Private Finished Misery Loves Company

Up to that point, Luke had been feeling less than one hundred percent. Lately, he'd been getting cryptic messages on his phone from his long lost brother. A brother whom Luke had thought was gone for good. As per his usual response, he ran and avoided the problem. He was currently entrenched in the academy library, wandering the endless rows of dusty books. Some of which seemed like they hadn't been touched in years.

There was a chill in the air, even though he was inside, although his slim frame didn't offer much in the way of heat retention. With a shiver, he pulled his slate grey hoodie closer to his body and moved the zipper upwards in a vain attempt to try and conserve heat.

He was distracted today, which wasn't much of a surprise. He boots padded quietly on the floor as he turned the corner. However as tends to happen when one is only looking at the ground directly in front of them, he failed to notice the other person who had rounded the corner at the same time. With a soft cry he fell backward and landed on his back. The book he had been absentmindedly clutching to his side slid out from his grasp and rocketed across the floor.

With a string of choice words muttered in Norwegian, he picked himself up and dusted his faded black jeans off. "N-no, I should be the one apologizing..I wasn't looking where I was going.." He mumbled as he once again found the floor terribly interesting, not even daring to spare a glance at the person he'd nearly been flattened by.

@ReD

"N-no you don't need to..I can get them!" Luke stuttered as he awkwardly tried to figure out what to do with himself. For the first time he raised his eyes to look at the other boy whom he had unceremoniously ran into. To say he wasn't attractive would've been a blatant lie, and in any normal circumstance Luke would've been smitten. However with everything that was on his mind lately, a love interest wasn't the first thing that was on his mind.

Luke shuffled his feet on the floor and hoped that he wasn't being too awkward. He'd had enough issue with people, and he certainly didn't want to be the cause of someone else's discomfort. He attempted to hide his eyes behind his hair by staring downward.

"I'm really sorry about all of this, I should be more careful." He muttered. The crushing feeling of awkwardness was almost consuming him. He felt incredibly small, and even though the bracelet locking away his ability was firmly in place, he unconsciously began to fidget with the band, unsure of his next move.

@ReD

"I'm Leucos..Luke for short." He muttered, his arms tightened around the books clasped to his chest. Luke was unsure of what to do, this was the second time he'd been cornered in the library, and the feeling of causing trouble for others was starting to eat at him. "You're always in the way, why can't you just be normal for once." He berated himself in his mind. Luke began to bite his bottom lip in his uncertainty.

"U-hm..I'm really sorry for running into you..I should really watch where I'm going.." He mumbled, hoping that he didn't look as pathetic as he sounded. Internally Luke was still beating himself up over the fact that he had inconvenienced someone else. That simple perceived thought was eating him from the inside.

"Uhm..I'll just..go. You're probably busy and I'm in your way.." He said with a quiver in his voice, almost as if he was about to cry. Abruptly, Luke turned and started back down a different aisle of book shelves.

@ReD

Luke jolted as he felt something halt his forward momentum. He slowly turned back around in time to catch his words. "O-oh..Uh..I-I guess you could..if it would make you feel better..that is." He stumbled through his answer, speeding up on the last few words in an attempt to mask his anxiety. It was at that moment Luke took a moment to seriously study the person who had nearly flattened him and then chased him down the library aisle.

He was well dressed, and cute, although he seemed like he was warm. "A-are you alright..you look a little red.." Luke said quietly, almost as if speaking to himself. He hoped the other boy wasn't sick. His skills in the medicinal area were lack luster at best. He fidgeted awkwardly in place and hoped he hadn't screwed up by asking such a direct question.

He bit his bottom lip once again in order to keep himself from saying anything else that might embarrass him further.

Luke nodded quickly and led the way back to the checkout area. Thankfully he had the route memorized as he practically lived in the Library most days. He breezed through the process of checking out his books as most of the Librarians knew him by name. Embarrassing doesn't even begin to describe the mess that is his life. He was frantically trying to figure out somewhere he could choose to go eat lunch that wouldn't annoy or infuriate the other boy.

In his frantic rush his mind and mouth both froze and he blurted out the first thing that came to his mind. "I-I'm okay with anything really..I'm still new here..so, I don't really know where everything is.." He trailed off, his uncertainty getting the better of him. Luke cringed at how helpless he sounded. "I might as well be a damsel in distress with how I act." He ranted at himself subconsciously.

Luke wrapped his arms around his midsection in a vain attempt to appear smaller. "So pathetic.." He thought to himself as he hopefully waited for an answer to his suggestion.