Two Pining Fools
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Ratio was tidying up the items on his desk when two girls in his class broke into a fit of giggles. The scholar would prefer not to listen, but they sat in the front row and talked rather loudly. From the bits and pieces that he heard involuntarily, they were talking about their significant others.
“He gave me a spare key to his place!” A student gushed.
“No way!” her friend gasped. “Congrats! Doesn’t it mean that he’s serious?”
Suddenly, Ratio realised he made a grave mistake.
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- Part 1 of Two Pining Fools
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He twisted his body to look at the fallen object. He came face to face with a strange creature that had yellow eyes and a black, furry body. Except for the shell-like cavern that the creature resided in, it reminded Aventurine of a cat.
“Mew, mew!” the cute thing squealed, pawing at Aventurine’s pyjama bottoms with fanfare.
It sort of sounded like one, too.
“...Ratio, what is this?” Aventurine asked, completely dumbfounded. Choosing not to acknowledge Aventurine’s surprise, Ratio proceeded to stack two more carbon copies of the creature on top of one another. So Ratio had decided to give him not one of these things, but three?!
In which Aventurine has problems sleeping and Dr. Ratio's solution comes in the form of three "cats".
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- Part 2 of Two Pining Fools
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“...Ratio,” Aventurine said slowly, “is it okay that everyone knows?”
There was only one thing that Aventurine could possibly refer to. The papers Ratio held wrinkled in his hands.
Was Aventurine uncomfortable with other people knowing about their relationship? If that were true, then it would admittedly sting a little, but it wasn’t something to cause a huge fuss over. Logically speaking, he could admit that there were some advantages to hiding their relationship, but all the reasons in the world would not abate the bitterness in his heart.
“I was under the impression that our relationship was never a secret in the first place,” Ratio stated. “If you believe otherwise, you have not expressed it to me.”
“I don’t mind it. I like it, actually. I mean, who wouldn’t want to brag that their boyfriend is the great Veritas Ratio?” Aventurine declared. He tried his best, but the cheer in his voice didn’t quite ring true. Ratio’s heartbeat pounded in his ears. He waited for the other shoe to drop. “It’s just… are we dating?”
In which Ratio and Aventurine are dating but one of them isn’t aware.
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- Part 3 of Two Pining Fools