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Erza Cadera, 17, they/them/theirs || Fine tell them fine is what you are

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Florence || Dormies

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Red was a nice shade on Erza’s face. Nice facial expressions, too. He wondered what other ones he’d get to see. It was nice to spend time with new people when the world seemed too consistent or dragging. Plus, it’d be crazy cool to share clothes with Erza. Especially some of those panties. Maybe he’d ask to borrow them. Mostly as a joke, since both of their waists didn’t exactly match up too well. His might be bigger? He guessed. Florence’s overall build was scrawny, but he got around easily with his bones. Biking a lot helped too. He kept note to check if he’d fit in the undies.

Whether or not he got a reaction out of Erza, he didn’t see, his face full of pillow. Plus Erza might have been having a moment with themselves, you know? Maybe they blushed or wanted to hit him or both or  maybe Erza was stone-faced. It was a mystery, with a face pull of pillow.

The bed was pretty cozy, though. The fresh, new, just-moved-mattress with cotton sheets. Cozy. He fake-yawned and turned his head to Erza. “Care ta join me?” Florence adjusted the pillow to support his head and his shimmed himself into a relaxing position on the bed. He grinned, “If not, more space fo’ me.”

He turned his head the other direction and snored in a exaggerated way that resembled a pig snort. Florence pulled the comforter over his head and tucked it in with his hand, so if Erza tried to steal the blanket, he’d have a grip of it. He laughed softly, successfully taking the bed hostage!!

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Erza thought carefully on what their next move would be. If they go into the bed with Florence and their dormmate walked in what would that seem like? They just got here and already, at least to Erza, it felt like their dormmate/new friend was flirting with them. It was different and new and quite frankly made them all.. bubbly inside. It was weird really. Just weird.

They bit their lip, kicking their boots off and getting into bed next to Florence. Their heartbeat picking up rapidly. Erza knew that if they were to lift their hands and hold them out they would be shaking as well. Nervousness wasn't something they experienced until now.

The teen laid there a moment, stiff as a board. They closed their eyes and took a deep breath slowly releasing it. Erza shifted and turned to their side so they were facing Florence. Their eyes opening. "You're going to make my heart explode, Florence," they mumbled quietly. A bright blush still on their face. Erza pressed their lips together, chewing on their bottom lip softly.

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Florence || Dormies

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Florence, containing his amusement, casually went back over to the bag that belonged to Erza. He picked up a few more… articles of clothing and put them neatly into their dresser. He took no notice if he had caused any reaction to Erza, who innocently went on to their unpacking. He played oblivious to any embarrassment he could have caused, folding a few tank tops and placing them neatly on top of the dresser. He organized underwear by color and comfort.

"Dumm Haar?" Florence scoffed, trying to show offense by gasping and dropping the piece of clothing he was trying to organize. He dramatically turned to his new dormmate, false accusation in his eyes. "I’d like to think my hair was fairly intelligent. If I was not mistaken, and very much offended, I may just assume that you, Erza Cadera..” He slowly walked toward them, filling up the gap halfway. “.. Have asked me, Florence Plum,…” He stood next to them. Close enough to fill the space, but enough space to breathe. “…. On a date." Florence grinned and then poked the tip of Erza’s nose. "But of course, I am mistaken.” He then turned away and went back to unpacking Erza’s bag.

Soon everything was neatly in the drawer, and the other pieces of clothing were put in the drawer above the one with the well-organized underwear. If he had not flustered Erza before, he definitely hoped he created a new ground of friendship and inside jokes. Embarrassing friends can be fun, when you’re the one causing the embarrassment (depending on how severe).

He straightened up the sheets on his bed and set the empty bag near Ezra’s bed, putting a few loose hairs behind his ear. “Schlafe?” Florence suggested, flinging his body onto Erza’s bed and messing it up. The mattress bounced from the sudden weight. “Guten Nacht.” He sprawled all over.

