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Jesper was annoyed. When he had signed up to be tutored in chemistry, he hadn't thought to record the logistics on the sign-up sheet. This is why today, the day of his first session, he was a bit lost on what he was supposed to be doing.
You see, Jesper had forgotten to take a picture of the flyer, and he was now standing in the same hallway, looking at the same corkboard, but the ad was nowhere to be seen. This wasn't his fault, right? How was he supposed to know that the poster would be taken down? And while he should have taken a picture, it was rude of the tutor (he assumed it was the kid himself who had removed it) to take back something that could still be useful to people. In fact, this wasn't Jesper's fault at all, not even a little (and he would fight anyone who said otherwise).
Luckily for him, he remembered enough of the paper to know that the tutoring took place in the library about 15 minutes after school got out. Which he noticed, checking his watch, was in about three minutes, just enough time to get there if he ran (which he wasn't supposed to do because, you know, school, but what was life without a bit of rule-breaking?).
When he arrived, breathless and a bit sweaty; (he'd gotten lost because when has he ever been to the library?) Jesper wondered who he was supposed to be meeting. The cute guy with the red-gold curls? The scary-looking girl who he knew to be Zoya, the dragon queen, Nazyalensky? Inej? With his luck, it was probably Zoya. He was pleasantly surprised when it was the cure boy that called out his name.
"Jesper?" he asked, "I'm Wylan. I think I'm your new chem tutor?" His awkwardness is adorable, and if Jesper didn't know better, he would have thought that it was him who was making the boy flustered.
"Hi cutie!" he responded because why not. Wylan blushed bright red at the comment, much to Jesper's pleasure.
"Cute... no, I'm not cute, you're cute. I mean hot, I mean... Ugh," the shorter boy stuttered out. "Damn it, so much for first impressions, I guess. I'm sorry, I'm a bit of a mess today. I got into a fight with my dad, and he's this close to kicking me out... and here I go oversharing; shit, I knew this was a bad idea, but no 'meet new people' Kuwei said 'It'll be good for you' he said. And now I'm rambling, great job Van Eck. I'd be surprised at this point if the new kid wants to meet you at all. If I were him, I'd have hightailed it out of here long ago." Wylan mumbled half to himself before seemingly realizing that he had been speaking out loud. His flush grew even darker as Jesper watched.
"Hey, it's okay," Jesper said, a little softer than his previous statements, "awkwardness is a part of life. Though I can't say that I'm surprised that a face like this made you speechless," Jesper said, gesturing to himself. "And wait, Van Eck? Like Jan Van Eck? The shipping mogul? I didn't know you were a rich kid."
"Yup," Wylan said, he gestured vaguely, "Jan Van Eck, father of the year over there. Anyway, can we get on to chemistry; I'm sure you have better things to do than make fun of me."
THE CROWS!!!!
the hot one: guys
the hot one: guys
the hot one: guys
the hot one: GUYS
criminal: Jesper I swear to gof
waffles4life: gof
the hot one: gof
spidey girl: gof
criminal:*god
criminal: Anyways,
criminal: Yes, Jesper?
waffles4life: damn kaz with that punctuation
waffles4life: what is this english class
the hot one: EXACTLY
spidey girl: what was it jes?
the hot one: thank you inej
the hot one: at least someone cares about me
waffles4life: aw, jes i care, i just like making fun of kaz more
the hot one: fair
the hot one: but anyways
the hot one: guess who my chem tutor is
criminal: Wylan Van Eck
the hot one: the Van Eck kid
the hot one: damn it kaz
the hot one: how the hell do you know everything
criminal: It is my job to know things.
spidey girl: actually kaz your job is to help kids cheat their way through high school
waffles4life: oof kaz, inej knows whats up
wolf boy: My class just ended, what is up?
the hot one: matthias, *face palm*
spidey girl: anyway jes, why did you want us to know who your tutor is?
the hot one: bc hes cute and i need advice
waffles4life: aw jes
waffles4life: jeslan?
spidey girl: no
waffles4life: WESPER!!!!
spidey girl: perfect
spidey girl: also jes, you have more relationships than the rest of us combined
spidey girl: why do you need advice?
the hot one: one night stands and single dates aren't relationships
the hot one: you four are in long term relationships, what do i need to do
spidey girl: uh jes, im single
criminal: So am I???
waffles4life: thats what they think
the hot one: ah kanej, the ship of denial
the hot one: ugh nvm
the hot one: ill just ask someone nicer
Jes_the_magician, Sun_queen
Jes_the_magician: alina
Sun_queen: ya jesper
Jes_the_magician: how did you get mal to date you
Sun_queen: is that an insult?
Jes_the_magician: no like how did you ask him out
Sun_queen: well, i danced around my feelings for a long time
Sun_queen: i even dated some other guys
Jes_the_magician: you mean Aleks?
Jes_the_magician: that guy is such a weirdo
Jes_the_magician: like who is actually like that?????
Sun_queen: ikr, hes such a creep
Sun_queen: but anyway
Sun_queen: i wasn't sure that mal returned my feelings but i thought that getting rejected was better than not knowing so i told him how i felt
Sun_queen: and luckily he felt the same, but even if he didn't i would have been glad i told him
Sun_queen: letting him know meant that i wouldn't have to play endless games of what if
Sun_queen: i would be able to be content with the knowledge that there was nothing i could have done and moved on
Jes_the_magician: wow alina
Jes_the_magician: that was literally the most thoughtful thing ive ever read
Jes_the_magician: thanks, you're perfect
Jesper Fahey private messaged Wylan Van Eck
Jesper Fahey changed their name to "young padawan"
young padawan changed Wylan Van Eck's name to "jedi master"
young padawan: hey, wylan right?
young padawan: its jesper
young padawan: like from tutoring
young padawan: wylan?
jedi master: hi jesper