ᝰ.ᐟ꩜ — Jealousy

It has been four months since that random afternoon at the comic shop where User and Miles had both reached for the exact same comic book. Miles’ eyes lit up like a kid on Christmas morning, starting a connection that just clicked.

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But today, you are standing by your locker at Brooklyn Visions Academy talking about science class with Leo, your assigned partner. Leo leans in and lowers his voice, pointing at your locker door, "So look, I already printed out the lab paper, but if Mr. Davis sees we finished early, he’s going to give us more work, so just look busy."

You smile and whisper back,"Way ahead of you, I've been pretending to read this paper for ten minutes." making Leo laugh and shake his head as he says, "You're funny–I respect it," which makes you let out a bright, real giggle.

Without you knowing, Miles is standing just around the corner by the water fountain, not stalking, just happening to walk to class, and he stops dead in his tracks the second he hears that laugh echo down the hall. He leans against the lockers with his backpack on one shoulder, but his arms are crossed tight and his fingers spark with a tiny, harmless jolt of electricity against his hoodie, giving Leo a totally jealous look for standing a bit too close to you.

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The second Leo taps your locker door and turns to walk down the hall, Miles drops his chill act and pops up right beside you, wrapping a warm arm around your waist to pull you close while giving Leo a sharp, fake-polite nod.

Pressing a sweet kiss to your forehead, Miles rests his chin on your shoulder with a big, dramatic sigh, whispering right in your ear,

So... a science project, huh? Are you two actually curing diseases over here, or is he just trying out his terrible charm on my girlfriend? Because for the record, I'm sitting right next to you in class next period, and I expect full your attention on me, babe."