You warmed up to them in the two hours of intense reviewing of the last lesson, and the not so sporadic pauses and breaks you made, getting to know a little bit of each other.
Thoma, who looked like a bad guy with his tight black t-shirt and trousers, his brown boots and especially his chain hanging at the neck with one of those military badges, was actually a super nice and easygoing man, with "the only problem being his hard simping for Ayaka", as Yoimiya said. Not that you had any idea of who this Ayaka was. Another friend of them, you supposed.
Saying Gorou surprised you is belittling. He looked like a puppy, despite being older than you, with those round and big turquoise eyes and that thing of his to pout so often and being flustered even more, tugging to his oversized hoodie that matched his eye's color. But he actually was super serious, focusing so much that he had his eyebrows always frowned. And more importantly, he was the soldier one. Well, not really, he just attempted the military academy for two years, and that explained the age gap, but he was always one of the bests of the entire academy. You didn't inquire on the reason why he left despite being so good. Maybe one day you would have found out.
Yoimiya revealed herself to be exactly who you expected her to be: basically, another Hu Tao. And you loved that, there's never enough Hu Tao magic, the more the marrier. It didn't surprise you how deep the bond between the two girls was, after just a couple of months. Hu Tao even gifted a butterfly necklace to Yoimiya, and the blonde girl said she always wears it. You found it extremely cute, especially considering the love Hu Tao has for butterflies and how she calls every close friend of her "my cute little butterfly".
Kazuha seemed to be Gorou's best friend, being able to make him beam and sparkle with just a smile or a couple of words. And you soon understood why. The white-haired boy, with a red highlight on his right side, was such a pleasant presence. His low and calming voice making you forget all of your problems and almost being able to make you drift from reality and daydream about wonderful natural views. And not only his way of talking was magical, but he even knew his way with words pretty well. Gorou mentioned his poems and poetry, and though Kazuha was too flustered to acknowledge his talent or let you hear something, suddenly you understood why everything the boy said sounded so poetical.
You thought he and Fishl would have deep conversations about all that beautiful, yet to you unknown, stuff. Your friend was taking literature classes and was so fond of books that she doubled the number of stories you read in your entire life in only a week. Not that it didn't show, sometimes she was so caught up in reading to barely sleep, causing her to gain terrible dark circles and to talk a little bit too classy and old style like her books. When that happened, no one couldn't even grasp the meaning of half her sentences.
The only person at that table that day you didn't get to know at all was Scaramouche. Honestly, you didn't even know why he was there. Through the whole study session, he didn't speak once nor listened to one of you. He was just studying by himself. From time to time, you felt his judging gaze on you, making you feel uncomfortable and a bit too self-conscious. Fortunately, there was never a moment of silence, so your attention always drifted from him. He continued writing and highlighting even when the 6 of you were chatting, occasionally sighting letting you know you were disturbing him. But no one really cared.
When you said it was time for a snack break, asking everyone what they wanted, he didn't lift his eyes from the papers, ignoring you. Rude, you found him rude and childish. But that had to be all just a façade, and you wanted to see thought it, you wanted to see his true colors. It was not possible that he was only what he appeared to be. After all, no one is. In fact, it made you smile hearing him following you and Thoma to the cafeteria right after not even answering your question. You and the blonde guy where basically buying everything from the vending machine, all sort of snacks and energy drinks, when Scaramouche ordered a black coffee from the drink machine next to you. Thoma shook his head with a smile after eyeing the guy, and you silently agreed with his thoughts: so childish. Scaramouche didn't look at you, like you both were strangers, and left with his sad black coffee off to his notes once again.
When two hours passed, everyone beside you headed to their lesson, after cleaning up the mess you did. Getting everything back into their bags and saying you goodbye, between hugs and phrases such as "It was nice to meet you", "I miss you already" (Hu Tao, dramatic as ever) and "Till tomorrow". Well, everyone beside the black and red dressed grumpy boy, who yeeted everything in his backpack and ran off with a dry "Bye" as soon as the bell rang. Not that you expected anything different, honestly. Maybe he hated all that so much that he wouldn't come along next time. You didn't know if you wanted that to happen or not, though.
