How to love a devil

a facade

It's early evening. Rain pours down in long threads from a cloudy sky.

Such a crap. I forgot my umbrella. Yet again.

I stand in front of the big entrance gate of the Brawlstars Hero Academy holding my head down. It's going to be a long, uncomfortably wet walk home. I'm about to start walking in the rain when I hear footsteps behind me, and then the click of an umbrella. It's Professor Byron - and Edgar. Mr. Blackthorne walks purposefully to his black Mercedes, which is parked in the teacher's parking lot, but Edgar remains standing.

He looks me up and down and then holds out his umbrella.

"You shouldn't stay out like that. You're going to catch a cold." He says emotionlessly again.

I stare at him, overwhelmed, then realize I should reply and stammer, something going on.

"Thanks E-Edgar, can't believe I f-forgot my umbrella again, it's been looking n-n-nicely sunny all W-week."

"It's okay, now just take it."

"B-but d-don't you need it at all? Oh no, that's right, your car is right in the teacher's parking lot, your G-grandfather is probably already waiting for you, and I'll stop you here, ha-ha-ha."

"That's the way it is, so take it now." Edgar says coolly and holds his umbrella even closer to me.

I swallow and reach for it.

Our hands touch briefly, his skin is pleasantly warm and soft, then he lets go and turns to join his grandpa.

"E-E-Edgar, wait!" I stutter, quickly grabbing my scrapbook and pen from my school bag. "I-I'm a huge fan of Brawlstars and Brawlers and c-could I have your autograph?"

For a moment Edgar stares at me, taken aback. Then he takes the pen and my book from my hands and scribbles his name on a blank page. I watch him spellbound until he gives me both back and turns around again.

"OMG this is so cool!!! T-Thanks Edgar and d-don't worry, I'll take good care of your umbrella!"

"Whatever." he replies without turning around again.

I watch him get into Byron's car and the car pull away until it's out of sight, then I too make my way home - with Edgar's umbrella.

Wait, did I really stutter the whole time?!

I notice that my cheeks are red, and I have to smile.

"I think under that tough emo mask, Edgar is actually really nice." I say to myself, walking down the wet streets to my apartment.

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Slightly trembling, I unlock the somewhat shabby living quarters and climb the stairs. The rainy evening air is cold, but at least I stayed dry.

My apartment is on the third floor, which is why I'm a little out of breath in front of my apartment door a minute later. She's white, like everything in here. Draft, monotonous and boring, only with a silver door handle and door lock.

A little exhausted, I unlock the door and go to my kingdom.

On the other side of the white door, everything looks very different. The orange walls are covered with posters and billboards from brawl stars, brawlers, tournaments, and newspaper articles about them. Through a small room, which serves as a cloakroom, you get into the largest room, which is the kitchen, dining room and living room at the same time. Two more doors lead out of this room, one into my very narrow bathroom and one into my bedroom, which is where I'm going now.

In this room, the walls are light green, there are cacti on the windowsill, my desk and shelves, my closet and my bed are hazel and cluttered with Brawlstars souvenirs and other Brawler stuff.

In general, there are more Brawlstars things in this room than in all the other rooms combined. It's a bit messy and chaotic, but I like it that way.

That's how I am and only then am I myself.

I sit at my desk and do my homework. Then I flip through my scrapbook again. I smile at Crow's feather, Shelly's band-aids, Piper's broken hair clip and Spike's thorns...Spiiiiike! The cute little green cactus is so adorable and a total cutie!!!

I pause at the page with Edgar's autograph. His handwriting is similar to that of Byron, whose signature is a few pages earlier in my book. Tired, I close my scrapbook, change my clothes, and lie down in my bed.

It doesn't take long, and I fall asleep.

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