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“Yume.. my dearest Yume, you know how much your mother worries for you, your so fragile.. But it's fine because, your mother loves you so much..”

Her mother tells her, as she puts a soaked towel over her forehead. The night before her window had been left open by Yume herself; so the morning of, Yume had gotten sick she remembers how much it hurt she at the time could barely breathe each breathe hurt to take, her mother had been so warm while helping her get better.. Yume looks up at her mother with heavy eyes and with a swell voice she softly speaks coughing in between words.. she remembers how much it had hurt to even try to speak but she had tried even so.

“I'm.. sorry mother.. for getting-”

Yume wasn't allowed to continue speaking, her mothers hand entagles into her small child hand which makes her stop trying to speak; Yume had felt so cold and yet her mother was warm it felt so nice to the sick child her, she recalls falling asleep and feeling the warm droplets of tears fall onto her face and she remembers hearing her mother repeat the same words over and over again crying with a shaking trembling smile on her face as her nails dig into Yume's pale sick face.

“That’s why I worry that my dear Yume will go pop and die. My dearest Yume, is so delicate and fragile, so your mother is so sorry.. So please.. forgive this foolish mother of yours.”

Yume's dream of her mother changes, and in place she hears voices and she sees cards in place of the memory of that snowy day.

“Hurry up and paint those roses red!”

Then another voice. “Slather them quickly, as aforesaid!” Before a last final voice. “Hurry, hurry! There are still roses to paint!”

Shes disoriented confusion piles up from at where she is but she's not allowed a chance to continue thinking before a young girl appears and speaks to those cards.

“Why are you painting these white roses red?”

In response to the girl's question the cards speak. “Huh?” Then one card with the symbol of two of clubs speaks. “Why, you ask? Its quite simple. We planted the wrong color, you see.” Another one adds on this time an ace of clubs. “The queen likes her roses red. If they're white, we'll lose our heads!”

The young girl wanders over to another card and speaks. “Goodness!” She says and the three of club's speaks. “And so, we're painting the roses red.”

Yume wakes up harshly her breathing rough and barely tangible her hands instinctively clutch at her chest her nails digging into the silk cloth.

“..what was that..? I think.. I had been dreaming of something else before, that dream but.. what had it been?.."

She receives no response only the sight of Grim curled up in her lap and she glances down at him for a moment, before the sound of knocking loud thuds against the door downstairs and so she moves gently grabbing Grim and moving him off her lap; and laying him on her pillow before pulling the blanket off her, moving to go downstairs but the loud knocking continues, waking Grim and he abruptly wakes up.

“Mrgh.. Who is it? Its the middle of the night..”

Yume sends a glance his way but doesn't respond opting to leave her bedroom instead with Grim following her, as she heads downstairs and opens the door who she sees is Ace who comes inside after she lets him in. He has the collar that Riddle had put on Grim before so she looks at him puzzled and confused before softly speaking.

“Why do you?-”

She's not allowed to continue Ace interrupts her his arms crossed and a pout on his face as he speaks.

“I am never, ever going back to heartslabyul again. As of today.. I'm moving into this dorm!”

She flinches back when he shouts her hands clenching together infront of her chest but she softly breathes and glances at him, before turning around and going to the common room and softening her voice as she speaks.

“Please, follow me.. we should have a discussion in a setting you can speak more calmly, I shall make some herbal tea so please sit in the main time.”

She gestures to the clean couch in the commons room as she walks to the kitchen Grim opting to head to the commons room with Ace instead of staying with her, she supposes it must be because he wishes to tease Ace..

After a short while she walks into the commons room, with a tray of three cups of herbal tea; alongside cookies on a plate she sets the tray down and sits down next to Ace and she slowly grabs her cup and drinks a sip of the tea; before looking at Ace biting her lip for a moment before quietly speaking she had hoped that making tea would give her the confidence to speak to him alone but.. it hadn't.. how is a person even meant to speak to a person just alone..? She felt comfortable speaking to Riddle alone because he reminds her of.. her mother.. but. Since arriving to this place she has never had to speak to a person alone other then to Riddle, and while Grim is here he's not human.. all the thoughts run through her head as she speaks, it feels exhausting her mother always told her it wasn't good to keep all her thoughts inside her head or it would exhaust her; but she couldn't possibly think these thoughts aloud..

“Why exactly.. did Riddle use his signature spell on you?.. On a side matter.. I don't exactly believe you are able to switch dorms so abruptly and quickly..”

She bites her lip harder and doesn't continue speaking opting for Ace to speak instead and speak he does.

“Thanks for having me. Anyways I got this cause I ate a tart and.. I guess, I probably can't, especially considering this ain't even a real school dorm.. ugh..”

Grim resorts for a response himself “A tart?” Ace responds after swiping a few cookies off the plate and eating them. “Yes, that's all! I ate just one slice, and I got collared!”

The more Ace speaks the more puzzled Yume gets having read half of the queen of hearts rule book, she had already seen rule “089. Never eat a tart without the Queen's permission” considering the fact Ace is part of Heartslabyul and has been in this world longer; she had assumed he would know rules such as those, but even so she glances away and slowly takes another sip of the tea as Ace continues speaking.

“That stupid housewarden how can anyone be that petty, right?! I mean, I guess there's some sort of of law or whatever.. But if I worry about every silly little rule, it'll kill me.”

Yume twitches for a moment at Ace's words and her gaze lowers into the herbal tea from his words, she assumes he knew about rule 089 but.. he still decided to break it? Shes.. puzzled on why but he continues.

“Yume, you and housewarden are close right?! Everyone at orientation saw it, could you talk to him for me?”

She looks up at Ace and she brushes her hair out of her face and stares for a moment before softly speaking.

“From the sounds of it you knew about the rule, so I.. wish to know why you had decided to eat the tart anyways..?”

Ace stares at Yume as if shes idiotic and she blinks for a moment before turning flustered realizing that Ace most likely hadn't known about the rule, and from what she saw during orientation Riddle most likely told Ace the rule he had broke; she stays silent after that and Grim speaks in her place; she believes that she prefers having something speak for her rather then her having to speak..

“Lemme guess.. If there were three whole tarts, he might have been saving them for a party. Like for somebody's birthday!"

Ace swipes another cookie and Grim does the same as Ace speaks while eating.

“Birthday?”

Yume gently wraps her hair around her finger before taking a cookie and slowly eating it afterwards taking another sip of her tea, and when she's done she speaks to them quietly.

“Ace, please apologize to Riddle tomorrow, and please replace the tart as well. Rule 053 states stolen items must be replaced, so that's what he'd like the most.”

Ace leans back in the couch and complains but he takes one glance at her expression and ultimately comprises.

“Why are you sounding like him now.. ugh. I can't replace the tart, but fine! I'll apologize!! Are you happy now?! It was your idea, so you're coming with me.”

Yume tenses up in surprise for a moment but lets out a soft sigh finishing off her tea slowly before eating another cookie softly and as she finishes it she speaks.

“Very well then. I'll accompany you.”

Ace freezes confused at how quickly she accepted before grinning and standing up quickly.

“Now. In the meantime, where do I sleep?”

Grim groans and speaks. “You're seriously planning to stay the night? Except for mine and my Yume's room.. Everywhere is covered in dust. If your gonna stay. You can clean your own room.”

Ace complains. “Aw man. Not a chance I hate cleaning! Just let me stay with you, Yume. I'm really slim. I won't take up much space.”

Yume tilts her head confused at Grim's words well.. she supposes it makes sense Grim would think that way, he hasn't actually explored the dorm so he has no idea that she cleaned all the rooms.. she glances away before looking at Ace.

“Very well then, all the rooms are clean, I cleaned them on my very first night here..”

She says, before grabbing the now empty tray all the cookies are gone and while Ace and Grim drank no tea, its cold now so they undoubtedly wouldn't touch it any longer; she speaks as she walks towards the kitchen.

“You can choose whatever room you wish, they're all clean although be careful ghosts do live here. Now come Grim, let us return.”

Yume says the word ghosts as if its nothing but Grim jumps on her shoulder as she leaves the commons room at the mention of the ghosts and Ace goes to the closest room closest to the entrance and heads off to sleep.

Morning arrives and the first thing he hears is loud banging on the front door and he groans and gets up from the bed leaving the room and opening the door muttering out as it gets louder.

“Okay, okay! I'm coming so stop pounding on the door! You'll knock down the whole building! Urk!”

Ace sees Deuce outside with his hand on his hip and sighing as he converses.

“I knew I'd find you here. Why are you bothering Yume, she isn't even a student here..”

Ace interrupts Deuce by vocalizing. “Deuce.. Never mind that, how'd you..?” Deuce responds knowing what Ace means. “I heard what happened. Collared twice in one day. You are a massive idiot, aren't you?”

Ace twitches and pouts before quickly responding.

“Shut up! You're the last guy I wanna hear that from! By the way.. Is the housewarden still angry?”

As they converse Yume who had woken earlier dresses in the uniform that Crowley had delivered through the window earlier in the morning. Just as she finishes, Grim wakes up and she moves grabbing her bag that she was given putting the necessary items inside it as well as the rule book before walking downstairs and just as she does Ace utters out the words.

“It sounds like hes in a bad mood. I should wait until hes calmed down..”

Yume walks over to Ace, Deuce notices her presence merely because she's standing in his line of sight but Ace doesn't so when she speaks he tenses up and jumps.

“Ace. Lets go, like we promised last night I shall be with you as you apologize. So allow us to be off..”

She says before walking past him and Deuce with Grim on her shoulder but stops as she hears a growl leave Ace's stomach and she bites her lip before glancing at the both of them.

“Allow us to have breakfast before apologizing..”

She utters quietly and then her course of direction is to the school, so they can have breakfast Ace is her guest after all she must feed guests..

After they have breakfast Deuce and Ace guide her to the mirror chamber and into the heartslabyul dorm whilst Grim had looked around at the mirror chamber and heartslabyul she simply continued walking following the two towards the rose maze as they enter she sees Cater painting the roses red and speaking to himself.

“I'm in so much trouble. I need to hurry and paint these roses red! Oops, almost missed one. Can't do that, or I'm sure to lose my head!”

Her gaze darkens at the sight of him, her opinion of him hasn't changed she still doesn't like him; she thinks to herself before glancing at Ace and Deuce who have a shocked and terrified expression on their faces and she hears both of them muttering something about it being the guy from yesterday. But shes not allowed to continue observing because Grim jumps off from her shoulder and waves at Cater and shouts.

“Hey you there! What are you doing?”

She hears Deuce try to discreetly speak to try and get Grim back “Wait Grim!!” but Cater has already noticed them. “Me? What does it look like? I'm painting the roses red, that’s all.”

Grim confused still responds once more “Why would you do that?” Cater doesn't respond to him instead zooming on Ace and Deuce's expressions and winking at them.

“Hmm. That’s a fresh reaction! Its adorable! Oh! Now that I look at you, you're the first years who broke the rules yesterday! And the one on the left is the one who dug himself deeper by stealing the housewardens tart!”

As Cater speaks to the two she dozes off ignoring the whole thing utterly and completely when they begin painting, she continues to not pay any attention to them; by the time she pays attention once more its when Cater is kicking them out, as she takes a glance at the phones time she notices that its getting close to class time so she simply follows the kicked out three.

She doesn't listen to their conversation for a short while until Deuce brings up class and that's when she speaks.

“Oh yes.. I suppose me and Grim haven't told the both of you, myself and Grim.. are officially students here well.. together we are a student.”

Ace and Deuce both have a surprised look on their faces but luckily she doesn't have to respond Grim instead is the one responding as she once again ignores their conversation although.. she does hear some of their conversation where the both of them call the other an idiot for not noticing she had been wearing the school uniform and then Ace muttering something to himself about how he could've moved into Ramshackle, and with it having the collar removed.

The next thing she knows is it's lunch, she had gone to class yes but.. it's confusing, for her whole life the only thing she had known was her home things like classes, had simply been a thing in the books that had been thrown away so she distanced herself from everything she doesn't enjoy change as much as she had believed she would as a child which upsets her; she's not allowed to continue thinking because Grim is pointing at the foods he wants so she leans over and grabs them, she glances over at the options before looking at Deuce and Ace who are simply grabbing what they like but; for her she.. none of these foods are things she has had before.. but.. they aren't her friends, she doesn't know them. She simply makes the decision to grab what looks similar enough for her. As she follows Ace and Deuce, Deuce speaks.

“Are there free seats anywhere?”

Yume looks around the cafeteria, from her perspective no free seats are open for all four of them and the seats that are.. she personally would prefer if she didn't have to seat any where near those individuals she thinks as she spots Azul and those two tall people around him, but shes not allowed a choice when Cater spots them waving at them hes sitting with Trey as well.. “Hey! There's seats over here!” Grim says the exact thoughts she has, “Ack! Not him!!” Then Deuce speaks.

“Mr. Diamond?! Th-that's all right, we'll look somewhere else!”

He says as he turns around with Ace, she was about to do the same but Cater comes up behind Deuce putting his arm on his shoulder and winking.

“Aww, c’mon! You don't have to be so scared, I don't bite! This Cay-cay is feeling very kind towards his underclassmen. Come sit with us, Dee-dee”

Ace shivers next to Yume with a frown his hands touching his shoulders shuddering. “Uh, I don't think I like the nicknames. He's acting totally different from this morning.” Yume is a bit puzzled on what Ace meant but.. she supposes earlier this morning she hadn't been listening but for her personal experience this is how Cater behaved at orientation.. Grim notices Trey and looks up at Yume and then Trey and asks. “Is that four eyes over there your minion, Cater?” Yume sighs running her fingers through her hair and shaking her head to Grim, truly she wonders where he even learnt such a word, but luckily for her Trey himself speaks up.

“I'm Trey Clover. I'm a third year at Heartslabyul like Cater. You can sit next to me Yume. I'm sorry for all the trouble my dorm mates are putting your through. How are you liking your dorm? It's such a beatendown.. ahem! Its such an old building I'm sure its not always the most comfortable..”

She glances away from Trey as she sits down beside him putting the tray down, onto the table and Grim nudges her as if to ask where she knows Trey from; while Ace and Deuce look over to her but she only responds after Cater finishes chatting.

“If you have trouble with anything, don't hesitate to come to us! We'll help you with whatever we can, although I suppose Riddo is already helping you, just yesterday early in the morning he had asked me to tell him what kinds of phones would be the best for communication, and then what clothes to get a girl!”

She pulls her hair behind her ear and glances at Ace and Deuce as well as Grim before explaining to them how she knows both of the upperclassmen and when shes done she looks at Cater and Trey.

“I met Cater, and Trey orientation so that's how I know them. And its.. Fine, Trey, on my first night at the dorm I had spent half of my night cleaning up.. the dorm. My mother had always told me I should never sleep, in an unclean house because I would get sick, my immune system is quite weak after all.. And yes, you're correct Cater.. Riddle has helped me quite a lot.”

She ends her part of the conversation, glancing down at lunch to show them shes done speaking and slowly begins eating it; Grim jumps down from her shoulder to sit in the space in between her and Trey, and then he carries the conversation for her part. “Your dorm was just like a castle! Are the other dorms that awesome, too?” Trey responds to Grim's question.

“Well, each Dorm has its own unique qualities, but, yeah I think so. You saw the statues of the great seven, right? There are seven dorms, each inspired by one of them. And I would say that each dorm has its own character. Savanclaw dorm has a lot of students who are good at athletics and fighting. They're always dominating when the dorms compete in sporting events for example that guy.”

Trey says gesturing to the direction of a tall young man with light-brown skin, he has short, fluffy hair its a light silver color, and his eyes are golden brown he also has ears and a tail she believes.. she's seen books that have pictures of wolves before so he must be similar to that?.. she doesn't look at him for long because Grim points at Azul.. and asks a question.

“Huh. All right, so what about that guy with the grey and purple cord wrapped around his arm?”

She huffs softly to herself and before Trey speaks she grabs Grim and moves to whisper in his ear. “That's Azul. He is a housewarden I believe, I shall tell you because you are my dorm member I.. do not recommend getting close to him he is a suspicious individual..” Trey responds to Grim's question laughing off Yume's comment.

“Octavinelle dorm, it's full of intellectuals who score the best on written tests. Incidentally, their dorm has a cafe run entirely by its students. And the student sitting in the table in front of him has a red and gold armband Scarabia dorm, a lot of the students are good at the fortune telling arts, like astrology. They tend to be good at written tests too, like Octavinelle.”

All the information Yume is receiving.. is information she had been given to by Crowley already.. she frowns to herself twirling a strand of hair she had given the rest of her food, to Grim so she has nothing to do now except continue to listen to this.. She thinks before continuing to listen to Trey speak.

“You see the flashy one with the purple and red armband? Those are Pomefiore colors. Pomefiore dorm has a lot of students who are great at potionology and magic. Just like the fairest queen, they are always very careful about their appearance and etiquette.”

She nods along at those words beginning to doze off but shes knocked out of it by Grim knocking into her as he jumps in surprise she sighs to herself rubbing her now hurt arm as he proclaims in surprise. “Whoa! The girl with the potion books, I really like her!” She glances in the direction that Grim is looking at and stares the person who Grim is speaking of is clearly a boy.. and she can see even from here that he heard Grim, he looks quite annoyed she thinks to herself as Deuce joins in. “What's she doing in a boys’ school?!” Ace states her earlier thoughts..

“You two are such morons. There aren't girls officially enrolled here, well.. except for Yume, and everyone who attended orientation already knows that’s she's a special case, morons absolute morons.”

Ace scoffs at the two before reaching out and patting Yume's head roughly as he speaks which makes her head bob, which tousles up her hair.. she's not amused as after he stops she has to fix it, but by the time shes finished Trey continues speaking.

“Ignihyde dorm, the students are good at magical energy engineering and digital science. But I feel like most of them are pretty antisocial.”

She leans her body onto the table resting her hand onto it sighing to herself as she runs her fingers through Grim's fur, before hearing Deuce speak. “Then there's Dia.. Diahomlalala dorm, right?” Ace responds as he chews on his food. “Diasomnia Dorm.” Before Trey responds.

“Diasomnia dorm has a lot of strong mages who are good at all kinds of magic.”

She twirls her straw in her lemon tea with two sugar cubes inside it taking a sip from it while Ace gestures towards the Diasomnia table where they sit on the second floor and points something out. “Wait there's a little boy over there.” She glances over towards the table for a moment examining it to see if she could see the “little boy” while Trey responds. “He's not a little boy. He's in the same class as me.” Ace speaks while chewing one some more food. “Huh?! Which means..” As he speaks the boy he must have been talking about appears in the middle of Ace and Deuce and cheerful speaks.

“I am a third year, Lilia. Lilia Vanrouge.”

She blinks for a moment in surprise, before biting her lip and looking away. For some reason.. it feels similar to how it feels like with Trey this.. Lilia. Is very uncomfortable for her to be around, her chest feels a bit suffocating.. she thinks as she clutches at her chest while Cater waves at Lilia with a smile on his face and cheerfully responds. “Ohai! Lee-lee!” They must be friends she thinks to herself while Grim proclaims out in surprise. “He teleported!” Lilia who is now sitting across from her continues on.

“I understand my apparent age interests you? As this bespectacled fellow accurately noted.. Despite my fresh faced, boyish good looks, it would be inaccurate to call me a “child.” You don't have to admire me from a distance, don't hesitate to come and say hello. We'll welcome you with open arms.”

She frowns from his words and bites her lip harder her arms reach out to Grim who is sitting beside her, and she grabs him her arms wrapping around him and she pulls him into her arms her grip tight he's not Riddle. He's not her mother. But.. at least his warmth is similar to Riddle's she thinks as her fingers dig into his fur and Deuce speaks up. “Those two don't look very welcoming..” But Lilia pays no heed to Deuce instead placing two candies into Ace's hand and speaking before disappearing.

