🦝 Max 🧪

18 any pronouns #1 Evan Theodore fan i draw gulp

[7lirtingwithd3ath]

New day pt.3

William noticed it was his free period, As he walked through the hall he remembered the gazebo in the garden that he wanted to check out. He made his way to the gazebo, he saw someone reading in it, recognizing him as the blue haired guy from the cafeteria yesterday. He decided it would be good to make friends outside of Alan and the others, He gently sat next to him. "Hello." William held out his hand for a handshake. "Oh hello!." He said warmly and he shook his hand. "My apologies for spilling my drink on you again." He smiled at him. "My name's Ocean, Ocean Wyatt." Ocean stated, excited to make a new friend. "I'm William Austen, Nice to meet you." William introduced himself as he smiled, letting go of the ocean's hand. "Austen? Is your brother Gavin Austen?." Ocean asked as he set his book nicely in his lap. "Yeah he is, I'm sorry for any trouble he could've caused you." William sighed, assuming his brother had a horrible reputation. "Don't worry! He's quite the opposite actually, he's a sweetheart." Ocean exclaimed, William was taken aback. "Really? He's not exactly known for being a sweetheart back home." William raised an eyebrow at the new discovery, maybe his brother changed since the last time he saw him. "It's alright, He's never caused an issue for me or my house." William perked up at the mention of Willow.

"Yes, about the houses, What do the different uniforms mean?." William asked, hoping ocean would have an answer. "Oh, well dark purple uniforms are for regular students or regular house members, Black for leaders of houses and dark green for the student counsel." Ocean explained neatly. "Leaders have an extra pin on their uniform, with the placing of their choice." He pointed to the wispy feather pin on his cap, explaining that was his extra one for being a leader. William listened carefully, he realized that the redhead he encountered wore a black uniform. "Do you know of a black uniform that's a redhead?" William asked, Ocean's face immediately fell. "Oh you mean that asshole? That's Jettson, I wouldn't interact with him if I were you, he's a two faced bitch." Ocean explained casually. William was really caught off guard, Ocean didn't seem the type to curse or gossip. "Well uhm, thank you so much for the information, I have to get to my next class." William politely told ocean who smiled at him, William made his way out of the gazebo.

[7lirtingwithd3ath]

New day pt.2

William went to the cafeteria for lunch break after math class, He picked out his food, grilled potatoes and asparagus with brisket. He scanned the lunch room, his eyes stopping at Alan's table where he, Jacob and Wayne sat. William debated on whether to sit at a different table but swallowed his pride and approached Alan's table.

He sat next to Alan while Wayne and Jacob sat with each other, Alan smiled when William approached. "Hey Will! I'm surprised you sat with us." Alan chuckled, Jacob nodding along. "Hello William!." Jacob exclaimed, expressing how fond he was of William despite Wayne's disagreement to it, Wayne nonchalantly waved to William. "Hello." William blandly said as he started eating, listening to the others' conversations. "Like I was saying, We should do something special, like a friend group thing! I was thinking we should send each other letters and put them in our dorm mailboxes, it can be fun." Alan explained, William noticed he was rather bubbly today. "You know text messages exist right? Why would we do that if we can just text each other?." William asked, raising an eyebrow at his idea of "fun". "What's the fun in that? I think the letter idea is better." Alan argued, Jacob clapped. "I agree! I think it could be fun!." Jacob agreed with Alan, Wayne didn't seem to be on board until Jacob agreed with Alan, not saying much until now. "I mean why not?." Wayne said, leaning back into his chair. "Exactly! See William you can't argue with that!." Alan smirked, William rolled his eyes and sighed. "Fine." He simply said but that was enough to get Alan excited. "Glad you finally came around Will, I think your color should be black." Alan expressed, looking at William.

