The week came and went, and Friday had finally come to an end, and he was now cleaning with Noelle
Asta was cleaning Noelle however, "Yeah sure", she responded to someone over the phone, "I would love to go there", Asta just tried to let it slide so she wouldn't throw a fit, "NO WAY", she began to get on his nerves a bit more, "NO SHE DID-", "ARE YOU GONNA HELP OR JUST SIT THE WHOLE TIME", he snapped at her, "Hold on I'll call you back babe", she put her phone down, "What's your problem?", she gave an irritated lift of the eyebrow, "My problem? My problem is that you haven't helped clean today", a vein popping out of his forehead, "Sorry I can't today", she went to pick her phone back up, "Why's that?", "Cause after school I'm going on a date, and I can't be smelling like chemicals, can I?", she sarcastically shrugged her shoulders, "Well that doesn't seem like it should affect me does it?", he expressed his annoyance with her, "I just told you, I can't-", "And I don't care so get to cleaning", Noelle got up and twitched her brow in annoyance, "You know what your problem is?", she looked over at him as she sprayed the window, "What?", he replied with a similar look, "You're jealous", she slightly turned her head to him, "Jealous of what?", he scoughed looking up at her, "Jealous that Kiato can keep such a beautiful girl in his life and you can't", she looked back seeing that his face completely changed, "What?", he ignored her and went back to cleaning, "Hey I was talking to-", "Shut up", he interrupted her, "EXCUSE ME?", she felt a wave of anger came over her, "I WAS-", "Just shut up and clean", he went back to it, "Whatever", she turned her head back to the window, "What's his problem?"
Time seemed to move way slower than any bit of the week as the two of them stayed silent while they cleaned, "Can you lift this?", Noelle asked him getting no response other than the assistance, "Thank you", again he ignored her, "Hey I-", she was again interrupted this time by Ms. Roselei coming back into the room, "Alright guys times up", she looked at the room running her fingers across a few desks, "Looks good, alright then you two are free to go", "Alright mam", Noelle was the only one to say anything, "I'll see you guys Monday", she told the two, "Yes mam", Noelle again the only one to respond looking to see that Asta had already left, "He's in a rush", Ms. Roselei left right after, "He's still mad?", Noelle said to herself as she went for her phone, "Hm?", she noticed a wallet on a front desk, picking it up, "Must be his", she put it in her bag, "I'll give it to him on the way out"
Noelle walked out into the hall making her way to her locker, "Damn he's fast", she thought while she put her stuff back into her backpack, "Guess he's not getting it back till Monday", an annoyed thought formed in her head as she began walking outside
Asta was outside meeting with Sol, Leo, Yuno, and Klaus, "Took ya long enough", Sol hopped of the bench she was sitting on, "Sorry Noelle wasn't helping for a while", he sighed knowing that Monday was probably going to be worse, "Figures", Sol rolled her eyes, "She's not that bad", Leo spoke up for her, "Maybe, but when you don't help anything cause you're talking to someone about something stupid and it gets the way of someone else, then it's a big problem", Asta rolled his eyes, "Told ya suited to be a influencer", Yuno gave a sarcastic remark, "Whatever the case let's just get going", Klaus stood up, "Alright c'mon the metro takes line 4 to my place", Asta past them, "Metro? You don't have a car?", Leo raised his brow at him as he kept walking, "Nope", he kept walking, "WAIT UP", Leo yelled as the group came up behind him
Noelle herself finally made it outside seeing that Asta was out of sight already, "Guess he really isn't getting it back till Monday", she rolled her eyes looking around the parking lot, "Where is she?", her eyes moved around seeing that Mimosa wasn't there *BZZZ* her phone began to ring she got it from her pocket seeing it was Mimosa, "Hey", she answered, "Sorry I'm pulling in right now", she finished as she saw her car pulling in, "Where were you?", Noelle asked her, "I dropped off Letoile", she answered knowing that a bit of complaining was coming, "Alright well let's just get going cause-", "Sorry but I have to get some work on the car done today", Mimosa stopped her, "Seriously?", she looked at her, "My car my rules", Mimosa just shrugged her off, "Ok, but can you please make it fast because-", *BZZ* a ring from her phone came up
Kiato♥: Sorry I have to cancel today I promise I'll make it up to you
Me: No worries Love you
Kiato♥: Love you too "Noelle Liked a message"
"What?", Mimosa saw as she deflated into her seat, "Well I was gonna say we could make it quick so that I could go on that date with Kiato but-", "He canceled?", Mimosa had a clearly irritated face, "How'd you know?", "Because this makes it how many times he has?", Mimosa brought up the many times he had, "Mimosa-", "Noelle I don't know when you're going to learn", "He's busy", she gave a shake of her head signaling her annoyance, "Ok so was he busy last time and the time before that and the time before that", she looked over to Noelle with a raised eyebrow, "Don't you think that after so many times you'd think it was at least a little sketch?", Noelle about it before but she believed in him, "I guess", "Alright I just........worry that you're gonna get hurt and it seems avoidable at least to me", she thought about what she was saying I get, "Look if it goes sour you'll be the first to say I told you so", Noelle just leaned over, "I don't want to be the first to tell you, that's why I'm telling you now", "I know", she thought about it, "But I trust him plus Nozel Mom they all like him", "I think that's also a problem you keep looking for they're-", "Mimosa just drop it ok?", she stopped her knowing what she was going to say, "Ok fine", Mimosa agreed, "Thank you"', "Let's just get going", Mimosa decided that she wasn't going to fight it today
At the Staria residence
"This is it", all of them walked up to it, "It's uh cozy?", Sol spoke up as the rest of them didn't really want to come off as insulting, "I know it's not what you guys are used to, but it's home so", he unlocked the door letting them in, "Sup", they saw Vanica and Zenon sitting on the sofa, "Uh hi", Klaus awkwardly waved to them, "Hey mom", the four of them turned to see that the kitchen wasn't a different room, "Hey kiddo", she turned around, "Oh who are you guys?", she had a surprised look to see some new people in her house, "These are my friends from school", he "MOM", Asta's face began to redden with embarrassment a new sight for the four, which gave reason for them to turn around trying not to let him know they were about to burst only to face the other two in the living room trying not to laugh as well, "WHAT I'M JUST HAPPY MY BABY MADE SOME NEW FRIENDS", was the last straw before everyone began laughing, "MOM", she finally let go, "Ok ok, but I'm serious I was worried if you were going to be able to get along with anyone there", "I know", Asta felt bad for pushing her away, "So thank you guys for being his friends", she bowed to the four of them, "No worries mam", Sol waved her arms, "Yeah he's an.........ok guy", Yuno gave a bit of a side eye, "Ah whatever", Asta just looked back at his mom, "Where's Liebe?", he asked, "He's in your guys room", "Alright thanks", Asta went down the hall with his friends following, "Hey dude you ask mom to borrow the car?", Liebe asked him the moment he opened the door, "You guys share a room", they looked at it a narrow room with a desk on each side and against the back wall a bunk bed each of the two layers distinctly decorated, Asta having posters of fighters such as Acier Silva, Lumiel, Vetto, and one that was actually signed by Tetia Vermillion, "You met my aunt?", Leo asked Asta, "Oh the Tetia poster, uh yeah no, but my mom did and she got her to sign it", "I see"