“As a token of our new friendship you may have these licorice candies.”

Ace responds as well but confused just as. “Candy? I'm not a kid. Er.. Huh? Urk! When did he..?” She glances to Ace before leaning forward grabbing one of the buns that she had given to Grim and putting it in place for the food item Lilia had taken, and then she grabs the candies from Ace's hands to throw away later. Ace pays no attention to her actions instead whispering over to Trey.

“Their table has got to be over twenty yards away from ours. And they overheard our conversation? That's Way creepy!”

Trey puts his hand over his forehead and shakes his head wobbly smiling at Ace. “Well.. Diasomnia house does have a bit of a reputation for having lots of special students. Some of them are extremely talented at magic. Their housewarden, Malleus Draconia, is considered to be one of the best five mages in the world. Our housewarden is pretty good himself although maybe not as good as Malleus."

Ace leans in closer and asks “Really?” and then Trey responds. “Yeah. Take the collar around your neck, for example. That’s a type of unique spell.” She has heard that word quite a lot.. she had wished to learn more about it.. she thinks as Ace asks. “A unique spell?” Trey looks at Ace before moving onto explain.

“A unique spell is a special magical spell a mage can acquire based on their own individual characteristics. Riddle's unique spell can temporarily seal away his opponents magic. Its name is “off with your head!”

Grim covers his head and neck jumping just from the words shivering. “Meep! The name alone is terrifying!” Yume glances away to Trey as he speaks once more. “Well as long as you follow the rules, you won't have to worry about it.” Ace he puts his hand under his chin huffing as he looks at Trey.

“So if I want him to take this collar off me I really am going to have to buy a tart to give him, huh?” Trey responds quite quickly. “According to queen of hearts Rule 53, yes.” Ace huffs and messes with his hair.

“Argh! He put this stupid collar on me for eating one measly piece of tart! He's so petty! It's totally messed up!”

Yume looks behind Ace having heard the click of shoes coming their way, and standing behind Ace, is Riddle although currently he looks upset its him from Ace's words.

“Oh? You think I'm “totally messed up” do you? Care to explain what you mean by that?”

Cater freezes as does everyone else sitting at the table no one even heard Riddle coming up from behind them.. so he turns around winking at Riddle as he sweats nervously.

“Oh, hi, Riddle! It is totally messed up that you can be so cute today and every day!”

Riddle twitches for a moment and his gaze goes to Cater putting his arms together before sternly speaking to him.

“Cater. If you don't stop running your mouth off, you will lose it, and your head along with it.”

Cater awkwardly smiles and puts his hands up as if to say he doesn't mean any harm and chirpily speaks. “Ah ha ha, no thank you!” Riddle glances towards the two students and the cat sitting around Yume and he glares at them sparing a glance towards Yume herself before speaking his hand going over his chest as he rigorously speaks to them.

“I understand you've all been pardoned for burning the statue. The headmage is entirely too lenient. If students are allowed to break the rules it will eventually lead to the ruin of this entire school. When someone disobeys they should lose their head without further argument. I understand you are magicless Yume, yet as I have told you before. You are meant to get either a teacher, vice housewarden or a housewarden themself! Not try and handle it yourself for, magicless you are.”

In front of her Ace mutters under his breath while looking at Riddle. “A face like his should not be saying things that scary..” Riddle then turns to fully look at Ace glaring at him Ace jolts when he sees that and the next thing everyone sees is Riddle grabbing a hold of the collar around Ace's neck gripping it Ace is nervous a bit and he shows just that by speaking up. “Wha.. What is it sir?” Thats when Riddle responds and only after he is done speaking does he let the collar go letting it clack back against Ace.

“I considered removing this collar if you showed any signs of remorse for your actions. But I can't find the slightest hint of any such contrition. So you may keep the collar awhile longer.”

Ace's expression changes of one of surprise and a “what?!” Leaves from his lips as Riddle continues speaking.

“If you can't use magic, you won't cause any trouble like you did yesterday. Don't worry, at the beginning of your first year you'll be doing more written test than practical exams. Now. Stop wasting time chatting and get ready for your next class, hurry. Queen of hearts rule 271. “One must leave the table within 15 minutes after finishing a meal.” You know what will happen.. If you break the rules.”

Ace huffs rubbing the back of his neck he mutters under his breath. “Ugh.. Another weird rule.” Riddle's eye twitches at the sight and he stands up more rigid and shouts. “You reply to me with “yes, housewarden!” Ace and Deuce both stand up and rigid a bit like knights respond shouting back but their tones sound rigid and stiff. “Yes, housewarden!” Riddle nods his head in approval and his voice no longer loud he speaks. “Very, good.” Trey still sitting speaks out to try and calm the mood.

“Now, now. Don't worry, I'll keep an eye on them.”

Riddle glances at Trey and his eyes once again sharpens. “Trey. You did this at orientation. Don't you think you're too forgiving towards the new students? You are vice housewarden. So stop being a pushover and do your job. As for myself, queen of hearts Rule 339 states “post-meal tea must be lemon tea with precisely two sugar cubes.” So I am going to the student store. Excuse me. Oh no. Two minutes passed while I was talking to you! I expect you all to leave this table in the next 13 minutes!”

Riddle says before turning away and walking off muttering to himself “Honestly. How dare they let the sugar bowl run out of sugar cubes? This is a serious crime.” Yume stands up abruptly from the table, while Riddle is distracted at examining the cafeteria filled with students breaking rules one after another; he grits his teeth but his storming is stopped by Yume grabbing a hold of his left hand, heavily breathing from having to run just to catch up to him.

“Riddle! Ah.. um.. may I go with you.. your going to the student store correct.? I'll go along with you! I'm finished with my lunch anyways, and I haven't been to the store yet so I would like to go with you if you'd allow me to..”

She speaks to Riddle following him as he his storming has now turned into a rigid walk, and he glances at her for a moment a brief glare appears on his face before he calms down a bit to speak to her.

“Very well you may accompany me, I've been meaning to speak to you.”

She continues to follow him, as she follows him, she softly speaks her eyes examining and looking around at the cafeteria while they walk together his speed settling down to a steady pace to match her walking.

“I wished to speak to you as well, to let you know that, I've been.. reading up on the rule book you gave me. I've gotten to the middle of the book, but I wasn't able to finish since it had been getting too late.. I had also been meaning to ask..”

She softly speaks but stops herself and looks up at Riddle who looks upset, his teeth are no longer grinding together because he had been trying to calm down in her presence least he lashes out and directs his anger onto her, but she knows its because of the other students so her hands tighten their hold around his hand and she moves closer to Riddle who because of that takes a deep breath and looks at her before speaking.

“Headmaster Crowley told us housewardens that he made you the housewarden of that dorm, so I've meant to ask you if you'd allow us to study together in the afternoons. I'd hate it if you disgraced us housewardens, by failing your classes if you'd like I could even teach you more about the rules.. Speaking of such, I apologize for the fact the responsibility of that troublemaker was dropped onto you, if you'd like.. I could pay you back at a later date, I feel terrible for allowing two young men to be sharing a house, with a young lady.”

She nods her head before softly speaking her hands clutching his hand tighter with her own hands and she brings his hand up to her face close enough to her lips but not close enough for him to see something odd and she looks down at his glove covered hand.

“I would be glad to study, together with you in the evenings and.. You don't have to pay me back, its okay. Just knowing you're relying on me is enough.. I really like you Riddle. You can rely on me as much as you want. You don't have to feel guilty. I'm just happy I can help you."

She utters out before softly bringing his hand down to her chest and clutching it to where her heart is; she relaxes slowly before smiling at him and he speaks approval for her.

“Your a well behaved student. I hope my dorm members would follow along with your example, and learn to follow the rules as you do, you come from a whole different world, and yet your able to follow the rules. My dorm members should learn from you.”

She frowns at his non acknowledgement to her other words, but brightens up from his words but before she could even utter out a word in response; they reach the student store and he buys sugar cubes for lemon tea while she merely follows him, she doesn't buy anything opting to just hold the sugar cubes for him after he buys them.

She sadly had to leave Riddle's side eventually since he had to head to class and she had to go to Ace and Deuce who were watching Grim, they filled her in on how they were going to make a chestnut tart; then Ace told her that he would give it to Riddle at the unbirthday party tomorrow and she softly speaks concern for this whole thing.

“But isn't that against rule 562. One must never bring a chestnut tart to an unbirthday tea party.?”

Her hands clutch at her chest but as she spoke Grim interrupted her by shouting.

“Lets go get those chestnuts, minion!”

She glances away and simply after being instructed to heads to search for the gloves along with Grim splitting up from the other two to search on the other side for gloves but as she searches with Grim while she notices the tail and steps over it Grim doesn't and steps on it she hears a voice angry and upset.

“Ouch! Hey! You got some nerve steppin’ on my tail and just walkin’ away!”

She turns around and tilts her head for a moment its a man, he has ears and a tail but.. she recognizes him. He's from orientation, while she doesn't know his name he was on the side where the housewardens sat she moves to apologize but Grim chimes in speaking for Yume because he thinks this is a time she's dozing off.

“Are you the groundskeeper? Not sure you oughta be talkin’ to students-”

She swiftly grabs Grim by the neck and puts her hand over his mouth stopping him from speaking anymore, then once more moves to speak but then the man speaks again louder then her own voice so even if she, had spoken it would've been overpowered by his.

“Ain't nothin’ worse then bein’ in the middle of a good nap and havin’ some jerk step on your tail.”

She goes to respond so she can apologize for Grim's actions but she was interrupted by him sniffing her and the moment he steps close she tenses up and backs up quickly her hands clutching Grim to her chest tightly.

“You.. I know you.. You're that herbivore from orientation who can't use magic, and came from a different world. Just my luck to run into ya.. ugh.. I'm in a bad mood..”

He chimes in muttering to himself about the fact it was just his luck that shes a lady, shes not allowed to speak because another mans voice comes out.

“Leona! There you are! I knew I'd find you here! We got after school classes today, remember?”

She turns around and looks at the boy he also has ears and a tail but he has scruffy dirty blonde hair and he tenses up the moment he sees her and she has a moment of confusion on her face, but its not long before the man name Leona is being dragged away by.. the boy who he calls Ruggie. She looks away and sighs, she hadn't been able to speak how impolite it was for her to not even be able to apologize.. next time, no matter where, she shall apologize to the man named Leona with that in mind she lets Grim go as Ace and Deuce appear behind them with tongs.

They had gone back to help the chestnut tart, but.. If she recalls correctly, they hadn't had enough cream and Trey had wanted a bit more ingredients; so herself and Deuce went to the school store. Deuce had been telling her about how he had been the only man in the house so he had carried the bags for his mother, but then.. two students bumped into him. She remembers that she recalls also having to stop him from continuing to beat the two up.. But now shes simply standing there as Deuce begins to speak.

“No.. Now I've done it.. But.. I promised myself. I promised I was going to be a perfect student this time!”

Yume tilts her head confused at what he meant she.. doesn't quite understand. But.. she allows Deuce to continue speaking.

“I was pretty wild when I was in middle school, I was always ditching class and getting into fights. I was disrespectful to my teachers. I hung out with the bad crowd, bleached my hair I even raced along cliffs on a magical wheel on top of that, I would push around guys who couldn't use magic anyway I was a hopeless little punk.”

She looks down at Grim as Deuce speaks, majority of those words she.. didn't exactly understand but from the looks of it Grim understood, words like magical wheels or ditching.. is so truly confusing. Is this the part, where she's meant to comfort him? She's not allowed to continue thinking as Deuce speaks more.

“But one night I heard my mom crying to grandma on the phone. “Is it my fault? Did I raise him wrong?” “Is it because I was a single mother?” She hadn't done anything wrong. I was the one doing everything wrong! So when I got accepted into this school, and my mom was overjoyed I promised I wouldn't make her cry. But I-! I messed up!”

She flinches at the loud noise of Deuce slamming his fists onto the ground but.. even though she hadn't understood, that much.. She.. understands those exact feelings of not wishing to make her mother cry. So as Grim speaks jumping out from her arms as he does she kneels down and her hand reaches out to Deuce, and she pats his head an attempt of comfort.

“Oh, come on. You think putting up with everything makes you a perfect student?”

Deuce looks up in surprise and utters one singular word. “What..?” Grim continues on punching the air as he does. “I'm with you, I think those guys need a few more punches to the face!” She looks down at Deuce, before finally speaking.

“I.. don't quite understand.. a lot of things, but.. what I do understand is the desire of not wishing to make your own mother cry. Those two, were in the wrong yes. But even so.. against Grim's judgment I don't believe violence is the answer. After all, violence. Simply doesn't solve anything. But.. I don't believe that your mother, would be happy if she ever learnt that you would simply allow harm to come to you. Out of everything I know this for certain, if your true desire is to be an honor student continue on. No matter the hardships or troubles. Continue trying again and again.”

She glances away frowning to herself, and for a split second she had asked herself if she even had deserved to try and comfort Deuce on such matters; all the books she had read. Never.. explained anything of her current situation but she freezes in surprise when Deuce breaks out into a small smile and then moves to grab the cracked eggs.

“Yume.. You're right. Heh heh.. And these chicks.. they'll find peace in the next life, right?”

Yume tilts her head before glancing at Grim and then twirling a strand of hair. “I.. don't believe this world is that different from my world.. Those eggs.. were never going to hatch, farmers while they do sometimes sell fertilized eggs, those eggs aren't exactly one of those times.. now allow us to return.” She and Grim both begin walking as Deuce shouts in surprise. “Uh.. Wha-aat?! Your kidding, right?!”

When they get back they finish making the chestnut tart but.. Deuce looks a bit put down muttering as he hovers over the chestnut pie of his own. “All done.. What did I believe for 16 years..?” Yume looks at him in concern, and at the tart he had made himself.. Its a bit sad looking.. Ace thinks the same because he comes up to her whispering in her ear. “Did something happen to him while you were shopping?” Yume moves and whispers to Ace. “Turns out Deuce had believed that the eggs were get from the store and used for baking were fertilized..” Ace breaks into laughter for a moment before Cater comes barging in cheerfully speaking.

“Hey, guys. Everybody working hard?”

Trey responds to Cater carrying a chestnut tart in his arms. “We just finished.” Cater exclaims right after taking his phone out as well to snap a picture. “Ooh! Looks yummy! Mind if I post that to magicam?”

Trey cuts up slices for all five of them and hands it to everyone and speaks. “This is for you guys. Enjoy a freshly made chestnut tart.” Yume pulls her hair behind her ear as she slowly picks up the fork Cater and Grim both shouting in joy. “Yay! Don't mind if I do!” As Ace snaps back at Cater. “Seriously, Cater, you were just waiting for us to finish so you could come eat..” Before they all take a bite, as Ace lets a word escape from his lips. “MM! Whoa.” Deuce speaks praise. “This is just like what they sell in the shops!” Cater says “Yummy!”

But.. Yume. Thankfully no one else noticed her lack of reaction to the tart, for her.. she can't taste anything. Its not surprising, she had always found herself not being able to taste anything, well.. she could taste her mother's cooking.. but that's simply because, of childhood memories and the fact she remembers how they had tasted.. As shes lost in thought Cater asks Trey to do the thing, she doesn't hear that so when she takes another bite she.. freezes. Her hands trembling at the fact, all of a sudden she can taste, its the taste of her mother's beef stew she feels sick to her stomach; she feels the urge to regurgitate but she doesn't she simply places her hand onto her mouth to swallow it back down. Her chest, it hurts once more her hands clasping at her chest why? She wonders briefly.. Unknown to her, Ace notices that but luckily for her he doesn't point it. She hears Cater say as he winks.

“This is Trey's unique spell. The prefect parlor trick for an afternoon tea with a girl, right?”

Yume’s gaze falls onto the tart, before pushing it to Grim’s direction she finds it better to simply not taste anything. As Deuce eyes sparkle and he speaks praise. “Magic that changes a food's flavor..! That’s nuts!” Trey responds modest he is.

“Technically, its an element-over-writing spell. I can change the colors and spells too. But it only lasts for a short time. So it's like a doodle. That's why I named my spell “doodle suit”.”

Grim speaks eating the slice of tart Yume, had given him. “This means my dream of all-you-can-eat canned tuna can come true. This is way more awesome than that old Riddle's magic!” Trey's gaze lowers and he fixes his glasses.

“No.. My spell is a child's plaything compared to the housewarden’s magic. His magic is on a whole other level.. Alright! Its about time we went back to the dorm. The unbirthday party is tomorrow. Don't be late.”

Ace lifts up his chestnut tart and exclaims in a shout and his hand thats not holding the tart clenched in a fist.

“Tomorrow's the day, huh. I'm getting this collar off tomorrow, you can count on it! Just you watch, housewarden! So, uh.. Can I stay at your place tonight, Yume?”

Yume responds a few minutes after back and forth goes on between Ace, Trey Grim and Deuce.

“Okay, you can come back but.. I won't be returning with you three, I am meeting Riddle to study with him so Grim will be taking you to the dorm, farewell Trey and Cater.”

She softly speaks before standing up and swiftly leaving the kitchen to meet up with Riddle in the library not taking a moment to spare to listen to their responses her chest.. it truly hurts. Its a bit hard to breathe.. she feels a bit fatigued.

She opens the door to the library and spots Riddle and quickly rushes over to him and sits next to him who glances over at her in surprise when she speaks but he quickly fixes himself.

“Good evening Riddle.”

Yume cheerfully speaks but still quiet and Riddle nods at her before speaking. “Good, you made it just in time. Here, I got out some materials on the things that are important to know.”

She nods her head and with him teaching her they read the books together with every so often, Riddle tests her on her knowledge of recalling the things he had teached her and she luckily manages to pass the questions she receives; when they're nearing the end he reaches out and pats her head.

“Good, you did a wonderful job you learn quite quickly, I wish the students in my dorm learned as quick as you do then I wouldn't need to worry.”

He huffs quietly to himself before moving onto the subject of the queen of hearts rule book which includes him teaching her, each and every single one of the rules which she once again learns quickly and just before their study session ends Riddle speaks up.

“I officially invite you to the unbirthday, for tomorrow we will be having one. But just because of that it doesn't mean we won't be meeting for a study session.”

He tells her just before he stands up but before he could leave she stops him her hand grabbing a hold of his sleeve and she looks up at him from where she sits before softly smiling at him and speaking her smile not leaving her face.

“May I be allowed to accompany you to your dorm?.. I wouldn't like for you to return alone, please.. I insist.”

Riddle gets a bit flustered from surprise immediately his first instinct is to refuse after all Yume is a lady, from a different world the only thing he needs to do is walk to the mirror chamber she needs to walk to her temporary living dorm; now that he truly thinks of it he should be the one asking to accompany her to her dorm not the other way around.. but the more he thinks of it, would it not be rude to refuse her?.. From that single judgment he extends his hand out towards her and speaks fixing his expression as he does.

“Very well, you may accompany me to my dorm, I believe you need to be given some of the troublemakers things so they'll be able to abide by the rule of dressing formal on party days.”

Yume reaches out and gentle as can be grabs his hand to stand up her smile doesn't leave her face and she nods agreeing to what Riddle had said, she does need to grab Ace's things it would be best after all as well as Deuce's.. so she follows Riddle in the middle of their walk to the mirror chamber her arms wrap around his as they walk she softly speaks.

“Riddle, you are so very kind to me and gentle because of so, I feel as if I don't deserve you. No sometimes I feel selfish, to even allow myself to enjoy and embrace your company.”

