Blackmail 0/0

“I said I’m fine,” she snapped picking up her backpack that was next to the shower. She hesitated before walking past Ciel.

"Alright." Ciel's voice was so small and she hated it. Her heart was beating way too hard in her chest as well– also something she really didn't want to be happening. She stayed there, her eyes fixed on the wall in front of her, and had no idea what to do. But she did know she wouldn't be following Melissa, at least not yet.

Melissa left the locker room. She looked around the gym before just leaving completely.

Why was Ciel feeling like this? It was Melissa who had all the rights to feel bad. Ciel had just made everything worse, hadn't she? She did that too much. Ciel took a deep breath and pulled out her phone. She was tempted to text Melissa, to apologize about… everything, but shoved the phone back into her pocket before she could do anything. Melissa probably wanted some space. She turned and walked out of the locker room, looking around the gym for Melissa. When she couldn't find her, she walked to an empty space on the gym wall and sat down.

“I’m sorry” she texted Ciel right before the bell for the end of the day rang. She wasn’t sure why she was messaging her. She shouldn’t be. She should try to push her away. Not get her involved but she couldn’t get herself to do it.

Ceil went through the rest of the day worried about Melissa, and how Ceil's relationship with her was affecting her. But she didn't want to just stop seeing Melissa! She was staring at the clock, urging the bell to ring, when she got a text from Melissa. Ciel opened it hesitantly, fearing it to be Melissa saying they couldn't be friends anymore, but all she got were the two words she should be saying to Melissa.
"It's not your fault, it's mine," Ciel wrote back. "You don't have to apologize."

“I snapped at you. You where just concerned,” she sent back. “It’s not your fault just wrong place wrong time.” She went home still texting her.

"I guess. You must be tired of hearing this question, but are you okay?" Ciel typed, still sitting in her last class. She should probably be getting to GSA, but she wanted to finish talking with Melissa first.

“I’m fine. It really wasn’t what it looked like” she lied. “Also sorry about GSA I can’t go.”

"Okay," Ciel responded, not really believing what Melissa was saying. "That's okay. I'll see you tomorrow?" She stood up and started towards GSA, not wanting to be too late. That would call way too much attention to her, and she didn't want that. She kept her phone in her hand, though.

“Yeah I’ll see you then” she typed putting away her phone and picking up Lili before Going home. (Time skip or do you want to rp through GSA?)

Ciel glanced at her phone, reading Melissa's message. Her lips curved up in a small smile before she stuck her phone in her pocket. She hoped she would still have fun at GSA without Melissa.
(We can time skip! You can start.)

Melissa came to school the next day. She walked into first period. She sat in her usual seat waiting for Ciel She shifted slightly in her seat nervous to see her after yesterday.

Ciel walked into the classroom, a bit scared that she wasn't going to see Melissa there. But there she was, sitting in her usual spot. Ciel walked over to her, a small, slightly nervous smile on her face. "Good morning!"

"Morning," She said smiling at her. she leaned on the desk slightly.

Ciel sat down and tucked some hair behind her ear. She'd forgotten a hair tie, as silly as that was, and was not looking forward to her hair being in her face the entire day. "How are you today?" Ciel asked, looking over at Melissa.

Melissa nodded. "I'm good. You?" She asked slightly awkwardly.

"Yeah. Good, I guess." Ciel nodded, eyes flicking to the table for a second before glancing back at Melissa. "I, um… let's hope the homework isn't too bad, like yesterday?"

"Yeah that would be great," she said looking down at her desk.

"Yeah." Ciel pursed her lips, hating how weird it was between them. She really just wanted to get back to where they were before the whole locker room fiasco, but she had no idea how to get there.

“So how was GSA?” She asked trying to be more normal.

"Oh, it was good. I was kinda awkward, but everyone was really nice. I had fun," Ciel said, a bright smile on her face. She was going to pretend that the whole thing hadn't happened. Just like old times, with the slight flirtations and the loving Melissa's company and all that.

Melissa smiled. “That’s great! Wish I could of made it,” she said. She wanted things to be normal between us but also new that she should really distance herself slightly. at least now she’ll have other friends to fall back on. Maybe she’ll just forget about me and everything will be fine

"Yeah, me too. I missed you, but… well, it couldn't be helped." Ceil shrugged, glad the teacher hadn't started talking yet. She would take all the time she could with Melissa. Ciel hoped that Melissa wouldn't push her away or anything like that, because that would suck so much.

Melissa nodded. She didn’t say anything else and a moment later the teacher started talking.

Ciel turned her attention to the teacher, trying to understand everything that was said. If they were learning a new thing, she really didn't want to be too distracted and miss some vital piece of information.

Melissa took some notes. Biting her lip slightly. She glanced at Ciel from the corner of her eye.

Ciel took out her notebook, noticing that Melissa was taking some notes. That would probably be a good idea. She wrote down a few important things, hoping she wouldn't need whatever the teacher had said at the beginning.

Melissa got distracted watching Ciel and thinking. She basically stopped with her notes but she was pretty sure she could figure it out. I should be trying to get over her not stare at her she thought but it was already too late. The teacher stopped talking and put practice problems on the board. Turns out Melissa should of payed attention.

Ciel took a break from notes and looked over at Melissa, only to find her staring at her. Her cheeks turned pink and she gave her a shy smile, then went back to notes. When the teacher stopped talking, she turned to Melissa. "That was boring. Did you understand any of it?" Ciel asked. Just because she'd taken notes didn't necessarily mean she knew what the notes meant.