"What are you talking about?." William had a puzzled look on his face, confused on what Alan was talking about. "We're gonna make the letters color coded, You're black, I'm dark red, Jacob's dark green and Wayne's dark blue, duh." Alan explained to William like he was stupid. "What's the point in that?." William questioned. "It's fun, you're clearly scared of fun, do you jump when people are having fun?." Alan smirked, William glared at him, frowning. "You know what, fine, we can do the letter idea." William budged, already annoyed with Alan. The bell rang, students started filing out of the cafeteria. "Well see you guys later." Alan waved bye and he rested his arms behind his head as he walked out of the cafeteria. Jacob waved bye excitedly to William as Wayne followed him, not even acknowledging William. William took a deep breath and squeezed past all the students.

[7lirtingwithd3ath]

New day

William woke up in a panic, loud noise blaring in his ears. He searched for the noise, groaning as he realized it was just his alarm, he slammed his hand down on the alarm to stop the aggravating noise. He staggered out of bed and to his closet, pulling on his uniform, gently adjusting his tie and cap.

William sat in botany class which was hosted in the massive greenhouse in the garden, He rested his chin in his palm, botany class wasn't necessarily his strong suit. As if the class couldn't get worse, none other than Alan Chevalier sat right next to him. William rolled his eyes. "Hey will." Alan says, smiling at William. "Don't call me that." He shot back at him, clearly not liking the nickname, it was bad enough when his brother called him that. "Cmon, Friends have nicknames for eachother." Alan smirked, clearly trying to get William to accept the name. "No they don't Alan." He glared at him, it was too early to be dealing with him at the moment. "Well you've only ever had one friend, that being me, people were either scared of you or hated you." Alan stated, bringing up their old school. "That's better than them thinking they can rely on me for everything." William stated, he had interesting views on friendship.

As class progressed Alan kept poking William's shoulder, as William ignored him it got more annoying. "What could you possibly want?." William sighed as he gave up, finally looking at him. "I urgently need a pencil." Alan uttered. "What do you mean you need a pencil?." William asked, confused at why he was asking. Alan just held up the pencil he's been using, a red one the size of a nub with bite marks at the end of it. "Is that seriously what you've been using all lesson?." William observed the joke of a pencil, Alan rapidly shook his head yes. William rolled his eyes, tossing a pencil over to him. "Thanks Will." Alan smiled, William's eye twitched but he let it slide.  William strolled down the hall, heading to his locker, his eyes landed on a guy in the front of his locker, recognizing it as his older brother Gavin Austen. "What are you doing here?." William cuts to the chase, shoving Gavin out of the way to access his locker, not even glancing at Gavin. "Jeez, could you be any less aggressive? I just stopped by to say hi." Gavin explained, leaning against the locker next to Williams. "Well you just did so can you leave?" William asked, switching out his class books. "Why are you so upset about me being near you? I haven't seen you in how long and you just refuse to talk to me, it's only your second day for christ's sake!." Gavin asked, genuinely confused on why his brother was avoiding him. "Do you know how embarrassing it is to be seen near your sibling in the first few days of school? Plus we have different schedules, I'm not entirely avoiding you." William responded, Gavin tried talking to him but he cut him off by slamming his locker. "I got class, we can talk later." William strolled off to his next class leaving the conversation short.

[7lirtingwithd3ath]

Arrogant redhead pt.2

William sat up, he hadn't seen his brother yet. He was so used to going to different schools that he completely forgot his brother also went to Meadow spring, sure he was a junior but wouldn't his brother be looking for him?. It's not like he cared but that's what he did every other time they went to school together, it was actually why he requested to switch schools years ago, was to escape his brother's embarrassing antics. Williams' phone screen lit up, speaking of the devil, His brother had texted him. "So you already made a name for yourself Why do you always make terrible first impressions?." William rolled his eyes at the text message, opening it and responding. "Would you stay out of my social life? Thanks." He responded, closing his phone only to hear it buzz a moment later. "Your not exactly known for having a social life Will, I'm sorry i couldnt see you today i had fencing practice." William immediately opened the message, responding quickly. "You're* at least type correctly when you're at a high ranked school. And don't be, you saved me some embarrassment." He shut his phone off, not receiving another message after that.