The top bunk had Liebe blocking a bit of it but, he had some drawings and some posters of metal bands, "Nice place", Yuno looked at the walls noticing the posters of bands like green day, nirvana, the killers, foo fighters, and Radiohead on one side. the other had heavier metal like Black Sabath, Iron maiden, and Metallica, "So which is which?", Sol asked, "Left is mine right is Liebe", "Not to be like snobby but, where do you keep your clothes?", Leo looked around, "Right here", Asta kneeled down to open the drawers under his bed, "Oh", they saw the small plastic drawers that were make shifted into dressers, "Where do you use the restroom?", Klaus noticed there was nothing other than what they could see, "It's down the hall", "Hm", "What you need to use it?", "No I just didn't see a restroom attached to your room so", "Ok, anyways", Asta looked up at Liebe, "Why didn't you ask her?", "Cause", he laid down, "I'm lazy", "Aight man", Asta left the room, "So you guys are his friends huh?", Liebe finally engaged a conversation with them, "Yeah", Yuno answered, "He's pretty cool", Leo smiled, "Yeah", Sol just agreed, "I must say you guys do look a lot alike", Klaus told him, "We get that a lot", he sat up having his legs hang off the side of the bed, "So where you guys from?", "Royal Castle", Yuno, Klaus, and Leo answered, "Hmmmm rich boys huh? What about you?", he nodded to Sol, "I'm from Elysia", she rubbed her arm, "Damn you guys are living good", he hopped down, "I guess you could say that", Sol tried to just brush past the subject, "Cool"
"Hey mom can I borrow the car?", Asta asked his mom, "Sure just makes sure everyone pitches in for gas", "I will", he went back to his room, "She said yeah", he came back seeing Liebe look through his drawers, "Nero's coming?", Asta raised his eyebrow and nudged him with his elbow, "Yeah she wanted to meet some of your friends", he pushed him away, "Cool then, Also mom said everyone's gotta pitch in for gas", Liebe shrugged while Asta looked through his backpack for his wallet, unlucky for him he didn't have it, "Shit", he rummaged through his stuff, "What's wrong", Yuno asked, "My wallet isn't in here", Asta began looking through his desk, "Damn it I think I dropped it somewhere", he sighed, "ALSO BEFORE YOU GUYS GO DO ANYTHING TAKE THE CAR TO YAMI'S I THINK SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE BRAKES", Lichita yelled from the kitchen, "Will do", Asta stuck his head out of his door, "Alright c'mon guys"
With Mimosa and Noelle
Much like last time the mood was a bit down so Mimosa decided to turn the radio on singing along, "CAUSE I'M MISTER BRIGHT SIDE", the two of them were singing along once more to the killers, "HAHAHAHAHAHA", the two laughed as the song ended, "Mimosa you have such a good voice, why did you end up doing boxing?", Noelle asked, "I just found it to be a fun hobby", she looked ahead watching the road, "You ever want to be like-", "My mom?", Mimosa knew what she was going to ask, "Yeah", "No not really", Mimosa gave a really clear answer, "I see", Noelle began to get a little mopy thinking about it, "You ok?", Mimosa turned over to her, "Yeah I'm fine", she pulled her self-back to sit up right.
There was a noticeable silence after Noelle popped the question, "Leo's hanging out with him", Mimosa was the one to break the silence, "Hmm?", Noelle just looked up at her in confusion, "Leo's hanging out with the guy you have detention with", she clarified surprised to see that Noelle didn't seem bothered by it, "Like I said he's not that bad so I don't mind", Noelle remembered his wallet, "Shit", "What's up?", "I forgot to give his wallet back", she took it out of her bag and looked at it, a beaten up, cracked leather wallet, "Why didn't you give it back to him?", "He was gone before I could", Noelle answered opening the wallet to see his student ID laughing at it, "What?", Mimosa looked at her as she gave a slight smile, "Nothing his ID photo is just a little funny", she turned the wallet to her laughing as she did, it made Mimosa happy, to see that she looked happy even if it was for a moment
THAT was until the car suddenly stopped, "What happened", Noelle asked, "I don't know", Mimosa tried to rev the engine again having it fail multiple times, "NO NO NO", she hit the dashboard a few times, "Well that didn't work", Noelle gave her a sarcastic look, "YOU DON'T SAY", Mimosa slowly turned her head with an really wide open mouth smile making the two of them laugh before Mimosa remembered her car just died, "So what now?", Noelle asked her, "Lemme see", she got her phone and opened the maps app, "Well there's a shop that's not too far from here", "Why don't you just call-", "Can't mom and dad said that if my rate increased again they'd take away the car", "Why? Can't they afford it?", "Yeah but they said I don't take care of it enough", Mimosa looked at her phone, "What's it called?", Noelle asked, "Black bulls auto", "How far", "A mile", Noelle winced hearing that, "Or two", and even louder wince, "Please I'll make it up to you", Mimosa begged, "Ok since you NEED my help", she gloated, "Then let's get to pushing", the two of them left the car
With Asta and the others
