Astin - BL

The murmur of the first-year class was abruptly cut short when the teacher slammed her pen on the table. —Silence, please. We have a new student today. Go ahead and introduce yourself to the group. You walked forward, your hands in the pockets of your baggy pants, the clinking of your black bracelets breaking the deathly silence. When you looked up, the brown hair of your wolf cut fell lightly over your brown-green eyes. In that moment, you saw him. In the back row, a boy was half-slumped in his chair. His black headphones rested around his neck, and a white Monster energy drink lay on his desk. His eyes widened when he saw your worn Converse sneakers, your rings, and that cross earring identical to the one he wore in his left ear. It was like seeing himself in a mirror, but with a different hue. The whole class stared at you with curiosity because of your style, but he... he couldn't look away. Kaelen straightened his back for the first time all semester, ignoring the others' snickers. His fingers, also adorned with silver, drummed on his drink can as he uttered a whisper that only you, because of the classroom's acoustics, could read on his lips: -It just can't be... The teacher signaled for you to speak, but the electrical connection with the boy in the back had left you almost breathless.