He laid in his bed, out of his uniform finally, listening to the rain beat against his window as he wrote down what Jacob told him about the houses. Trying to figure out what each uniform, pin and tie meant. He looked at his calendar, the date currently being September third, a red circle surrounded the date September sixth. It was the start of the three day period assembly. clubs, houses and classes were being introduced, William will learn a lot more than, he set his book aside and curled down in his bed, finally shutting his eyes to relax.

[7lirtingwithd3ath]

Arrogant redhead

William scrunched up his face at the other man as he eyed him, A tall man with unkempt red velvet hair, black showing at the roots. He wore a black pinstripe suit like the man in the cafeteria but with a crown pin at the knot of his tie instead of the same angel wing, his tie possessing a castle instead of clouds on it. William thought he resembled the appearance of some defiant child instead of a respectable young man. "Do you mind?." William asked, already deciding that he wasn't fond of this man. "I kinda do actually you're rather annoying, do you always screech like that?." The redhead described William, dusting off Williams cap. William straightened up off of the floor, he snatched his cap from the man. "You're an arrogant prick." He bluntly stated, The redhead seemed taken aback a bit but he decided to humor him. "Really? I've been told otherwise." He smirked, William wanted to be angry at him but something about him seemed almost charming. It didn't work that well on William but it would for sure work on the majority, No wonder he was a part of a house.

"I'll do you a favor and let this one slide, how about that hm?." The redhead explained, flashing him another smirk. A rather condescending one, Acting as if William was a child that didn't know how to speak yet. He pushed past William, walking with his hands in his pockets. something about his felt so snobby and carefree, as if he was untouchable. William looked back at him walking away, a frown forming on his face. "Jesus this school is dreadful." William thought, although his mind did wander back to what Jacob told him, about the house. William had reached his dorm, today's social activities completely exhausted him. He threw the dorm door open and threw his bag off. His dorm was already made thanks to the men the school hired, He immediately headed towards his bed. Stretching as he laid down and sighed. He knew tomorrow was gonna be ten times worse than today was and he was dreading it. He thought about his old school, how everything just came to him, how people recognized him, how he immediately got respect. Yet again all of that was because of his father, A title of being Mr. Austen's son that never went away and now he finally had the chance to make his own name, like how his brother did.

[7lirtingwithd3ath]

Magnolia pt.3

”I suppose I could, but what if I don't find out how? Will you tell me then?.” William questioned, seeing if he can bypass this in any way. “Oh you will trust me” Mr. Theodore replies as he puts a hand on William's shoulder, flashing him a smile. “Why don’t you continue making friends? It'll do you some good.”  Mr. Theodore suggests as he removes his hand from his shoulder. William was gonna respond, to tell Mr. Theodore that he didn’t need friends like he was some child but Mr. Theodore was already making his way back to his desk. William just accepts that the conversation is over against his own pride and leaves the lab. William was walking in the hallway, observing the other students, distaste at how the other heirs didn’t act like what they were, heirs. He didn’t understand how others acted so freely, how they could laugh with others like the expectations of their parents weren’t there, it was something William has never felt in his life. William was so distracted by his thoughts he collided with another person, he fell backwards, his cap falling off. “Watch where you're going!.” William snapped, the other person picked up Williams hat, acting like he didn’t just hear him. “Hey, I'm talking to you!.” William shouted before getting interrupted. “Would you calm down? You’re acting like I killed someone in front of you. What a distasteful heir, screaming at people in the hallway for one mistake.”