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Erza just couldn't help themselves from giggling at Florence's reaction. Though, it was difficult to choose if it was cute or just hilarious. The giggling surely stopped when Florence got closer though making their face go red once more. They were sure now that their dormmate had seen the blush.

Their heart skipped a beat, or well felt like it that is the closer he got and their hand shook at their sides slightly. Nervous? Probably. Erza's nose scrunched when he poked it and they so badly wanted to punch him for being such an ass and screwing with their head. It wasn't fair. They had just gotten there and already some stupid kid was making them all nervous and weak kneed by joking around with them.

It was the first time anyone had even acted this way around Erza. There was a girl once back in Germany but she never acted anything like Florence was with Erza. Things were going to be different here and they had to remind themselves that but it wasn't like it helped anyway.

The moment he turned away Erza had let the breath out that they weren't aware they were holding in. It took them a moment to even settle their heart beat down. They chewed on their bottom lip, tugging their shirt down in hopes it'd cover more than it was. Maybe they could just shrink to the size of a bug and get the hell out of their then they'd be able to calm down but unfortunately that wasn't capable of doing in the real world.

The teen let a squeak escape them the moment Florence's body hit their bed. It was just made and it was nice and neat but nope, Florence had to ruin that. "Sleep?" They questioned then glanced around the room for a clock. The sun was still up wasn't it? Erza sighed and crossed their arms, staring down at their dormmate. "Nozing else? Not efen a little party?"

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Florence || Dormies

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Florence tightened up his hair in a bun as high up on his head as he could and then hopped off the bed to help assist his new dormmate. He never had to room with two people who went by neutral pronouns, but he figured that it wouldn’t be too confusing. He just didn’t wanna mess up on addressing people, because sometimes it happened when he was with gals, or guys. But it was going to be fun! They could all bake cookies and sneak out to go on the roof or something.

Well, he hoped to do that with anyone at this school. But building bonds with dormmates in particular is way rad. “This bag?” Florence verified, motioning his head as well as pointing with his finger to a certain bag on the floor. He got on his knees and felt on each side for the zipper. Finding it, about to unzip, but first replied: “Well, room decor is still in th’ process, but if y’have any ideas, go for it! I think it’s mostly a free for all. Nothing too obvious. ‘Cause of staff checkin’ in, y’know?” Florence winked and put a finger on his lips to suggest secrecy, “Shhh.”

He smiled and went back to helping Erza unpack their bag to help them settle into the room. Florence found some socks, a tank top,… shorts(?)… and underwear?

Was this on purpose? He picked up nothing, but glanced at Erza. Something seemed off about them. Did Erza do this intentionally? He smirked nonetheless, and lifted up a pair with a lace trim. “‘Ey! Look, this pair… practically matches your blush,” Florence joked, mockingly messing with their underwear by moving one side up and one side down, as well as twirling the pair of undies until Erza snagged them from his grasp. “Schöne Unterwäsche. Sehr schöne. Mind if I borrow them one day?" He giggled and checked the bag to find other underwear that was mostly plain or had striped, zig-zag’d designs, etc etc. He stood up and walked over to Erza’s assigned drawer space, holding a few pairs in his hand.

Florence glanced over to his new dormmate, leaning over to them. “Maybe, if you’d like… you could model this underwear for me.” He snickered and placed the folded pairs of underwear into a drawer.

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After snagging the underwear from their dormmate, they shoved the cloth into the bag they were emptying. Erza's face never felt so hot in their life. Did Florence really just ask that? Was he actually serious about the modeling? Boy was this school going to be fun. They tried to laugh it off but their laugh came out more as forced and shaky. Erza rubbed the back of their neck and cocked their head away from Florence in hopes to hide their blush.

"Yeaaah," they dragged on in hopes the amount of time would let them be able to come up with some sort of come back. Play it cool, they told themselves often. "Maybe.. if you let me braid your dumb hair or take me out t'eat." They rolled their eyes, clearing their throat.

