave this to me, isn't it pretty?" she said and giggled. "Oh yes, it's very pretty, it suits you just fine." her mother said as she kissed little May's cheek.


"I thought we could make some curry for dinner." Risa said also taking off her shoes and walks over to her mother and then puts the shopping bag on the counter and takes out the things they brought. "Here May, put these at the candy box." she handed over the candies as little May goes over to the the candy box near the refrigerator. While her mother decided to help with the cooking. "No it's fine mom, you've worked hard today, it's fine if I cook this alone, just relax for now mom." she said with a smile as her mother insisted but then Risa insisted on her taking it easy and rest.


After waiting for the dinner to be cooked, the table was already set up by their mom, it's the least that she could do to help around in the house. After that the food is set and they start with dinner. They had a fun time chatting while they were having dinner, it had a warm feeling to it.


When they were finished eating, their mother said she will clean things up at the kitchen and told the siblings to take a bath. Both of them decided to take a bath together, since May suggested it.


When they were finished taking a bath, Risa was in her room, studying for the next lesson. I twas already 12 that time as she looked at the window. She noticed that the sky was starry and she loved the view from her window as she decided to hit the sack for today.


Next day


It was suddenly raining as Risa was under her red umbrella and was on her way to school. Her first subject wasn't until 10 so she wasn't in much of a hurry today.

 

[Syrrus]

Syrrus was walking rater quickly, using his jacket as a umbrella seeing as he didn't have one of his own. The rainfall was almost pitiful and it caused him to chuckle slightly, it was strange how little luck one man could have. First he had spent far too many hours reading and completely forgotten his dinner date, a rich widow who lived not far from school, and now this? It was rather frustrating and therefore he found it quite funny.


It wasn't till he reached the warm indoors of the school that he shook the rain off of his jacket and watched a puddle expand on the floor below him that he felt complete again. The smell of food from the cafeteria made his stomach rumble and it seemed like his luck had turned for his friends was sitting around a table, probably waiting for their lesson to start so they could skip it, but one of the girls who always tried, oh, so hard for his attention had ordered him breakfast.


Syrrus sat down upon a empty seat and gave her a smile as he shook rain out of his black hair. She was too sweet, this little thing and he felt quite bad for using her like this but he had little choice. The plate of a typical English breakfast – because apparently Syrrus was known as a british boy now – was placed in front of him, together with a steaming hot cup of tea. The young man sighed happily and started to dig in, eating as slowly as he could, hoping he wouldn't look too desperate, which he apparently didn't for his friends conversation took its usual turn.


“Who was the lucky girl this time, eh?” Asked one of his male friends, the guy Syrrus never could remember the name off. He swallowed down a small amount of bacon and egg, took a long and thoughtful sip of his tea and slowly responded to the question. “In fact, I was with no one last night, I had things to do you see.” Syrrus smiled at their looks of disappointment and continued to eat his breakfast. “Not even the bookworm?” The other guy asked causing Syrrus to almost drown as the egg went the wrong way down. “No-- No, not even her and don't call her such things! It is awfully rude. Women deserves our respect, always.”

 

[LullDayBreak13]

Risa also borrowed another book besides the one Syrrus requested, it was actually a story about a fairy who wanted to create music in her world. The fairy had a self-made flute and she always tried to play it for the people but they kept on denying her and the music so she tries everything to persuade her people to liking music. She was perfectly fine from the rain and didn't get wet because of her red umbrella. She passed down the cafeteria and someone from her literature class called out to her and was holding her notebook. "Risa! Risa over here!" a guy was waving the book and stood up as his friends turned around to see who he was waving at.


She flinched when everyone's attention was turned to her as she stars walking to their group and passed Syrrus' table. "Alex. I-is there something you need?" she asked, she couldn't even look at the other's eyes. "Haha, sorry guys, this girl is a shy one, her name is Risa, she is one my classmate in literature class." he said as he formally introduced them one by one to her. She felt shy towards the group, there were two girls and three other guys in the group that she wasn't familiar with except with Alex. "We were just discussing some things for some group project." he said cheerfully as he hands her a notebook. "Oh yeah, um, thanks for lending me your notes, I really needed it, it was really helpful as well...." he said somehow she was shy all of a sudden around Risa.