[7lirtingwithd3ath]

Magnolia pt.2

William cleared his throat, catching the attention of Mr. Theodore. Mr. Theodore raised his head to look at William. “You’re earlier than I expected.” Mr. Theodore stated as he turns off his music and cleans up his desk. “My apologies for how messy the lab is, I haven't gotten around to fixing it up just yet.” Mr. Theodore clarified. “It’s fine.” William replied, giving the room one more look over before settling his eyes on Mr. Theodore. “May I ask why you're here? It seems like something is bothering you.” Mr. Theodore asks while leaning against his desk, crossing his arms over his chest. William could see a bit of Mr. Theodore's neck scar, something he never really saw before as his visitation to Mr. Theodore's place was limited as he got older. “I need you to tell me how to get into the first ranking house.” William asked quickly, Mr. Theodore looked at him as if he was an imposter pretending to be William. “What? That’s not like you to ask, what's gotten into you?.” Mr. Theodore replied, confused at what could’ve happened to William that changed him from wanting to leave this school to wanting to be in the highest ranking house. “Well do you have an answer or not?” William demanded, getting fed up with not being answered. “Strike two, don’t disrespect me like that.” Mr. Theodore said with an eerily calm voice, William suddenly realized that he couldn't treat Mr. Theodore like family here as he was a teacher. “I- My apologies Mr. Theodore.” William sighed, he quickly fixed his behavior. “To answer your question, I’m not really sure I can help with that.” Mr. Theodore answered with the same calm tone just without the same eerie effect to it. “What!?.” William shouted, he was gonna continue but Mr. Theodore shot him a look that reminded him about the conversation they just had, William quickly corrects himself while fixing his posture. “My apologies again Mr. Theodore but you have to see where I'm coming from here, what do you mean you can’t tell me?.” William sighed, he felt disappointed that he couldn't learn the easy way. “And surely you must see where I'm coming from as well, you’re a smart young man William, surely you don’t need an answer from me every time a question crosses your mind now do you? You have all the resources in front of you to get the answer yourself, that's something I'd like you to work on more.” Mr. Theodore lectures William, William knew he was just trying to help but to him, he could also just help by telling him the answer instead of making him find it in some scavenger hunt.

[7lirtingwithd3ath]

Magnolia

William speeds down to the library where he was told the entrance to the lab was, upon arriving at the library he searched everywhere for a possible entrance but there was none. This made no sense to William, he was told the entrance was right where the middle bookcase was, which was the bookcase he currently was in front of. As he tried thinking of possibilities the library teacher approached him, William could tell by his demeanor and how he carried himself that he was a delightful man. The teacher says nothing to William, just tugs on a book, revealing a hidden stairwell. William is in awe looking where a bookcase just was moments before, he quickly snaps out of it. “Thank you sir.” He expresses to the library teacher who just smiles at him and gently presses a finger to his lips, reminding him it's a library. William nods in response to him and quickly starts traveling down the stairwell. William could feel the hairs on his arm sticking up, the stairwell was really uncanny and eerie. He wondered why Mr. Theodore even wanted the lab to be in this dungeon hell hole, he admitted it made some sense, Ever since William was a child Mr. Theodore was always obsessed with gothic and uncanny aesthetics so he was used to Mr. Theodore's odd tastes but it still crept him out, he was fine with gothic but uncanny was just something William did not like. Eventually he reached the bottom of the stairwell, pushing open a heavy door that was definitely older than he was, he looked around, the lab had the same feel as the stairwell had but was somehow ten times worse. He could hear very distant footsteps from students above the lab, he suddenly realized another noise in the room, an indie rock song coming from Mr. Theodore's desk. Mr. Theodore was so distracted by his work he hadn't noticed William's arrival into the lab.

[7lirtingwithd3ath]

New information pt.3

“I’m assuming you're a new year. There's what we call houses at this school, which you can apply to. Houses are used as a way to show yourself as capable to lead, either to your parents or just the world in general, some of the stuff here is shown to the public but that's usually just the leaders of houses. Sorry I'm getting off track, each house has a ranking, there’s about six houses but only the bigger more successful ones are recognized. The higher ranking your house has the more you show yourself capable of leading, and the more influence you have as well. That guy we saw, his name is Ocean Wyatt, leader of Willow, the house of courtesy.” Jacob over explained to William, before William even registered anything Jacob said Wayne chipped in. “Each house also teaches you something important about leading, for example like what Jacob said, Willow is the house of courtesy, that's its main teaching.”

