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Lukas's heart was racing as he and Vlad made their way to their regular lunch table. When they sat down he didn't eat. He just sat staring at his phone. He knew that Em's school had lunch a bit later than his, but there were still a good twenty minutes where they were at lunch at the same time. Ten minutes into lunch, she finally called.
Lukas glanced at Vlad, who looked uncomfortable again, then at Arthur, who looked smug...again. What was it about his situation that made those two act so weird? Oh right. He'd probably find out if he answered the call dammit. But he was nervous of course. This was the first time they'd really see each other face to face, and hear each other's voices. God this was so scary.
"Are you going to answer or just sit there gawking all day?" Arthur nagged.
Taking a deep breath, Lukas hit answer. As soon as his crush's face appeared on the screen, his eyes widened, and he was rendered speechless.
"Uh, hey Lukas." the...the boy? said. "I-In case you couldn't tell, I needed to tell you that, well, I'm a boy."
"You're a boy." Lukas repeated, shocked. He looked at Vlad. "She's a boy?"
"Yes, Lukas. He's a boy." Vlad confirmed.
"My name's Emil." the not-a-girl (apparently named Emil) said.
"Okay. Okay I'm starting to process this." Lukas said. "You're a boy...and you like me?"
"Y-Yes?" Emil answered hesitantly.
"And everything you told me earlier. You meant It?" Lukas asked.
"Yes! Absolutely yes! The only thing I ever lied to you about was being a girl! Honest!" Emil assured him.
"Why did you lie about that?" Lukas was still confused.
"I didn't mean to, but you were being such a jerk and insisting that I had to be a girl so I thought I'd mess with you a little." Emil explained. "I-I didnt think you'd actually find me attractive..."
Lukas noted the little blush that crossed the boy's cheeks. So he was as cute as he sounded. Lukas smirked. This. Was. Awesome. The cutest boy he had ever seen in his life had a thing for him.
"W-What's with that look?" Emil asked. Aw, the poor thing looked so nervous.
"Emil. I think I like you even more now than I did before." Lukas said.
"Really?" Emil asked in astonishment. Lukas nodded. "So you aren't mad?"
"Oh I'm mad alright, just not at you."
"Uh-oh." Vlad said.
"Yeah, uh-oh. You two are the worst. Arthur, I know you're the one who told Vlad not to tell me." Lukas glared.
"Sorry about that." Arthur muttered. Obviously he didn't mean it.
"And Vlad, I cannot believe you." Lukas said.
"I'm really sorry okay? It's just that I–" Vlad apologized, but was cut off.
"You knew the cutest boy in the world, whom I had a lot in common with, that was gay, and that looks incredibly hot in a dress, and didn't tell me about him sooner." Lukas said angrily.
"I...what?" Vlad was stunned.
Lukas smirked again when he saw how red Emil's face got. Oh, he was going to have so much fun with this boy.
"You can thank me for that photo by the way." another voice sounded from the call. "And could you like, not be so loud? People are staring at us."
A brown-haired boy appeared on screen next to Emil. Emil seemed to try to push him away, but to no avail.
"Ah, so you must be Leon then?" Vlad asked.
"So you've heard of me? Wow Emil, I didn't know you liked to talk about me that much." Leon teased.
"Yeah right, all I told him was what an asshole you are." Emil growled.
"I hear you're the one who got my innocent little buddy to dress up like a girl." Vlad laughed.
"What can I say, he couldn't resist the birthday boy." Leon smirked.
"Oh will you shut up?" Emil groaned. "If I could get back to what I wanted to say in this call already..."
"Oh fine. I'll stop bothering you." Leon backed away and let Emil speak again.
"Lukas. I wanted to ask you, since you don't hate me after all of this, if you would...ya know. If you would go out with me?" Emil asked. His was so soft and unsure, it was endearing. Lukas couldn't believe someone so perfect could really exist.
"Of course I will." Lukas said, smiling.
"Whoa...you look amazing when you smile." Emil said, blushing again.
"Hah. Don't get used to it. I swear this guy doesn't even smile when he's petting a puppy." Vlad mocked.
"Well puppies aren't half as cute as Emil is when he's blushing." Lukas argued. "Which is great, because I know just what kinds of things to say to make him all cute and red all the time."
"N-No you don't!" Emil stuttered.
"Oh really? Fine then, maybe I don't." Lukas shrugged. "Although I do have a question."
"And what might that be?" Emil eyed him suspiciously.
"Will you dress up for me on my birthday? I already know exactly what I would love to see you in~" Lukas said suggestively.
Emil immediately went completely red and started shaking in embarrassment and rage.
"Thats it! I change my mind! I don't like you anymore!" he yelled before running off.
"Wow. That worked a little too well." Lukas chuckled.
"That idiot. He ran off without his phone or backpack or anything." Leon reappeared on screen.
"He's not actually that mad at me is he?" Lukas asked.
"No. He's just flustered. He'll be back soon enough." Leon assured.
"Good. Well, I guess I should end this call then." Lukas said, reaching for the end call button.
"Wait. I gotta tell ya something." Leon said.
"And what's that?"
"I managed to get a few videos of Emil at that convention without him noticing if you wanna see them. I even got him to bend over a couple times." Leon said smugly.
Lukas gulped. He couldn't tell if he should feel jealous or excited.
"So, whaddya say? I can send them to you later."
"...That better be a promise." Lukas said.
"Hah. I think you and I will be good friends, Lukas." Leon said. "I'll send you a contact request later."
"I'll be looking forward to it."
"Oh, and one more thing before I hang up and go look for Emil." Leon said.
"Hmm?" Lukas prompted him to continue.
"I'm one of the best martial artists in town. If you hurt Emil in any way, I will make you regret it." Leon told him. He hung up before Lukas could respond.
"I wasn't planning on it." Lukas sighed. He looked up to see his friends staring at him. "What?"
"You are such a creep." Arthur sniggered.
"Creeping on an innocent sophomore." Vlad said jokingly. "How could you?"
"Oh leave me alone. Especially you, Arthur. Alfred's a sophomore too." Lukas asked irritably. "Speaking of which, what are you even doing here? Don't you normally ditch us to hang out with him?"
"And miss out on this? I think not. Besides, he wanted to go do something stupid with that idiot, Gilbert." Arthur said.
"I see. Wait how did you know all this was going to happen?" Lukas questioned.
"Vlad told me. So much for being a good kid and not using your phone in class, hmm?" Arthur looked at Vlad.
"Hey, these were important circumstances." Vlad said. "Oh, and Lukas."
"Yes?"
"If you ever want, I can introduce you to Emil in real life. He doesn't live all that far from me." Vlad offered.
"That would be great, thanks." Lukas said appreciatively. Getting to see that little angel and tease him in person sounded like a dream come true.
Lukas felt content as the lunch bell rang. Whether this relationship would work out or not, he didn't know, but for now everything was just perfect.