𝐔𝐍𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐆𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐍 ▸ [AU, Human] Dimitri and Rose were one of the power couples at St. Vladimir's Academy, until he did something unforgivable. No longer together, he and Rose are stuck as classmates - trying to work out how to avoid each other wh...
"Maybe wait to see him at school tomorrow?" Lissa replied.
"He didn't say he loved me," Rose whispered.
"What?"
"When I told him... He said we'd get through it - that he'd stand by me. But he never said he loved me," Rose explained.
"Aww. I'm sure he didn't mean anything by it," Lissa soothed.
"Maybe..." Rose sighed. "I still can't believe this has happened."
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Rose stood at her locker until the first bell, but Dimitri never came. They hadn't arranged to meet, but she had kind of expected after the news over the weekend he'd be there.
Giving Rose a look, Lissa grabbed her hand and pulled her to homeroom where Dimitri was sitting next to Christian in Lissa's usual spot. The two of them looked up when the girls walked in; Lissa leaning over to give Christian a quick kiss, Dimitri giving Rose an uncertain smile.
Rose returned his smile, trying to keep the hurt from her face. She sat in front of him, in the same spot she'd sat after they'd broken up. She kept trying to blink back tears, but she couldn't help it. He wouldn't even sit next to her now! Less than forty-eight hours after she'd told him, and already he was trying to distance himself from her. Jumping up with a sob, Rose grabbed her bag and raced out of homeroom, Lissa standing up to follow.
"What's wrong with Rose?" Christian asked in surprise.
"Why don't you ask the asshole sitting next to you!" Lissa snapped, shooting Dimitri a look of pure contempt before taking off after Rose.
Christian looked at his girlfriend's back in astonishment. "Guess they're both on their period," he muttered, surprised when Dimitri gave him an angry look.
As soon as homeroom was over Dimitri set off looking for Lissa and Rose. He couldn't see them in any of the classrooms, so once the rush to classes had finished and the corridors were empty, he checked the only place he could think of; the women's bathrooms. But other than copping a mouthful from a surprised Freshman, he was unsuccessful. His last two options were the school roof or the women's locker room, so he decided to rule out the former before trying the latter. And sure enough, when he climbed the stairs to the roof, the door was open and he could hear Rose crying and Lissa comforting her.
Stepping out onto the roof and around to where the girls sat leaning against the heating vent, Dimitri gave Lissa a friendly but firm look.
"Thanks for looking after her, Lissa, but Roza and I need to talk, now."
Lissa looked at Rose questioningly, picking up her bag and turning to leave when Rose gave an almost imperceptible nod.
Dimitri sat in the spot Lissa had vacated, folding his tall body with a quiet elegance that never failed to surprise Rose. "Roza? What's wrong?"