William paused for a moment, this was a huge breakthrough for him. He could possibly get into the first ranking house and actually have a title to himself that wasn't just being his father’s son, to make his own name, that was something he craved more than anything. “How does someone get to be in the first ranking house?.” William urgently asks, catching Jacob off guard. “I’m not too sure if I can help you with that considering I'm not a part of that house.” Jacob nervously replies to William, on edge on how fast William switched his attitude. William was disappointed at first until he remembered someone who could help him. “Thank you anyways.” He barely gives Jacob any time to process that before he abruptly stands up and heads for the cafeteria doors, leaving without explaining anything. (why was this chapter so long </3)

[7lirtingwithd3ath]

New information pt.2

Alan could feel the dislike William and Wayne had with each other. “I already saw everyone's schedules, we all have a few classes with each other so you guys should really suck up whatever you guys have against each other, we’re gonna be spending a lot of time together.” Alan stated, trying to ease what was going on between William and Wayne. “and considering none of us have friends outside of each other.” He adds on to his previous statement, William thought for a moment. He couldn't argue with Alan, these people seemed like the only choice of friends for him. “My apologies for however you perceived me.” William uttered, it almost seemed like that backhanded statement was too much to say for his own pride. “Thanks.” Wayne stated bluntly, it was clear he didn't wanna argue about this. Jacob sat awkwardly smiling to the side, hoping that the tension would ease down. As if this situation couldn't get any worse a man accidentally drops his drink on the table, spilling some of it on William. “Oh my apologies! It slipped out of my hands.” The man rushed to say before helping to clean the mess up. William fought back the urge to yell at him, to distract himself he inspected the man's appearance. The man's light blue hair with white tips was definitely an odd choice for an heir but it matched perfectly with his darker skin tone and uniform, he clearly knew which colors flattered him. What really piqued his interest was the man’s different colored uniform, every student he's seen had a dark purple pinstripe uniform with a newsboy cap while the man had a black pinstripe uniform with the same newsboy cap. That wasn't the only difference, while everyone had regular black ties around their necks this guy had a cloud like pattern on his tie, with an angel wing pin on the knot of his tie. Before William can even decipher why he had a different uniform the man finished up with cleaning and walked away. “What was that.” William asked bluntly. “What was what?.” Alan asked in response, confused on what he could've been referring to. “His uniform, why was that different from everyone else's?.” William asked, peeling his eyes away from where the man had walked off to and stared at the others at the table. “He’s a part of Willow.” Jacob stated lightly, confused on how William didn't know this before realizing he's a first year at the school. “What the fuck is Willow?.” William asked rudely. “Woah what a pretty tongue, you talk to your parents like that?.” Wayne shoots back at William, clearly sick of his attitude, William just ignores Wayne and waits for Jacob's answer.

[7lirtingwithd3ath]

New information

William dragged his feet as he walked to the cafeteria, he had no interest in socializing with these students, something about it felt beneath  him. He groggily opened the cafeteria door and scanned the lunch room, looking around for a place to sit before a deafening voice spoke to him. Before he could have any reaction he felt someone drape an arm over his shoulder, roughly shaking him around. “Well well I had no clue someone like you would go here?.” The voice excitedly announced. William looked at the guy with an annoyed look, suddenly recognizing him as his old school friend from his last school. “Hi Alan....Still loud and improper as ever, You do realize we’re in a public space?.” William uttered as he peeled Alan’s arm away from him. “I’m just excited to see you in all honesty, this place is not my vibe and it's a lot better with a familiar face.” Alan caught a glimpse at Williams' tired expression "What's with you? Did’ya get broken up with?.” He expressed with a slight giggle. William rolled his eyes at Alan's immature nature, he tried saying something but Alan cut him off, something he did frequently. “I made new friends, you should meet them considering you walked into a cafeteria all alone.” Alan had an eccentric personality, maybe rude would be better to describe it. He'd be charming to you then leave some backhanded statement at the end

of his sentence. God it annoyed him. Before William could let anything spill out of his mouth Alan started dragging him to a table in the corner of the cafeteria, definitely would not be his choice of placement. Two gentlemen sat at the table, conversing with each other. “Two? With how you were talking it made it sound like there would be more.” William stated bluntly as he inspected the two guys, his gaze was rather intimidating to the pair. “Jeez, what do you expect from a man? I prefer close knit groups anyway.” Alan sighed, he was used to Williams' highly critical ways.