"HEY YOU HEY YOU I DON'T LIKE YOU GIRLFRIEND", Liebe, Asta, Vanica, and Zenon sang along making the others laugh, "Well can't say you guys don't have fun", Sol commented on the performance, "I like it", Leo got ready to sing to the next, "Call me maybe" By: Carly Ray jepson, "I HAVEN'T HEARD THIS IN FOREVER", Zenon and Liebe slapped each other on the arm while they laughed, "I THREW A WISH IN THE WELL DON'T ASK ME I'LL NEVER TELL", Asta, Liebe, Zenon, Vanica, and Leo this time started singing, "I LOOKED AT YOU IT AS IT FELL AND NOW YOUR IN MY WAY", Sol joined in, "YOUR STARE WAS HOLDING RIP JEANS SKIN WAS SHOWING", Klaus followed, and lastly was Yuno everyone was looking at him while they sang causing him to roll his eyes, "HOT NIGHT WIND WAS BLOWING", Yuno tried his best to ignore them, "WHERE YOU THINK YOU GOING BABY", Yuno finally budged and sang along, "HEY I JUST MET YOU AND THIS IS CRAZY SO HERES MY NUMBER SO CALL ME MAYBE", they laughed together before the car stopped in front of a house, "Where are we?", Leo asked, "Nero's house", Liebe unbuckled himself, "Hold up guys I'm gonna go get her", he left the car, "How many more people are coming?", Sol looked at the car noticing that the last seat was taken, "Five more", she widened her eyes, "DUDE THERE IS ONE SEAT LEFT", she yelled, "Well yeah we're just gonna cram the rest in where they fit", Asta looked as Nero and Liebe came back, "Hey kid been a while since I last saw you ", Nero said as Liebe got back in the car, "Yeah I know I was grounded for a while", "Told you to stop with the underground stuff", she got into the car sitting on Liebes lap, "Yeah yeah", he replied driving off, "So these guys are your new friends?", Nero asked, "Yes we are", Klaus answered, "Gotta say thought, none of you seem super talkative", she kept going, "Oh come on babe, you remember when I first brought you home and you only spoke when my mom spoke to you", Liebe gave her a silly smile causing her to blush, "Whatever", she looked away, "Don't be like that", he nuzzled his face into her neck, "Babe", Nero laughed as she tried to push him away, "What?", the two laughed as Asta looked at them, "How many more stops?", Yuno tapped him on the shoulder, "Two", "Luck and Magna coming?", "Ok", "Then Mari, Fana, and Mars", "That's a lot of people", Nero looked at the car noticing that all but one seat was taken, "Yeah but we'll fit", "Alright", she shrugged her shoulders
Each stop the car got progressively fuller, Luck and Magna being crammed into the trunk part of the van, Mars and Fana took the last spot, and Mari going on the floor between Sol and Yuno who were sitting in the middle seats, "Is this safe?", Sol asked nervously, "Who cares", Magna piped up from the back, "I do cause if we crash then you guys back there-", "We'll be fine", Mari shrugged her shoulders, "Ok", Sol nervously agreed, "YEAH WE'LL BE FINE", Luck popped his head out pushing Magna's head down, "HEY", "SORRY NOT SORRY", "THATS IT", Magna and Luck began to try and hit each other, "GET HIM LUCK", a Mars and Mari cheered for him, "KICK HIS ASS LUCK", Fana, Liebe, and Nero cheered for Luck
"Alright guys", Asta stopped the car in front of Yami's shop, "This it?", Yuno looked out the window, "Black bulls auto?", "That sounds kind of familiar", Leo looked at the buildings sign "Really?", Asta looked back at him as he stopped the car. The gang all poured out of the car Magna and Luck chasing each other in the car park, "Hey Yami", he called out to his coach as he pulled out from under a car, "What's up kid", he looked at the new faces, "Friends from school?", he got up and wiped his four head, "Yeah, this is Yuno", "Nice to meet you", "Klaus", "Hello", "Sol", Sol didn't say anything for a few seconds trying to figure out if she'd seen him before, "You ok?", Asta asked her, "Oh yeah sorry nice to meet you", "And this is-", "LEOPALD?", Yami began to laugh, "SUKEHIRO?", "LEOPALD?", Asta was so very confused, as Sol, Yuno, and Klaus, "YOU TWO KNOW EACH OTHER?", Sol cut in ,"Yeah I gave his brother an ass whooping a long time ago", "WHAT?", the three of them were yet again shocked, "You beat his brother?", Yuno couldn't believe what he was hearing, "Not exactly"
Flashback
"Alright man you got this", Nacht and his brother rubbed his shoulders, "Go and show them who we are", he heard his little sister tell him, "Yeah"
"Get this guy out of your way and you'll be in the rankings", Fuegoleon heard Theresa as she cleaned his face, "I know", "Now go out there and prove your name", "YEAH"
"LADIES AND GENTLE MEN I PRSENT TO YOU THE OPENER OF THE PRELIMS", an annoucer screamed into his mic, "INTRODUCING FIRST, HE IS CURRENTLY UNDEFEATED AT 7 AND 0, A DISTANT RELATIVE TO THE LEGENDARY LUMIEL SILVAMILLION, THE BLAZING LION FUEGOLEON VERMILLION", he walked out as the crowd cheered, "GET THIS GUY", "SHOW HIM HE'S NOT ON/YOUR LEVEL", "TRY NOT TO KILL HIM", he found it very annoying as he made his way to the cage being wiped down to make sure he wasn't greasing, "You got this", he turned to see his sister in his corner, "Yeah"
"INTRODUCING SECOND, HE IS CURRENTLY 9 AND 1, FROM KOSHU HINO, THE BLACK BULL SUKEHIRO YAMI", the crowd was mostly unreceptive throwing things at him, "FUEGO'S GONNA KILL YOU FUEGO'S GONNA KILL YOU", they chanted as he had the same inspection as Fuegoleon
"Alright I want a nice clean fight, you may touch gloves if you please if not go back to your corners", they touched gloves as the round began
As it started Yami threw a front body kick which made a loud noise causing Fuegoleon to shoot for the legs, but got his takedown stuffed only pushing Yami against the cage. While they were against the cage Fuegoleon threw a few knees to his thigh, but Yami got wrist control and broke his grip opting to clinch throwing a knee that wobbled Fuegoleon, He retreated back only for Yami to chase after him hitting him with a kick to his, Calf? He ducked the right hand from Yami and locked in a body lock tripping Yami. He was able to secure it, but he couldn't win the scramble Yami getting right back up, "JESUS", he thought as the buzzer went off
the two went back to their corners, "WHAT WAS THAT?", Theresa yelled at him, "He got me early", "THAT'S NO EXCUSE", she yelled at him
"DUDE YOU ALMOST HAD HIM", Nacht cleaned him off and Morgen, "GO GET HIM", Yami got up from his stool as the second round began
This time Fuegoleon went to shoot a takedown immediately, again only pushing him against the cage, instead of keeping a body lock from the back he opted for wrist control keeping Yami locked for the first minute and a half, but Yami managed to break his control and threw a hook on the break, "Have to-", Fuegoleons thoughts were interrupted by another kick to his calf? and another and another, "What is he doing? He's missing my thigh", Fuegoleon thought about why he was doing it before a head kick caught him making him panic shoot another take down, finally getting him down and securing his back, keeping a body triangle which, he held for the rest of the round throwing ground and pound attempting submissions
"Ok finally round, you have to win this", Theresa poured water on his face which was cut above the eyebrow on the cheek and his left eye was closing, "He's rocking you so keep it on the ground", "Alright"
"DUDE, YOU HAVE THIS IN THE BAG YOU WOBBLED HIM A BUNCH SO GO FOR THAT FINISH", Ichika yelled sensing that her brother was closing in on a win, "Alright"
The final round began Yami chasing a finish, which unfortunately lead to him being taken down yet again, but unlike last time he was able to get into Fuegoleons full guard ground and pounding him until he got up kicked off. Again, he got his ankle picked and was put back on the ground where Fuegoleon laid in half guard not alternating positions, after most of the round had elapsed Yami managed to get up, Fuegoleon followed and the two began a striking exchange of which Yami kicked his calf again, "Why is he stil-", his leg gave out, "WHAT THE", on the way down he was hit with a looping right that knocked him down with Yami following to the floor looking for the finish *BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR* the clock had different plans though