As she speaks Riddle gets tense but she pays no mind to it, hes innocent so truly innocent he doesn't suffocate her chest he's so comforting; truly all the words she had said she feels is correct she simply doesn't deserve him but yet she knows that even so. She'll selfishly continue to be in his atmosphere, as she thinks Riddle is puzzled he doesn't know how to react to her confession. Does this mean he's been treating her a specific way? Of course he believes that if she ever broke a rule it would be off with her head, but even though he doesn't understand. No one has ever called him kind and gentle, nor ever admitted to believing they don't deserve to be in his company; but he settles on a answer. Her words mean that he's right, he's correct, as long as people follow the rules and don't disobey like she has; they won't lose their head he was right in his earlier judgment he is the justice this school needs and Yume's words proved so.

Drip.

They both enter the mirror together, while she waits outside of the dorm building he heads inside to grab Ace and Deuce's necessities, whilst she waits she quietly begins to speak to herself her arms wrapping around herself to hug herself her arms wrap around her chest.

“My beloved Riddle, you are too much for me. I wonder if I am making you suffer, with these feelings of mine.”

It's a question she will never receive an answer to, as the time passes Riddle returns handing her a bag and she reaches out grabbing it before bringing it to her side and speaking to him.

“Thank you, I'll be returning back now have a good rest.”

Yume waves at him using her free hand before turning around and heading back to the mirror but not before hearing Riddle speak.

“Thank you, for taking care of those troublemakers and following the rules. Safe travels and goodnight.”

She glances back towards him and watches him go back inside his dormitory and only then does she herself go into the mirror, appearing back inside the mirror chamber.

She leaves the mirror chamber walking through the halls, as she walks a tall figure bumps into her the figure from what it seems like having been running, he falls on top of her; making her fall onto the floor leaving her only choice of option looking up. Above her is a tall young man with pale skin and bright blue, fire-like hair, he has yellow eyes, blue lips, and a dark blue coloring around and under his eyes she notes but hes wearing a white coat.. she notes to herself but his rambling and muttering and shakiness makes her stop she can hear his words but.. she doesn't understand anything he says its similar to the words Cater uses but once more nothing she understands..

“Ah! …Hey... Eh? Aa… ah… that… ah… If there's going to be such a high difficulty event shouldn't you have announced it ahead of time?! How horrible is this…?”

She stares at him for a moment before slowly reaching up, and her hand touches his hair before pulling his hair behind his ear so it can be out of her face which it has been in her face for the past few minutes; he squeaks in surprise moving off rather quickly before running off she slowly speaks quietly.

“Who.. are you?”

Her hand reaches out but hes long gone she slowly sits up staring at her hand that just touched hair that looked like flames those.. Flames that are similar to Grim's. She sighs softly to herself grabbing the bag on the floor and standing up before continuing her way to her dorm she hadn't seen him at orientation, but from what she heard earlier ignihyde students practically never leave their dorm so he must be a student from there.. are her last thoughts about the boy before she enters her dorm.

She leaves the bag of the boys clothes and necessities in the commons room, but as she moves to walk to the bedroom she shares with Grim; she's met with Ace who speaks with his arms crossed.

“Yume, I gotta speak to you. Gah.. this is so hard to word, but I'll just say it! We're your friends aren't we? So why.. why do you.. If you aren't feeling comfortable with something I'd gotta hope you would tell us. No need to hide things like that I mean like yeah everyone's got things they just don't wanna bring up, but.. Grk.. You should've told us if you felt sick from eating the tart no one was gonna force ya..”

Yume looks at him and that smile that Ace has decided he hates, its annoying she gives tyrant Riddle what seems like an actual smile and then for everyone else she.. smiles like she is avoiding getting attached to them, well of course she'll return home eventually but.. his thoughts are interrupted as she speaks to him with those eyes those dull eyes that look like they aren't living, they really creep him out feels like he's looking at a doll instead of a friend; he's scared to think this but.. It feels like at times she doesn't even consider him or the others as friends, which for some reason upsets him because he'd already decided he'd stick around and be the hopeless Yume's friend; if she doesn't consider him a friend then it feels like she sees him as a sorry project that she just has to deal with, Ace doesn't like that thought.

“What do you mean Ace? I.. had believed us to be friends as well, and I am comfortable with telling you things so I don't understand what you mean..”

Yume says that but.. she's not even looking him in the eyes! Her nails are digging into the skin of her arm her lips trembling before her teeth bite into them. And when she had regurgitated after Trey used his unique spell she said nothing of it, even before he used it Ace felt like Yume seemed as if she was numb to the taste of the tart she hadn't reacted to it or anything, when he asked the other two if they saw anything earlier Deuce and Grim the idiots they are said they hadn't; they hadn't even seemed like they had a clue on the fact that Yume had.. Ace frowns and then he speaks ruffling up his hair as he does so.

“If that's so true then why hadn't you told anyone that you felt sick, while eating the tart? You.. do you truly even consider us as friends, or is it simply because..”

Yume slaps him before he could continue her hand trembling for a moment she stares at him but then her pupils shake and her eyes no longer look dull, shes trembling but.. now shes actually looking at him and she opens her mouth to apologize but Ace shakes his head.

“Don't. If you.. don't wish to talk about this, say that. Don't just hit me, when your uncomfortable at something, tell me instead. Ack.. I'm heading off to bed.”

Yume's reaches out to him tears threatening to spill from her eyes and she's trembling but.. Ace he simply doesn't want to deal with this so he returns to the room, he simply doesn't understand.. why had Yume slapped him? Is it cause he asked if she had even considered them as friends.? Grr.. If thats the reason, he wouldn't be happy its such a idiotic and stupid reason especially to hit someone over, he'd never do something like that. He ignores the thoughts of how for the first time. Yume had seemed truly human.

She couldn't rest that night she.. can't stop thinking about the argument she had with Ace the night before.. she can't focus really.. what.. is she meant to do in this situation.? She.. doesn't even know why she had slapped him. He had been correct she doesn't consider them as friends, so why had she been so.. angry but she also felt uncomfortable? Is anger what she felt..? when he said those words she doesn't know.. She wonders as she dresses, Grim jumps on her shoulder as she finishes dressing the moment he does she walks downstairs seeing Deuce and Ace already ready she looks at Ace and gestures to him she.. hopes no one noticed she's acting stranger then usual..

“Today is the day, you apologize. Please.. don't antagonize Riddle, simple apologize and exchange the tart to him.”

Yume says softly before glancing towards Grim and speaking to all three of them, Ace notices how stiff she seems but.. he glares down at his fist clenching it before frowning, why should he care? She made it clear as anything that, they aren't close. So why should he care if shes being all nervous around him because of what she did last night..? He has more important things to worry about.

“I had forgotten to ask Riddle yesterday, but is Grim even allowed to come to the unbirthday party.?”

Grim looks shocked at those words because like he's said before he's not a cat! Deuce freezes muttering to himself about, how he didn't even think about that and had forgotten that fact and Ace yawns stretching his arms behind him and waves her concerns off but it feels stilted.. She.. doesn't notice how she can tell that though.. she hasn't known him for a long time and from the looks of it Grim and Deuce didn't notice so.. When.. has she noticed those types of things about Ace when did it start..? Her eyes move up to his but just as they meet he turns his gaze and doesn't glance at her for the remainder of the time he speaks.

“Its fine.. We can just tell Housewarden that hes my guest, that teapot tyrant should allow an exception for that at least.”

Although that doesn't end her concerns she simply nods pretending to not notice, she'll push all those thoughts and worries away as they all walk to the mirror chamber to arrive at Heartslabyul sadly the first thing she spots is Cater.. Who is already chipper he speaks to them winking.

“Good morning!”

Yume pulls her hair behind her ear and softly speaks glancing to the side. “Good morning..” Cater looks at the four of them Ace and Deuce are already wearing their dorm uniform Riddle having included it in the bag, and well Cater helped Riddle buy clothes for Yume so he knows that Riddle will be fine with her outfit but Grim is wearing that bow so he speaks up.

“Your supposed to dress formal on party days. Thats one of the queen of hearts’ rules. All right then, as a special favor to you.. your friendly neighborhood cay-cay will dress you today. What am I to do with you?”

He winks at Grim and pulls out his magic pen then waves it at Grim transforming Grim's bow into one that suits Heartslabyul, so he then puts his attention back to Ace grinning.

“And I see you remembered to bring your special offering of a chestnut tart. Good. Then its time for heartslabyul dorms.. traditional unbirthday party!”

Grim jumps off Yume's shoulder to look around the party in amazement and she glances away from him twirling her hair around as Ace chimes in to ask a question.

“Hm? Is it me, or are there an awful lots of guys in collars?”

She sees Cater respond saying “Well, stuff happened.” But she stops listening when she hears trumpets of Riddle's arrival then Riddle himself who looks around at the party and asks Trey questions to check if everything is in order, he glances at her for a moment before sitting in his seat and announcing a toast and that's when she receives a cup of tea which after Riddle cheers she takes a sip of the tea along with everyone else. Cater nudges Riddle after that and tells him. “Well, Acey. I think now’s your chance.” and Ace breathes in holding the box of the tart and nods saying “okay!” before heading over to Riddle.

She can't hear the conversation from where shes standing but from what she can tell where she's standing she believes that Ace is currently apologizing; but then Riddle appears upset so she moves a bit closer to hear and when she does she hears Riddle say.

“Queen of hearts rule number 562 “no one is to bring a chestnut tart to any unbirthday party!” This is a grave infraction of the rules! What have you done?! Our prefect unbirthday party has been ruined!”

She bites her lip, she knew that it had been against the rules she wonders to herself for a moment why she even allowed Ace to go through with it but she recalls what had happened; she had tried to warn them but Grim spoke over her and she simply didn't bring it up after that.. Deuce speaks after Riddle speaks his voice in surprise. “R-rule 562?! Just how many of these things are there?” She frowns to herself glancing away she knows the answer herself, having gone over each of them with Riddle the earlier night theirs 810 rules, Riddle says it just as she thinks it.

“There are 810 in total. And I know them all by heart.”

Grim jumps back in astonishment and speaks his paw moving to grab onto Yume. “E-eight hundred and ten?! Did you know about this henchmen?”

Yume pays little attention to the conversation Cater and Trey are having off to the side or the question Grim had asked her, focusing her attention onto Riddle frowning once more her arm going to rest under her chest and glancing at Ace for a moment she's worried for him she hates that thought. Her attention goes back to Riddle as he continues speaking.

“Heartslabyul dorm reveres the queen of hearts.. and her spirit of strictness. As its housewarden, I cannot overlook this transgression. Dispose of the chestnut tart immediately!”

Ace looks at Yume's direction, she.. isn't even trying to defend them from this tyrants wrath!.. does.. did their time together truly mean nothing to her? Is the experience of that mine incident truly.. he frowns shaking his head, he doesn't speak to her he instead speaks at Riddle.

“What?! Whoa, wait a minute! This is absurd!”

Grim decides to add on to Ace's words. “Yeah! If you're gonna throw it out, let me eat it!” She glances at Grim for a moment frowning but her attention turns to Cater and Trey, Trey speaks out.

“Housewarden! I am terribly sorry. I was the one who suggested a chestnut tart.”

Cater adds on “It never even occurred to us there would be a rule against them.” She sighs softly to herself wondering why they believe that fact would even matter in this current situation but Riddle.. he declares her exact thoughts.

“The creation of the tart is not the issue. The issue! Is that he brought it! Here, on this day, to our unbirthday party!”

She doesn't speak out to disagree with Riddle but sadly Grim doesn't do the same neither does Ace she.. doesn't want him getting hurt she feels if this continues he will get hurt. She shoves those thoughts away from her.

Like she told him in the first place his job is simply to give Riddle a replacement tart and apologize, not antagonize Riddle.. she bite her lip her arms moving under her chest and her nails digging into her arms as Ace speaks out again stop. Please just stop Ace.. what if..

“All you do is cite one stupid rule after another! This whole thing is stupid!”

Yume's expression turns one of surprise at Ace's words before she removes it. How.. upsetting. But.. she supposes she shouldn't be surprised, she is not friends with Ace, she doesn't know him personally or closely. So.. she has no right even for a second to consider that him saying such words are unusual for him. As she thinks Riddle repeats Ace's words.

“Did you just call our rules.. stupid? I had believed that your stay with Yume would've at least made you learn a bit more considering how quickly she learns but I suppose I was wrong, your mindset can't be fixed.”

Riddle snaps gritting his teeth and Cater gestures out to Ace quickly speaking to cool things down. “Hold up! You really don't want to go there!” But Ace continues to speak. “Oh, I'm going there. Throwing away a perfectly good tart for breaking a rule? Thats messed up.” She shouldn't be surprised she reminds herself as her nails dig into her hands but then Deuce joins in. “I agree with Ace. I mean I do think that rules are meant to be followed of course. But this is beyond abnormal.”

She frowns. She had believed that Deuce out of all of them, would be better.. but. She was wrong. This is exactly why rules exist. If she followed her mothers rule she wouldn't be here, she wouldn't be experiencing this feeling of betrayal even though she barely knows the two of them and agony at having hurt Ace.. her lips tremble for a moment and she turns her body a bit closer to Riddle. She listens to Riddle speak.

“You dare talk back to me? You have some nerve. Listen to me. Breaking minor rules can lead to major problems.”

She stops listening to Ace on him turn to his fellow classmates and ask them if they believe this all is ridiculous as well she doesn't listen to the other students stutter she continues listening to Riddle and watch him as his gaze darkens and he asks. “Oh really. You all agree?” She doesn't listen when they say that of course not and how they trust Riddle's judgment she doesn't listen when Ace calls them a bunch of cowards she only listens to Riddle's response but she hates that look on his face she hates the fact that the two people who had wormed into her life had made her innocent Riddle have such a look on his face he.. looks sad while he speaks even though its hidden by an angry look she can tell he looks sad as he speaks. But. She also hates how.. even with those thoughts.. what she hates more is that.. Ace. He may get hurt continuing this. He.. reminds herself. Of child her. Which is something she despises. Child her only made her mother sad and she brought pain to her mother so much. Pain. But.. she brought pain to Ace as well hadn't she.?

“In the year since I became housewarden not a single student from this dorm has been held back a year or expelled. Of all the dorms, this is only true of Heartslabyul. This puts me in the right! I am the most powerful mage in this dorm, and the one with the best grades. Follow my orders without argument, and you will never be wrong! I do not take your heads because I enjoy it. Its your own fault for breaking the rules, don't you see that? If you cannot obey me then all of your heads will roll!”

Her frown deepens and she hears Cater speak trying to get the three of them to apologize but they refuse so she finally speaks up, trying to muster up the courage to speak a bit louder.

“Please. You three.. please simply just apologize, the rules are quite simple to understand. Why must you three be so.. Riddle is correct in this scenario..”

As she goes on to continue Ace interrupts her and speaks out. “I wouldn't bow to that selfish tyrant if he begged me!” She freezes at Ace's words.. why. Why must he not listen..? Is it.. truly so hard to simply listen.? Tyrant..? Riddle isn't such a terrible thing.. she bites her lip, her chest hurts from Ace's words she hates it she also hates how her thoughts are filled to the brim with her slapping Ace.. she thinks to herself as Riddle quietly speaks.

“What.. did you just say?”

Yume brings her hands clutching them together at her chest and her immediate thought is to go to Riddle to comfort him, her thoughts continue as Grim speaks. “He said you're a selfish, bad tempered food wasting old tyrant!” She ignores Deuce trying to disagree and say that they hadn't said that instead she slowly walks to Riddle whose upset her hand reaching out and grabbing onto Riddle's free gloved hand and squeezing it gently but he focuses not on her but on the three of them swinging his staff and shouting.

“Off with your head!! Trey!! Cater!! Remove these people from the premises! Its bad enough that you a cat are here breaking rule 023. One must never bring a cat to a formal affair but you two must disobey me so truly..”

He calms down a bit after Ace and Deuce along with Grim are removed from sight and taps his staff down and smiles cheerfully at his students.

“Now. Let's forget that unpleasantness and carry on with our party. We must make sure to hold the croquet tournament today, after all. Sigh. We're fifteen minutes behind schedule! Simply dreadful!”

Yume looks up at Riddle her other hand moving to clutch onto his free together clasping it and she softly speaks to him.

“Riddle.. I apologize for how those three behaved, I.. have to return back with them. But.. I deeply apologize for their actions..”

Riddle glances at her for a moment before he pulls his hand away and he quietly speaks to her as he walks in a different direction then her. “I apologize for you as my guest having to experience such a disappointing unbirthday party, farewell see you later in the evening.”

She bites her lip her hands feel so cold when shes not holding his hand, she spares no glance at Trey or Cater leaving back into the maze when she spots the three of the collared boys she sees another boy he has purple hair light purple accents, and a pair of purple cat ears along with yellow eyes with slitted pupils hes speaking but she only hears when he's nearing the end of ending the conversation.

“If that’s how you see it, then maybe that's how it is. In that case, you don't need my advice. Bye!”

She speaks out before he disappears. “Who.. are you?.” He disappears keeping his mouth out and he speaks cheerful with a purr “I'm Che’nya! Nice to meetcha!”

Deuce had explained to her what they had been talking about with Chenya, while she was gone and Ace would've normally joined in he hadn't, Grim had with telling her they would be waiting for Trey in the library so that’s where she is now, waiting in the library.. she sighs softly to herself sitting behind the book shelf as they wait for Trey. She.. doesn't know how to act in this situation, doesn't know how to feel. But.. she knows that when she returns home she can't act that way is her final thought before Trey walks into the library, they all go over to him as he is putting the baking book away Trey is the first to speak. “Uh, hi guys..”

She bites her lip her hand going to clench at the side of her other arm, and Deuce speaks after Trey.

“We figured if we waited here in the library you'd have to come to return the cook book.”

She blocks out majority of their side chatter, only coming back to attention when Trey speaks of Riddle but the more he talks the worse she gets. Her nails digging into her skin the more, he talks of Riddle's past. Her chest hurts.. Riddle.. her savior, the universe of her everything since arriving in this world, innocent Riddle he seems so.. fragile. Her dull eyes drifts away, when Trey is finished speaking the only thing left of her is silence she's trembling. Riddle.. He is truly fragile. She thinks to herself before Ace breaks the silence.

“So because rules made him who he is if he lets someone break a rule, that will mean rejecting everything about himself. Is that what you're saying?”

She stays silent as Trey responds. “I understand why you would think Riddle is a tyrant. And I know that what he's doing isn't right. But I.. I just can't bring myself to criticize him.” As Deuce speaks up saying “I had no idea..” Yume bites her trembling lips and her nails scratch into her arm making her bleed but she doesn't speak instead Ace speaks out but what he says next is.. very.. upsetting..

“Thanks for the story. It all makes sense now. Housewarden Riddle is all messed up because of you.”

Yume stays silent she pays no attention to what the other two says she listens to Ace continue. “He couldn't choose his parents. Thats just life. But you! You at least had an idea that what his parents were doing was wrong right?” Trey responds but she once doesn't hear it she only hears Ace shouting she doesn't understand why but it feels like some things are..

“If you think the housewarden is making they same mistake they did you have to tell him! You have to fix it! So you feel sorry for him. What good is it gonna do to baby him? Are you just gonna watch until he ends up alone and friendless?”

Deuce while Ace has been shouting has quite quickly noticed the overwhelmed expression on Yume's face so he sweats and quickly goes to try and calm Ace down. “W-whoa Ace lets.. calm down right?!” Ace ignores Deuce continuing.

“Or what? Maybe you're just not saying anything because you're afraid he'll take your head too? You're pathetic!! You're supposed to be his friend! But no real friend would let his buddy go through that!”