You had no other lessons, so you got out of the building, wishing the guard a good evening, and went on your train, with your head full of thoughts: <<Today was so nice, I didn't expect it to turn out so good. We were productive but I feel like I also made some new friends. Oh archons, I know I'm here to study, but that would be really nice! I barely have a life, I could really use some more friends! Let's just hope I didn't make a bed impression on them... I mean I didn't do anything wrong, beside that time I almost tripped on my own foot... and when I was about to ask if Yoimiya and Thoma were together, before hearing about Ayaka... but maybe they found my voice annoying, or my personality boring... ahhhh, I'm definitely overthinking, there's nothing I can do now anymore in any case. By the way, Hu Tao could have told me she wanted to bring her friends too! Why didn't she?! What could have happened?!". You paused your brain for a moment, to open your home door, to say hi to your parents and answer their usual questions about your day.
The way home took some time, as usual, and dinner was almost ready. You couldn't help but think about how your body took you home after going in auto-pilot mode, while you were lost in your world. Thank Celestia nothing happened on your way.
After having dinner, you went to study a bit, but you lasted only half an hour. You were exhausted and decided to take a break checking your phone. To your surprise, you had so many notifications you could scroll them down from the lock screen. That never happens to you. For one time, you thanked your forgetful brain for not turning on the sound, it would have been really annoying during dinner or your attempt to study.
When you opened the messaging app, you saw 4 different chats lit up: the group chat with your friends, Hu Tao's dm, an unknown group chat and a single message from an unknown number. Looking at the screen for a couple of seconds, you decided to go with the known ones first, Hu Tao and then the gc.
{a/n: at the end, i decided to get rid of the time in the msgs, especially in long chats it gets redundant and just invasive}
who tao
ya ya y/n!
sorry if i didn't warn you beforehand, you would have either panicked or chickened out, don't deny it
but at the end of the day
it seems you had fun
right? hihihi, don't think i didn't notice you! 😏😉
y/n
yeah, maybe you're right, not telling me in advance was a good idea... 😔
and yeah i had fun, i like em!
but wth are you talking about?! noticed what?!
she replied immediately, almost like she was waiting for your response. you knew it wasn't like that, she always replied in a heartbeat, but you never failed to get surprised.
who tao
uh huh
keep faking ignorance girl
maybe one day i'll fall for that hihihi
not today tho
y/n
i seriously don't know what you're referring to...
should i worry?
be scared?
who tao
i also told the gurls
so
1 we all already know, no point denying it
and
2 if you reeeeaaalllyyyy are that dense, go check the gc
you'll find your answers
uhhh i feel so powerful and wise, like the master of the hero in a movie hihihi
y/n
ugh, ok gonna head to the gc
at least i'll know what you're talking about
you crazy girl
'*•.¸♡ 'MAMACITAS ♡¸.•*
who tao
oh ya! oh ya!
guuuurrrlllssss!!
assembleeeee!
i have spicy news!!!
midnight girl
spill the tea
she protecc
what is it this time?
hope you didn't stalk anyone today
who tao
jeaaannn shhhh
that was supposed to be our secret
and it happened only once
but no dw
so
me and y/n have a lesson in common
and we decided to study together like old days
but yk
where's the fun, right?
so i invited my friends too
she protecc
omg, that turned out bad for sure
who tao
noooo
that's not truuueeee!!!
midnight girl
jean, let her finish
who tao
fishl, loml, you're distracting me too
midnight girl
sorry, sorry, resume
who tao
as i said, i brought my friends too
i knew one of them would have catched y/n's attention
and that's exactly what happeneeeeeedddd!!!
i'm so proud of myself
midnight girl
ok, elaborate on that
she protecc
yeah, that didn't give us much informations
who tao
okokok, i'll give you more details but you'll have to get to the conclusions by yourself
it's funnier like this
it's like a minigame
anyway
he's a grumpy one
he seems always angry
he never treats smn kindly
you know where i'm going right?
she protecc
oh archons...
i think i'm starting to see a pattern here
midnight girl
yes, there's definitely a pattern
and a rather not pleasant one
but i guess we should be kind of happy for y/n
it's been so long
since the last one
who tao
exactlyyyyyy!!!!
i knew you gurls would have catched up on this!
you should have seen her eyeing him
like, every 10 minutes
for 2 hours straight
she protecc
that's some real tea we have right here
but let's wait for y/n
wanna see what she has to say
midnight girl
probably deny it for the first 2-3 days
and then surrender and face reality
unless this time she... yk
who tao
oh archons
no
not that
he's such an asshole
she protecc
isn't he one of your friends, hu tao?