One of the boys elegantly stood up. “Hello, my name's Jacob Lawrence, nice to meet you” Jacob held out his hand to shake with a smile, He seemed rather bubbly compared to anyone else at the table. When William didn’t even try to reach for his hand he quickly put it away and sat down, he had a good poker face but William could sense his embarrassment. The other just lazily looked at William. “Wayne.” He shared bluntly, not even bothering to share his last name until Jacob nudged his arm. “Finch” Wayne finished, It was clear he had no interest in proper greetings. William thought that was nonsensical considering he was an heir, an heir to a large oil company, given the last name being Finch. William sat down and as soon as he did Alan followed suit. “Still like a dog I see.” William muttered lowly, He assumed no one heard besides Wayne, considering the glare he was giving him after he made that statement.

[7lirtingwithd3ath]

Magnolia pt.3

”I suppose I could, but what if I don't find out how? Will you tell me then?.” William questioned, seeing if he can bypass this in any way. “Oh you will trust me” Mr. Theodore replies as he puts a hand on William's shoulder, flashing him a smile. “Why don’t you continue making friends? It'll do you some good.”  Mr. Theodore suggests as he removes his hand from his shoulder. William was gonna respond, to tell Mr. Theodore that he didn’t need friends like he was some child but Mr. Theodore was already making his way back to his desk. William just accepts that the conversation is over against his own pride and leaves the lab. William was walking in the hallway, observing the other students, distaste at how the other heirs didn’t act like what they were, heirs. He didn’t understand how others acted so freely, how they could laugh with others like the expectations of their parents weren’t there, it was something William has never felt in his life. William was so distracted by his thoughts he collided with another person, he fell backwards, his cap falling off. “Watch where you're going!.” William snapped, the other person picked up Williams hat, acting like he didn’t just hear him. “Hey, I'm talking to you!.” William shouted before getting interrupted. “Would you calm down? You’re acting like I killed someone in front of you. What a distasteful heir, screaming at people in the hallway for one mistake.”

[7lirtingwithd3ath]

Magnolia pt.2

William cleared his throat, catching the attention of Mr. Theodore. Mr. Theodore raised his head to look at William. “You’re earlier than I expected.” Mr. Theodore stated as he turns off his music and cleans up his desk. “My apologies for how messy the lab is, I haven't gotten around to fixing it up just yet.” Mr. Theodore clarified. “It’s fine.” William replied, giving the room one more look over before settling his eyes on Mr. Theodore. “May I ask why you're here? It seems like something is bothering you.” Mr. Theodore asks while leaning against his desk, crossing his arms over his chest. William could see a bit of Mr. Theodore's neck scar, something he never really saw before as his visitation to Mr. Theodore's place was limited as he got older. “I need you to tell me how to get into the first ranking house.” William asked quickly, Mr. Theodore looked at him as if he was an imposter pretending to be William. “What? That’s not like you to ask, what's gotten into you?.” Mr. Theodore replied, confused at what could’ve happened to William that changed him from wanting to leave this school to wanting to be in the highest ranking house. “Well do you have an answer or not?” William demanded, getting fed up with not being answered. “Strike two, don’t disrespect me like that.” Mr. Theodore said with an eerily calm voice, William suddenly realized that he couldn't treat Mr. Theodore like family here as he was a teacher. “I- My apologies Mr. Theodore.” William sighed, he quickly fixed his behavior. “To answer your question, I’m not really sure I can help with that.” Mr. Theodore answered with the same calm tone just without the same eerie effect to it. “What!?.” William shouted, he was gonna continue but Mr. Theodore shot him a look that reminded him about the conversation they just had, William quickly corrects himself while fixing his posture. “My apologies again Mr. Theodore but you have to see where I'm coming from here, what do you mean you can’t tell me?.” William sighed, he felt disappointed that he couldn't learn the easy way. “And surely you must see where I'm coming from as well, you’re a smart young man William, surely you don’t need an answer from me every time a question crosses your mind now do you? You have all the resources in front of you to get the answer yourself, that's something I'd like you to work on more.” Mr. Theodore lectures William, William knew he was just trying to help but to him, he could also just help by telling him the answer instead of making him find it in some scavenger hunt.