Erza actually liked the way Florence's hair looked. Long, curly, golden locks. Sort of looked like it faded from a soft brown to a light blonde. It was rather messy but nonetheless it looked good on him. Erza caught themselves staring at their dormmate, turning their attention back to the bag in front of them while chewing on their bottom lip.

They took out the rest of the things from the bag, putting them away in the designated places. Clothes in drawer or closet. Bed made; with the help of Florence and fumbling with the sheets a bit. Empty bags stuffed under their bed and jacket flung over the foot of the bed. "M'kay, so nov Zat is done, vhat nov?"

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Free time is me time || Erza & whoever

Erza was well aware that time could fly by pretty damn fast but they didn't expect it to fly by that fast. A week already past and Erza was already hating it. Most of their teachers voices wanted to put them to sleep. Monotone and dry, but hey at least they aren't trapped in those classrooms forever.

Being here at Saint Dominic's for a week gave Erza enough time to poke around and find hiding places away from their dormmates. Not that Pip and Florence were bad dormmates just that Erza enjoyed a little them time. The quietness, the carefree feeling of not having to worry about how they look or what they say, being alone with their thoughts. It gave them time to clear their mind, read, or just nap.

The roof they chose was occupied with flowers of all sorts. Erza had seen some sort of sign that read "Something Garden". They didn't pay much attention to it since they were more excited over the way how healthy the flowers looked and having had found an, in their words, rad place to chill.

The teen plopped down on the floor finding a nice place behind some carnations and delphiniums as cover. They removed their bag from the shoulder and opened it pulling out a notebook and pencils. Erza sketched here and there, doodled on papers for class but it wasn't like their work was that great to begin with anyway.

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Florence || Dormies

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Erza seemed like nice folk. He smiled, a bit unsure what Erza was talking about at first, but soon picking up on what they were puttin’ down. He noticed them eye-ing his bed so he smoothed it out nonchalantly with his hands. This was the neatest his bed has been in awhile…

"Do y’need any help with your stuff?" Florence offered, glancing up at Erza. "Or are ya gut?" He continued straightening out the sheets and then sat criss-cross applesauce on the top of his bed, causing a few springs to creak. He kept a mental note about fixing that. Florence sort of moves a lot when he sleeps? Plus, with the services he gives, the noise is kinda… off-putting. Nevermind that. He wondered if Erza would pay for any service…? No, Florence. Bad. "So y’lived with your Onkel?" Conversation. Better. Good.

"Uh— Pip’s… I think they’re Swedish? ‘M not too sho’, honestly. I’ve known ‘em for awhile but I started livin’ in the unisex dorms when the masculine one didn’t feel suiting to me anymo’." He shrugged briefly. His roommate smelled a bit odd.. but was kind of a good kisser? But that’s when the gents were drunk so, hardly counts y’feel me. Back to Pip. "So we haven’t gotten too acquainted. They’re nice, though," Florence said, his eyes starting at Pip’s bed and then around at the decorations him and Pip had partially started. The two planned on painting and decorating past the limits of the school’s rules, in a paint that shows only with black lights. "Pip’s fun; I’m sho’ we’ll all hit it off."

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"I vouldn't mind some help. I don't knov vhere I'll put my zings." They opened their bag, moving the other away and towards Florence, "You could do zat one if you'd like? I'm sure you can zink of a fev places my zings could go zat don'z infolfe zee floor." Erza started pulling out some things from the bag in front of them and froze. None of their underwear was in the bag they had. None of the stupid girly underwear or even their boy boxer briefs. Nothing. Zilch. And they were sure it was all in the bag they handed to Florence that he was already unzipping.

Erza's heart just about jumped out of their chest but they didn't say a thing. It's just underwear, nothing too big, right? God they hoped so. "U-uhm.. So vhat ideas did zee two of you hafe for zee room?" Of course Erza noticed the decorations, or somewhat decorations they had. It wasn't much but they were sure the other two had bigger plans for what they were going for.

