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Joel sits on the bed in his dorm, looking around the room as Wednesday stands beside him.
She took the role to show Joel around the school, practically stealing the job of the teacher and roommate that were supposed to do it originally. Wednesday's sudden interest in this 'new student' left the teachers glad that she stole their role into touring Joel. Little did they know, that this student wasn't new, not to Wednesday at least.
Joel takes a deep breath and Wednesday sits next to him, "It's been too long mon cher" she says, with a slightly shifted tone that Joel knows all too well, "it has cara mia"
With Joel's new growth spurt, they can't sit shoulder to shoulder anymore, but Joel still hunches his back to be in her sight, and to see her clearly. She lightly lays her hand on his cheek and chin, and he softly lowers his eyes, never out of embarrassment, more out of relief compared to anything else. When Wednesday even puts the smallest amount of force, pulling him in, he does it himself, knowing full well that's what they both want. Even though it's been years, ages it's felt like, they still know each other too well. Maybe they'll still need a month or two to fully reconnect, of course taking as much time as both need, yet already it seems barely anything of each other has changed.,,
"How could I forget someone as weird as you? I don't think it's possible," Joel says, keeping his hands lightly held together in his lap as her hand still rests on his face, only centimeters apart
" and how could I forget your sensitive nature: all too well" Wednesday replies, leaving an expression all up for him to decipher