Ace then abruptly turns around to Yume he himself is too focused on letting anything out so he doesn't notice her trembling hands which are now clenched to her sides and he lets her have it pointing at her she has stayed silent this whole time, and yesterday when they had that.. disagreement he's angry at everything most of all at her, screw the collar. Yume is meant to be his friend! Right?. He doesn't care that she doesn't think of him as a friend she's.. stuck with him! So.. as a friend he'll call out her wrong doings!.

“And you!! Yume you're not any better, matter of fact your completely and utterly worse then Trey, and Trey here has known Riddle since childhood! You are meant to be friends with the three of us but at the unbirthday party, you didn't even try and disagree with the tyrant over there nor try to defend us! You treat that spoiled brat as if he's some savior who in your perspective does not wrong and anything and everything he does is right and correct, which has had much impact on making him worse! Not to mention you don't give your friends an opportunity to be allowed to show they care for you without pushing them away!”

Ace shouts at Yume criticizing her whilst while he says is correct Trey.. himself has noticed each time Riddle encountered Yume and the both of them were in each other's environment which was quite often having heard Riddle muttering to himself of some meeting with Yume going well, with her not breaking a rule and learning rather quickly. Riddle even going to Trey to tell him that he would be starting to tutor Yume starting yesterday and how they would study together in the evenings at the library, even so. Whenever Riddle came back from said meeting or encounter with Yume, the moment a student either from Heartslabyul or some different dorm broke a rule he would use his signature spell immediately and Trey had began to hear Riddle mutter about how it would be good for that student to learn from Yume's example and how Yume learnt the queen of hearts rules in only two days, or Yume answered all the questions he gave her with absolute precision.

While Trey is thinking of all the little things he has noticed; Yume is being ruthlessly berated, it.. feels suffocating her chest hurts so, but hes right isn't he? But no.. she’s completely and utterly overwhelmed her eyes wavering and her lips trembling before tears prick from her eyes she deserves this doesn't she? Crowley appears from no where and loudly croaking out so interrupts anyone from seeing the tears.

“Excuse me! Gentlemen!! You will be quiet in the library!!”

Ah.. he had been through so much pain, he must've been so.. lonely. I.. should be the stronger one, shouldnt I..? If Riddle is fragile, I should be the none fragile one he needs to have guidance just as I had. Those are the multiple thoughts that she wondered to herself as she sat at a desk in the library, she stared at Riddle who has been sitting infront of her, they had been studying together for around two hours, their study session is now over but.. when Riddle had gotten up to leave she had stopped him, Riddle had protested at the beginning although he eventually gave in making up an excuse to himself that he had needed to study about some things anyways; so now shes simply watching him her eyes examining him. Her hand just earlier grabbed a hold of his left hand, so he has been stuck with simply using his right hand, while he studies, her hand gently rubs his palm tracing over his skin and engulfing his fingers with her own; he has the same ten delicate fingers as she does, the similar body structure, similar body heat as her own the same interests she feels as if he's similar to her truly so similar like he could break at any moment just like her..

“Ace and Deuce plan to challenge you tomorrow, I.. know, you're quite strong but even so.. please. Stay safe.”

She softly murmurs to him bringing his hand to her lips she.. Riddle is innocent, he's truly so adorable. But it feels as if he could be die at any moment, she doesn't want that to happen she doesn't want him to pop and die, she thinks as she keeps her lips on his wrist; she can hear his heart beat, its so similar to her own she thinks whilst he speaks continuing to read though.

“I suppose that'll be the case then, truly troublemakers the two of them.. Ahem! On a side note, do not kiss my wrist, kissing my wrist is far too much! Boundaries Yume.. I believe that had been the first thing I taught you about..”

He glares at her until she pulls her lips away from his wrist, in place she moves his hand onto her cheek she put his hand in a place where she could still hear the sound of his pulse from his wrist; his wrist feels so.. delicate she feels as if she were to grip it any tighter it would.. break, her eyes lowers as she speaks with a small smile on her face if anyone looked close enough it would seem as if she's dissociating from the current situation as if she hates doing this to Riddle her lips briefly trembles her grip tightens. Atleast you don't get dragged around like I had, isn't that enough. That I don't drag you around, that you aren't made to hear how easy it would be for you to die..?

“I know, I just find you so adorable.”

Riddle freezes at her words and glares at her once again for a moment before frowning to himself disappointed for having even considered she would listen to him in this situation, he huffs one final time and his attention goes back towards the book; shes not even the king of hearts but he'll allow this to slide just once, at least she isn't calling him fragile he would've been far more angry perhaps it would've even been off with her head how lucky she truly is..

She watches Ace and Deuce the moment after the duel starts, get the collars back on she.. knew that would happen she had even told them so, so the moment it happens she glances to the side at the shocked Grim and listens to Crowley announce victory for Riddle she hears Ace fist slam on the ground as he complains.

“Arrgh! He didn't even give me time to attack!”

She hears Crowley explain to the two defeated freshmen that Riddle simply has a stronger imagination and envision but.. she focuses on Riddle who had walked a step to the defeated two and speak.

“It was bold of you to challenge me at your pitiful level. Have you no shame? I always knew a rule breaker could never do anything well. Mother was right. We must abide by the standards that have been set. Its such a simple concept, and yet you fail to understand it. What kind of poor education could lead to such foolishness? Its easy to see how it happened you were born to parents with no magic ability to speak of. And were unable to receive any decent schooling before you were accepted here. Truly pitiful.”

The next thing she sees is Ace punching Riddle, and Riddle hitting the grass shes the first to run over to him even though Cater and Trey had been closer they had both been in shock, so she reaches Riddle before either of them abruptly kneeling down onto her knees her hands going to Riddles face who is now on his hands and knees; he's fragile.. so very fragile. She believes that she had been right at the slightest touch of air is when her cute adorable Riddle cracks she thinks as her hands softly cradle Riddle's face and shes able to continue cradling it as Ace continues speaking.

“Ugh, this is stupid! Housewardens. Duels. It's all so pointless! So what about our parents?! What have they got to do with any of this?! Kids aren't their parents’ trophies. And you can't judge a parents value based on how their kid turned out, either. You turned into a spoiled little dictator. That’s not your parents’ fault. I only just now figured it out! In this whole year since you started coming here you couldn't manage to make one friend who cared enough to tell you not to be such a tyrant! That’s your own fault!”

She frowns at Ace's words Cater and Trey have both reached Riddle and are now at his side as well.. but.. it annoys her, why must Ace decide to do this here..? Not to mention he harmed Riddle. Her fragile Riddle who has a look of shock and hurt on his face as he speaks out. “What.. Are.. you saying?.” then Ace decides to continue speaking.. she bites her lip the more he speaks the more she wonders why she had even allowed this to happen? Riddle’s face is injured and bruised she would hate if this affects him in a bad way..

“I had a talk with Trey. He told me about your past. So you had a super strict helicopter mom. So you had a really brutal upbringing. But you're always whining “mommy, mommy, mommy!” Don't you ever think for yourself?! You may have powerful magic, but other than that you're just a baby!”

She freezes at Ace's words even though they weren't aimed towards her.. they.. she shakes her head deciding to stop with those thoughts, her chest she feels like something bad will happen but shes not allowed to continue thinking when Riddle begins to stand as he mutters at first before shouting.

“A.. baby? Me? You don't know anything about me!”

At his last words it brings a bit of hurt to her yet once again while its not directed towards her she herself just like Ace knows nothing of Riddle as she thinks Ace speaks which although she hadn't heard it had upset Riddle because now all his words are shouts.

“Enough! Enough!! Enough! Be quiet!! My mother is right! That makes me unequivocally right!!”

She looks up at Riddle she frowns her.. poor innocent Riddle, he truly doesn't deserve to be treated this way. He's innocent she thinks before her eyes widen trembling and shaking as an egg is thrown at his head, the moment its thrown a ruckus begins of all the students yelling and shouting such.. terrible things to Riddle he's gritting his teeth but she pays no attention to it her hand pulling out a handkerchief out and gently combing the egg out from his hair just as she had originally thought. Everything would go falling down at the slightest touch that are her thoughts while other students begin throwing things at Riddle and that continues to be her thoughts as Riddle shoves her away before leaving her side and swinging his staff and using his signature spell on the students as he does, shouting at them.

“Who was it..? Who threw that egg at me? Very well. If you won't come forward then I'll hold you all responsible!! Off with your heads! You see?! No one can lift a finger against me! No one can deny that I, the keeper of all rules, am more right than anyone!”

Ace speaks crossing his arms hes loud hes obnoxious, but.. he says what's on his mind.

“You can't expect everything to always. go your way!! You throw a temper tantrum the second things go wrong! That's what makes you a baby, baby!”

She freezes, because what she sees next when Riddle halts and turns around to look at Ace is.. what looks like black liquid. She recognizes it. It was similar back at the mines that creature had similar black liquid.. so. Why is it on Riddle.? She wonders before the next thing she sees is rose bushes heading straight to Ace, her eyes widen and she turns around she stops she.. doesn't know what to do in such situations its truly.. scary.

When he doesn't move she squeezes her eyes shut no.. she refuses to open her eyes, so she keeps them shut ignoring the world until she hears Riddle screaming that's when she freezes utterly and completely at what she sees, its quite clear to her it's hurting him but he also looks different now. Ah.. her thoughts are all jumbled and scrambled she can't hear what’s going on until she hears Trey speak.

“If he keeps spewing out magical energy like that Riddle's life could be in danger!”

I hate this. I hate this so much.. Riddle might die?. No.. I.. Mother.. what should I do?.. All those thoughts rapidly run through her head as she stares at Riddle, who is so clearly in pain and he's Riddle. But at the same time he looks so different.. She's forced to snap out of her own head by Ace. Who shoves her onto the ground pinning her down so she doesn't get pierced in the chest by Riddle's thorns which she hadn't noticed a rose bush had been thrown at her as well.. She looks up at Ace in surprise from having been saved, his face staring down at her and she herself looking up at Ace both of their eyes meeting each other, for the first time since that night. Looking up at his face into his cherry red eyes that remind her of those sunsets she had seen in autumn oftenly, and his eyes into hers, his eyes gazing into her eyes. He's shaking and trembling, she hadn't noticed but she hadn't been able to breathe, she feels her oxygen return as she looks into his eyes; her chest rising and falling as she calms her fast and deep racing heartbeat. But the next thing she hears is him yelling at her.

"Yume! Focus, give us directions like you had back at the mines! Don't pay attention to the what ifs focus on surviving this so we can save Riddle! He still hasn't apologized to me after all, neither have I forgiven you, so don't die here!”

Yume freezes for a split moment before her hands move before she can even think, she tries to push him off away from her it feels suffocating she hates it, get off, get off me, she doesn't speak her hands just pushing even though she's weak with Ace being far stronger then her. Her eyes tremble and shrink as if she's a child as her hands continue to push at his chest and Ace he refuses to move his grip on her shoulders tightening, she flinches at that feeling, it hurts. She softly moves her hands drops no longer fighting the inevitable her gaze dull as they turn to the side, she gives in something she has grown accustomed to, yet.. She wasn't meant to be fragile here. So why..? Ace finally gets off of her the moment she stopped struggling.

“Okay. I'll.. help.”

Riddle face turns into one filled with betrayal, not only Trey but Yume as well? He had believed the two of them had become friends he had believed that she saw order the same as him, if not what was the reasoning behind the words she had said the other day ago? But no, shes a rule breaker just like the rest.

“Every last one of you.. I'm surrounded by shameless rule breakers I proclaim you all guilty! All of your heads will roll!”

Arrows that look like hearts covered in blot appear around Riddle as he then directs them at them all before they shoot down at them Ace and Deuce proclaim sounds of surprise. “Wha-! What is that..?!” Ace whose sweating a bit draws out his magic pen and summons a extra large gust. “Heh! Bring it on, dude! Extra large gust! They reformed?!” but that doesn't stop them so she quickly moves grabbing Ace's hand as she pulls him out of the way before he gets hit and she softly speaks after that, she doesn't like this feeling. She feels like she's betraying Riddle. She didn't want to do this.

“All of you, please work together and stay safe! I'll coordinate your specialties, but in the meantime Ace and Deuce as well as Grim. Use the same plan I gave you before in the mines.”

Yume speaks before, running over to Cater and Trey narrowly dodging the arrows that Riddle directly throws them down to her but she passes them by the strand of her hair.. She speaks loudly ordering out a command.

“Cater, please get as many copies of yourself to distract Riddle. And Trey, you don't have to use your unique magic on every single thing only use it when the attacks get close to hurting someone. But please don't use regular spells you need to save as much as you can with playing defense!”

Cater nods his head and summons more copies, each of them moving to distract Riddle but he lets out a cheeky comment at Yume. “Wow, Yume you really know how to command people! Its pretty cool! If we weren't in this situation I'd totes take pics of this occasion!” Trey uses his unique magic to protect Cater's clones whenever Riddle's attacks would get close. Yume then looks at Ace and Deuce but her eyes widen in surprise the blot thing behind Riddle swings down making Deuce fall over and his magic pen fall out of his pocket which makes him reach out to grab it Ace shouts. “Deuce!” An arrow is coming Deuce's way, Trey wasn't able to use his unique magic in time but Cater appears infront of Deuce blocking with his body. Deuce's eyes widen as does Yume's and she hears Deuce shout as he catches Cater. “Cater!!” She hears that Cater speak and as he finishes he pops disappearing in clouds and the real Cater appears behind Deuce poking him. “Forget about me. Just go! Just kidding. Keep your head in the game!! The real me is over here.” Yume's hand clutches at her chest, but she knows she doesn't have enough time for relief so she shouts at Ace and Deuce as well as Grim.

“You three, use your attacks to aim at the blot thing behind Riddle! Don't attack Riddle, he's already in fragility state!”

She commands but she's afraid she's scared, if they do anything wrong it could cost Riddle her.. savior's.. life. For a split moment she recalls the moment where she first met Riddle, he had saved her when she was hiding from Grim. Then he.. guided her. She recalls his face. Then she looks at this version of Riddle, she watches as Riddle growls in anger but, as time goes on even though he's quiet she can hear him speak.

“They're overwhelming me? Me? But how? I am right. I must be right. If I'm not right then what has it all been for?!”

Yume watches as Riddle screams his hands going to hold his head and she frowns Ace and Deuce with Grim are distracted with fighting the blot behind Riddle so she moves standing up before running towards Riddle who is surprised at what she's doing and he grits his teeth.

“You fool, you traitor! You can't use magic! What can you possibly do against me?! You betrayed me! Why won't you obey me?! I demand your respect! It's for your own good! Why… Why can't you understand that?!”

She doesn't allow him to continue as she sees his eyes full of vulnerability, before she jumps to him and hugs him which makes him fall backwards and fall with her; his eyes are widened in surprise at her actions but neither of them are allowed to continue thinking both of them blacking out as they hit the grass that’s engulfed in blot she feels the both of them fall into the depths of blot.

“Was I… wrong..? No, I couldn't be, could I..? Mo..ther..”

Riddle?.. Are these Riddle's thoughts Yume wonders as she feels her body float in a space that feels like water. Is Riddle okay now..? She wonders before she feels her eyes open and what shocks her is seeing.. a child Riddle.? How cute.. He looks just the same as he does now he even has a smile which she sadly hasn't been given the opportunity to see him smile that widely and freely as he is when he's a child.. she thinks before she hears a voice, its a woman's voice..

“You're eight years old now. Happy birthday, Riddle. For your cake this year I ordered a low sugar recipe made of nuts and soy flour, with plenty of lecithin to make you smarter.”

She glances in the direction of that lady.. but.. She frowns.. she can't see her. Well.. she suppose it makes sense, after all she has never met her so her mind most likely couldn't imagine a person who.. she has never met before.. her focus is taken by innocent and cute Riddle.

“Thank you, mom. But actually I.. Just once I'd like to try one of those tarts covered in bright red strawberries..”

Yume.. tilts her head in surprise, is that truly his wish.? How adorable she smiles but then it changes into a dull expression how fragile. Although she suppose his mother doesn't think the same as her because they next thing she knows is his mother is shouting making both Yume and child Riddle since.

“What?! How could you even suggest it?! Those things are monstrously unhealthy I might as well feed you poison! Just one slice would exceed your entire daily recommended of sugar! Here. For dinner tonight, we have a nice, healthy tuna saute rich in DHA and omega-3 fatty acids. Oh but the recommended caloric intake for an eight year old is no more than 600 kilo-calories per meal. So don't eat more than 100 grams of it. Do you understand?”

Yume moves its obvious to her that the two can't see her so she moves her hands cupping child Riddle's cheek such.. a innocent fragile child.. this is why.. she simply continues to caress him. As he speaks looking down. “Yes, mom. I understand.” Once more she feels her eyes close once again and herself floating and she hears current Riddle's thoughts again and sees images of things.

“All my life I'd wanted to try one of those tarts with the bright red strawberries. We'd pass by the local cake shop and I'd see them in the window. Tarts that shined like jewels.”

We.. truly are similar me and you Riddle but.. I.. If I acknowledge that, then what saving grace could I even consider, when I return home.. to my mother.? Once more her eyes open this time in a different setting she's in child Riddle's room his mother is holding a book and she speaks as she places the book on his desk.

“That will do for your classical magical study today. I want you to study this text on linguistic philosophy within magical logic theory. Review the first 50 pages by tomorrow. Now you will have one hour of independent study before your next potionology lesson.”

Child Riddle once again smiles as he looks at his mother and while he responds. “Yes. Thank you, mother.” His mother leaves although not before speaking. “Your mother has some business to take care of. I will see you in one hour.” Once more she hears current Riddle's voice but this time, her eyes don't close.

“I studied every possible subject, scheduled down to the minute. When I didn't understand something, the lesson was extended until I did. But to me, this was my normal.”

Yume frowns and her hand reaches out to pat child Riddle's head but she freezes at the sound of knocking on the window child Riddle also looks surprised and then he moves to open the window what she sees is surprising its.. child Trey..? Child Trey looks surprised. And he speaks “Ack! He opened the window!” Child Chenya pops up from no where with just a head. “Hey, hey. Come play with us!” Child Riddle jumps back in surprise. “Aaah?! Who are you...?” Thats when Chenya pops his whole body out and speaks. “I'm Chenya and that’s Trey. Let's all play croquet! It's lots of fun!” Riddle looks confused. “Croquet?” Chenya smiles and he rummages through his overall before throwing something into Riddle's hand. “Here!” Riddle jumps in surprise before looking down at it. “A hedgehog..?”

Yume watches child Riddle's face and see shes his expression change into a beam of clear excitement, Chenya smiles with his eyes closed. “He's gonna play with us, too!” Riddle looks back towards his books nervously. “But.. I can’t. I'm supposed to be doing independent study. I have a lot if lessons to work on.” Yume she.. doesn't understand what to think.. but.. what she does know is the fact that Riddle is childhood friends with Trey, so this will undoubtedly end with him leaving the lesson. She's proven correct when Chenya speaks.

“Independent study? That means you study whatever you want, right? And my grandpa says you can learn from playing, too.”

Child Riddle's eyes sparkle a shine appears in his child eyes. “You can learn from playing?” Child Trey joins in. “Come play. Just for a little bit.” Yume watches Riddle's gaze switch to the hedgehog and the books before swallowing his eyes squeezing shut. “O-okay. Just for a little bit!” Child Trey smiles and stretches his hand out to Riddle. “Mind if I ask you your name?” She watches Riddle slowly stretch his own hand to grab it as he speaks his name.

“R-riddle. Riddle Rosehearts.”

Once again Yume feels her eyes close and once more sees images and hears her current Riddle's voice she can't see him, but for some reason she knows he's with her she simply.. hopes she'll reach him soon.