[7lirtingwithd3ath]

Magnolia

William speeds down to the library where he was told the entrance to the lab was, upon arriving at the library he searched everywhere for a possible entrance but there was none. This made no sense to William, he was told the entrance was right where the middle bookcase was, which was the bookcase he currently was in front of. As he tried thinking of possibilities the library teacher approached him, William could tell by his demeanor and how he carried himself that he was a delightful man. The teacher says nothing to William, just tugs on a book, revealing a hidden stairwell. William is in awe looking where a bookcase just was moments before, he quickly snaps out of it. “Thank you sir.” He expresses to the library teacher who just smiles at him and gently presses a finger to his lips, reminding him it's a library. William nods in response to him and quickly starts traveling down the stairwell. William could feel the hairs on his arm sticking up, the stairwell was really uncanny and eerie. He wondered why Mr. Theodore even wanted the lab to be in this dungeon hell hole, he admitted it made some sense, Ever since William was a child Mr. Theodore was always obsessed with gothic and uncanny aesthetics so he was used to Mr. Theodore's odd tastes but it still crept him out, he was fine with gothic but uncanny was just something William did not like. Eventually he reached the bottom of the stairwell, pushing open a heavy door that was definitely older than he was, he looked around, the lab had the same feel as the stairwell had but was somehow ten times worse. He could hear very distant footsteps from students above the lab, he suddenly realized another noise in the room, an indie rock song coming from Mr. Theodore's desk. Mr. Theodore was so distracted by his work he hadn't noticed William's arrival into the lab.

[icylem0nade]

i looove long chapters🤤

[7lirtingwithd3ath]

New information pt.3

“I’m assuming you're a new year. There's what we call houses at this school, which you can apply to. Houses are used as a way to show yourself as capable to lead, either to your parents or just the world in general, some of the stuff here is shown to the public but that's usually just the leaders of houses. Sorry I'm getting off track, each house has a ranking, there’s about six houses but only the bigger more successful ones are recognized. The higher ranking your house has the more you show yourself capable of leading, and the more influence you have as well. That guy we saw, his name is Ocean Wyatt, leader of Willow, the house of courtesy.” Jacob over explained to William, before William even registered anything Jacob said Wayne chipped in. “Each house also teaches you something important about leading, for example like what Jacob said, Willow is the house of courtesy, that's its main teaching.”

William paused for a moment, this was a huge breakthrough for him. He could possibly get into the first ranking house and actually have a title to himself that wasn't just being his father’s son, to make his own name, that was something he craved more than anything. “How does someone get to be in the first ranking house?.” William urgently asks, catching Jacob off guard. “I’m not too sure if I can help you with that considering I'm not a part of that house.” Jacob nervously replies to William, on edge on how fast William switched his attitude. William was disappointed at first until he remembered someone who could help him. “Thank you anyways.” He barely gives Jacob any time to process that before he abruptly stands up and heads for the cafeteria doors, leaving without explaining anything. (why was this chapter so long </3)

[7lirtingwithd3ath]