Fuegoleon and Yami were brought to the center of the cage, "THE JUDGES HAVE SUBMITTED THEIR SCORE CARDS AND THEY READ.............................................................29-28 IN FAVOR OF VERMILLION, 29-28 IN FAVOR OF YAMI, AND THE LAST ONE READS..............................................28-28 MEANING THIS FIGHT HAS ENDED IN A DRAW", the crowd felt a bit cheated many arguing which man really one
But back in the locker room Fuegoleon was trying not to cry, "You ok", Leopald who was five at the time asked him, "Yeah", he tried to smile feeling it waver a bit, "Hey", he looked up to see Yami, "What do you want?", he snapped, "Sorry I-", "No it's cool first time not winning I get it", Yami looked at him, "Someday we'll run it back so don't cry like a little kid", Yami left the room, Fuegoleon sucked it up, "You were gonna cry?", Leo asked him, "Yeah", "But dad says", "Dad's an asshole", he thought a bit before speaking again, "Leo if you feel you need to cry do it, it doesn't help it hold it in", "But you're holding it in", "You're right I was, but it still isn't healthy", he put his hand on Leo's head, "Please don't be like me, like Leona, and please don't be like dad", "I WON'T", Leo have him a salute making him laugh a little, "C'mon let's get going", the two left Unfortunately, as fate would have it him and Yami never got to fight again
Back to the now
"REALLY", Sol looked at Yami thinking he wasn't much, "I do remember hearing about that, but it was really early on in his pro career", Klaus spoke up, "Yeah", "WHY DID YOU NEVER COMEBACK?", Leo asked, "HE ALWAYS WANTED THAT REMATCH", "Sorry kid but fate just got in the way", "BUT", "Look we can talk about it later, for right now though, what's the problem?", he looked over at Asta, "Mom said there was something with the breaks", he tossed the keys to him, "Ok I'll have a look, NACHT", he screamed for him to get out of the garage, "What's up", he walked out shocking Sol, Yuno, Klaus, and Leo again, "YO he looks like-", Asta nudged him shaking his head no Leo caught on, "You and Asta go get some brake pads and fluids from Henry's shop ", "Aight c'mon", "Sorry guys", "Don't be we'll take care of your friends", Magna put his arm around Sol, "Yeaaaaah no", she lifted his arm off, "Ok", he walked away, "But yeah don't worry", Sol assured him, "Cool see you guys in like thirty minutes", the two of them walked away, "Alright I'll get to working on it and you guys can wait out here", Yami was about to walk away, "So your his coach?", Leo asked him, "Yeah", Yami turned around to face them, "Why are you asking?", Leo thought about the first time him and Asta sparred, how close he got to getting blasted, "I can tell", he looked down, "What does that mean?", Yami began to turn around, "He almost Ko'd me", he turned to look at him again, "I could tell cause of how good he was", he thought about him Knocking out Sekke, "Thanks", Yami gave him a smile and got the car and pulled into the back
With Asta and Nacht
While they were walking Asta was rather quiet, he was trying to find a way to bring up his brother organically, "What's up with you man? You usually talk my ear off", Nacht looked over at him, "Nothing", Asta smiled it off, "I know that's not true man", the two stopped at a light waiting for the signal to let them cross, "Ok fine", he thought about how he was going to word what he was about to say, taking a deep breathe, "I met your brother", Nacht's eyes widened, "And I was just kind of wondering what happened between you guys", he looked at Nacht who was clearly a little uncomfortable, "We just grew apart", he looked ahead his eyes seemed a bit watery, "If you don't want to tell me that's ok", he looked at him, "Thank you", the two had made it to the shop getting what they needed all of it in silence. As the two were about to exit the store Nacht finally said something, "Hey man I-", "No worries, man if you don't want to talk about it right now you don't have to", Asta assured him, "Thanks"
the two left the store and when they got to the sidewalk, they saw two people pushing a car, "Damn that looks like expensive", the pair crossed the street giving Asta a better look, and when he realized who was pushing it tried to speed walk away, "OH HEY", he heard the orange haired girl call to them, "What's up", he awkwardly turned around, "Can you help us?", she asked, "UH" Asta paused while Nacht began to approach them, "So what happened?", he asked them, "Well my car just stopped and we've literally been pushing this thing forever", she told the two, "mmm", Nacht stroked his chin as he looked at it, "We can take a look but I can't promise anything", he looked at it, "At this point that's all I could ask for", she clasped her hands together and bowed her head, "Cool I just need a list of a few things that might be wrong with it and we'll get it to the shop in no time", Nacht motioned Asta to help them push, "Alright", he decided to just do it, "So how far is your shop?", she asked him, "A few blocks down", Nacht answered, "Wait, are you the Black Bulls Auto guys?", she asked him, "Yep", "Awesome", she gave a sigh of relief as the four began to push the car
"Well, I had some work to do on the car today but it broke down a few hours ago", she talked to Nacht about the car, "You get told what work needed to be done?", Nacht asked her, "I think it had something to do with the engine", she answered, "Well that could be a lot of things so we might just have to wait to run diagnostics on it", he replied the two continued to talk, Asta and Noelle however were both silent not talking to each other an obvious tension ran between them
At the shop
The gang were talking getting to know each other better, "So you guys do martial arts?", Leo asked them, "Yeah I do wrestling", Magna proudly pointed to himself, "I do Sanda", Luck answered, "Nope" "No" "I do not" "Nada", Nero, Fana, Zenon, and Liebe answered , "You guys?", Sol looked at the rest, "Dutch kickboxing, same as Asta", Mars answered, "Shotokan", Vanica gave hers, "Bjj", Mari replied as she looked at her phone sitting in a stack of tires, "Hmmm a pretty even split between grapplers and strikers", Leo put his hands on his hips, "I suppose", Mari kept scrolling through her phone, "Here they come", she looked up seeing them help two people push a car, "YAMI WE GOT ANOTHER", Nacht yelled as they finished pushing it into the drive way, "REALLY?", they heard him yell from the garage, "YEP", "ALRIGHT BRING HER ROUND BACK", Nacht sighed and started pushing while the other three stayed, "Mimosa?", Leo looked at her, "Hi", she nervously waved, "What are you doing here?", he asked her, "Well the car kinda just turned off", Mimosa nervously scratched the back of her head, "HEY HOW COME YOU HAVEN'T BEEN IN THE GYM?", Sol stomped over to her, "Huh?", Asta shook his head in confusion, "Sorry me and Letoile have been working on events for the semester", she began to touch the tips of her fingers, "you're a combat sports student?", Asta interrupted, "OH yeah I do boxing", "Wait I thought that there