“Playing with Trey and Chenya was a lot of fun. There were so many things I didn't know. So many games I'd never played. They taught me so much. After that for an hour every day, during independent study I would sneak out of my room unbeknownst to my mother.”

Once again her eyes open except this time what she sees with child Riddle isn't his mother, it's Chenya and Trey. She.. has a feeling this will be the last memories before she reaches her Riddle. Chenya speaks in surprise. “What? You haven't had a strawberry tart? You haven’t?!” Yume.. she has a terrible feeling of this. She frowns and glances away as Riddle responds. “No. Mother says they're bad for me.” Child Trey responds.

“Well, yeah, if you eat too many of them, I guess. You know.. My family runs a cake shop. We can go get one right now.”

Her chest.. it hurts she puts her hand onto her forehead it's.. beginning to feel suffocating for some reason, even though this.. should be a good moment.. she feels like something will go wrong. She watches Riddle's eyes shine a bit brighter. “A cake shop.. The one with the green roof and the display window?” Trey responds “Oh, you know it! That's the one.” She watches as Chenya makes a comment of his own. “Trey's parents make the best tarts.” She watches as Riddle's eyes dimmer remembering the words his mother said on his birthday.. and he speaks.. “Huh..? But..” Trey waves off his concerns. “One slice isn't going to kill you.” Chenya winks with his tongue sticked out. “You can have one slice, I want the whole thing!”

Riddle.. looks happy but.. his face is also one of concern but, she's not allowed to continue observing because she sees Trey and Chenya grab onto his hands and Trey says “Let's go!”

Her eyes close once more and she.. hears current Riddle's voice after a few minutes.

“A bright red strawberry tart on a gleaming white plate. To me, it shined more brightly than any gem ever could.”

She sees Child Riddle eat a strawberry off the tart, and she sees how his eyes.. they shine. So brightly. She had never seen a child's eyes shine so bright.. Her Riddle continues speaking.

“That first bite of tart was so sweet. It was like nothing I'd ever eaten before I savored every mouthful. With each and every bite I was more entranced.”

This time.. her eyes don't close, this time the scenery simply changes but she can't move, she can't move her body she's stuck in place watching his mother shout, how she hates shouting so..

“How could you?! You not only neglected your studies but also left the house to eat a mountain of sugar! Those two boys instigated this, didn't they? They're a bad influence! I forbid you to ever play with them again!”

She's forced to watch as her child Riddle grab on to his mothers dress clinging on it and begging. “I'm sorry, mother! I promise I'll never do it again..!” She's made to watch as his mother yanks her arm from his hold. “Be quiet! You did this to yourself by breaking the rules! Sigh. I should have known better than to think that you could manage your own free time. I'll need to keep a much closer eye on you.” She watches as his mother closes the window and as Riddle looks so.. sad and terrified and pleading. “I'm sorry, mother! I'm sorry.”

Yume frowns biting her lip she.. how is she.. she hears her Riddle's voice once more.

“When you break the rules you lose everything even the best part of the day. That's why I had to keep mother's rules no matter what. My mother is the most accomplished person in this town. And that means she must always be right. But.. But, mom.. Can you tell me? Can you tell me why my heart hurts so much? It can wait until my birthday, but I want to eat all the tarts. I want to play outside all day long. I want lots and lots of friends.”

The memories collapse and Yume.. she. Sees Riddle, her current Riddle he.. looks different but. He's her Riddle nonetheless she moves and hugs him as he speaks. “Tell me, mom. What rule do I need to follow to make this pain go away?” Riddle snaps out of it when he sees Yume and him, her Riddle softly speaks. “Yume..? What are you doing here..?” Her hold on him tightens and she softly speaks.

“I.. can't say, that I have the rule that you desire to make your pain go away but.. I, as much as I know how to, I care for you, my dear Riddle. So please.. don't leave me, lets leave this place together. We can.. eat as many tarts as you wish we can make as many friends as you'd like, just please.. come back with me.”

Just like that Riddle cries and accepts her hug his blot slowly disappearing but in place his child self appears she feels herself as well shrink down her long hair sprawling around them, she pays no attention to those details. While she doesn't know how anything may work out, she's.. willing to try so she can do it together with Riddle when they return she'll apologize to Ace for yesterday's actions she'll.. for this day, this day only she'll admit her true feelings because.. she does wish to be Ace's friend but thats not here nor there so she speaks to Riddle hesitant at first but she moves on her words surprise even herself.

“Let's leave this place together. We can have fun together, me and you Riddle! After all, me and you share so many similarities to one another, it would only make sense for us to be friends!”

Her childish lips move into a cheerful smile at child Riddle who looks shocked and in this moment has the same childlook on his face one shining of hope but afraid, and he softly speaks.

“Do I.. truly deserve to return..? I've done so many wrongs and-..”

Yume smiles and responds. “That is why we should learn, and grow. I don't believe we will get it straight away, but.. We will adjust. Together. After all.. I myself have made so many wrongs as well, so.. even if you believe you don't deserve to return I do, I wish that I can learn and grow along side you so if you die here.. I can't do that with you.! So lets leave this cold and dark place and leap into the light, of a different tomorrow!” Yume grabs on to Riddle's hand and he.. grabs onto hers as she pulls him to the door both of them growing back into their original selves as they run.

She wakes up first and she wakes up her arms still wrapped around Riddle but as she wakes she hears shouting she believes its Ace..

“Yume! Are you insane?! What went through your head, when you went and hugged Riddle when he was like that!”

Yume.. is being scolded Deuce had also joined in.. she frowns pouting, but as a few minutes pass she spots movement from the boy beneath her, but.. she already was given a chance to speak to Riddle so.. even though she herself doesn't quite enjoy being around him Riddle.. needs this so she lets Riddle go but the moment she does Ace is grabbing her and his hand is ruffling quite aggressively at her head tousling up her hair.. In the meantime Trey is at Riddle's side. “Riddle!!” Riddle turns to look at Trey whose holding his hand. “Trey..”

Ace to Yume's relief stops and leans over Riddle with his hand over his forehead. “He's awake!” Cater breathes a sigh of relief. “About time, we were losing our heads thinking you might never wake up..” Riddle puts his hand over the back of his head. “What.. Was I..?” She blinks when she hears a crow speak.. she hadn't even noticed he had returned. “Oh excellent, I see you have regained consciousness.” Riddle moves to get up but Trey stops him. “Don't worry about anything right now. Just try to rest.” Ace frowns and points at Trey.

“Aahh! There you go, coddling him again!! This is why he goes into evil berserker mode as soon as someone raises their voice at him! Now the garden is in shambles and oh yeah we all almost died!”

Yume tilts her head confused, did Ace.. not believe in her, even so.. the one who had the highest chance of death had been Riddle.. Deuce exhales and speaks agreement to Ace's words. “He's right. It was looking bad for a while there.” Grim also agrees. “For crying out loud! It sure ain't pretty when you humans get stressed out.” Riddle's lips move into a straight line and Cater speaks trying to cool everyone done. “Now, now, cut him some slack. We all survived, right? That counts for something.” Yume.. looks at Riddle as he speaks he looks to be on the verge of tears.

“I.. The truth is, I.. I really wanted to eat that chestnut tart. I don't care if the roses are white. Or if the flamingos are pink. And I prefer to sweeten my tea with honey rather than sugar cubes. And I like milk tea better than lemon tea. And I want… I want to sit around with everyone and talk after I eat and I wish.. I wish.. I could have kept playing with Trey and Chenya!!”

He cries and Yume freezes, her. Instinct reaction is.. wishing to reach out and hug Riddle but.. no. Trey and Riddle need this. They both do. As Cater and Ace speak she doesn't focus on it what she focuses on is Trey speaking to Riddle.

“I'm sorry, too. I knew you were suffering. But I just kept looking the other way. So I'm going to say what I should have said all along. Riddle. Your way of doing things was wrong. You owe everyone an apology.”

Riddle sniffles before getting onto his hands and bowing his head as he cries.

“I'm sorry.. I'm really sorry..!”

Yume moves her.. hand moving to clutch at her chest.. its getting harder to breathe she feels the same as she felt when, she had gotten sick that snowy day; those are her last thoughts before the last thing she saw was blackness, her vision had gotten blurry and then she fell she recalled someone catching her and multiple people shouting her name.

When she wakes its hard to breathe her panting rough and when she tries speaking only coughs escape from her lips. Even.. in a different world I'm still fragile I don't want to pop and die.. Yume sniffles clutching onto her blanket crying into it. She hates this.. she hates being sick its so awfully painful, yes.. this is what it is.. she's sick. People had visited her, she.. Could tell that much but.. she was.. her mind is far too hazy to remember who those people were.. The medical clinics door slides open as night approaches and who she sees surprises her. Its Ace. She moves to speak, to utter an apology to him because she hadn't been given a chance to since she had passed out; before she was given a chance to speak to Ace alone, but he stops her.

“Listen I know what you wish to say but.. I can't say.. that I truly forgive you for what you did a couple nights ago, but.. I can tell that its been on your mind, which urk.. At least that shows you felt remorse for your actions, but I'm not saying I forgive you, but. I might consider it eventually not now eventually but only if you..”

Ace looks at her and she looks at him, before she slowly sits up it hurts to sit up but she should. And she speaks in a raspy voice and her hand stretches out to him her cheeks far too flushed, the her of yesterday she knows would never say such a thing but.. she truly does wish to be friends with Ace. At least thats what.. the warmth in her chest tells her so just this once, her mother would be fine with this.. right?.

“Ace, if.. we could may you.. please teach me, what it is like to be someone's friend.? I've.. never experienced friendship so, I can't say I understand how to act or treat friends. So.. if you will be willing to give me a chance to learn, I.. would be more then willing to try.”

Ace looks away his cheeks turn flushed and his hand goes ruffling his hair. “We had already been friends, you hadn't needed to ask even if you hadn't I didn't care if you didn't consider me your friend, ugh! Honestly now I feel as if I'm the bad guy here, I'm the victim here!..” A soft giggle escapes from her lips which surprises Ace but she doesn't notice, its quite obvious to her that; her asking to be friends with him had been what he had wished for her to ask him but what she focuses on now is as soon as she laughes and he composes himself he pouts and flicks her forehead.

“Go to bed, and rest get better before the unbirthday. I got Riddle making a tart specifically for it you know, I wouldn't want you missing it because your sick..”

He waves at her before leaving and her chest.. it doesn't feel suffocating or hurt it still feels warm. She turns back around and slowly falls asleep no longer angry or thinking of the fact how she's fragile, or the possibility that she might.. pop and die.

A few days pass by, and its the unbirthday Yume.. had to go through a couple challenges with professor Crewel, simply to prove she had been better to go to the unbirthday but she supposes its not that surprising ever since she met him he's treated her like a puppy; atleast thats what Ace has complained to her about, how Crewel had treated her like a puppy while them like dogs, because of that she gets there as Ace is asking Riddle where the tart is. “So? What happened to your apology tart, housewarden?” Yume goes up behind Ace and flicks his forehead her hand going to rest on her hip. “Don't pester Riddle, to much he himself is still a patient you know..” Riddle pulls out a box flustered.

“I-I made it. I kept my promise. Here! It's this one. A strawberry tart, crafted by yours truly.”

Yume looks over at the box and tilts her head, as Cater is busy taking photos of the tart. Trey speaks praise. “You even took the time to glaze the strawberries and make them really shine. For a first try, I'd say you did a great job.” Ace makes a snarky comment. “Uh-Huh you never miss a chance to coddle this guy. Forget that let's see how badly this baby tastes. Let's dig in.” Yume scoops a piece to take a bite from the tart, but Ace pulls the place from her, much to her surprise.

“No, you can't have any, your still sick aren't you? No desserts for sick people.”

She looks up at him in surprise, because his facial impression is different from his words.. it.. he.. must remember how she reacted to the chestnut tart, but he didn't wish to say anything infront of people.. she glances away and nods softly before they all eat a spoonful and they all proclaim. “So salty!!” Riddle looks surprised. “What?!” Ace sticks out his tongue. “How is it so salty?! What did you put in it to make it taste that bad?” Yume is puzzled is it truly that.. salty?.. Riddle responds looking astonished.

“But I followed the rules exactly, and measured everything precisely! Unless… Oh! Could it be… from the oyster sauce?”

Yume blinks multiple times.. oyster sauce..? Well.. she when baking the tart with them had hardly listened to their words simply following the written down recipe.. from the looks on the rest of their faces it must not.. go into tart recipes.. Deuce looks surprised. “You don't mean the walrus-brand oyster sauce Trey joked about?” Riddle responds swiftly. “Yes, I remember him telling me how it's used as a secret ingredient in all the best tarts. Even though its not in the recipes.” Ace shouts at Riddle. “You actually believed that?! If you'd thought about it for two seconds, you'd have known that's not a thing!” Cater speaks.

“Either way, secret ingredients are supposed to be subtle. How much did you use?”

Riddle turns flustered. “W-well, all he said was to add it “to taste.” I don't know what that means. If the recipe doesn't tell me exactly how much..” Laughter escapes from Trey. “I can't believe anyone actually fell for that. You really put oyster sauce in a tart..” Riddle looks at Trey before also breaking into laughter.

“Ah Ha. Yes indeed I am such a fool.”

Cater and Trey are off to the side having a conversation between the two of them about Cater not liking sweets but then Chenya appears eating a piece of tart. “Hmm Hmm. Your desserts never fail to delight, Trey.” He hums and Riddle looks surprised. “Chenya! What are you doing here?!” Chenya has a smug cheeky smile on his face as he floats around Riddle grabbing his crown. “I'm just here to celebrate my unbirthday, thats all. A very merry unbirthday to you, Riddle.”

Riddle reaches up to try and grab his crown back and wave him away. “Ugh! Go away! The unbirthday party is a heartslabyul tradition. It is not meant for you.” Grim notices Chenya and speaks. “Hey! Its that weird disappearing reappearing cat guy! What dorm is he from, anyway? I guess he's not from this one.” Trey pops up behind them to answer Grim's question.

“Chenya doesn't even go to our school. He's a student at royal sword academy. They've been Night raven college's rival arcane academy for years.”

Grim.. the loud one, shouts. “What? He goes to a different school?!” Yume shivers tensing up as the other students in heartslabyul begin looking around for Chenya. While Chenya is putting the crown back on Riddle. “Whoops. Well, I've finished my tart, so I think I'll see myself out.” Before disappearing. Grim sweats as the students stomps. “Whoa, they all got angry real quick..” Riddle explains. “The vast majority of students here see royal sword academy as the enemy.” Trey joins in. “That’s what happens when they've beat you in every competition for the last hundred years.”

Cater jumps into the middle and puts his arms on Riddle and Trey's shoulders. “All right, enough! You're harshing the vibe on our day of celebration! Can't we all just enjoy everyone's unbirthday?”

Yume sits at a table in the corner of the garden, her fingers turning a page of the book she's currently reading its one she believes Riddle had gave her when she was sleeping in the infirmary. It has quieted down. Ace as well as Deuce dragged Grim, away to go play with the flamingos..? Is that what they're called.. Then Cater and Trey are speaking to each other. Yet she's simply here, she doesn't quite believe she deserves to hang out with Ace yet, so she stayed behind. She looks up as she hears the sounds of a chair scooting out before she hears someone sit beside her and she looks up slowly, her gaze landing on Riddle. She hasn't spoken to him, since his overblot she was sick, and he was still recovering so neither of them were given an opportunity to converse with one another. She isn't given a chance to continue being in her thoughts as Riddle speaks but his eyes trembling as his hands clutch down into his lap his head bowing and his hands shaking.

“Yume. I sincerely apologize. I should have never been close to injuring you, hurting everyone, even if I did overblot. And I can't even put into words how sorry I am, and, and I just- It would make perfect logical sense, if you choose to not forgive me after-"

She stares at him for a moment and softly speaks her eye lids lowering and her hands release the book, she had been reading to before abruptly moving stopping him from continuing on; her arms moving the moment his gloved hands move to tug at his hair, her hands reach out grabbing hold of them both pressing them together against both of their chests.

“Why would you say that? You really don't know yourself at all. I can see it. You're the kindest, warmest person I know. You hate yourself so much, yet you still try.. To understand everyone else. You've.. tried and offered so much help to me, even while you were fighting your own battles. Being someone as kind as you are, yet being so hard on your own self.. So please don't do that.”

Riddle freezes, for a moment and she engulfs him into a embrace, he waits a moment before glancing to the side at her book not pulling away from her embrace, he'll change this subject he doesn't wish to continue speaking on such subjects not to mention. Yume deserves to know. While she saw his childhood, he saw hers.. He knows his upbringing wasn't the most.. correct but.. Yume's upbringing was a whole different level, her mother no. He came so he could apologize for invading her privacy yes, thats why he'll pretend the first half of their conversation hadn't happened.

“Yume. I.. You saw my past correct.? In that space we had been in.. I.. I saw your upbringing.. I don't know why, and it was undoubtedly an invasion of privacy but.. it..”

Riddle stops himself, he doesn't believe he has the right to say anything of the subject; Yume gaze for a split moment turns blank and her eyes look away from him her grip around him tightens a bit. “Oh. I see, well thats perfectly fine. I, don't really have the most interesting past my mother is quite a nice person though. But right now, I'm just happy because I'm with you, Riddle! So dearly happy!” Her eyes go back over to him bright once again and she smiles as she moves one hand pulling away from their grasp on Riddle's hands, and she places her hand on his cheek and she leans in closer to his face; which makes him tense up for a moment making her stop, she looks at his face before her face drops down against his shoulder no longer leaning into his face. I feel happy, being in a world where I won't trip and die. But in a world where I can crush someone. So Riddle. Please just forget anything about those hideous memories of mine. Just as she thinks that she nuzzles into Riddle's body that tenses up, but he doesn't speak his eyes shrinking as does his pupils before he bites his lips and releants his eyes looking away from hers, as she continues to push her face into his body while he simply stays silent.

“I pity you, Yume. My dear Yume is simply so fragile, the outside world is dangerous for my fragile Yume. In the hellish outside world, my clumsy and foolish Yume will just trip over and die.”

Those are the words Riddle hears, he.. doesn't understand why..? The voice he hears the voice of a woman, although he doesn't recognize her voice; but the name she speaks is Yume's name, but why?. She mentions Yume tripping and dying.. what a.. terrible thing to say.. The last thing he remembers is.. that.. battle with the two troublemakers.. So.. where is he.? He feels his eyes open on their own, and what he sees surprises him. He sees.. Yume..? She seems younger, her eyes are the same violet color, but they seem to be a bit brighter. Her hair is still long, similar length to the current her except a bit longer; she looks like a doll well he supposes she looks like a doll currently but she looks more like a doll as a child.. Oh.. that must be it, somehow he is in a setting where he is in Yume's childhood memories but why? He's not given a chance to figure out how this had occurred as child Yume speaks, she.. sounds different way different then current her, she's talking to the woman that he believes was the voice he heard before his eyes had opened; could she be a important person to Yume..? He doesn't understand if she is a important person, how could someone who is important to another.. speak of them dying so simply.. As he looks at her, he can see resemblance between Yume and her, but.. she's unsettling. He feels very uncomfortable just at the sight of her.

“But mother.. Even once just one moment outside, I want to experience it.”