New information pt.2

Alan could feel the dislike William and Wayne had with each other. “I already saw everyone's schedules, we all have a few classes with each other so you guys should really suck up whatever you guys have against each other, we’re gonna be spending a lot of time together.” Alan stated, trying to ease what was going on between William and Wayne. “and considering none of us have friends outside of each other.” He adds on to his previous statement, William thought for a moment. He couldn't argue with Alan, these people seemed like the only choice of friends for him. “My apologies for however you perceived me.” William uttered, it almost seemed like that backhanded statement was too much to say for his own pride. “Thanks.” Wayne stated bluntly, it was clear he didn't wanna argue about this. Jacob sat awkwardly smiling to the side, hoping that the tension would ease down. As if this situation couldn't get any worse a man accidentally drops his drink on the table, spilling some of it on William. “Oh my apologies! It slipped out of my hands.” The man rushed to say before helping to clean the mess up. William fought back the urge to yell at him, to distract himself he inspected the man's appearance. The man's light blue hair with white tips was definitely an odd choice for an heir but it matched perfectly with his darker skin tone and uniform, he clearly knew which colors flattered him. What really piqued his interest was the man’s different colored uniform, every student he's seen had a dark purple pinstripe uniform with a newsboy cap while the man had a black pinstripe uniform with the same newsboy cap. That wasn't the only difference, while everyone had regular black ties around their necks this guy had a cloud like pattern on his tie, with an angel wing pin on the knot of his tie. Before William can even decipher why he had a different uniform the man finished up with cleaning and walked away. “What was that.” William asked bluntly. “What was what?.” Alan asked in response, confused on what he could've been referring to. “His uniform, why was that different from everyone else's?.” William asked, peeling his eyes away from where the man had walked off to and stared at the others at the table. “He’s a part of Willow.” Jacob stated lightly, confused on how William didn't know this before realizing he's a first year at the school. “What the fuck is Willow?.” William asked rudely. “Woah what a pretty tongue, you talk to your parents like that?.” Wayne shoots back at William, clearly sick of his attitude, William just ignores Wayne and waits for Jacob's answer.

[7lirtingwithd3ath]

New information

William dragged his feet as he walked to the cafeteria, he had no interest in socializing with these students, something about it felt beneath  him. He groggily opened the cafeteria door and scanned the lunch room, looking around for a place to sit before a deafening voice spoke to him. Before he could have any reaction he felt someone drape an arm over his shoulder, roughly shaking him around. “Well well I had no clue someone like you would go here?.” The voice excitedly announced. William looked at the guy with an annoyed look, suddenly recognizing him as his old school friend from his last school. “Hi Alan....Still loud and improper as ever, You do realize we’re in a public space?.” William uttered as he peeled Alan’s arm away from him. “I’m just excited to see you in all honesty, this place is not my vibe and it's a lot better with a familiar face.” Alan caught a glimpse at Williams' tired expression "What's with you? Did’ya get broken up with?.” He expressed with a slight giggle. William rolled his eyes at Alan's immature nature, he tried saying something but Alan cut him off, something he did frequently. “I made new friends, you should meet them considering you walked into a cafeteria all alone.” Alan had an eccentric personality, maybe rude would be better to describe it. He'd be charming to you then leave some backhanded statement at the end

of his sentence. God it annoyed him. Before William could let anything spill out of his mouth Alan started dragging him to a table in the corner of the cafeteria, definitely would not be his choice of placement. Two gentlemen sat at the table, conversing with each other. “Two? With how you were talking it made it sound like there would be more.” William stated bluntly as he inspected the two guys, his gaze was rather intimidating to the pair. “Jeez, what do you expect from a man? I prefer close knit groups anyway.” Alan sighed, he was used to Williams' highly critical ways.

One of the boys elegantly stood up. “Hello, my name's Jacob Lawrence, nice to meet you” Jacob held out his hand to shake with a smile, He seemed rather bubbly compared to anyone else at the table. When William didn’t even try to reach for his hand he quickly put it away and sat down, he had a good poker face but William could sense his embarrassment. The other just lazily looked at William. “Wayne.” He shared bluntly, not even bothering to share his last name until Jacob nudged his arm. “Finch” Wayne finished, It was clear he had no interest in proper greetings. William thought that was nonsensical considering he was an heir, an heir to a large oil company, given the last name being Finch. William sat down and as soon as he did Alan followed suit. “Still like a dog I see.” William muttered lowly, He assumed no one heard besides Wayne, considering the glare he was giving him after he made that statement.