Lunch was uninterrupted. No Witery in the halls to bother you or try to undress you while going to class. No Kylar to weirdly look at you or try to talk to you while somehow being unable to do so. Not to mention you came to class with Robin, so it wasn’t too bad, especially not after last night.
“So… about that… hawk you mentioned…”
You sign, remembering your little slip up. Having two partners, of which one is a freaking harpy, is a bit hard to explain to someone like Robin. He never saw the things you did, the dogboys in the street, the centaurs on Alex’s farm. It was a unique thing that not everyone saw, and you were one of those who did.
“He’s a harpy. And he’s very nice. I get it’s hard to understand, but please, trust me he’s a harpy and very nice. Maybe I should take you to the Hookah parlour sometimes…” The more you went there, the less mixing your brain did with everything.
“Yea, no, I’m good.”
“No, seriously. It’ll help. I can take you to him if you want to.” Maybe not the greatest idea, since he didn’t seem to enjoy the thought of you having more than one partner. You explained to him that you love both of them and that it’s not something odd for people like you to do that, but since you were now also a harpy with your wings and tail, he probably didn’t see you like a landbound as he said.
“I’m still having a hard time understanding it… But you do seem happy with him, so I guess it’s not that bad. Even if your interests are… well, interesting.” Robin did try to brush it off, but it was obvious that he was a bit taken back still, probably even a bit uncomfortable. It’s not that you could try to change his mind in the long run.
You sat down on your chair, starting to think about why you even came to school. You have the best grades, skipping classes wouldn’t do much when it came to your teachers since you would always pass the exams when you had them. Though, going with Robin like this was a good way of still maintaining some more relationship outside of dates you’d have with him. WIth all the trying to collect enough money to pay Baily for the both of you, doing a lot of work all the time wasn’t something you enjoyed and it took out a lot of your time. It’s why skipping school wasn’t too bad of a thing.
History at least wasn’t that bad. It also made you remember that knowing all of this was the only reason you were able to meet your harpy. Who knew if that would’ve happened if it wasn’t for this class. Sometimes, you were grateful for being a good student. Winter wasn’t that bad of a teacher too.
As you listened to what was said, sometimes writing down interesting things for later, everything seemed to go normal.
Until someone screamed at the window, alarming the whole class that something was there.
At first, you thought it was someone just walking around nude or half naked. It wouldn’t be surprising for this town, but still understandable to have such a reaction from some people. Maybe someone else being weird too, it wouldn’t be surprising.
However, no. It was your mate. Banging on the window.
What even happened there?
He’d never done that before. There were situations where you’d go without visiting him for a while, so it wasn’t that he was ever upset over it before. Why now? Did something change suddenly?
“Alright kids, let’s get out of the class. Probably would be good to call someone to remove that hawk away. Geez, how do they even outgrow like this? I’ve never seen something like this before.” Winter was getting out all the children out of the classroom. While everyone was too worried about something happening and quickly leaving the room, you hid underneath your desk, hoping that they’d close the door once they were out.
You were full of luck then, as the door was closed, no one noticing you were not with them.
Revealing yourself, you walked towards the window opening it and thus making your harpy stop knocking on the window.
“What happened? What made you come here?”
“Husband away for too long,” he simply said. Unlike the rest, you saw a pretty harpy that loved you very much and not a hawk.
“It gets lonely up there. Pains me to sing alone.”
Truly, this was a first. Maybe he’d just been a lot more patient before and was now losing that patience? You can’t tell for sure.
“I’m sorry. Once this is done, I’ll come back okay? I can’t leave until a bit longer. I promise I'll be back today!” Maybe you can skip swimming. And considering you doubt Winter would want to continue class after this, you can just go straight for the road. Your wings will carry you faster than your legs too.
“Husband promises?”
“Husband promises.”
That did seem to calm him down. He was already not knocking on the window, but now he seemed even more relaxed. At least that was solved.
There was a screech before he got off, flying into the sky. Hopefully he’ll be at the tower soon.
“Was that… the hawk?”
You flinched at the sound of Robin’s voice. Did he hide too? You weren’t paying much attention to who was leaving so you probably missed him staying as he probably hid as well.
“Yes, that was him. He’s never done this before so I was surprised. He really missed me that much. I haven’t been at the tower in a while, so I guess it did make sense. Still, it was uncalled for.”
“He’s uh… very big for a hawk. I didn’t imagine him like that, to be honest.” Robin was like the others, surprised at his size. To you it was nothing odd, but for those who weren’t aware enough, he was a very big hawk.
“I think that when I’m back from my visit at the tower I should take you to the Hookah parlour. No way I’m gonna listen to you call my harpy a hawk again!”
“H-hey! I’m not wrong,” Robin cried. “Still, it was a bit odd seeing him so… close. I guess it wasn’t so bad.”
He was reluctant to admit it, but who wouldn’t? Knowing your partner was in love with a harpy would be a hit to anyone, but Robin was handling it practically well.
“You know, maybe if I bring you there you can become a harpy like us too~”
“Don’t tease me like that!”
You did stop with it, knowing you two should probably get out of the classroom.
It did make you happy to know he was being more at peace with your other partner. Harvesting a happy relationship was important and his understanding meant a lot.
You both sneaked out of the classroom, and in the end ended up leaving the school while holding hands. You’d walk with him to the orphanage and then get ready for your trip to the moor.
And with all that, it was a sunny day. What a lovely time.