Riddle.. is confused, the woman is Yume’s mother so why had she.. his thoughts are made to a halt when tears begin building in child Yume's eyes the next thing he sees makes him tense up the woman who Yume just called mother, she puts her hands on the small Yume's shoulders grasping onto them, he can't see the expression either one of them has on their faces he just hears a voice on the edge of tears. “Why..? What have I done wrong Yume..? This mother of yours is so worried for you. Your already fragile, you get sick and injured from the smallest things..” Yume's mother grip tightens on child Yume's shoulders before her voice quiets down. “I.. understand.” Riddle tries to move but he simply can't it's strange.. why can't he move?.. He is made to watch as Yume's mother drags the silent trembling Yume into a room before shutting it as soon as Yume falls into the room. He hears the sounds of child Yume.

“I.. I.. made mother sad again? Why..? I simply want to go.. outside.. For just a moment.. Mother.. hic.. please.. come back.. I'm so sorry..”

Riddle, feels his eyes close he sees memories run through his head he sees dolls that are given to her and then the next day are thrown away, he sees flowers given to her before as the hours pass they are thrown away. He sees so many things given to her before just as swiftly are thrown away, he watches as she smiles at the gifts given to her and the smile doesn't leave her face even as she watches them be thrown away and then given a new thing yet through it all, it stays eerily quiet through it all, no one speaks. He feels his eyes open in a different setting, it seems to be Yume’s room. She's gazing out at the window, Riddle moves to see what she's looking at and he stops when he sees its her mother. She's outside, planting rose bushes when he turns to look at Yume’s face he freezes. Even though she looks to still be around the same age as before, her eyes.. are no longer the same bright violet color as they had been but they're still bright. Child Yume speaks, he knows its not directed towards him given that she can't see him he.. feels as if its because she simply wished to speak to at least something even if it were just herself.

“Mother.. gets so sad, when I speak of the outside world, so I shall simply stop. The outside world doesn't matter anymore. I'm happy here after all.”

Child Yume says that but Riddle watches as she moves away from the window out of sight from her mother to sit down in the corner where book shelves are, and her eyes shine for a moment before tears spill from her eyes as her arms wrap around herself. “I don't.. hic.. care about the outside anymore.. I'm fine here.. No! I'm not.. I want to experience having friends, like those books had told me of.! No.. my mother only gets sad and distressed when I speak of the outside world!.” Riddle watches as child Yume continues to cry her hands grasping her hair pulling at it, until her mother comes back inside the house the front door shutting as she enters the house and she stands up wiping her tears leaving her room to go greet her mother.

Riddle.. from what he could gather from what he has seen, from what he's heard her mother say to her she's fragile, so because of that fact.. she says she's not allowed outside.. But Riddle, hadn't noticed any signs of Yume being fragile.. But because of what her mother says Yume.. isn't allowed to go outside. When he had first met Yume she had said she had got into an argument with her mother. He.. wonders, how it had even occurred for her to run away when she had stayed even with everything she had experienced; perhaps she's similar to him she simply doesn't wish to make her mother sad. Just as those thoughts enter his head he feels himself suddenly appear somewhere he doesn't know where but, he sees Yume's mother slap her. The moment it occurs he sees memories, of what must've been locked behind multiple chains Yume must have locked the memories away.. He sees Yume's mother hit her it repeats different scenarios but the moment Yume mentions the outside she'll be hit even from the slip of the tongue. Then each and every time without fail they watch as Yume's mother breaks down in tears of apologies a panicked expression appearing on her face, and Yume without fail each and every time wraps her arms around her mother and forgives her; as her eyes turn less bright with drops of tears falling down her cheeks each time and a smile on her lips that trembles every time repeating each time the same words. She.. looks like she's dissociating, for a split moment he wonders if.. she had simply decided to lock away anything that would paint her mother in a bad light. So she could.. pretend. he.. can relate to that desire.

“I forgive you, my mother. I know you only did it because I said something wrong, so I'm sorry. I'm so sorry! I hadn't meant to upset you! But I have no idea what I did wrong. What did I do? I won't do it again, I'm sorry my dear mother..”

After that Riddle saw one last thing and it was Yume's mother slapping Yume after she had tried stopping her from throwing away her fish tank, then he watched as Yume ran away. He recalls how after Yume ran, the space had evaporated around him and then that's when he saw Yume, she had looked like a child before when they ran to leave returned back to her current appearance. He sighs and puts his hand on his forehead looking down at the book on his desk. He had been meant to be studying the material, that he had missed while he had been recovering not thinking of Yume's past.

Heartslabyul !♡

Riddle Rosehearts: I believe that Riddle is my most favorite from Heartslabyul, which is quite surprising because the people who know like my posts from the past know that Ace was the topic in majority of my twst content. Onto Yume she most definitely shares the same sentiment of Riddle being her favorite person, from heartslabyul but until like Riddle's overblot she is a terrible influence on Riddle. Riddle though is a great influence on her its a difficult scenario I believe. But the moment Riddle overblots, I can't quite say how their dynamic will turn out because I've wrote nothing for it.

Ace Trappola: To be completely honest I believe that Ace is my second most favorite character from Heartslabyul, I would say the same is for Yume except at the moment he's a bit suffocating for her but in the future I believe that he will be the actual growth she needs to be better. Although; I am having some thoughts on how after Riddles overblot someone kinda.. asks a certain someone to teach them what it means to be their friend and if they could be friends.

Deuce Spade: Honestly I can't say I truly have an opinion on Deuce, I don't hate him but hes not a favorite. For me personally I feel like while Deuce is our friend he doesn't get the same sort of impact that Ace leaves. I mean it feels different in the manga and anime because in both those cases, you meet Deuce with Ace but in the game you meet Ace first and then you both drag Deuce into the whole thing and get him in trouble. Then its the same for the actual book one we drag Deuce into getting in trouble as well. Deuce and Ace both get similar amounts of screentime and yet; it feels as if we're closer to Ace example being book seven not gonna go deep into depth but Ace dreams of what we desire to go home and still be able to stay in twst Deuce forgets quite often that we wish to return home I feel and then his own dream hadn't even included like an ounce of us you know..? The four of us are friends yes but for me personally I feel like while we are clearly close to Deuce its quite obvious that the bond with Ace is you know.? Onto Yume. Because of the fact I decided to go with the anime and Manga interaction she met Deuce when she met Ace but she paid zero to no attention to that interaction because of that fact alongside the fact Ace will as everyone should know will be sharing a dorm with Yume she'll grow closer probably to Ace I mean yeah the next day as everyone knows Deuce will start that as well but in that short time period growth between Ace and Yume will be shown while growth between Yume and Deuce won't. I mean as everyone knows Deuce will tell Yume his backstory but.. its Yume. Not to mention while Ace will be able to see the bad qualities Yume has I don't believe Deuce will. So just as my opinion of Deuce Yume shall have the same no thoughts. Maybe it shall change but that change will be long after Ace and Yume.

Trey Clover: Hm.. How do I think of Trey.. We don't quite interact with him hes helpful in book one sure but then hes practically sidelined in book two where he should be helping but since hes injured he can't. I don't mind him I mean I personally don't believe his appearance suits my taste but I don't hate him. Yume? She's uncomfortable around him. They don't grow close they both simply will care for Riddle. Trey probably will like Yume like he undoubtedly believes that Yume is a good person for Riddle because Riddle needs friends just before Riddle's overblot he probably wished that instead of being a bad influence she would be a good one. Trey doesn't grow close to Yume and neither does she grow close to him although I will say this is book two she might like him a bit more then Deuce simply because what he does for Riddle.

Cater Diamond: Thoughts on Cater.. I don't like him? He's a bit to much for me. His lore is left unexplained like, I know he has depth but it will never be explained upon and the lore that is there because I don't have that much of an opinion on him I'm not willing to go and explore on that depth. I also don't have the favorable opinion on his design.. Yume's thoughts though. To her hes far too chatty for her liking not to mention all the words he uses are things she utterly can't comprehend none of them being in the books she used to have, not to mention how close he gets to her. Riddle and Cater are two different people she felt comfortable around Riddle so from the start any touch was welcomed but she while she doesn't quite understand it feels discomforting.

Savanaclaw !𖤓

Ruggie Bucchi: OH my goodness we have officially moved onto the hardest dorm to rank all the other dorms? Atleast I know where they stand this dorm sucks a- ahem.. I believe that Ruggie is cute. Lore? I know no one's lore in this dorm. To be completely honest they had so many directions to go for book two and they trashed it. I can't remember anything memorable about the book or the characters which is sad because I like the lion king and I love Scar. Anyways onto Yume's opinion. She.. hm.. I haven't thought about it simply because of the fact she hasn't met him, I believe that her thoughts will most likely include confusion? He confuses her but he reminds her of those squirrels she always saw climbing on the roses outside her window and then laying on the outside of her window. She'll probably have the opinion that he looks cute but they won't grow close not to mention Ruggie will run the moment shes around considering how scary women are.

Jack Howl: This.. is an interesting case. He's how do I put this? He's a freshmen, so it feels like we should be friends with him correct.? And we are. But hes simply not that important. He likes cactuses hes childhood friends with Vil he tries to help us during book three. But throughout all of that hes unimportant. Hes upset about everything that is going on in book two but.. he only helps after fighting Ace and deuce.? Then hes like he wants to do it alone. But before the duo fought him he wasn't doing anything. I'll be honest I don't like him. But I don't hate him. Yume's opinion of him. Well.. how is a person who barely interacts with someone meant to think of them? She'll probably find him troublesome, he knew what was going on but when they went up to him to warn him he acted all secretive which was annoying. But.. she doesn't hate him so that should count for something.

Leona Kingscholar: Opinion on him.. I'm actually quite fond of him. Is he my favorite? No. I have no actual favorite favorite in this dorm but if I had to choose it would be him. He hates Malleus? I hate Malleus. You know the saying a enemy of your enemy is your friend. Yume's opinion. Grim stepped on his tail he was upset at Grim, and Grim had made it worse but she quickly shut it off by grabbing Grim and stopping him from continuing, she recognized him from orientation and she wished to apologize. She wouldn't say that she likes Leona but he's quite kind although him like Ruggie doesn't speak to her often.

Octavinelle !𐂠

Jade Leech: My favorite twin, and favorite character in the dorm I sadly don't share the same tastes as liking mushrooms but I digress. I can't quite say what makes me like Jade I simply do. Onto Yume's opinion. Jade they had met in orientation while she hadn't spoke to him she saw him and he saw her, and she's quite scared of him. He's quite tall like Jack, except Jack isn't intimidating Jade is. They've met a couple other times before book three but all those times had been with Riddle and considering what Riddle has told her Jade is the better twin out of the two. Twin is a new word she learnt because of Riddle him having taught her all about the different kinds of twins and siblings. Because of the fact Riddle told her that Jade is the better twin and atleast doesn't bother people as much as Floyd does she found herself preferring Jade as well over Floyd.. Not just Floyd, she prefers Jade over Azul.

Azul Ashengrotto: Azul.. he's quite cute isn't he? I have a favorable opinion of Azul, he reminds me of those squished that change colors when you pull the inside out I have a ton of them, his whole overblot was.. Sad. I relate to him far more then I'd like to admit.. Anyways Yume's opinion. She hates Azul. Despises him, Riddle had told her he holds Azul's talent and capabilities in high regard, but he doesn't trust him. She.. trusts in Riddle's judgment. She recalls the words Azul muttered to himself during orientation and while she hadn't said anything during then because of those twins, she doesn't like Azul one bit. After book three while she feels bad for him but she doesn't quite understand? Bullying..? Such words were never mentioned in her books and Riddle never taught her about those subjects, she'll find herself studying up on the subjects of course and her hatred will eventually turn to simply wishing to keep Azul away from Riddle.

Floyd Leech: Okay. Floyd. He's not my favorite okay? But simply because I relate to him far too much then I would like to say. He's cute sometimes sure, but I feel like I wouldn't enjoy to be around him.. Atleast though his emotions are quite obvious because he doesn't hold how he feels back. Onto Yume's opinion. She hates him despises him. She's seen how he treats Riddle and Riddle has told her that she should stay away from him if she can, so she usually follows his advice but even so Floyd is quite annoying he always bothers her asking her why "goldfish allows her to hug him while Goldfish always runs away from him" she then goes on to tell him that Riddle's name is Riddle not goldfish but then he goes on to laugh and say "koifishie is defending her leader" proceeding to try and squeeze her luckily she always slips away before he could but still..

Floyd calls Yume koifish I'll write it here so I don't forget but anyways. Allow me to explain Floyd usually calls Yuu shrimpy but thats because of the personality traits they have, while Yume holds none of those personality traits that yuu has, everyone knows how Yume acts and everyone saw Yume clinging onto Riddle during orientation. So Floyd calls Yume koifish because she has the personality of a follower Koifish, which you guys can search up if you'd like..

Scarabia !𓆗

Kalim Al Asim: I'll be honest here, both dorms Scarabia and Savanaclaw are both difficult, I would say both of these dorm books are my least favorite. I know that Kalim is my favorite from this dorm, but I don't really have information on why? We interact with Kalim and Jamil so often in book four so it would make sense to have a read on them but I simply can't. Majority of the info we get is Jamil faking his whole personality and Kalim being under mind controll when everything is done its done yes, but that doesn't take back the fact we got practically no emotional impact from them we get Jamil's backstory yeah, but like.. nothing on Kalim. Chapter five we get a bit more info on Kalim but.. Nothing emotionally compelling for me to consider him as anything. Yumes opinion. This is difficult she absolutely can't get a read on Kalim his emotions are all over his face but she understands none of them she has no reason to dislike him, and even during book four she doesn't dislike him. He's hyper but not hyper to the point shes uncomfortable so he gets a pass.

Jamil Viper: I'm scared to give my opinion to be completely honest. But I shall. He.. isn't characteristically interesting I have no reason to like him. He has backstory correct but, that simply gives us his past it doesn't excuse his actions of manipulating us and mindcontrolling us, Kalim forgave Jamil far too quickly in my opinion. I feel like Jamil simply doesn't get the growth after his overblot sadly. And I understand, he had reasons. But. Okay.. allow me to explain. Kalims relationship with Jamil is like. Kalims family is the owners of Jamil's. But Jamil targets Kalim because hes the easiest to target because the actual ones who deserve to be targeted are too hard to target Kalim is quite a few things correct. But. Book four feels like I can't put my tongue on it but a situation that instead of going to the root of the problem you decide to go to the lesser problem which solves nothing except giving you atleast something that makes you feel like your doing something while doing nothing. Not to mention I feel like book four Jamil's thoughts made zero sense hes meant to be smart though.? Jamil wouldn't be given the freedom if Kalim was kicked out of the school he would need to return back with Kalim, and if Kalim truly had done something bad Jamil would be blamed for not stopping him and then his family would be getting in trouble. It simply does more harm then good, I'm not saying Kalim's family is correct I would never say that, I'm saying its idiotic to blame the one who didn't create the problem because that then causes more harm then good. I'll stop writing about Jamil for me because some of this simply may be wrong considering I might not understand his character its just coming from the opinion of the information that we have in the story that I don't have to dig in events or vignettes to get. Onto Yume's opinion. She's suspicious of him she recalls Kalim's almost slip of tongue in book two and has since been suspicious on Jamil. In book four she wasn't happy with having to be in the situation and she most certainly isn't happy when Jamil overblots. She prefers Kalim over Jamil if she had to choose.

Pomefiore !۝

Vil Schoenheit: I will admit, Vil is pretty but. Thats it. His personality? Is fine. I enjoy it. But other then that hes my favorite in Pomefiore yes, but I'll say it I'll admit it! Neige is my favorite. Listen listen, I always find myself enjoying the side characters more then the main characters well hopefully Neige won't be a side character for much longer but he currently sadly is.. That also means he won't be put in a ranking I'm only currently ranking the playable characters minus the teachers. But anyways so yeah, I already have a bias and Vil is high like high like he is a favorite character even outside of Pomefiore. Well onto Yume. She meets Vil in book two because I'll simply give this away while I haven't wrote for it, I know I plan to make her join the housewarden meeting so they meet there, but after that she doesn't meet him until book five. Her opinion of him.. I'll be honest it probably won't be the best, their mindsets of how to treat guests are completely different lets just say. Not to mention unlike me, Yume doesn't care how people look she doesn't care that Vil is pretty or not atleast thats what I currently believe she is like so no bia's for Vil I suppose.

Epel Felmier: Epel.. Okay so! Listen. I like him, I knew like first glance that he was a man because you know I'm just good like that. He's handsome, I suppose? But hes misogynistic and only until later down the road does he like you know get better because of Vil. But I mean.. I don't really recall how he behaved I would have to go back and read a couple more stuff but like I am fond of him, he is also just like Vil a favorite outside of Pomefiore. Well Yume's opinion now. She saw him in book one, they hadn't spoke then and then they only see each other once more in book five. I don't believe Yume knows anything about the words of Epel like how he is misogynistic like.. I don't believe the books she used to have had anything of the word misogynistic so because she doesn't know and like never met anyone her assumption is that hes simply different like how those books told her how everyone's personality can be different she just assumes thats how Epel is. So she's fine with him, she personally doesn't enjoy his loudness when he gets rowdy but shes fine with him.

Rook Hunt: Rook.. I relate to you so much we both are fans of Neige and Vil. But thats it. I have no reason to have an actual opinion on Rook. We get more interactions with Epel in book five and six then Rook. I enjoy his personality sure but hes not even in that many events and the ones that he are in hes not the main focus so I once again can't truly have something to cling on. Hes not a favorite sadly but luckily I also don't hate him, I simply can't have a true opinion on him from how much content we get of him hes of similar case to Kalim. Yume's opinion, In the prelude while I hadn't included it because Yume hadn't, Rook was stalking her she knows Rook was stalking her but she in turns thinks nothing of it and it'll never be mentioned on her part because its not important enough to note for her. To her Rook isn't important. When they meet in book two she doesn't speak to him, and in book five and six they barely speak to each other. She also doesn't quite understand his words, or his rambles she tolerates him at best.

Ignihyde !모

Idia Shroud: Idia.. Is a favorite hes so cute and cool. But thats it. He has deep lore yes. But thats lore. For his case I like him hes a favorite, but I personally don't have in depth opinion of the boy. Yume.. This is tough. I don't quite wish to spoil anything because he'll be having extra scenes before book six, but her opinion of him is fondness. They sadly aren't close on Idia's part, but if he went outside or to housewarden meetings in person then he would be sitting next to Yume whose sitting next to Riddle for what reason exactly? Well.. while Malleus still exists I can't exactly make make Idia take his place.. But.. lets just say alchemy vignette. Idia's. Because its good for Yume to have friends that aren't just Riddle Ace and Deuce. Because if its not obvious those are clearly her only friends well.. in this section maybe in diasomnia she'll have more.

Ortho Shroud: Ortho, is cute. I mean hes not favorite favorite but hes cute. I don't share the same opinion that others have of thinking of him as my little brother or son, but hes cute I suppose similar to a puppy. But. Once more character speaking hes not interesting maybe he'll be interesting in book seven but I skipped majority of the story that included Malleus in it, I'll probably go back when this plot goes close to book seven. Yume's opinion. She's not close to Ortho, even though shes close to Idia she simply isn't the same with Ortho my goodness its the whole Riddle and Trey situation all over again.. But this time its simply because while shes fine with Ortho she doesn't go out of her way to hang out with him. If its not obvious Ace and Deuce along with Grim are usually always the ones speaking to the freshmen group not her. Although.. Ortho is quite helpful shes able to meet Idia sometimes because of Ortho.