were only five?", he asked, "Well yeah", Mimosa wasn't sure where this was going, "Then who were the two with Sekke?", Mimosa still wasn't sure what he was saying, "OOOOOOOHHHHH, No those two aren't", it finally clicked, "Really? Guess I never would've guessed you don't have a face that screams you've been punched a lot", he laughed a little, "I'll take that as a compliment", she gave a small laugh of her own, "Well it's nice-", Asta got cut off by Magna putting his arm around Asta's shoulder, "Looks like our friend here is a lady killer", he commented, "WHAT?", Asta screamed making the people around laugh, "Its ok you can tell us when you're ready", Vanica laughed from a far, "HEY CAN YOU TELL THEM?", Asta looked at Mimosa, "Oh, yeah totally", she smiled, "WHAT", Asta screamed again making them laugh once more, "C'mon man don't be embarrassed", Liebe ruffled his hair, "YEAH AND MAYBE SHE'LL HELP YOU FORGET ABOUT RE-", Luck was stopped by Magna bumping him with his elbow, and after he said that it felt that the mood took a complete 180, "Well uh-", Liebe tried to say something, "Hey kid I got what was wrong with the car", Yami came outside, "Like I said earlier it is just some worn brake pads and some bad braker fluid", he looked up from his clipboard seeing that the mood felt a bit tense, "What happened here?", he looked around, "Nothing", Asta just gave a short answer, "Mhm", Yami gave a little squint, "Well anyways and you young lady", he turned his attention to Mimosa, "Have had terrible work done to the car so it's probably going to be 3-4 hours before I can authorize letting you drive it", he switched back to his clipboard, "Really but, we paid so much for the work?", Mimosa wasn't sure how that was possible, "Yep, so I guess in the mean time you kids go out and have fun or something", he turned around to go back to the garage, "Well you want to hang out with us", Asta rubbed the back of his neck, "Uh", Mimosa was about to answer before Noelle pulled her to the side, "NO WAY", she whispered to her, "Well no way yourself", Mimosa pulled away, "HEY are you kidding me, he hates me", she pointed to Asta, "Well I'm not just gonna sit her doing nothing for 4 hours", she answered, "So you can come or you can stay", Mimosa gave her look as if she was asking, "Fine", Noelle followed her, "Well we'll be in your care", she wrapped her arms around Noelle and pulled her closer, "Great", Asta just sighed making Noelle glare at him, "LET'S GET GOING THEN", Luck bolted out of the lot, "WAIT UP"
At the Arcade
The first stop was the arcade a place where the gang including some others had great times, "C'MON", Magna smashed the buttons on a Tekken cabinet, "WHOOPS", Luck pushed him to mess him up which did, "KAZUYA WINS", the cabinet sounded letting Magna know he lost, "WHY YOU", Magna got back up and began to chase him again, "CATCH ME IF YOU CAN", Luck taunted and bolted, "Alright my turn", Liebe came up and put a coin in, "Anyone want to try me?", he gave a smug look back, "I'll do it", Zennon came forward, "Ok", the two began playing prompting everyone to look around, "This is a pretty cool place", Sol looked around, "Yeah", Leo agreed seeing a lot of machines, "Hey you two come try this out", they turned they're attention to Mars and Fana who were by a punch power machine, "COOL", Leo ran over to it, "I guess", Sol followed
"So what do you think so far?", Klaus and Yuno watched as Magna chased Luck in circles around the place, "Honestly?", Yuno looked at him, "Honestly", Klaus clarified right as Magna fell over a trash can, "Awesome", he gave Klaus a blank look before the two of them began to laugh, "WHY YOU?", Magna pulled a greasy plate from his head, "TOO SLOW", Luck taunted him again making the two of them laugh
"Noelle, can you pretend not to be angry?", Mimosa gave Noelle an annoyed look, "Look I don't know these guys so-", Mimosa put her finger over her lips, "Lemme stop you right there", Mimosa seemed really annoyed, "I have hung out with Kiato, I have hung out with Charmy, I've even hung out with Grey, so why can't you just do this, and I'm not even asking for you to do this multiple times so can you stop pouting like a child", she finished asking, Noelle a little more than upset, "Hey you two", they felt as someone wrapped their arms around their shoulders, turning to see the girl with the eyepatch, "Names Vanica nice to meet you guys", she let her arms down and held her hands out to shake, "Nice to meet you too", Mimosa shook her hand Noelle just using her finger tips, "Yeah", she saw that Mimosa seemed actually angry, "I'm just going to sit down", she left sitting in one of the food booths looking at her phone
Kiato♥: Sorry I had to cancel today I promise I'll make it up to you
Me: No worries Love you
Kiato♥: Love you too
Me: So how's it going? Delivered
"UUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH", she groaned as she lamented how today had gone, "You ok?", she looked up to see the Girl that was holding hands with the guy that Looked like Asta, "Yeah", she waved her off putting her hand in her palm as she scrolled through her phone, "Really? Cause it doesn't SEEM like you're ok", she sat down across from her, "I'm just", she thought about today so far, it didn't start off bad, but then there was Asta who suddenly snapped at her, then there was Kiato canceling the date, and to top it off she was stuck with people she felt probably didn't like her, "I guess today just hasn't been great", she looked up at her, "Well kid some days are going to be like that", she looked over seeing that Liebe scream cause he lost, "Not much you can do than try and learn from them", she looked back at Noelle, "What is there to learn from?", she looked back on it, "Asta blew a gasket for no reason, My boyfriend canceled a date, and now I'm stuck here", she sarcastically waved her arm in the air, "No reason?", she lifted her eyebrow, "Yeah", Noelle stopped and thought for a second coming up short with possible answers, "That doesn't sound like him", she gave him a skeptical squint, "Well that's what happened so", Noelle assumed her previous position, "What's your name?", she asked her, "Names Secre but everyone just calls me Nero", she answered, "Alright well Nero that's what happened so I can't really say much", she stared at her being returned a blank stare, "What?", Noelle was confused by the stare, "Well whatever the case I think it's best for you to just think about it", she got up and put her hand on Noelle's shoulder, and she did thinking about what the short blonde one said, "Who is Re?", she looked up at Nero who was obviously surprised by it, "Why do you want to know?", Nero answered with another question, "I don't know it just reminded me of something", she thought about the first time they met when he told her to let go or when earlier he told her to shut up, "Well I think it would be better if you asked Asta himself", she walked over to Liebe, "But-", "ALRIGHT WE'RE GOING SOMEWHERE ELSE", Liebe folded his arms causing everyone including Asta to come back together, "How am I supposed to know if he won't tell me?"