His friends had this teasing grin look on their face as one of his friends said "He just has the hots for you Risa~" as one of them whistled and it made Risa even more embarrassed as Alex and Risa's face turned bright red from the embarrassment. Risa received the notebook from him as Alex scratched the back of his head. "Ah... d-don't mind them Risa." he said, now he couldn't look at her in the eye as they both became awkwardly silent and embarrassed.

 

[Syrrus]

As Risa entered the building Syrrus did his best to try and greet her, he wanted to be polite after all but the boy behind him were louder and apparently quicker. Syrrus turned his head slightly to try and see who this Alex was but he didn't manage to recognize him. This didn't come as a big surprise, Syrrus could only remember the females. Not even his own male friends were someone he remembered, he couldn't even spell their name to save his life.


The young man returned to his breakfast, just in time for one of his friends to throw herself into his lap, he hadn't seen where she had come from but it couldn't have been from the sky. “Good morning to you too, Tabatha.” Syrrus said and placed down his cup of tea. Could he never get to eat in peace? The girl who clearly was called Tabatha, placed her arms around his neck and pushed herself up close, as close as she possibly could anyhow. “I was wondering if you'd like to come to my place tonight? It's the weekend so I was thinking about throwing a party” She said, slowly and teasingly. Syrrus didn't even have to think about it, of course he was going to say yes. He didn't want to stay at his own place for a whole weekend, and the first to give him a place to stay would be the first he'd pick. Tabatha's place was far from unpleasant too. “I suppose I wouldn't have anything better to do.” Syrrus said, smiling down at her. “But I am trying to get some food in me. So if we could take this hugging to another time, I would appreciate it big time.”


This caused the girl to giggle and give him a very long and very deep kiss, something he didn't really see coming and it caused a lot of 'whooing' to happen across the table. Tabatha moved out of his lap to sit next to him, stroking him over the back of his neck as he continued eating. He'd much preferred to eat on his own, without being touched or made out with, but he couldn't really tell her that.

 

[LullDayBreak13]

Risa was sitting next to Alex, she noticed how busy they were with their group project and wondered which class where they all in but then she sees her watch and notices the time. "Uhm, excuse me Alex, it's almost time for our literature class, if it's alright with you, I'll just leave first." she said while standing up and takes her bag with her as Alex began to panic a bit, not sure if he should stay with his group mates or go with Risa. "Come on Alex, man up a little and go with her." his friends teases him as he got forced to go with Risa. "Ah wait Risa!" he said as stopped Risa from walking by grabbing her hand and they both stopped right in front of Syrrus' table.


Risa got startled and turned around to see Alex holding her hand "S-Syrrus, are you sure you want to go with me? W-what about your group project?" she asked worriedly "Oh it's fine, we were actually just double checking if anything was wrong." as Risa noticed he still has some cream on his face from the coffee he was drinking earlier. She giggled as she wipes it off with her handkerchief "You've got something on your mouth Alex... haha." she giggled at his sight as his cheeks turned red when she wipes the cream off his face. "I'm sorry!" he said and she giggled "Why are you apologizing?" she asked "Ah... I... I don't really know." he answered nervously and scratched the back of his head with his free hand while the other was still holding her hands ever so tightly.


Giggling from how funny Alex is, she couldn't help but unconsciously squeeze his hand back and it made him even more shy around her. They started walking when Alex looked down at his hand and noticed he was still holding her hand. "O-oh I'm sorry, I didn't mean to... ah... l-let's just go.." he said, looking down, all embarrassed as he hears his friend tease him from afar and whistle. "Haha, no need to apologize." she said blushing as well and starts to walk out of the cafeteria. "You guy will pay for this!" he mouthed to them before leaving the cafeteria.