Diasomnia !⚡︎

Silver: Silver is my fav like fav but.. everyone in Diasomnia is my fav. Except Malleus. Book seven just simply amplified my feelings for Silver I truly wish that Yuu and Silver got the kiss scene in book seven but alas. Wait. No.. no I shouldn't I'm not planning on writing romance in the fanfic Yume and Silver shouldn't kiss.. Maybe I'll write a short oneshot of Silver and reader kissing in book seven. Probably not. Anyways back onto Silver the whole book was just chiefs kiss, I love Silver so much but he sadly doesn't beat the side characters. Anyways onto Yume. I haven't.. thought about it. I imagine that they shall eventually become friends, and their might be a chance they become friends sooner then in book seven merely because of Riddle. Yume's opinion of Silver is that shes fond of him. I imagine that I'll make tiny extras together of Yume running into Silver asleep, but sadly they aren't anywhere close to them kissing so my dreams of Silver kissing a version of Yuu in book seven has gone down the drain well that and because Yume isn't healthy Silver would deserve better. Final verdict Yume likes Silver.

Sebek Zigvolt: The people who know me, know that I love Sebek. I have dedicated multiple times of explanations of why Sebek doesn't deserve all the hate he gets and all those allegations. I will not go into depth once again. I love him hes a favorite hes cute I'm fine with his shouting. I simply wish he allowed his hair to stay down and to not speak of Malleus so frequently and instead speak of himself but alas.. Malleus forsakens me.. Yume's opinion. At the beginning she hated how loud he was, and how often he spoke of Malleus she still hates when he speaks of Malleus, but she will grow used to it I would say that in the freshmen group outside of Ace and eventually Deuce she'll be close to Sebek the most. She likes him.

Lilia Vanrouge: I love Lilia as well, hes a cute Lil fae. My final verdict is I like him. He's a favorite, but I wish that he would give Malleus a bit of boundaries that Halloween event was completely uncool. Yume's opinion. I'll be honest sadly, Yume doesn't have a fond opinion of Lilia. Its similar to Trey both Trey and Lilia act as familiar people with Trey acting as a older brother and Lilia having that security of a father. She's uncomfortable with beings such as that because the only family she had was her mother, and she doesn't understand they aren't her mother, they don't act similar to her mother but they seem similar to her mother because, her mother is family and they act as people that are father and brother, but she has no family but her mother, so anything that acts similar to that is bad because she doesn't know that their can be anything else in her family but her mother. And the difference between them and Riddle is the fact Riddle reminds her of her mother but hes warm and not suffocating and not to mention isn't similar to a family bond for her, like Riddle doesn't act as a father or sibling towards her so while he reminds her of her mother he simply doesn't act as someone that is part of a family bond. Trey and Lilia both are similar to a family bond which, makes her uncomfortable while not understanding why because like I said before she doesn't know anything about people being fathers or brothers. Cater is also similar but she doesn't notice because she has more reasons of uncomfortableness with him while with Trey and Lilia its simply the family bond. If Trey didn't give the embrace of an older brother and Lilia didn't have the feeling of a father she wouldn't feel uncomfortable.

Malleus Draconia: Malleus.. I hate this guy. Hate hate him. Why must Yuu choose to be so close to him? Why are we forced to be close to him? He shows up in what? Book two.? Why so early huh? Book seven is your book not two.. We act closer with Malleus on the second time of meeting him, while with Ace and Deuce we actually saw their bond form with Malleus he doesn't give us his name! He doesn't give us the choice of deciding if we can like him with knowing who his identity or not. He makes the choice himself deciding that if we don't know his identity then we would have no reason to dislike him. Then Yuu tells him he can continue visiting the dorm once again we have no idea who this man is we just know hes a student. Not to mention! We tell him our name. I'm already upset writing this but I shall continue. The Halloween event, the whole thing was upsetting final verdict I hate Malleus despise him I have to skip the story when it involves him that's how much I hate the guy, but oh. Since I'm a writer I have to write him in. I hope no one expects for this man to get extra scenes. He already is given enough by the story. Gets more screentime then characters we actually know. Smh. Onto Yume's opinion how great.. She just like me hates the guy. When they first met and he refused to share his name she was upset but she kept her smile on her face her, sadly she doesn't know that people can lie about their names or the saying stranger danger so she told him her name he was then like the whole since people live in the dorm he can't come unlike Yuu, she doesn't tell him he can continue coming she simply says okay and and then leaves he took that as he could return because you know.. hes simply like that. When they meet in book five she gives him tickets not because she wished to but Riddle had been teaching her about being kind to people so she had given Malleus a ticket because she had seen him she unlike Yuu, doesn't give Malleus a name and when she finds out his name she simply calls him Malleus. Throughout all of the books her opinion of him doesn't change I believe in book seven it may get even worse.

Ramshackle !𓉸

Rollo Flamme: Rollo.. my reason my muse. I love Rollo the most hes my most favorite with Skully, Neige Chenya behind him. I mean his desire to get rid of magic was wonderful and we both share the same dislike for Malleus his voice is so wonderful I love him so much. Yume. Well.. I'm still trying to figure out if I'll be adding the events but I sadly don't believe I will. Maybe for like following goals.. But anyways this is her opinion if I were to add events. She.. doesn't quite understand his goal or reasoning, but. He's nice to her. She likes him and it would be better if Riddle liked him as well but he sadly doesn't. So that effects some of her final judgment to Rollo.

Skully J. Graves: Skully, I love him as well, I can't wait to be able to fully max out his card just as I had with Rollo. I'm sad that everyone forgot him and that hes dead but anyways.. Yume's opinion.. is.. well. "Who?" I mean she of course would forget Skully so she wouldn't recall any opinion she formed of him but here I am I recall. Skully and her were close, during this event she sadly wasn't able to be around Riddle or Idia that often but she was around Skully, so they of course grew close. She liked him but was uncomfortable with how much he spoke of Halloween which she had no clue even existed back in her world.. She decided she wouldn't ever tell him that fact. Final verdict they could've been friends they could've been close, but not enough time was given for the both of them.

Grim: him.. okay so like.. I for the longest time, didn't like Grim he reminds me of Paimon with how loud and how much he speaks. He's not my baby. I tolerate him on a good day. On a bad day I'll skip his dialog. But because of a fanfic I grew to be fine with him so.. yeah! Yume. Ah.. this is tough. She doesn't like him. Currently she is tolerating him but he burnt her! So.. not a good impression. She has as I've said before has no reason to like him and won't have any until far down the line, she'll take care of him yes she'll go to rescue him yeah. But she thinks of him as a nuisance. Grim of course won't notice anything about that but yeah she won't be liking him anytime soon. But she enjoys and finds some comfort in his warmth she never had something for so long so eventually after many learning lessons she'll learn to like Grim along with Deuce but I wonder who she'll like first Grim or Deuce?

She sits on the floor in front of her book corner immersed in the books of the outside; the light of the stars shining through her window, she wonders to herself how it would be to experience the sensation of the brown leafs of the fall, falling on her face, and how it would feel to spend time with her mother outside maybe playing at the park like those books show. .

Though she has long since given up on those dreams of the outside world they shall always stay as her dreams never to breach outside of her thoughts; she always hated how sad and disappointed her mother had looked when she was merely a child and had dared to repeatedly ask about going outside with her. But shes older now, she knows how her mother only cares for her and furthermore her mother is far more knowledgeable about the outside world then her; who has never been outside.

The clock ticks onto seven pm and she swiftly closes all her books prior to standing up and putting them all into their correct placement, then she leaves her room and goes downstairs to set up the table just as she finishes setting up the table she sits down in her seat and her mother brings out their food before sitting down in the chair across from her and they eat together like always.

“Yume.”

She freezes for a moment at the sound of her mothers calm and suffocating yet sweet and gentle voice and she glances up from the dinner and her expression relaxes into her smile and she speaks softly her hands clasped together on her lap.

“Yes, mother.?”

Her mother stares at her before smiling it feels suffocating and yet so comforting to Yume but, when her mother speaks once more she freezes not at her mothers voice but at her mothers words.

“We should get rid of those stifling books. I feel as if they only upset you, and they aren't good for your health.”

Yume sits motionless for a moment and her shoulders tense up, and she goes to protest for a moment but before; she could her mother continues.

“How about I instead get you a fish tank? When you were a child you always told me how much you wanted one.”

Her mother continues speaking with a smile on her face and Yume's hands clutch together in front of her chest it hurts and she shakes her head her voice quietly and trembling; her quiet voice is drowned out by her mothers happiness until, it is blocked out entirely..

“N-no.. I.. don't.. mother.. please.. I don't want that.. I don't want to get rid of them..”

She stares at her fish tank, that took the place of her book corner and watches the aquatic plants; her mother had told her that because the outside world was so dangerous she had been worried that if she brought fishes they might somehow infect her daughter, because they would be from the outside world. Even so she found herself having gotten attached to those aquatic plants, she thinks to herself as she rests her hand against the tank and tracing against the glass with her finger imagining what she believes fishes look like swimming in the tank around the aquatic plants.

Her mother knocks on her door before coming inside with a tray of fruit and tea then setting the tray down on her desk; and walking over to her and running her fingers through her hair and braiding it gently with care before speaking with a voice of love and cherish as well as a suffocating concern.

“I have been thinking Yume.. how about we get rid of this fish tank?.. This fish tank has made it so, you haven't even left your room and you know that's not good for your health, so how about your mother makes you, your favorite dinner tonight instead and we get rid of this.?”

She tenses up and shakes her head quickly and she sobs turning around to face her mother her hands instinctively clutching together at her chest and she speaks quickly and all jumbled up full of sobs and stutters.

“No! I mean.. Mother.. I.. I.. really like the fish tank that you got me please.. please don't get rid of it..!”

She musters up the courage to speak in the loudest voice she can muster up in the presence of her mother but before she could even acknowledge what she had just done her mother slaps her with a look of hurt on her face; she freezes and her mother also freezes then her hands go up in front of her mouth and she quickly speaks her hands moving in front of her chest her voice wobbly tears falling from her eyes.

“Ah.. wait!.. Yume.. You.. you know.. I didn't mean to hurt you..! I'm so sorry.. Don't.! No.. please don't leave Yume.. Your mother is so sorry you know your mother didn't mean to!..”

Before she can bring herself to listen to anymore of her mother's suffocating words she runs out of her room, she runs out of the cocoon of their house that she stayed put in for her whole life and had warmly embraced; but before she can get far and watch through her jumbled up mind, the beautiful sights of being in the outside world the feeling of the wind breeze brushing against her and undoing the braid her mother never got finished braiding; she hears the sounds of horses and she freezes, before turning to look and the next thing she sees is a carriage with horses then her vision goes black.

When she awakens she wakes up scared and terrified in a coffin a bit dazed and her memories all tangled up but she pushes her hands gently to try push and shove against the top but she stops eventually knowing that she isn't strong enough not to mention shes quite frail something her mother warned her of and what she experienced quite often as a child; so instead she softly speaks her voice muffled and her chest hurting as if shes being suffocated but she hopes her mother comes to her like a savior like she does every time she had gotten injured as a child because she is delicate and fragile and as a child knew no better.

“Where..? Am I..?”

She lets out a soft and muffled sob when she recalls what happened how she had ran away from the safety of her cocoon because her mother hurt her is this..? Perhaps the outside world that her mother had warned her about so many times? Multiple thoughts run through her head but before she can even make out a coherent thought she hears a grating little voice it causes her to freeze.

“Stupid lid.. Try this on for size! Mya-Ha!”

She feels a new sensation the feeling of hot boiling warmth of blue flames sneaking into the coffin and she quickly moves both of her arms to in front of her face blocking the flames from burning her face, the lid blasts open from the fire but the clothes that she only just noticed was on her, catches on fire and she falls out from the coffin landing on the ground her arms hurt but luckily the landing had put out the fire so she runs away; not noticing underneath the robes the flames had gotten to her skin and her arms are now covered in blisters and are swelling while melting and the thing yells while she runs.

“Wha- You ain't supposed to be awake gimme your robes!”

She runs and runs as the thing follows her; her chest hurts so much and everywhere is so unfamiliar to her nothing seems like those books that she had read what even is that thing chasing her, It has ears that hold blue flames and it keeps on speaking as well as spitting out those hurtful blue flames. She runs into a courtyard the thing is luckily far behind her so she crawls into some bushes and as soon as shes far up the thing runs in the next direction and the moment its far out of sight; soft sobs escape her lips and her arms wrap around her legs and she pushes her head into her knees trembling and her thoughts are a warp pool; Where am I? My mother. She must be so worried. She didn't mean to hurt me. why didn't I just.. listen to her.? My chest hurts so much.. its hard to breathe.. I've never even been outside, why did I run? Was.. I simply just tired from everything..?

She's left with her thoughts for what feels like ages before she once more hears a voice it sounds crisp and authoritative but for her it sounds softer, sweeter, and more gentle his voice is similar to her mothers voice but not suffocating and that makes her slowly peeks her head out to see him his hair was red; it reminds her of those red roses with thorns she had seen her mother grow outside of her bedroom window, and his eyes are gray but stern even though his eyes are doe-like eyed he has soft features, but his expression is stern and clearly a bit upset similar to her mothers he even carries himself similarly to her but yet.. she stops herself shaking her head as she hears his voice actually coming closer and his voice is level toned but authoritative with some tone of worry.

“Ace Trappola! Epel Felmier! Where are you? I can't believe this. They both just disappeared from orientation? I hope there wasn't some sort of problem. But I will say this… If it turns out they are merely playing truant, my judgment will be swift and merciless.”

When he moves to continue walking she stands up and moves to go after him but her chest hurts and all the warnings that her mother had always given her makes her stop but he spots her and he swiftly turns back around and goes straight to her with his fists clenched at his sides as he quickly walks at her.

“You stop right there-”

The boy falters for a moment at the Improper sight of the ceremony robes they're messed up completely not to mention the hood is off the individual's long hair spilling out in strands around them and their glassy violet eyes as if they had been crying; while to any person can tell its pitiful and if Trey was here in place of him he'd no doubt try to comfort this individual, but no mercy should be spared on troublemakers just because of appearances especially one of this much offense. He draws his magic pen from his pocket to administer punishment; but he spots something. The ceremony robes sleeves are complete and utterly burnt he can see the individual's skin that shows clear signs of first burn to almost second burn and he swiftly walks closer and pulls the individual out from the bushes and over to him and he speaks.

“How in the world did you your ceremony robes get burnt, especially your arms.. Were you playing with magic as troublemakers like you do.?”

She looks at him blinking once and twice looking at him in the eyes in astonishment but she sees hes paying no attention to her his whole attention is to her arms and his pen that hes holding has a gem but she notices somehow the burns are disappearing she doesn't notice how the slap she had received from her mother had also disappeared, but she quietly finally speaks confused and scared.

“Magic..? What is.. that. I.. All I know is that I had woke up in a coffin and then the next thing I knew is fire breaking it open and then a thing standing in front of it before I ran away from it and arrived here..”

He only turns up to look at the individual when the burn is completely and utterly healed and he stares at them with a upset look he can barely tolerate those who speak quiet and with stutters but now this individual is trying to trick him he speaks in his crisp tone, getting upset.

“So your excuse is fire broke open your gate and a “thing” was outside your gate? If that was the case why didn't you get a vice dormwarden or a staff member. Not to mention “what is magic.?” Anyone in Twisted wonderland should know what magic is, why must you troublemakers lie to me.. Feigned negligence will not save you from punishment.”

He of course doesn't believe this individual but as a negligent queen he should at least give this individual a benefit of the doubt so he activates a detection spell while scolding them but what arrives makes him surprised.

He can't sense a single trace of magic from this individual hes surprised.. Even new born children have a trace of magic so he stares at the person who is clearly on the verge of tears and he really stares at them he thinks back to how their voice sounded it was soft yes but the pitch is a pitch no male could replicate or have not to mention she doesn't have an adam's apple on her throat; with certain certainty standing before him is a lady his mind is completely all jumbled up currently his mind reeling it makes it worse when she speaks again because shes crying and sniffling now.

“I.. don't know how I came to be here, I had just ran away from my mother because we had gotten into an argument and I just.. wish to return back to her.”

She sobs her hands falling onto his chest and her head falling against his chest and she cries into his robes as hes completely lost his mother never told him how to deal with subjects like this no books have ever told him what to do. Not to mention he still haven't found those two students, and the orientation might be over; it would be against every principle to be late to guiding his new freshmen so he softly huffs to himself before clearing his throat.

“I apologize to how I had treated you before, I made a severe mistake in my judgment and had assumed you to be violating the school regulations.”

He glances at the sobbing girl wondering if she would be stopping this indecency but considering she hasn't he simply continues speaking.

“Once more, I apologize for the unwarranted treatment I truly, didn't mean any of it. If you accept I can help you with your current situation.”

He speaks even toned so the issue can be resolved quickly and swiftly before conflicts arise, but they are also meant for comfort for the girl but now he's wondering how he should bring up the question of where is that thing she had mentioned before that had blew the gate open; the more he looks at her the more he can see the tell tales of her clearly having being in the midst of a panic and anxiety attack not to mention he's quite uncomfortable around her. Before because he wasn't thinking with a clear mindset he hadn't noticed, but now he can see the similarities and how she reminds him of his mother except it seems as if she can break at the moment of the slightest touch; while his mother isn't like that he shakes off those thoughts and speaks once more.

“My name is Riddle Rosehearts the dormwarden of Heartslabyul it is only polite to share your name with me as well correct.?”

She takes a few deep breathes breathing in the scent of baked goods roses and tea coming from his person before she finally calms down and she slowly pulls away from him but shes still far too close if you'd ask him; but she looks up at him.

“My name..? Ah.. Its Yume. Its a pleasure to meet you Riddle.”

She says before for a brief moment she smiles she has no clear concept of subjects like boundaries or whatnot and this is the first person who she has met in the outside world hes so kind and gentle, not to mention he reminds her of her mother except his presence isn't suffocating so she can trust him she thinks to herself before looking up at him and nodding her hands moving in front of her chest clutched together as she speaks.

“Also.. yes I would be happy if your willing to help me.”

He nods and speaks “Very well then, follow me.” He swiftly turns around and begins walking back to the orientation while he didn't find those two he now has a more important matter to deal with this lady named Yume.

As he walks he sees Yume walking a bit further behind and he has a tight schedule to meet he cannot be late so against chivalry he reaches out his hand and grabs onto her hand leading her to the sorting ceremony, when they come in he looks around the dark mirror chamber to see where headmaster Crowley is but disappointingly he can't find him so he huffs to himself and brings her to the heartslabyul area before walking towards Trey and Cater he had told Trey to watch over the new dorm students while he had gone looking for the two boys so he looks over at Trey who along with Cater have surprised looks on their faces at the sight of him holding a students hand with the two missing students in sight, but he pays no mind to that he instead speaks.

“Where did the headmaster go.? Orientation should almost be over correct.?”

He asks Trey but for the next few minutes by now orientation is completely over every student has officially been sorted into a dorm but Trey stays quiet reeling from the surprise he only moved to speak when Cater nudges him because the signs of Riddle getting impatient from how long it was taking for a response were beginning to show on his face, but the moment Trey begins to speak the doors are shoved open with Crowley speaking loudly in a croak which makes Yume tense up in surprise and her fingers dig into Riddle's hand as she moves a bit closer to him.

“I most certainly did not!”

Riddle frowns at that but turns to look at Crowley “Ah, speak of the devil.” he mutters to himself the face of impatience disappearing from face as Crowley continues to speak.

“If you must know, I was searching for the new student who'd failed to show for orientation. But sadly I didn't find him.”

Yume looks towards Riddle as he huffs and pulls her along with him as he walks with her over to Crowley and begins to speak.

“Yes, I know exactly who you mean I found her but-”

Before Riddle could even continue speaking Crowley interrupts him with a chirp, and grabs onto Yume's now trembling shoulders at the touch of this stranger.

“Ah, I've found you at last. Splendid. I trust you're one of this year's new students? My, were you ever eager to make your debut. Now you are the only one who has yet to be assigned a dorm. Step up to the Dark Mirror, and be quick about it.”

