○●Chapter 6●○

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~Espresso POV~

I wake up in my bed, my head pounding.

I force myself to sit up, which was a lot harder than it should've been.

I notice that I'm still wearing my clothes from yesterday, except for my coat and shoes.

I wobble a bit, just sitting up on my bed makes me sick!

I look up at the clock.

5:00 A.M?!

I don't think I've ever woken up this late!

I quickly jump out of my bed.

I mean, I guess it isn't too late to get ready and...

     "Woah there, Espresso." A voice comes out from the bathroom.

Madeleine sticks his head out the door, brushing his teeth.

     "You should get back to bed, you seemed pretty sick last night, and you don't look any better today."

Last night? What was last night... um- Oh right! That party!

I sit back down on my bed.

     "Um, what exactly happened?" I ask.

     "Oh! You drank too much." Madeleine replies. "I had to carry you back here."

I feel my face turn red. He carried me here?!

     "Drank too much? No, that doesn't sound like me." I say, getting back up.

     "You shouldn't overexert yourself." Madeleine says, coming up to me, putting his hand on my shoulder, causing me to sit back down. "One day off from school isn't gonna kill you."

     "Who's dumb idea was it to throw a party on a weekday?" I sigh.

     "Well, it's your own fault that you drank too much." Madeleine chuckles.

He lightly touches my forehead. His hands feel cold and soft.

     "Yup, you have a fever." He answers taking his hand of my head.

     "Sigh... I guess I'll just skip today, I'll just have to email my teachers..." I give in.

     "I can take care of you if you want." Madeleine insists.

     "H-huh?!" I say, flustered. "No! I-I'm fine! I don't want to waste your time or anything, or even worse get you sick!"

Madeleine looks at me sideways.

     "Alright then." He shrugs, going back into the bathroom to put his toothbrush away.

He grabs his bag and put on his shoes.

     "You sure you can manage?" He asks once more.

     "Hm? O-oh yes! I'll be fine! Have a nice day!" I say, trying to hide my embarrassment.

Madeleine gives me one final smile before he closes the door.

'I CAN TAKE CARE OF YOU'?! I swear, that guy is so random...
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~Madeleine POV~

I walk down to English, my head filled with thoughts again.

Espresso really seemed like he didn't want me to help him... does he hate me? Yeah, probably...

I sit down I'm the same seat. Knight was already in the seat next to me, fidgeting with his fingers again.

     "Good morning, Knight!" I say happily, as I place down my bag.

     "O-oh! Good morning, Madeleine!" He smiles nervously.

A girl with pink, fluffy pigtails wearing a pink plain lolita dress passes our row of seats.

A girl with pink, fluffy pigtails wearing a pink plain lolita dress passes our row of seats

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     "Good morning, Knight!" She says, cheerfully.

     "G-good morning, Princess!" Knight says, turning red.

She walks to her seat and I look at Knight.

     "A friend of yours?" I ask, smiling.

     "O-oh, yes! We knew e-each other since middle school." He smiles.

     "Wow, you must be good friends then!"

     "Yeah, unfortunately..." He sighs.

     "Huh? Why's that?" I ask.

     "W-well, I actually never told anyone this, but I k-kinda have a crush on Princess..." Knight blushes.

     "Then why not tell her?" I yell-whisper encouragingly.

     "I tried since eight grade!" Knight whispers back. "B-but my stuttering is too much of a p-problem..."

     "I'm sure she won't mind!"

     "I'm n-not too sure about that."

Bing! Bong! Bing! Bong!

     "Alright, class!" Our teacher announces. "Turn to page 20 where we...
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~Espresso POV~

I make myself some Cup Noodles and just lay in bed reading my book.

I guess this isn't so bad. I already finished all the homework that my teachers gave to me because of my absence.

I wonder how Madeleine is doing...

I blink a couple times.

WHAT AM I THINKING?!

'How's Madeleine doing'?? Why do I even give a single damn about him?!

     "It sounds like you have a crush..." Latte's voice echoes in my head.

'Crush'? On that guy? No way... I think...

What if I do have a crush on him? Does he even like guys?

I sigh and slurp my noodles.

I can't believe I'm crushing on some popular idiot...

If I tell Latte she won't let me hear the end of it...
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(Random HC: Princess is a hard-core Melanie Martinez fan.)

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