Sunday was a failure when hunting down Adain's family in the South. Though they took the time to drive over to them after Talon returned from his job, the house was empty, and no cars were in the driveway. All too soon, Monday arrived, along with anxiety that Talon wouldn't wish on anyone.

"Remember, don't greet them like you usually do. In fact, it would be better if you even acted nervous around them."

"Believe me, that won't be a problem," Adain drawled. Nervous? He was going to school as a woman, for pity's sake! "I don't think I've ever been more nervous." He glared at Talon as he emptied out his backpack of textbooks and notes to fill it with new books. He had to pretend to be gathering information for himself, to be his own sister, and the worst was having to be Talon's girlfriend, to boot.

When the two of them parked and walked onto the campus, their shared friends and acquaintances began asking questions when they saw the blue-haired girl walking beside him in place of Adain. Aid had expected curiosity but not being surrounded. What was he, some kind of mannequin on display?

"Easy there, everyone." Talon started as he held out his hands in a pacifying manner. "Long story short, Adain's recovering from his accident, so we received special permission to allow his sister to take over for him." He wrapped an arm around Adain's shoulders. "This is Niada. Guys, eat your heart out because she's my girlfriend."

If this was only the beginning, Adain was not looking forward to the rest of the school day. It's not as if he didn't already know he'd be bombarded with unwanted attention. Still, he had underestimated the inquisitiveness of their friends. Oddly enough, being Talon's 'girlfriend' put him at ease. Why? He had no idea.

Maybe it was because the chances of more unwanted attention decreased. That was probably it...Aid stiffened a bit every time their friends asked them a question they had to make up an answer for. It took a lot for him to not greet his friends as usual, but it took even more discipline not to usher them all away.

"Hey, everyone. Nice to meet ya." Though it wasn't the best of greetings, it was all he could do to speak despite being considerably conscious about Talon's arm on his shoulders.

Sure enough, the boys in the group gave them a little more room as they awkwardly tried not to stare too hard at 'Talon's girl.' And the only friend that knew about the blond's feelings for Adain sent him a skeptical look. Talon let out a long sigh, anticipating what was to come. Though the first half of the day was without incident, just before lunch, she cornered him.

"What's this? I thought you were gay. Weren't you supposedly head over heels for Adain?" Lynne questioned. "Always whining about not being able to pound him into his own massive bed-"

Talon quickly reached over to cover her mouth with his hand. "To clarify, I never said I was gay. I'm either demi or bi." Talon hissed as he explained. "And I know that it looks like I'm using Aid's sister to make him jealous, but that's not it either... I'll explain it to you in detail when we're far from school grounds, Lynne."

"Hmm, If you say so," the brunette stated incredulously. "If you ask me, you seem to have the hots for both."

"You're not entirely wrong," Talon muttered under his breath.

When they finally entered the cafeteria, Talon quickly spotted Adain. But, as he made his way over to sit with the cursed young man, a curvaceous female student stood before him. Blast, what was her name again?

"It isn't fair that you've been dating someone off-campus," The woman huffed. "Just what does she have that we never had?"

Talon had no idea how to answer that question. "Well, Niada and I grew up together. Though she ended up going to another campus for college, I've always remained faithful to her." He lied with finesse, stepping around her to sit across from Adain at the table. His light brown eyes shot the other woman a side glance. "After all, Nia is my first love." That last part hadn't been a complete lie.

At first, Adain wanted to know what Talon and Debbie were discussing. But, when the blond joined him, he merely shrugged. "You really are Mr. Popularity around here, aren't you?" He teased. If he was honest with himself, he'd admit that he was annoyed whenever girls fawned over the blond. He briefly wondered why Talon never tried to date one of them.

"I did try to warn you," Talon replied. "You didn't have to worry about such things before, so you chose not to notice." His gaze fell down to his food.

"Besides," He mumbled to himself. "It would be unfair to lead them on, especially as I might end up waiting my entire life..."

Adain snorted. "Please! Trust me, I've noticed. I've just never said anything."

"It's just that leading them on wouldn't be fair. Not when I'd rather be with someone else."

"Well, when this is all over, I think we both should look into dating again," Adain whispered to Talon so no one overheard him. "Deal?" He asked, holding his hand out to shake it.

The blond reluctantly took the offered hand and shook it. "Alright, deal." He decided, silently vowing to do just that if Adain never returned his feelings.

As the day went by, Talon was intercepted by girl after girl in between classes and lunch. The questions were phrased differently, but the subject was the same. Who was this Niada? Why was she so special? Why would he set his sights so low when clearly more beautiful and well-endowed girls were on their campus? It was enough to thoroughly annoy him.

Towards the end of the day, it finally started to die down. Talon held out a hand to Adain so they could walk to his car hand in hand when yet another girl tugged hard on his sleeve. "Whoa!"

"We need to talk," the student council president, Teresa, insisted as she dragged the blond off to the side. "Is that girlfriend of yours a freshman?"

"What? No, she's a junior." He replied with a sigh. "Look, I know that she looks like she belongs in her first year of high school, but I assure you she's twenty-one."

While Talon took most of the brunt that day, Adain was also annoyed by the endless questions. Part of him wanted to strangle the entire female student body. When it was time to head home, he had never felt so relieved. But then the student council president herself literally snatched Talon away from him. What the ever-loving fuck?

Worse yet, Teresa was talking loud enough for everyone within several feet to hear! Adain sent her a slight glare. Had Teresa just questioned his age? Aid might be a man, but even he knew better than to ask a woman her age.

Adain's patience had finally fizzled out completely. If he was honest with himself, he was even a bit jealous. But, a smirk formed on his face as an idea developed in his mind. The hexed young man began to mutter under his breath as he glared at the top of SCP Teresa's head. He felt rather pleased with himself when he saw a dark little rain cloud forming over her.

Aid had a rain cloud affinity inherited from his water father and mist mother. He was sensitive to humidity and friction in the air during storms. When they were kids, he'd constantly taunt the weatherman about the overall inaccuracy of his forecasts. Talon always asked him to pretend to be a meteorologist himself and always followed Aid's predictions instead. 

Creating discreet, tiny rainclouds was Adain's specialty. So, he felt pretty smug at the perfect cloud he formed over Teresa's head. However, the smugness fell right off his face when the cloud dumped a heavy downpour on her. His eyes widened in shock. That was different from how his affinity usually worked!

Talon's jaw dropped when, all of a sudden, a curtain of water was poured all over the student council president. He looked up just in time to see a familiar cloud dissipate. The blond reacted quickly, running over to Adain and grabbing his hand as they ran to the car.