cheat day 💌
@crxrina
Another paper airplane glides into a smooth landing, its wings fluttering the napping girl’s hair but doing nothing to wake her. He squirms in his seat, pouts at a square of parchment, and dips his quill into the inkwell with a jittery, agitated grip. “If she doesn’t wake up soon, I’ll be out of pick-up lines,” he sighs.
His ex-girlfriends and former flings can agree that Wallace Gothel isn’t a man of patience. His need to live life in the fast lane seems cute -- pinch his cheeks and tease him for being spoiled until he blushes cute -- while dating. But, breakups have a funny way of exposing a person’s faults for the first time. What were once endearing quirks become irredeemable flaws and his past loves will make clear that he’s not just impatient. Their angry howlers will let all of hogwarts know he’s an impatient, immature, all-around heartbreaking brat.
They forget what they originally saw in him. Or rather, they pretend to forget the intrigue of dating a king still growing into the crown. Great things are expected of him and he has big shoes to fill, but he’s not ready yet. He’s not ready to play politics as the future head of the Gothel estate. He’s not ready to pursue music without worrying about the disapproval of his aunt. And he’s certainly not ready for commitment. Yet when relationships sour, his exes are frustrated to have fantasized about the finished product rather than accept him as a work in progress.
Rina and himself never quite reached that sour stage. They’re still as passionate and intrigued about each other’s “work in progress” as ever. But depending on who you ask, they may have never broken up.
There’s a portion of the student body that thinks they might still be together, but agree on a cheat day every few weeks.
Wally scribbles a generic note about “oh, how I miss you! :(” and “sleeping beauty? come sit with me like we used to :((((” onto the parchment. The other paper airplanes had his favorite lines of “but you’re different” and “you’re not like other girls”. He messes up the folding of the airplane and crumples up the paper, deciding to throw it as is.
But, his aim is off.
And he knocks over someone’s drink -- which is definitely not allowed in the library -- and it splashes onto Rina. Wally winces, but he can’t help the little voice inside his head saying: “Well...the only way to wake this Sleeping Beauty is to dump a bucket of water on her head anyway.”