The bowling alley
It started off cool as they conversed but a little taunting from magna had caused a small competition to break out between a few of them
"OH YEAH", Magna pumped his fist down as he got a strike, "Wow so cool dude you're good at bowling", Mars rolled his eyes, "Don't be such a sour puss", Fana pulled his cheek, "Alright who's next", Magna sat back down, "Me" Klaus got up and walked to the lane, "You got this man", Yuno gave him a thumb up, "Ok", he grabbed the ball like a shot put one, "I don't think that's how you-", Nero tried to steer him in the right direction, but was stopped by Liebe who was glaring at him, "Nah I wanna watch this", he looked as Klaus wound the shot up, "That Tekken loss is really getting to you huh?", Zennon laughed at him, "SHUT UP", Liebe turned his head back to him, "Whatever", Zennon looked as Klaus through a gutter ball, "HAHA", Liebe laughed causing Nero to pinch his cheek, "HEY", "That wasn't nice", she told him, "Ok sorry", she let go, "Good, now who's next?", "Me", Sol got up nervous since she hadn't been bowling before and saw how they laughed at Klaus, "I'm not very good at this", she rubbed her arm, "C'mon just throw it like this", Magna walked up to her and motioned how to throw it properly, "Ok I think I get it", she picked up a ball, "Like this?", she tossed it watching it roll into a strike, "I DID IT", she cheered going back to her seat, "Mari you're next", Fana motioned her, "Alright", she got up and threw it getting a low score opting to not do her spare, and one by one they went all except two
Asta was outside looking through his phone, "Hey", he looked to his side seeing Noelle, "What?", he looked at her making her think about what Nero said, "I think it would be better if you asked Asta himself", she decided to get her answer now, "I wanted to ask you about what the short blonde one said", she folded her arms and stared at him, "Luck?", Asta expressed obvious annoyance, "Yeah", she stood waiting for his answer, "Why would I tell you that?", he looked at her with shock thinking he would ever express that to her, "Well it's just that-", Asta cut her off, "Actually I don't care", he walked past her, "HEY I WAS TALKING TO YOU", she flailed her arms, "SO YOU'RE NOT EVEN GONNA TELL ME WHY YOU'RE SO ANGRY", she looked as he went inside, "WELL WHATEVER", she turned back around clinching her fists, "What the hell", she thought, "I did what she said but-"
"This isn't the restroom", Noelle heard someone talk looking up seeing Vanica, "What?", she wasn't sure what she meant, "I was looking for the restroom", Noelle slowly blinked at what she was hearing, "And?", she questioned her, "What do you mean and? This isn't it", Vanica stood there staring at Noelle, "I've seen you before", Noelle felt a little proud knowing that at least one person there knew who she was, "Well thanks I do have 1.7 million followers", she flipped her hair, "Nah that's not it", Vanica got closer getting a better look at her before snapping her fingers, "I KNOW", Noelle felt really confused, "YOU LOOK LIKE ACIER", an immediate deflation of her pride followed, "Oh thanks", she twitched her brow, "Yeah I'm a big fan of hers", Vanica began to scope her out, "But you don't seem all too bad yourself", she finished, "Oh thanks", Noelle rubbed her arm, "No problem", Vanica began to go back inside before she saw that Noelle was staying behind, "Well come on let's go and play the last game at least", Vanica began pushing her inside, "I uh ok", she agreed going back inside
At Jamo's Deli
Another stop at the gang's favorite place to eat
"Hey Jam, what's up?", Liebe came in with a huge smile, "OH Well if it isn't Mr. put it on my tab himself", Jamo leaned over the counter, "Hey I paid it didn't I", Liebe gave him a wide-open smile, "Yeah yeah", he waved him off, "What'll it be?", he asked him, getting a whole slab of lunch meat cutting it as if he already knew what he was going to say, "The usual", Liebe responded, "For you and her?", Jamo asked him while he pointed at Nero, "Yep", Nero answered for him, "Alright, what about the rest of you?", he looked to the group, "Wait a minute I haven't seen any of you before", he pointed his cleaver at the people from school, "We're new friends of Asta", Yuno spoke up, "Ahh well a friend of his is a friend of mine, what'll it be?", he asked them getting each of their orders one by one until it was Asta's turn, "Hey kid haven't been coming in lately", he teased him, "Yeah sorry schools a bit far from here and the food there is free", he rubbed the back of his head, "Ah I see too good for my food now?", Jamo joked, "It's not like that", he tried to answer, "Don't worry kid I get it, so what'll it be?", he asked, "The usual", "Alright that'll be 5.99", ringing him up, "Alright", Asta looked through his pockets, "That's right my wallet", he forgot he lost it earlier, "It's all good kid think of this as my present for you getting in to the academy", Jamo waved him off and went to cook his food, "Thanks", "'Don't mention it"
it was silent for a bit, the only sound coming from the deli being Jamo grilling, frying, and slicing stuff*BZZZZZ* the ring for Asta's phone went off ending the awkwardness, "It's Yami", Asta looked at it, "I'll see what's up", he got up and left the deli
"You really shouldn't have said that Luck", Magna and a few others looked at him, "I'm sorry I just thought that she was with him", he pointed to Mimosa, "I'm sorry", Mimosa bowed her head, "It's not your fault you didn't know", Mars just slouched in his chair, "What happened?", Noelle asked, which too be honest was a question for her, Klaus, Sol, Leo, Mimosa, and Yuno, "She was-", Mari bumped Magna with her elbow, "When Asta wants to tell you he'll tell", Liebe began eating Noelle noticing that Nero was looking at her, "Well when do you think that'll be?", she followed with another question, "Not sure, but when he is he will", Liebe seemed a little annoyed that she kept pushing, "Alright", Noelle decided to drop it since it was obvious that it was bothering him
the gang kept talking getting to know each other, "You have really pretty hair", Fana looked at Noelle, "Oh thank you", she started stroking her hair, "You too, I haven't seen anyone with pink hair before", she returned the compliment, "Thanks I tried to dye a pattern into it a year ago, but it didn't work out", Fana also nervously stroked her hair, "Really? It looks fine", Noelle assured her eating some of Mimosa's food, "You and Mari have similar eyes", Luck pointed at her, causing her to look at her and yeah, they did, "We do, don't we?", Mari looked at her, "Yeah", "WHAT ABOUT ME?", Vanica popped up between the two with her hands under her chin, "Ummmmm you have a nice eye patch?", Mimosa answered sounding much more like a question rather than a real compliment, "Thank you", Vanica stood back up and looked at Noelle, "So are you the other combat sports student?", the question caught her off guard "I-uh, no I'm not", Noelle nervously rubbed her arm, "I see", she could feel the disappointment getting into an obviously bothered mood, "Well that's ok", Vanica tried to help it, "How bout you ask me a question?", she proposed to her , Noelle thought about it for a moment, "What happened to your eye?", she asked, "NOELLE?", Mimosa looked at her shocked that she would ask, "Hey no worries I touched a sore subject so I think it's fair she should", she touched the eye patch as she thought about it
Flash Back
"She has retinoblastoma", the doctor informed a young Dante unaware that Vanica was listening from the door, "What's that?", Dante wasn't all too sure what she was saying, "Well it's a cancer that forms in the retina", she pulled out a diagram, "It begins there and slowly begins to eat the eye", Vanica began shaking, "It's also possible that it could spread to other parts of her body", Dante felt his heart be torn out, "WELL THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING WE CAN DO ABOUT IT", he shot out of his chair, "Well there is long term chemo therapy", Dante panicked knowing how expensive it would be, "But there is the option to remove the eye", Vanica busted into the room, "I DON'T WANT TO LOSE MY EYE", she cried clinging to Dante's leg, "I'm sorry ", he held her not sure what to say, "PLEASE I DON- DON- DON-", she couldn't finish, "We need time to think about it", Dante told the doctor , "I suggest you decide soon or she might experience long term complications"