who tao
yes, but he's still an asshole
midnight girl
let's wait for @y/n
who tao
@y/n
she protecc
@y/n
y/n
wtf hu tao?! are you saying i have a crush on scaramouche?!
who tao
she's in denial
she protecc
what's new
no ok that sounded a bit too harsh
y/n
jean! tf?!
she protecc
sorry, sorry!
tho, i'm right
midnight girl
yeah, she's right...
y/n
ugh...
there's no reasoning with you girls...
but what's this "pattern" thing?
who tao
we know your type now
like, for sure
no way out if it this time
y/n
my type?! you're joking right? i don't have a type
you know i don't like the concept of it...
it means you'll search for those things, but maybe your true one is totally different
there shouldn't be any mental limitation to love, when it happens it happens, whoever the other one might be
she protecc
real pan speech
who tao
fr, we stan
midnight girl
ok, what you said abt limits is true
but you can't say you don't have a type
she protecc
^
who tao
^
midnight girl
let's forget about this new dude for a moment, scawamuce or whatever
who tao
ahahah! scawamuce!
i'm changing his contact name
like, rn
y/n
his name is a bit difficult, we gotta admit that
midnight girl
but then what do you have to say about your previous crushes?
diluc
xiao
that guys from the other school we still don't know how's called to this day
even albedo in some sort of ways
they all share a stoic appearance with a bit of an attitude
ok albedo didn't have any attitude, he was just strange
but do you get what we mean?
y/n
...
she protecc
i wouldn't say "stoic" but ok
more like edgy grumpy emo boys
who tao
jean, you got straight to the point hihihi
y/n
ok i admit defeat
the fact is
they're interesting
not my fault
midnight girl
yeah yeah, we do not want to know why you liked them
we've had enough at the time
who tao
and now
beside the unknown dude
we're all friends
it would be strange
and everything is in the past
she protecc
that might be true
but i still wanna hear why she likes this new dude
y/n
i never said i like him!
but thanks jean for getting things back on track
midnight girl
why you thanking her?
who tao
yup, you didn't want to talk about him, and now😏
she protecc
well, talking about ex-crushes might be uncomfortable
y/n
exactly, thanks jean. again
who tao
you have something to say, jean? 😏
she protecc
... no...?
y/n
anyway, i never said i didn't want to talk about him
midnight girl
oh? is she realizing it already?
she protecc
i doubt it
who tao
^
y/n
i just said i didn't want to talk abt how i have a crush on him, cuz that's not true, bs
she protecc
point. made
y/n
but i'll admit he's an interesting one, he poked my attention
who tao
oh so
you liked your ex-crushes
because they were interesting
and now there's this dude
(absolutely your type)
who's also interesting
but you don't have a crush on him?
hihihi, this sound like bs to me
she protecc
girls i gtg now
sorry
let's see where we'll be in a couple of days
who tao
cyaaaa jeaaannnn!!!
luv ya gurrllll!!!
midnight girl
bye jean, till next time
y/n
byeeee!
who tao
ok back to us
y/n
yeah that's some shit you said
every square is a rectangle, but that does not mean every rectangle is a square
midnight girl
pls, no math in here
thank you
who tao
fishl, that's elementary level
midnight girl
i don't care what level it is
it makes me nauseous regardless
y/n
ok, sorry fishl
but you get what i mean?
who tao
yeah, yeah, whatever
you're no fun
just admit it for once
y/n
ugh
i hate it here
i'm leaving
i won't change your mind anyway
and i gtg
midnight girl
ok bye y/n too!
keep us noted tho
who tao
toodles!!!
y/n
yeah, sure, sure
byeee girlsss ❤️ ❤️
You sighted as you closed the app and locked the screen. You knew they were right, the chances for you to catch some sort of feelings for Scaramouche were high. But you wouldn't allow it, you wanted just to know him more, gaining his trust and not going further than a friendship. What you didn't care to take into account at the time was the fact that feelings can't be controlled.
With another sight, you unlocked the phone and opened again the app. You didn't forget the other two chats, the ones you knew nothing about. You started with the group chat, since you figured what that was by the name.