dedication: TO YOU GUYS CAUSE THIS IS LATE.. still love me.. ?
notes: i suddenly got inspiration again. YEEES~ but this chapter was half written before i got my inspiration, so it sucks...
but, i have like, a tiny series of Loke POV chapters planned out. so. yeah. a rarity, but they're there!but, they won't be in as much detail as Aries. coz. i like to keep you guys guessing & thinking.
.. yeah, that's it.

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a drop in the ocean

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Loke liked people, boys and girls alike.

(Though mainly girls cause, hey.

They were attractive, he was attractive, it made sense, right?)

Though his main reason for liking people— besides from the fact only hermits didn't —was because he simply hated (and hate's a strong word) being alone. He'd had enough of that growing up, and didn't see why he'd had to deal with it again.

Besides, if you were alone then your mind was free to wander, and he'd learnt that wandering minds were dangerous, dangerous things.

Moving on, his "abandonment issues," as Lucy called them, were what resulted in him walking with Gray to the bathroom—

(A.K.A walking around the school and arriving back at class as the bell rang)

—instead of staying in the class by himself. Okay, not by himself- there were people there... just not people he felt like talking to at the moment. In other words, girls who obsessed over him, guys that got pissed because the girls were obsessing over him, and a teacher who was annoyed because the guys were pissed.

Yeah... not Loke's cup of tea.

"So," Gray drawled, looking over and raising a brow, "What happened with Aries on Friday? Last I saw, you were helping her up the stairs."

Loke barely suppressed his snort. "Oh, that was interesting."

Gray's eyes widened. "Please tell me you didn't."

"Maybe…"

"Loke, I will kick your ass—"

"Calm down," he laughed, shaking his head, "Nothing happened." Well, nothing Gray needed to know. "Just— " Cutting himself off, he shot Gray a sideways stare.

"Why would you kick my ass?"

Gray shrugged. "Dunno. Aries is too innocent to be defiled by someone like you."

"Someone like me," Loke scoffed, managing to look insulted. Gray shrugged again.

He absently looked up at the ceiling, counting the lights as they passed them. He'd almost made it to eighty-three when Gray spoke again.

"Not that there's really anything to worry about. I mean, Aries has known you since forever, so I guess she'd know all of your tricks."

"Yep," Loke responded, lips popping on the 'p.'

"Plus," he continued, "She's probably heard just about all of your stories. I mean, she'd have to be pretty out of it to consider anything with you."

"Yeep."

"And— "

"Please stop talking," Loke sighed, drooping his shoulders and staring ahead flatly. Gray grinned, shrugging his shoulders again and playing with a loose thread on his uniform.

"Just sayin'. C'mon, bell's gonna ring soon, and we need to get ready for this pep rally shit."

If possible, Loke's shoulder's drooped more. "Do we have to? These things are stupid, and monotonous and—"

"The girl's volleyball team is gonna be in uniform."

"—and suddenly I'm interested again."

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endnotes: lolol defiled.
aw, were you expecting them talking about feelings and stuff?
.. TROLOLOLOLOL pleasedon'thateme.
endnotes3: Gray should pop out of the manga and live in my bedroom. like, now.
is it wrong that i think everyone— besides from Loke —is gonna think of Aries as something innocent that should always remain innocent?
endnotes4: I LOVE NOTES~ anyways, five guesses who's on the volleyball team. here's a hint; THIS FUCKING STORY'S ABOUT THEM.
uh, anyways…