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Now, It’s not uncommon to see Heartslabyul’s Queen during curfew checks.
However, Riddle Rosehearts had recently been spotting & falling asleep in a hoodie that couldn’t have belonged to them.
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Now, Heartslabyul was not one to gossip without their Queen much less about their Queen, but curiosity killed the cat.
So with unbridled and brimming curiosity, Heartslabyul started 4 p.m gossip early that day without informing Riddle.
“Where do you think they got it?” One student questioned.
”Better question, who do you think gave it to them?” Another added, opening more opportunities for different conclusions.
”Whose to say someone got it for them?”
”I know we haven’t seen it that much but even we know that’s not something they’d buy for themselves.”
“You don’t think the housewarden is secretly dating someone, do you?”
”You think? They have been…bubbly?”
The lounge swirled with different questions and alternatives all offering the same unspoken thought, it had to be some sort of a gift from someone.
before the students realized, it must have struck 4 p.m as the sound of heels made its way to the lounge, covering the lounge in radio silence.
it was almost completely silent when Riddle walked into the lounge with Cater and Trey, aside from the few students who greeted them.
Riddle could almost feel the amount of stares they got from their dorm students as they watched them walk to their usual spot in the lounge.
”What is it?” Riddle inquired, of course it wasn’t new to be stared at by their dorm but this felt different. “Out with it, whatever it is.”
The students shared looks between each other before a heart soldier spoke up, “Housewarden, not to be offensive but, Whose hoodie is it?”
Riddle seemed slightly stunned for a moment, only blinking as they could see the cogs turning fast in their head. “What hoodie?”
A club soldier spoke up next, “The hoodie you’ve been seen wearing recently.” That seemed to open the flood gate of the various questions Heartslabyul had.
“Housewarden, did someone give it to you?”
”What dorm are they in?”
”Is it a dorm hoodie of some sort?”
The questions piled up on top of one another, increasing the softened red that started blooming on Riddle’s face.
“Where is this coming from!” They finally managed to find their voice through the sounds of the muffled and blended ones.
It was silent again for a moment, “Housewarden,” one of the diamond suits started. “We’ve seen the hoodie.. we’re simply… curious is all.”
Muffled forms of agreement came up before it all died down again, “I hardly think I owe you all a know at where I get my clothing.” They said as they started getting up from their seat.
Further muffled and slightly defensive answers arose as they began walking away, red faced of course. “Continue on without me if this is going to distract you all so much.” With that, the door softly closed.
Inside of Scarabia’s currently cold halls, Riddle rubbed their hands for warmth.
Heartslabuyl’s temperature had be consistently rising and falling and at the moment it was ridiculously high so Riddle had made their way to Scarabia.
They made their way to Kalim’s room, opening the door and walking to his bed. Laying on Kalim’s bed they wrapped themself in his blankets for warms.
Kalim was practicing for the Gala so he wasn’t there at the moment, even still, his blankets smelt like him. It was.. comforting.
Riddle’s eyes wandered over to Kalim’s wardrobe and perhaps it was the cold that made them do what they did.
He slowly opened the wardrobe door, taking in the different clothes, most likely folded by Jamil, before he caught sight of Kalim’s hoodie.
They can’t simply keep going to different dorms especially if Heartslabyul’s temperature drops, they would return the hoodie when the temperature of Heartslabyul was fixed.
At least that’s what they told themself as they put on the hoodie.
Riddle carefully opened the door of their wardrobe, taking view of what was inside and lifting up their dorm uniform revealing a folded dark red and gold hoodie.
They took the hoodie, slipping their arms through the sleeves rather easily considering it was actually quite a bit bigger than him.
Bringing the neck line closer to their face they took a deep inhale of the smell as they closed the wardrobe and went to lay on their bed.
They flopped down gently onto their bed, burying themselves in their pillows and letting out a content sigh.
It wasn’t the time for a nap, they still had things they needed to be doing, dorm duties that need to be taken care of.
But, when their bed is so comfy, their pillows are so welcoming and the remaining scent of Kalim on the hoodie is so warm..
the dorm will be able to handle itself, just for the moment at least..
They could take a rest, they deserve it.
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The dorm gossip session hasn’t gone very far after Riddle had stormed out, in fact, it was mostly more questions about the hoodie and less about any actual school gossip.
Eventually, the dorm session came to close on the note of not being able to find an answer that satisfied the dorm as well as made sense.
As the dorm was about to leave for their own things, a smile popped into the room.
”Meow might know where Riddle got the hoodie from.”
“Hey, aren’t you that RSA student from the unbirthday” One of diamonds spoke up, irritated.
”You RSA jerks have no busy with our housewarden.”
“Okay~ just thought you might want nyow.” The smile slowly started vanishing before one of the club suits shouted out from curiousity.
”Wait! Wait! Wait! Where did they get it..”
“Oh come on!” One of the other dorm students shouted in annoyance.
”We don’t need help from an RSA student!”
”Leave me alone, I’m curious!”
The smile, formed into the head of a purple cat beastman. “They got it from…”
The lounge went deathly silent as Heartslabyul students clawed and clambered at each other to hear what they had been so curious about.
“I TOOOLLLDDDD YOUUU!!!” Some of the students said, shaking each other vigorously.
“I KNEEWW ITTTT!!” other students shouted.
All in all, the dorm students seemed satisfied to know what they wanted to know. They could talk to their housewarden about not telling them about their relationship later but for now, they were satisfied.