The kid tried their best to push the underwear thing to the back of their mind as they folded their clothes, or the little clothes they had. They'd get more later on this was just temporary since they weren't sure how much room they'd have for their clothes. Erza had brought bed sheets and a pillowcase, though they didn't bring the big quilt like thing off their bed from home. Erza preferred to be cool or cold rather than hot.

When they looked up at their roommate they face went red to see Florence holding up a pair of the girly underwear. Erza laughed though and snatched it from the other's hands. "Vee don't need to mention anyzing about zose," they mumbled, embarrassed. They hardly ever wore that kind of underwear but there were days that Erza enjoyed them and they did find them extremely adorable for themselves and they always told themselves that no one else would be seeing them but them so it shouldn't really matter. Obviously they lied.

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Florence || Dormies

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Florence sat on his mattress that was big enough for one person, or.. three, if you tried your bestest. Oh, what a dirty thought. Anyway. Guaranteed to fit a singular Florence. For today’s miniature adventure, he struggled in creating a key-chain that had a complicated braid-type thing. He learned how to do it on the internet and his sister showed him how to also but he forgot. He was never good at these, but it had two colors so it was kind of easy to differentiate between the two colors??? It was still pretty damn hard.

He soon laid down on his mattress, legs falling off the sides, enthralled by the pieces of plastic. If ya put a piece here and a piece,… wait, no.. hm. What about.. naaah. Yes! “YES!” Florence exclaimed, figuring out the strange knot that didn’t go with the pattern. This small exclamation had brought him to his feet, face to face with the new addition to his and Pip’s living quarters.

"Hallo, Erza!" he greeted, taking Erza by the hand and shaking firmly. He seemed overly enthusiastic, thanks to that solving of the puzzle. Florence grinned, glancing back at his key chain. "Es tut mir leid. Y’know, if I, come off too strong, I sorta figured out this— thing." He took back his hand, holding Erza’s for a bit too long. "Ja, Florence is me. ‘N case you needed clarification."

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They blinked a couple of times as they shook hands with the other student. Erza was pretty used to people talking to themselves, their uncle did it often while working on paperwork. They nodded in understanding to Florence's explanation and smiled, "Oh, das ist in Ordnung. My uh, uncle vas zee same vay vhen he took me in."

A soft chuckle escaped Erza. For once they actually felt as though they finally fit in some place. The teen stuffed their hand into their pocket and glanced around the room. Florence's bed seemed, well, busy. Obviously he was doing something before they got here. Maybe they'll ask Florence about that later. Their eyes set on the other bed that was made. The office did mention something about three students per dorm by gender. So the other bed that had bed sheets and pillows must have belonged to someone else. 

After pulling their hand from their pocket, Erza bent down and picked up their bags again, walking over to the empty bed and dropping their bags onto it. A part of them wondered if they'd get along with their other dorm mate like they did with Florence-- well they'd like to think they get along with Florence but maybe it's a bit too soon to tell. "So vhat's zee ozer dorm mate like? Zey speak German too? Or is zat just us?"

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Florence || Dormies

The school was different than they were used to. Rules were a given, typical ones at that. The difference to them was living on the campus and having to share a dorm with two others who were, in fact, just like them or at least somewhat like them. Erza lugged their bags to their dorm, it wasn't much to begin with anyway but it was enough to last. 

Being the new kid was terrible, especially since they didn't know where anything was. It too erza an hour just to figure out where the office was and even though they walked around after being transferred here it didn't help much or even stick into their brain like they hoped it would. So when erza finally made it into their dorm to be greeted by one of their dorm mates is was, in a way, a sense of relief. To erza making friends with their dorm mate meant having someone who could help show them around.

They painted a smile on their face and tried their best to look friendlier than they looked. "Hallo, uh... You're Florence right? Vee met a few minutes ago. I'm Erza." They set their bags on the floor in front of their feet and held their hand out to the other. "I'm your new dorm mate."

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Hallo. Ich heisse Florence. Wie heissen Sie?

Hallo, ist Erza Cadera. Freude.

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