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  Two pairs of steps echoed through the halls rushing as if the bell ringing across campus was their deadline to leave the main building. Sneakers skid across the tile as they turned a corner, running towards a particular classroom. One where they knew they would find the missing person from their crew. They huffed deep breaths when they reached the classroom door before one of them grabbed the handle and swung it open.

  “Rory~ you in here?! You better be, it’s exhausting running all over campus looking for you.” Ace called out. “What if he’s not here?” Deuce wondered, “Nah, he’s here. Somewhere. He always comes here when something’s bothering him.” Ace shrugged. Walking through the room they peeked in between various canvases that were left at their stations to dry. Finally, they found him. Set up on a stool with a paintbrush in one hand, and a frustrated grip on his sketchbook in the other. A blank canvas faced him. The small sketchbook had the makeshift drawing of some type of building. A house maybe? 

  They merely watched. Ace noticed the way that Rory’s brows furrowed every time he tried to bring his brush to the canvas. The lone dorm leader yet to realize he was no longer alone. Until Deuce tripped over Argos who was peacefully napping. The commotion made the young man jump out of his skin. His heeled ankle boots click against the floor as he spun around to glare at whoever would dare to disturb him. Hazel eyes sharpened at the sight of Ace and Deuce. 

  “What the hell are you two doing in here? I thought you were at least smart enough to get it through yer’ thick skulls that I wanted to be alone.” Rory questioned. He set his supplies down and stood to his feet. Arms crossed waiting for an answer. Deuce answered first, “We wanted to see if you had any plans for Halloween-“ “I don’t.” Rory replied flatly. Ace looked past Rory at the sketchbook, “Whatcha drawing?” He wondered. Rory’s expression faltered into something else. Was it sadness? He pulled down his glasses and wiped them with his shirt, “Nothing. Not like I can paint anything at the moment anyways.” 

  Ace quirked a brow, “Why not?” “Because I have no time for my mind to rest,” Rory groaned, “I attend a private school with arr’gant magic users as the only student who possesses no organic magic himself, I’m the leader of an aband’ned dorm, and I’m the headmage’s lil’ dog. How am I supp’sed t’ have time t’ myself?” His accent became more prominent as his annoyance grew.

  The red head nodded along, half listening, half watching Rory’s hand movements. With a sigh of defeat, Rory gave in. “Ya both really wanna know?” The two looked at each other before rapidly nodding. He reached back for the sketchbook and held it up.

  “It’s my family’s property. We live ‘round a lot of farm land but, there’s woods nearby, and a creek.”

  Deuce’s eyes sparkled, “That sounds like a peaceful place to grow up! Seems like you and Epel are pretty similar.” Rory moved his hand in a so and so motion. Argos walked up and butt his head against Deuce’s leg, “Can you accompany me to check on Grim in his study group?” The hound asked. “Uh, sure?” Deuce hesitated until the hound grasped his sleeve in his mouth and dragged him away. Deuce could only plead with his eyes as he left the others sight.

  The two looked at the door then back at each other. “So, what do ya need?” Rory wondered, far calmer now. Thankfully. “We wanted to know if you had any plans for Halloween but, you don’t. Which means I can ask you this, wanna go out?- ALL OF US- TOGETHER- OUT IN PUBLIC AT A HALLOWEEN FESTIVAL- AS FRIENDS-” Rory bit back his laughter. “I’m assumin’ it’ll be held that night?” Ace gingerly nodded, doing his best to hide his face from Rory. He shrugged and walked past Ace.

  He stopped in the doorway, “Sounds nice, pretty boy.” Ace pointed at himself, “You think I’m pretty?” And there goes Rory. “You think I’m pretty?! Get back here and answer the question!” Ace won’t say he’s in love but, he wouldn’t mind being called pretty boy by Rory more often.

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 -Rory is my Yuu so him and Ace met on Main Street in the beginning of the prologue and obviously, they didn’t get along at first. 

 -During the prologue Rory was silently cursing both him and Deuce for their brash actions that broke the chandelier. 

