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Till finds himself running down his schools' halls trying to make it to class in time, his next class- being Math, is much farther away from his previous class: Art. He really only cared about art and music as subjects, but he knew it wouldn't end well if his guardian thought he wasn't trying academically. He turns the corner then is forced to come to a halt, as there's many students from his grade crowding around something, but he can't seem to see what...
"Till!" he heard a bubbly voice shout from behind him, it was Mizi. There was a shorter black haired girl behind her. "Hello, Till."
He knows Sua isn't trying to be rude despite her cold demeanor. Throughout their entire lives they've always been in the same schools together, and same homeroom class. It was a strange coincidence but it wasn't like it bothered him. Then Mizi came along sometime during the 5th grade. He remembers a time when he used to have a small crush on Mizi, but honestly everyone did. She was, and still is gorgeous. She was popular and great at school so it was more him idolizing her, the crush easily fizzled out into admiration for one of his best friends. A lot of boys in her school still like her though, a bit too much that they become too dense to see that she's obviously dating Sua, which Till finds slightly amusing.
"Hi Mizi, Sua. You guys also annoyed by this?" He asks, a groan in his voice.
"Huh? Has Sua not told you...? It's not that bad." Mizi questions.
"I just want to get to my damn class, but everyone's in the way..." He stands on his toes again to see over the small crowd, cursing in his mind how annoying it was to be shorter than average. Tall people...
Till gazes towards the group, then a spot between the crowd and the wall catches his eye, finally seeing a way he can get to class on time.
"Ah! never mind, I can get there in time! Bye Mizi, you too Sua." He says before moving over to the gap and pushing through.
"Wait! Sua needs to show you something on her phone!"
"Show me after class!"
As Till moves through the crowd he starts to listen to what the people are saying.
"Oh he's so handsome..." "This is so exciting!" "It's been so long since we've had a new student!"
Huh. it's just a new student, surely it's not *that* interesting. He turns his head once he's near the middle of the crowd to get a look at this guy, and at first he just seems like a generic guy with nice black hair whos taller than normal.
Hm. Okay? sure he has a nice build to him, good style too, but like he thought, not that interesting. Just as he's about to start walking through again, one of the people he bumps pushes back and he's forced inwards towards the crowd, closer to the man they were standing around as he falls against him. And that's when he finally sees his face.
"Ah, I'm so sorry. My bad" Till says, embarrassed.
Till understood what people were freaking out over now, because this guy was *handsome.*
His eyes were a beautiful, deep black and red. His face looked a pale colour with the perfect shape. A smile that appeared as he makes eye contact with Till, resulting in a pink blush on his face. A small fang of a tooth peeking out of this new mans' mouth.
"No don't apologize, it's okay" His voice was a deep, comforting one that echoed inside Tills' head. Then he finally focused on *what* his features were and not *how* his features are. And it all seems a bit familiar. Then he's almost positive he just looks like someone he used to know, but how could that person turn out like this? despite his doubt he asks the black haired man anyways.
"Wait... Is that- …could I get your name?" he says, confused.
"Aw Till, don't tell me you didn't recognize me? Sua told you I was coming didn't she?" he says playfully as he places a firm hand on Tills' shoulder and runs it down his upper arm.
And there it was, suddenly the admiration he had for this new student started to slowly wash away as he realized Ivan was, in fact,
still annoying.