 

[Syrrus]

Syrrus was to busy finishing every single piece of food on his plate to notices the commotion. It wasn't until someone, apparently by mistake, mention his name that he looked up, confused. “Sorry, what was that?” He asked, blinking and quickly wiped some egg away from the corner of his mouth. Tabatha was quickly with interfering, she didn't want his attention to go elsewhere but to stay with her and her alone. “Don't worry about it honey, let me treat you to some cake!” She said as she threw her hand into the air like a rich lady at a expensive restaurant trying to get hold of a waiter. Of course she still succeeded even though they were in a poorly decorated school cafeteria.


“Cake?” Syrrus asked in confusion just in time for a big slice of strawberry short-cake to be placed in front of him and his finished plate of food was removed. The young man blinked in confusion at the big piece of sweet that he apparently was suppose to finish. He wasn't used to this much food. “So eh.. Tabatha, that party you were talking about?” He said, attempting to grab a fork which was snatched away from him before he could even touch it. Tabatha took a piece of crumbly cake and began to feed him, still looking mildly confused, this had never happened before. Sure he have had his head in a girls lap before, while she fed him fruit, but never cake. “Yeah? It's a pool-part, nothing too big, nothing to small, at my mansion. You better come or I'll be very, very disappointed.” The girl giggled and proceeded to feed him cake.


“I'll--” Syrrus swallowed a big piece of strawberry. “I'll be there, no worries. And maybe I can even stay over night? Or two.” He winked at her, praying to the gods she would say yes, which she did, with a squeak and a shout of happiness she threw herself around his neck. “I never thought you would have asked!”

 

[LullDayBreak13]

Risa was able to see a free seat at the corner right from the back as she walks over there with Alex. "Good thing there were still some seats left for us." she said putting her bag down and takes a sit beside Alex. She took out her notebook and then starts taking down notes when their professor starts discussing the topic for today. They had a graded recitation today about last week's topic and fortunately, Alex was able to answer some of his professor's questions. It's also the same with Risa, the professor expected wonderful and accurate answers from her and she delivered them well.


After taking 2 more classes, Risa and Alex was in the library and Alex said "Thanks for helping me study today Risa, I owe you one." he whispered to her in a soft voice as he stands up "No problem, just remember the things I taught you today, okay?" she said and smiled as it made Alex heart throb. "S-Sure, of course I wouldn't forget it." he answered as he excused himself and walks out of the library.


Risa was almost done with studying some of the parts for her french class, she took in some more details for her reviewer. "So then I write this here and then this one over here is where the translated words go beside the french sentences...." she softly mumbled. After that, she finally managed to finish reviewing for her french class. She stood up and then goes over to the international section of the library and puts back the books she borrowed, it was rather hard for her to put it back since awhile ago, Alex was helping her carry the books.


She had about 2 big books and 3 other small books with her right now and she had to use the ladder to be able to put it back at the top shelf. "I can do this by myself..." she said, a bit nervous, thinking that she might fall. She hold the books tightly with her using her right arm while the other was to hold onto the ladder. After taking a few steps up, she sighed in relief and she was halfway but then she lost her footing and slipped and lets go of the books as she was about to fall down. "Ah--!"

 

[Syrrus]

Catching her and the majority of her belongings was a easy feat, mainly because he happened to be in the right place at the right time, waling out from his own lesson just the second he saw her and her troubles with the books, he didn't even have to run but only lean to the side and pull one arm around her waist as he pushed her close to his chest and hold out on arm to catch the flying books, the two remaining ones was caught with his leg as he propped himself up against the wall behind him and bend his leg rather funny. Nothing hit the floor, no sound was made. It was all good.


“Watch yourself little lady.” Syrrus said with a smile as he looked down at her, taking hold of her books and gently carrying them with one arm, making sure none had taken damage from their adventure. He had been trying to escape Tabatha and her followers of cheerleaders. Cheerleaders was nice and all, very flexible, very pretty but they had that strange attitude and the lack of... what was the word? Brains.


(A bit short, in a hurry)