Later that night Dante was putting the two of his siblings to bed, "Dante?", Vanica stopped him from leaving, "Yeah?", he sat next to her bed, "Am I gonna die?", hearing the question made Dante feel like his heart was being ripped out, "I don't know", his eyes began to water, "I'm sorry", she could feel the tears begin to flow, "No don't be, it's my fault I can't help you", he tried not to cry, "What's going to happen" "I will do anything we have to do to pay for the treatment", Vanica thought about it, they were not in a good way as it was and it might've made things worse, "But we'll", Dante stopped her, "I know", she thought about it more, "Is it going to hurt?", she asked him, "What?" "Is it going to hurt to lose my eye?", Dante finally cracked and cried trying to make it quiet at least so that Zenon wouldn't wake up, "I don't know", is all he could muster, and he didn't, taking care of his siblings since they were young, he never thought he would ever have to explain something like that to any of them, "I can do it though", Vanica stopped crying or at least it wasn't as obvious, "I can be strong just like Acier", she smiled, "Ok I uh I'll call the doctor and we'll set an appointment, ok?", "Ok", he gave her a hug before she went to sleep
The next day all three of them were waiting in the lobby as a talk show played the guest of honor, Acier Silva, "So what's your secret, y'know how come you never seem afraid?", a woman asked Acier, "Well that's the thing, I'm always scared", Vanica's eyes opened really wide, "I mean how could you not? I get punched and kicked for a living, so no matter what happens there is always a possibility that something irreparable might happen", she could feel her eyes water, "But even when I'm afraid, when I feel like I don't want to go on, I just swallow that fear and go forward", unconsciously the tears began to fall, "And sometimes that's all you can do, take a chance and keep going forward even if it hurts" "Well you heard it here ladies and gentlemen "The Lancer" Herself", "Vanica Zogratis?", a doctor came out looking for her, "Here", she got up and walked over to him, "Are you scared?", the doctor noticed she was crying, "Yeah", she looked up at her, "Well you are one strong little lady to be doing this", she gave her a smile, "Thank you", Vanica turned to her older brother, "Thank you", she hugged him, "No I should really be thanking you", he smiled back wiping tears from his eyes, "Alright then young lady let's get going"
The present
Vanica put her hand down looking back at them, "Wow", Sol almost couldn't believe it, and Mimosa she was basically speechless, Noelle however, "I'm sorry", she apologized not even sure why, "Don't be", Vanica smiled and immediately went back to eating, "No sense of tone", Zennon laughed at her, "Whatever", she looked up with her mouth stuffed with fries immediately lifting the mood, "Hey Yami said the cars ready", Asta came back inside, "Alright then we'll finish up here and head back", Liebe went back to eating, "Yeah", Noelle looked up at him, "MAN I CAN'T WAIT FOR NEXT TIME", Leo stretched , "This was pretty fun", Sol thought about it, "Next time be here though ok?", Yuno gave him a sarcastic remark, "Yeah", Asta nervously rubbed his neck
At the auto shop
Yami closed the hood of Mimosa's car, a job well done, "Jeez wonder who was working on this thing", Yami looked at the car, "Tell me about it", Nacht went to wash his hands of the grime that built up on his hand, "Asta asked me about Morgen", he told Yami as he washed his hands, "What?", Yami trying to make sure he heard it right, "Asta, he asked me about Morgen", he turned around leaning on the sink, "And?", Yami followed to the sink, "Nothin he told me I didn't need to talk about it if I didn't want to", he looked ahead, "Are you ever gonna tell him?", Yami asked, "Someday, what about you?", he looked over to Yami, "Maybe", he flicked the water off of his hands, "Well they're here", he turned to the garage door seeing the large group pouring into his shop, "Alright", the two of them went outside
"Sup", Liebe called to Yami as he walked out, "Well your guys car like I said earlier just had a few problems with the brakes", Yami tossed the keys to Liebe, "Cool, how much?", he asked him, "It's all good Asta will make it up", "AH WHAT", Asta looked at him, "You couldn't pay today so you're going to be here for the weekend", he patted him on the shoulder, "Fine", he folded his arms, "Good now get to cleaning the garage to starts", "NOW", "NO COMPLAINING", Yami grabbed him by his head, "Excuse me", Mimosa interrupted him, "What's up?", he shot his attention to her, "What about my car?", she nervously fiddled with her hands, "Oh about that I need to talk to you about the work you had done on the car", Yami pointed to Nacht, "C'mere the office is this way", he motioned for her to follow him, "Noelle come with me", the two left to the office, "Alright than man I'll see you later?", Liebe gave Asta a fist bump, "For sure", the crew loaded into the van and drove off, "Alright kid you go and clean", Yami began walking to his office, "I know"
"Ok so can you tell me who worked on the car before", Yami took out a piece of paper, "I never met them, but it was some guy that my parents pay to work on it", Mimosa responded as Yami wrote it down, "Ok, any previous issues aside from today?", he asked, "Not that I would've known of", another reply came, "Alright now this is very important how much did your parents pay them?" "I think around 10-20 thousand", her answer left Nacht and Yami's eyes almost popping out of their sockets, "WHAT?", the two of them couldn't believe it, "What's wrong?", Mimosa looked at them, "What's wrong? That price is completely outrageous", "Really?", the Mimosa and Noelle looked at each other, "Well the spark plugs blew, and the alternator was completely burned so if that's what they're charging you that's highway robbery", "I had no idea", Mimosa hadn't really asked about the car too much other than a few times for when she picked it up, and even then she never really got too much out of them, "Ok well I'll whip something up and Nacht can go show you what we're talking about", Yami got a piece of paper from his desk, "Come with me", Nacht again motioned for her to follow, "C'mon Noelle", she nodded her head for her to follow, "Alright", the three got up and went outside
After Nacht got done explaining Mimosa thanked him and went inside the, "Well today was cool", Mimosa slouched in her seat exhausted she looked at Noelle who to her surprise was actually smiling a little, "See today wasn't so bad", "Yeah", Noelle looked out the window seeing Asta get a trash bag and go around the back, "Hey what do you think they were talking about earlier?", she looked over to Mimosa, "What?", she thought for a moment about what Noelle was talking about, "Oh uh when Luck talked about Re or something, I'm not sure why?", "Noelle's gaze followed as Asta began to roll some of the tires inside, "I'm not sure", she thought about today how he snapped at her, how Kiato canceled on her, but Asta's friends weren't so bad, Vanica was cool, Fana was cool, Nero was cool, she thought about what she said earlier, "That doesn't sound like him", "Then why would you-", her train of though was cut off by a sudden realization, "MAYBE SHE CAN HELP YOU FORGET RE-", oh......oh.............oh, she looked down, then she noticed it, his wallet, the one he forgot because she was a jerk, "Oh no", she grabbed it, "I'll be right back", "Ok", Mimosa turned the car on the radio blasting
Asta finished cleaning the restroom and came out turning to see Noelle, "Hey", he let out a annoyed groan, "Look if this is to-", "I'm sorry", he stopped in his tracks
"Oh, I love this song", Mimosa turned the radio up as "Give me a shot at the night" by: The Killers came on
"Once in a lifetime"
"I had a chance to think about today, and I'm sorry", she rubbed her arm thinking about what Nero told her
