Left alone by Serena running away, you thought about your free time and realized that you had a lot of it to kill. First period was especially long, so you were lucky to have it off for even more free time! Maybe that was intentional? Well, whatever, you had the time and you were thankful for it. Even if you didn’t know what to do with it.
It wouldn’t be fun to do anything by yourself, you just got up after doing that all night. But no one was free… except for Korrina. She didn’t say she did, but you knew that she was free because she slammed into you. Actually, that happened all the, but the fact that she completely knocked you over and took the time to apologize let you figure out she was free. When she had classes, she’d usually just send you sprawling to the ground while she skated by in a hurry. She’d apologize later, or quickly as she skated away, but you wished she would just get to class like a normal person. Or have a teacher take her skates or something.
You had nothing better to do, so you guessed hanging out with Korrina was the plan. Deciding on that, you started walking in the direction Korrina had gone. Hopefully she would just let you watch her this time and not make you try yourself. Last time she goaded you into doing it and tried to make it competitive. Which you fell for; which ended up with you in the garbage bin. Maybe skate and take it easy this time? Yeah, that sounded good.
Then you could get some actual practice in and maybe get good. After some practice you could probably get down some basic tricks like Korrina. That would be pretty cool, right? Were girls still into that stuff? Would that actually impress them? Serena probably wouldn’t care, but you bet Korrina-
A sudden, girly shout of surprise caught your attention, and you instinctively moved out of the way of the noise… moving your face right into a wall. You groaned in pain as you reeled back from slamming your face against the wall. Korrina was getting you to hurt yourself when she wasn’t even around!
“Ooof. I thought both of us were about to get hurt but turns out it was just you.” You heard a vaguely familiar voice say apologetically. When you looked towards her, you recognized it was Serena’s rival, Miette!
“U-uh, hey!” You greeted, embarrassed by your face fault, “Good thing I got out of the way huh? I could’ve knocked you down really hard.”
“I don’t know about that!” Another voice suddenly chimed in. “You might’ve just bounced right off of her!” You recognized that voice and, lo and behold, Korrina was sitting on a bench not far behind Miette grinning at you.
“Well I appreciate that you tried… so hard to avoid running into me.” Miette appreciatively put a hand on your shoulder. “It would have been very gentlemanly if you hadn’t ended up like you did.”
“Not helping.” You sheepishly rubbed your forehead. “This is not a good sign for my practicing.”
Korrina gasped excitedly. “Practicing? So you decided to hang out with me after all?”
“Yep. I don’t have much else to do, so I figured…” Korrina didn’t like that, pouting a little as you quickly got around Miette. “Figured I’d hang out with one of the coolest girls in school and get her to teach me a few things!”
Miette smiled coyly to herself while Korrina got a big grin on her face. “I knew you’d want to hang out with me again!” The skater girl said confidently. “But I’m gonna work you extra hard during practice for that little comment of yours. Now let’s go get those-ah!”
In her excitement, Korrina’s rollerblades made her slip as she tried to stand up! For once, albeit barely, you managed to catch Korrina in your arms and stop her from falling instead of just getting run over. It was hard, since she was apparently having an extra klutzy fit, but you eventually managed to stand her up without risk of her falling over again. The skater laughed in embarrassment after you let go of her arms.
“So you two are just going to hang out… by yourselves?” Miette reminded you both she was still there.
“Yeah?” You replied, not sure why she asked it like that. “No one else is free, so just us. You have cooking class with Serena, right?”
“That’s right. Don’t worry, I promise I won’t tell her about your ‘practicing’.”
“Do you think she woul-”
You were interrupted by Korrina excitedly grabbing your arm and pulling you away. “Come on, come on! We’re burning through our free time!”
Miette waved you and Korrina both goodbye, you barely able to keep yourself up straight while Korrina dragged you. As soon as you two rounded the corner though, Miette smiled deviously. She was going to have some fun in class today.
- - -
As soon as Miette entered the classroom, she started searching for Serena. She was where she always was and getting ready for class. Today was supposed to be big because the class was going to be making some tasty treats. But now it was big for a different reason. Acting like she normally did when she messed with Serena, she silently took a seat in front of her. The blonder didn’t even have to look up to know she was there.
“What is it this time Miette?” Serena asked, friendly but weary. She could tell that Miette was in a good mood, which was usually bad for her.
“Oh nothing. I just saw something interesting in the hall on the way to class.”
Yep, definitely sounded bad for Serena. “Hopefully something interesting, since you’re kind of getting in the way.”
Miette smiled knowingly. “You’ll definitely be interested since it’s about (Your Name).”
Serena instantly stopped what she was doing. Hearing your name from a pleased Miette was extra bad… but any news about you was worth it. The blonde girl didn’t have to say anything, the look on her face was all Miette needed to see to know to continue.
“I just saw (Your Name) out in the hall with Korrina.”
“W-with Korrina?” But Serena swore he said he wasn’t going to hang out with her. “Are you sure?”
“One million percent. And there’s more.”
Serena swallowed nervously. This was all nothing, right? She was just overthinking it and there was definitely nothing to worry about.
“I’m pretty sure they kissed.”
“NO!” Everyone in the classroom turned to look at Serena after her outburst, but neither of the chatting girls noticed. “Why-How do you know?”
“I don’t know for certain.” Miette continued to lie. “But she was definitely all over him. And I mean draping her arms around him. I almost screamed; I probably would have if I wasn’t trying to not be seen.” Of course this was all a lie, and Serena probably wouldn’t talk to her for a while before she figured that out, but she had an idea that would make it all worth it. “I’m honestly so shocked.” Her coy smile returned to her face. “I hope you’re not getting jealous~.”
Serena cringed. She knew that her crush on (Your Name) was a horribly kept secret. Literally the only person who didn’t know was you. So hearing about this, especially from Miette who knew how to press her buttons, was really getting to her. “Are you really sure you saw that?” She asked with a little hesitation.
“I’m sure I saw something like that, and I’m pretty sure (Your Name) was the one who started it.” Another lie, but Serena’s clenched fists and red face made it totally worth it to Miette. Now comes the fun part. “Do you want to get back at him? Or them, if you really want?”
Serena could feel it in her gut that she was being at least a little manipulated, but she didn’t care right now. Today was the day she was supposed to impress you with her cooking, and she already couldn’t think straight when it came to you. She was ready for anything Miette suggested; and she let her know with a nod.
Miette had a devious smile as she spoke, “I know this girl from another class named Klara. Kind of a witch, loves talking about herself. But she makes some mean ‘poison’.” Miette explained with air quotes. “Nothing dangerous… just a little fun. You’d love to hold (Your Name) in the palm of your hand, right?”
“I have no idea what you’re saying, but I’m in.”
“Great! I’ll meet Klara after class and get you what you need. I’ll make sure to get you enough so that you can use it on both of them if you choose to.”
“That’s great but, what exactly is this stuff going to do?”
“That will be a surprise. Promise it won’t hurt him/them though! Look forward to it!”
No matter how strange this seemed, Serena was set on going through with this. Now she just had to decide if she wanted to just go after you or drag Korrina into whatever this was too.
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