Trash of the School

Wanna meet someone extraordinary?

"Good evening everyone, I am glad to see so many familiar and new faces this evening! I am deeply honored to be able to welcome all of you, my dearest students, as well as your friends and families, to this Christmas Festival! I am Eruhaben Temples, the principal of this humble academy and will just thank the Student Council for preparing such a fancy event before I'll begin with the rest of my speech!"

Loud applause could be heard and Cale elbowed his boyfriend. Alberu chuckled as he hugged Cale from behind and put his chin on his head. They were standing in the big crowd of people who have assembled in the school court to listen to Eruhaben's speech. The blonde principal continued to talk about all the hardworking students and how all of them deserved to have such an event.

Meanwhile Cale tried not to freeze by the cold temperatures outside. It was snowing once again – and this time, it was more like a big snow-storm that was just a little bit slow while falling from the sky. The beautiful lanterns illuminated the snow and made it look even more beautiful.

Alberu hugged Cale even tighter as he felt the smaller male shiver. He couldn't understand how Cale could still freeze with all these clothes Ron made him wear – as well as his layers of scarfs. He wore a cute Ushanka, a Russian hat that was made for extremely cold temperatures. Honestly, with the red nose and pink cheeks Cale looked adorable. He had gone beyond cute and the only thing Alberu wanted to do was to cuddle with him, to hug him, to kiss his red nose, and to never let go.

"Now, I won't bore you out of your mind with my speech; but I'll try to make you use your brains one last time for the year – I have a funny quiz up my sleeve. The one who gets the most answers right, will win a prize!"

Eruhaben continued to talk about his quiz and explained how it worked: It was actually more like a bingo game, where one called out the answer and then shouted his name. As not everyone – of course – was willing to participate, those few who wanted had gotten a free pass to do so.

Contrary to their plans, Cale and Alberu wouldn't participate. As tempting as the prize Eruhaben offered was, Alberu didn't want Cale to get sick and Cale was clearly freezing. It'd be better to head in; or at least take some hot drink. As everything was free, the food and drink-stands were flooded with students. Alberu smiled and hugged Cale in the same position they had been standing during Eruhaben's talk. Cale put his hands on Alberu's arm. Even though the redhead wore gloves, they didn't seem to help much.

"We'll stay inside."

Alberu made a quick decision. It was simply too cold outside. And besides, the band would play really loud so they would definitely hear it. Besides, all fun events were inside the school building either way. Also, they would be able to observe the fighting competition from one of the rare fifty spots.

"Astatine! The rarest natural occurring element is Astatine!"

The shouts of the students who participated in the quiz got louder and louder. Cale leaned against Alberu and listened to Eruhaben's praising. Alberu chuckled.

"If you want, you can already head inside. I can wait alone."

Cale snorted. He lifted his head a bit more, but wasn't really able to see Alberu.

"As if, you're just going to cry if I actually leave you here alone."

Alberu chuckled and just shook his head, but he didn't say anything against Cale's statement – as it was true. He really would cry to Cale because he would have had left him.

The continued to stay in line until it was finally their turn to order. Cale of course ordered warm tea while Alberu stuck to hot coffee. It wasn't like he really liked coffee, it was just that he didn't like the hot chocolate they were giving and preferred coffee over tea.