She freezes as he turns her around and pushes her to the mirror and she tries to refuse; but she knows how fragile she is he does not, if he squeezes her shoulders too tightly he'll leave bruises so she shouldn't struggle or it would hurt her so she decides to go to the thing called the dark mirror as behind her Riddle shakes his head, rubbing his forehead and muttering to himself about the headmaster being a headache and not listening to him but he follows behind Yume not going up to the Dark Mirror but so he can be beside her for the verdict he has a feeling when word gets out shes magic less Crowley will try to interrogate her so he needs to set the record straight.

The dark mirror speaks

“State your name.”

She freezes in surprise she's never heard a mirror speak before or have a face so she turns her head slightly to glance at Riddle in concern believing that if he has no sign of concern neither should she luckily for her, he nods his head as if he understands her concern and gestures for her to continue so she turns back around and speaks.

“My name.. is Yume..”

She says with her hands reflexively grasping together in front of her chest and she flinches back and tenses up as the mirror lights up and begins talking once more.

“Yume.. The nature of your soul is... unclear to me.”

The moment the dark mirror seems like its stopped talking she quickly moves back down the stairs and next to Riddle once more grabbing onto his hand while mutters of chatter go around the orientation Crowley looks quite surprised and then speaks confused and nervous. “What did you say..?”

The dark mirror speaks once again as chatter gets louder and Riddle has an upset look on his face when he spots new members from his dorm doing the same which is an utter distraction from orientation but nonetheless he'll punish them later..

“I sense no magical power from this one. Soundless. Colorless. Shapeless. Utterly vacant. Therefore, no dorm would be appropriate.”

The dark mirror says before the green flame with a face completely disappears and Crowley mutters to himself croaking quietly.

“Are you suggesting that the black carriage went to receive a person who cannot even use magic? But that is absurd! The student selection process has not erred once in its century of existence! How could this have happened?”

Riddle sighs to himself and turns to look at the muttering Headmaster and gestures to him with Yume still clinging on him and he speaks.

“If you had listened to me, I could've told you that Yume; isn't meant to be here shes first of all, magic less completely so I don't believe shes even from this world but that is a assumption on my part, and not to mention shes a lady.”

Riddle sends a glance to Yume as he speaks but the moment he says shes a lady everyone has a expression of surprise on their face and the chatter just gets louder and Crowley croaks to himself quietly; before opening his mouth to speak but before he could on the top of the glass roof in jumps a cat the glass falls as he lands on the spot Yume was just at with him shouting and his paw on his chest.

“"Hey! Let me in! I'm a sorcerer extraordinaire! If you let me take that human's place as a student, I'll show you what real power looks like!”

The moment she spots the thing she shoves her face into Riddles chest tensing up for a moment her hands digging into his chest before softly whispering to him quietly whose face turns a tint of red, it was one thing outside in the courtyard with no one around but its a complete other thing in a public setting especially with that Floyd in the same room but, he'll ignore that so he can focus on her as she begins speaking considering the fact shes a quiet speaker he has to listen closely even though he can hardly hear anything with the cat being so loud.

“That.. is the thing that was outside the gate..”

Riddle is against his normal composure distracted with Yume telling him new information; that by the time shes done speaking blue flames are around the cat having been agitated by other students remarks and now Crowley is shouting out commands, he'll need to correct such behaviors of himself on a later date.

“Someone! Capture that tanuki!”

Riddle hears the sounds of Kalim chiming in “Huh, capturing him already?” then he hears that twin Floyd.. “Hm? Azu~l?” Before Jade adds on to his twins conversation. “Honestly, at a time like this. Where could he have gotten to?” Lastly Idia speaks through his tablet. “There it is, a cheat for boosting his grades.”

Thats when he spots Azul swiftly going over to Crowley and speaking with a hand on his chest and a smirk.

“What do you think? For everyone’s sake, I will–”

Before Azul can continue Riddle after handing Yume over, to Trey and Cater and telling Yume to stay with them for the time being and then telling Trey to watch her; he then goes towards the direction of the cat and pulls out his magic pen and strictly speaks.

“Furry miscreant. I will abide no rule-breaking. You will be judged by my hand.”

She watches Riddle chase after that thing with the boy she believes is Azul? Hm.. can she really call that a thing? Riddle had just called it a furry miscreant.. she stops thinking because, the boy that Riddle told to watch over her places his hand on her shoulder and she tenses up and moves away from his touch before turning; to look at him he has a smile on his face but she spots a look of surprise before it disappeared and he speaks.

“I know your worried for Riddle but hes quite strong so you don't need to worry. Oh yeah, before I forget I'm Trey Clover and this is Cater Diamond we're both juniors and I'm the vice dormwarden of Heartslabyul your Yume correct.?”

Trey speaks with a smile but shes not quite comfortable with him or Cater so she stays silent simply nodding before Cater speaks chirping.

“But Cater is fine. Or Cay-Cay if you're cray-cray!”

She glances at Cater and nods before swiftly turning back around and watching Riddle the worry clear still on her face and Cater and Trey look at each other but soon enough her eyes brighten a bit when Riddle shouts at the creature swinging his magic pen.

“Off with your head!”

A heart-shaped collar clicked shut around the creature's neck and when it tries to blow flames but can't she quickly rushes away from Trey and Cater and grabs a hold of Riddle again while he is distracted with telling the cat hes now but a cat until hes off of campus so she takes the chance to examine him making sure he has no wounds on his person but behind the two Azul speaks and her eyes go to him and she stares at him for a moment before glancing away when two tall student's who look the same go over to him.

“Ha-HA! Good show as always, Riddle. You're signature spell locks down any magic. It's quite handy. I've just GOT to have it—ah, I mean, I've just got to have respect for it.”

Crowley grabs the cat and walks away with it to bring it off of campus and Yume is still examining Riddle except now his focus is on her instead of the cat and she softly speaks tilting her head.

“Are you.. hurt..? I.. That fire is quite painful and strong as well..”

She speaks of concern for Riddle and her hands moving to examine his robes in case the flames may have burnt him, but now everyone is watching the whole thing go on because headmaster dismissed no one; and Riddle proceeds to turn fully flushed before snapping and swiftly speaking sternly.

“Has no one ever taught you boundaries may you.. stop getting so close to me, or you will not go unpunished..”

He says before Trey and Cater walk over with Trey trying to calm him down and reassure him because hes getting more upset.

“Calm down Riddle I'm sure that shes just concerned for you, the whole time you were chasing after that cat she had been watching you so its simply concern.”

Cater joins in. “Yeah! Isn't it cute how this cutie cares about you, even though your totally strong.”

Riddle takes a deep breath ignoring Cater but listening to Trey and just sighs allowing Yume to continue until she sees nothing is wrong but when she does she looks at him with a frown. She is about to continue but Crowley returns speaking cheerful.

“Well, that was quite the unexpected fracas. I hereby declare that orientation has concluded. House wardens, please escort your students back to the dorms-”

He stops short when he spots Yume and coughs loudly. “Ahem.. Sadly you will not be able to stay at this academy but go to the Dark Mirror it shall bring you home.” He gestures ahead.

Yume stares at Crowley for a moment before looking at Riddle and then recalling strange strangers are around she turns red and uncomfortable at having just spoken to Riddle that way in front of so many peoples, they had just met today after all so she swiftly turns around and goes over to the dark mirror but the moment she draws close it speaks.

“There is no place in this world where this soul belongs.”

She freezes blinking multiple times at those words and her hands instinctively moving clutching at each other Riddle and everyone else looks surprised shocked even since while Riddle had a suspicion he hadn't expected it to be confirmed and then Crowley speaks.

“This has never happened throughout my long tenure. I must confess that I am at something of a loss. Tell me: From what land do you hail?”

Yume looks at Crowley for a moment staring at him before quietly huffing to herself and looking away from him staying silent she doesn't feel the ounce of comfort with him considering how he had grabbed onto her shoulders so tightly earlier, he twitches and speaks again.

“What land do you hail from..?”

She turns around and heads back over to Riddle whose quickly shaking his head and sighing to himself he has a feeling this will be a tiring year.

She recalls a memory from her mother from when she was a child, she had told her that if she ever met anyone to stay quiet and never speak to them unless she gave her permission to; Riddle.. Should be an okay person correct.? This is Twisted wonderland her mother isn't here.. so Riddle could take the place of her mothers permission correct.? Those thoughts are what run through her head but then when she really thought about it, she couldn't possibly force a person to watch over her this is the outside world while not the one from her world she should try to experience speaking to people since she had only ever spoken to her mother and Riddle so she grabs onto Riddle's hand using both of her hands clutching it before turning her head to look at Crowley.

“I.. Apologize, but.. I sadly don't know the land that I hail from. My mother had never told me the name of it I simply knew that I lived in my home.”

She speaks which causes a lot of head tilts of confusion even Riddle but he can tell she truly means what she says having even though only meeting her an hour ago she is easy to read, and Crowley croaks in surprise.

“You.. don't know where you hail from..? I find that quite hard to believe, are you perhaps saying that simply so you won't have to return home.”

She freezes her nails beginning to dig into Riddles hand but not hard and she fidgets looking at Riddle to see if he believes her and he nods his head and gestures with his free hand for her to continue so she speaks.

“I.. wish to return home more then anything more.. do you have any idea how worried my mother most definitely is.? Imagine if your child had just up and disappeared off the face of the world..”

She bites back a sob but she breaks down falling onto her knees in front of Riddle her hands letting go of Riddle's hand so he wouldn't fall with her.

“I had ran out of the house just an hour or so ago and she was chasing after me but the next thing I see is horses and a carriage going towards me, and my mother was most likely chasing after me but then I ended up here so that means I had disappeared out of no where from her eyes..! Of course I would love to go home..”

Riddle watches as she cries out sobbing and everyone is just looking at her and then Leona huffs and snaps his hand on his forehead. “Look at what you did, you dumb crow now the girl is crying great what a nuisance.” Kalim speaks after him. “Headmaster, its not nice to make a girl cry..” Jade brings out a chuckle and speaks as well his hand moving under his smirk. “my, my. Look at that Floyd the headmaster made a lady cry how rude.” Azul smiles and places his hand on his chest. “Now, now everyone I'm sure he didn't mean to make a lady cry right headmaster Crowley.?”

Crowley is now sweating as everyone is practically ganging up on him currently and he croaks quickly trying to resolve this.

“Of course not.! Ms.. Yume I believe you, of course its just simply troublesome to not know the location of research I'll have to learn.. do you have anything on you that could help perhaps..? Like identification a phone or Id.?”

Yume stops crying slowly as Riddle kneels down and wipes her tears away with a handkerchief before she slowly gets up when hes done and she grabs onto Riddle once again.

“I apologize.. for crying but may I ask, what exactly are those things..? All the books I've read have never mentioned such things as a phone or id.. Nor do I have any..”

She nervously looks at Riddle and he huffs to himself the headache once again coming back to him and he puts his free hand on his forehead before looking at Crowley.

“I apologize Headmaster Crowley but may we please leave now.? We have a very strict schedule to follow and, this orientation has already cut into the time us dormwardens should have given our new students a tour.”

Yume freezes and looks at Riddle while she has just met him this place is completely new to her while its a new world yes but, she has never been outside of her warm cocoon of her house and hes the first person she met but; he undoubtedly will be leaving because he had said he was the dormwarden.. Amidst in her thoughts her hold gets as tight as she can go but Crowley had already nodded and dismissed them she bites her lip not wishing to be a nuisance so she slowly lets go of him and the moment she does he pulls away sending one last glance to the her before leading Heartslabyul out, while Crowley is a lot of things he should understand his duties in this case correct, he wonders before disappearing from her sight and Crowley speaks.

“Let's go to the library shall we?.”

Her time spent with Crowley was simply her in a daze she can barely recall what they had spoke about in the library she just knows shes here now in this dorm; she had spent majority if not all of her time awake cleaning the dorm so it could at least be a livable place, her mother had always told her if the house wasn't clean it would be bad for her health to sleep in it when finally no dust is in sight she goes to the room that is the most similar to her room at home and lays in the bed and finally when she is in her bed her expression turns dull and blank. Without her mother without someone in her space what use is there for pretend, she asks herself but then she recalls Riddle and her eyes sparkle and a soft smile once more appears on her face and she falls asleep with her arms clutched to her chest.

When she wakes up she gets out of bed and goes quietly downstairs and sits on the couch waiting then the door loudly slams open and Crowley comes inside chirping handing her a bag of food and then a bag of necessities along with clothes then the phone.

“I brought food, and Riddle had so nicely gave me clothes for you and a phone so if need be you could call him, if trouble arises also the heartslabyul book of rules oh yes, but I hope you don't call Riddle during school hours he of course has to go to school you know.”

She gently grabs the bags from him before looking up at him and tilting her head once more she still has zero clue, on what a phone is so she truly hopes he at least teaches her how to use this thing.

He teaches her how to use a phone and she learn rather quickly but then Crowley waits for her to finish the food he had given her and she realizes that rather quickly; so she does, she eats the food Crowley had given her, although she can't taste anything she had found that out when she was around ten she had one day snuck into the kitchen to try and cook something for her mother and while her mother told her the food tasted good when she had ate it herself she tasted nothing, she never really paid any attention to it because at least she could taste her mothers cooking she shakes off her pointless thoughts and continues to eat until she finishes the rest of breakfast the moment she does Crowley speaks.

“You cleaned up the place quite nicely.! No one would even think this place had used to be abandoned, not to boot but your also magic less; I think my judgment was correct! You'll be a janitor here.”

She looks up at him for a moment staying silent before grabbing the clothing bag speaking quietly to him.

“Okay. I'll go get ready then, but please stay so you can give me a tour considering the fact, I don't know where anything here is..”

She follows after Crowley with him leading her around the school their are glances at the two of them every now and again but; she ignores them she has never been outside before so it must be a usual occurrence are her thoughts but before she can continue he leads her to the cafeteria and gestures around it, its full of people having breakfast.

“This is the cafeteria, ahem.. While you aren't a student here, you need to eat as well so you will be eaten in here as well. Me bringing you breakfast was just a today thing.. For lunch and dinner you come here, don't worry it'll all be free..”

He mutters but shes not focused on him any longer she spots Riddle who is coming up to them and now hes standing in front of her his hands reach out and fixes her blouse and skirt before speaking.

“I bought you those clothes, so may you please wear the clothes properly, Yume.. Also have you already ate, if not you could come with me and I can help explain to you all the meals that are here today.”

She nods her head quickly to explain to him yes she has eaten already before speaking softly. “Yes, also thank you for the clothes and necessities, not to mention this thing called a phone I have been meaning to send you a message but I simply haven't had the time, I apologize..” she pulls out her phone and goes to Riddles contact to quickly send a message to him.

In the meantime that's when Crowley finally notices him and he sweats before speaking. “Ah, mister Rosehearts. Ms. Yume is currently getting a tour, so you can go back to having breakfast.. We shall be off now!”

Crowley doesn't even give Riddle the chance to respond and say he already finished and how it would be against rule 271 to continue sitting because Crowley is already dragging the standing Yume to the next place in his tour.

Shes in front of the statues of the seven Crowley having had shortly left after giving her a tour so shes simply cleaning the statues but two students from heartslabyul come up to her while she is cleaning she tunes their conversation out but from what she recalls they had been talking about the statues only once they finish is when she speaks quietly.

“You two.. are students here correct.?”

The first one to respond is the boy with fluffy, messy, bright orange hair he has scarlet-red eyes, and a distinct red, heart-shaped marking over his left eye.

“Yep. The names Ace, and I'm a first year as of today. Pleasure to make my acquaintance, I'm sure.”

She stares at him for a moment before speaking and glancing away.

“Ace?.. I recall hearing Riddle calling out that name yesterday..”

She mutters to herself interrupting him from continuing unintentionally stopping that boy from teasing her, because now he is tensing up a bit and glancing away sweating because it had slipped the housewardens mind completely; if she ever brings it up to the housewarden Riddle he'd undoubtedly be interrogated especially considering how quite literally everyone in orientation saw how close she had acted towards the short housewarden, Ace isn't allowed to continue thinking because luckily the other boy Juice? speaks which changes the subject off of Ace, unlike Ace he has dark navy blue hair and bright cyan eyes, as well as a signature black marking shaped like a spade symbol over his right eye.

“I'm Deuce Spade, nice to meet you.”

She nods her head biting her lip for a moment to think for a moment before quietly speaking.

“I am Yume, it is a pleasure to meet both of you, but should you two not be heading off to class..?”

She tilts her head for a moment before her eyes widen when she sees the cat jump on Ace's head and then onto a statue and then it begins speaking but she tunes their whole thing out completely this whole thing is a complete and utter waste of time, the cat is a complete and utter nuisance a dull expression appears on her face but soon enough a fight breaks out between Ace and the cat that calls himself Grim she decides she hates Grim the only thing he brings is destruction she thinks to herself the moment she sees the queen of hearts statue burn.

Somehow they came to be at the dwarfs mine she believes she helped them with the monster because they had began arguing with each other but for some reason after getting the gem and defeating the monster then them acting as if the three of them became friends which she so deeply in the deepest of her heart wished that she was part of that friendship its coming back up, shes scared shes completely and utterly scared she hates this no.. she despises this. she wishes she was with her mother no if she has to stay in this place Riddle.. she misses him and her mother so deeply.

A small burst of red flames shoots at the monster and then the flames engulfs it and she blinks in surprise multiple times, even though she has never seen Riddle's magic it reminds her of the smell of him so the moment the flame disappears along with the monster; she turns around and spots Riddle hes wearing an outfit she has never seen before and he looks quite upset at the two boys from his dorm who haven't noticed him yet, but she pays no mind to that and swiftly runs towards him she grabs his hand that isn't holding the staff she doesn't speak because he begins to speak in a crisp voice that isn't hinting towards his anger towards the two.

“Honestly. That monster was barely a threat. And still you fools struggle?"

He continues speaking but she only truly recalls him speaking to Trey and Cater telling them. “Trey, Cater. Take those two away.” he tells them and the moment they're gone he turns to Yume whose still holding his hand and he speaks to her.

“Are you alright.? I already had quite a hard time with leaving you to headmaster Crowley when I had told you, I would help you.. I had believed him to be the correct person for the job, but I suppose I was wrong.. I apologize. Now I do need to go back to my dorm, immediately but I shall lead you back to school at least.”

Her eyes sparkle for a moment and she nods her head quickly and follows him as he leads her to the location where they would return, with Grim following behind them as they walk Riddle tells her that she is allowed at Heartslabyul whenever she'd need to come and he comments quietly to himself how he couldn't believe Headmaster Crowley had allowed her to stay in the abandoned dorm as a woman and magic less; but she pays no attention to that only following after him until they arrive back at school and he returns to his dorm as she goes to the Headmaster and gives him the stone and he loudly proclaims.

“Oh, my! You.. You did it! You actually returned with the exact magestone I needed. How extraordinaire.”

He then proceeded to go on a ramble about how she was able to get two students to work together and as well as revoking the duos expulsion he will enroll her and Grim into school as a duo.

Grim returns to her dorm with her, she is now a dormwarden of the dorm with grim as her dorm member; because of him she had also met the ghosts for the first time them having not noticed her presence had popped out to scare Grim, but she pays no mind to them and swiftly goes to her room to get ready for bed sending Riddle a message to tell him goodnight it being refex because she had always told her mother goodnight, after sending him that text she grabs the queen of hearts rule book and sits down on the bed and begins to read it considering it was a gift she should treasure it after all. Whilst she reads she thinks about how Riddle had appeared and saved her after she had thought of him; could it perhaps be fate.? He's her savior.