"The suffering of fools"
"I'm not sure who Re is and I shouldn't have pushed for you to or anyone else to tell me", she remembered how annoyed Liebe seemed at her pushing for an answer
"To find our way home"
Asta stared at her as the moon illuminated her hair, "And I think I understand why you were so angry", she thought of all the times Mimosa had told her about Kiato, if any of it was true, she would be crushed
"To break in these bones"
"I'm sorry really I am", she looked at him
"Once in a lifetime, (Once in a lifetime), Once in a lifetime"
"I was being really insensitive", she held out his wallet, "I had a cool time, and your friends are good people", she began to cringe a little when she thought about asking Vanica about her eye
"OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"
"Since you and Mimosa are going to be seeing each other often and I would definitely like to hang out with some of them again some time", Asta smiled at her, while she thought about talking to Fana and Vanica who kept trying to include her throughout the night
"GIVE ME A SHOT AT THE NIGHT"
"I would like to be friends or at least friendly", Asta grabbed his wallet seeing that her hand was still out stretched
"GIVE ME A MOMENT SOME KIND OF MYSTERIOUS"
Asta thought about it for a second, and when he did, he realized he was being a little awkward throughout the night, "Why do you have this?", he looked at his wallet, "You forgot it in detention", she put her hands behind her back and nervously played with them, "I don't need you to tell me about it right now or even ever", he looked back at her, "Yeah ok", Asta put it back in his pocket, "Friends?", he held his hand back out to her, "Friends", she shook it a small smile forming, "Oh I love this song", Noelle commented on what was playing, "You like The Killers?", Asta was surprised as at least to him she didn't seem like the type to listen to it, "I-", Noelle thought about it no one aside from Mimosa really knew she liked it, even so, "Yeah I love The Killers", she nervously rubbed her arm, "Nice", Asta said while he began to walk to the office, "Oh wait when are you gonna do this again?", Noelle stopped him, "I'll text you", Asta waved, "Ok", she turned, "WAIT I don't have your number", she saw as he turned, "Ah I forgot", he walked up to her, "Here", he handed her his phone to copy the number, "Cool", she walked away, "See you Monday", she waved at him
When she got back in the car Mimosa was staring at her a smile strewn across her face, "What's up?", she asked her, "Nothing", she replied, "You ready to go?", "Yep", the two drove off into the night
Asta got back into Yami's office, "I cleaned the place", he looked at Yami while he finished writing something down, "Nice", he put it away and got up, "Where's Nacht?", Asta asked him, "He went home", Yami replied, "I see", he looked at Yami as he grabbed his keys, "Alright let's head out"
Later at the Staria residence
"Thanks Yami", he got out of his car, "No problem", he was about to drive off, "WAIT", Asta stopped him, "What?", he rolled his window back down, I forgot to tell you earlier, but the guy that got me in to the academy actually wanted you to start coaching me there", Asta leaned onto his car, "Really?", "Yeah", "I don't know kid I don't think I could teach a bunch of you", Yami rubbed the back of his neck, "That's the good thing each student has an individual coach so since you've been my coach for so long I thought it would work out better than someone from there", Asta got off his car, "Well", he thought about it , he had been his coach since he was a kid, "Alright just text me the place and time and I'll be there", Yami gave him a wave, "Thank you", "No problem kid"
Asta inside to see Liebe and Nero sitting on the sofa, "Took you long enough", Liebe turned to look at him, "Yeah the shop was pretty dirty today", Asta sat next to them, "You ok?", Nero asked him, "Yeah why?", Asta gave her a confused look, "Well you've been acting kind of weird today", Liebe told him, "Really?", Asta thought about today, "Oh right", he nervously scratched the back of his head, "Well I'm just glad you're ok", Liebe gave him a smile, "Yeah..................I'm going to bed", Asta got up, "Really? It's pretty early, especially for a weekend", Liebe was surprised, "I'm just tired", "Sweet dreams then", Liebe turned his attention back to the T.V
Asta fell onto his bed, looking at his phone
Rebecca: Hey I wanna talk
Me: What's up?
Rebecca: Can we please talk in person
Me: Sure Seen 7:02 6/12/23
He looked at the old texts as his eyes began to water *MADA* his phone's custom ringer went off
Unkown Number: Asta?
he wasn't sure if he wanted to reply but decided to
Me: Yep
Unkown Number: Nice I was just making sure
Me: who is this?
Unknown Number: Noelle
Asta looked at the name and quickly replaced it
Noelle: Something wrong?
Me: No I was just putting your name
Noelle: Oh lol
Noelle: When do you think you guys are all gonna hang out again?
Me: Not sure but I'll let you know
Noelle: Cool
Noelle: i heard that guy tell you had to work at his shop this weekend
Me: Yeah cause I didn't have my wallet
Noelle: Sorry I genuinely forgot
Me: It's all good he usually pays me any way so it'll be to replace the money I spent on the train
Noelle: You take the metro?
Me: Yea
Me: The school pays for it so it helps my mom save gas
Noelle: Oh what does your mom do?
Me: Emergency hot line operator
Noelle: Like a regular job?
Me: You sound like Klaus when I first talked to him
Noelle: Don't compare me to him 😂
Me: He's not a bad guy
Me: Nerdy but cool
Noelle: I guess
Me: Well I'm pretty tired so I'll leave you to it👍
Noelle: Gn
Me: Gn
Asta put his phone down, "Today was cool", he thought as his eyes closed falling asleep
*bzzz bzzzz bzzzzz bzzzzzz* Missed call from Rebecca
With Noelle
Her and Mimosa were driving home, "You seem happy", Mimosa looked at her as she stared at her phone, "What? No, it's just Asta", "Wow for two people who seemed like they wanted to kill each other you are acting really friendly", Noelle thought about what she said, "I was being really insensitive, and it turned out him and his friends were pretty cool", she looked out the window, "Really?" Mimosa couldn't believe it, "Well at least you're not going to be annoying about rants with him anymore", "HEY", Noelle gave her a tap on the arm, "I'm just telling the truth", she shrugged, "Whatever", Noelle smiled
When they finally made it back to Noelle's house, "See you tomorrow?", Mimosa asked her, "Yeah", she waved as she drove off, going back into her house
She walked through the empty house back to her room yet again, this time not so miserable, making it back to her room she fell right on to her bed, "Today was good", she turned to face the window, "So how was it?", she turned back to her door to see Nebra, "How was what?", she asked her, "The date?", she clarified, "Oh that didn't happen", she answered, "Then why are you so happy?", "I just had a good time with some friends", she smiled as she laid back down, "Hm I thought you would've been way more angry", "Well I guess but, today made up for it", she began settling into her covers, "Going to bed", "Yeah", "Good night then", Nebra closed her door turning off the lights as she did, "Today was.................................good", she thought as her eyes closed falling into sleep
*BZZ BZZZ BZZZZ* Kiato♥: Hey Delivered
and the text stayed like that throughout the night
On the next episode of "You clinched my heart"
"So how was your weekend?", Noelle asked Asta at the lockers, "It was cool I spent it at Yami's shop", he said while he put some of his books in the locker, "Oh yeah he supposed to come here today right?", she closed her locker, "Yeah he's I can't wait to start training with him again", "Since when were you friends?", the two of them looked turned their attention to the left seeing Charmy with a raised eyebrow while Grey was behind her
AND
"Yami?", Ms. Roselei looked at him in the ring with Asta, "Hey Ms. Roselei", Yami rubbed the back of his neck, "So uh how've you been?", he asked her, "I uh", she thought about it everything she wanted to say, "Ok I've been ok"