 -In Book 1 Rory was even more put off when Ace stumbled to Ramshackle’s front door claiming that he had no where else to stay while his dorm leader was angry at him. 

 -He let him have the couch but quite frankly he wanted to give him the front porch. 

 -But then Ace defended him to Riddle, he even punched him for insulting him. He had to have been an idiot to defend a stranger. 

 -As a thank you, Rory would spend some nights at Heartslabyul if the conditions at Ramshackle caused him to have a health flare up. 

 -Then came Book 2, the time where everyone grew more competitive. Ace and Rory continued to bicker this entire book. 

 -Book 3, the turning point for their friendship. This was the first time that Rory truly yelled at Ace and Deuce. 

 -He blamed them for getting them into a contract and especially for losing Ramshackle. 

  -Yet Ace didn’t react negatively compared to Deuce, he sighed and said that it was about time that Rory told them how he was really feeling. 

 -To which Rory responded, “You’re an idiot!” Yet he stayed the night at their dorm room per usual. He didn’t immediately go to sleep, he stayed up and thought about what Ace said. 

 -After Azul’s overblot and Rory got a part time job at Mostro Lounge, Ace would come by sometimes to make sure he’s not overworking. 

 -Book 4, the beginning of their crushes. 

 -When winter first began Rory didn’t have any thick jackets to wear in the cold weather so he made do with his school blazer that he despised wearing. One day he ran into Ace who was going on a grocery run for Trey and Ace let him borrow his hoodie. 

 -Afterwards, Rory invited Ace to stargaze with him. 

 -Rory: Do you like the stars? Ace: They’re there. Nothing much. Rory: I see. 

 -When students left for winter break, Rory noticed that he felt lonely without the presence of his friends. Most especially a certain red head. 

 -Stuck at Scarabia, Rory’s stress got the best of him and he sent an sos message to Ace and Deuce. When it said it didn’t send he decided to push his own anxiety away and focus on taking care of Grim. 

 -At the party after Jamil’s overblot the last things he expected to see were Ace and Deuce running through the desert towards Scarabia. When they explained what they had to do to get there and how much they panicked when they saw an sos from Rory he didn’t know what to say. The duo panicked even more when they saw that Rory wasn’t just being quiet. 

 -He was crying. He didn’t think that people would go to such lengths for him. 

 -Ace tried to awkwardly comfort him while stating “Of course we would help you. We’re friends idiot.”

 -Friends. Friends. 

 -As they walked back to the mirror chamber Ace suddenly remembered something and had Rory wait outside of the Heartslabyul mirror while he ran to the dorm to get something. Deuce went ahead home but not without making sure that Grim and Rory would be okay. 

 -When Ace came back he held out a small box wrapped in wrapping paper. It wasn’t the prettiest job but it was charming to Rory. 

 -He hesitantly took it and began to unwrap it. Ace began rambling about whatever. 

 -“I chickened out from giving it to you before I left. Obviously I don’t have a lot of savings so it’s nothing lavish-if you hate it then that’s completely fine I know I didn’t ask you what you wanted-“

 -Except it was one of the sweetest gifts that Rory could’ve received. It wasn’t just one thing in the box, it was multiple. 

 -A notebook for him to journal in that had what seemed like Twisted Wonderland’s constellations on the cover, a few different colored pens, and a bookmark that at the end had various beads dangling off of it. The one at the end being in the shape of a heart. The bookmark looked homemade. 

 -Overcome with everything that’s happened, Rory pulled Ace into a hug. “Thank you.” He mumbled. “You’re welcome.” Was returned in an equally soft tone. 

 -When they parted ways, Ace was almost sad that he had to leave again. Whereas Rory didn’t feel nearly as alone as before. 

 -Book 5. When everyone returned from winter break Rory finally gave Ace his gift. A portrait of Ace. The red head was surprised at first, by both the gift and the thought behind it. 

 -The portrait even included the more subtle details that Ace didn’t think much about but apparently Rory thought about them a lot. Such as the faint freckles along his nose and his dimples and his long eyelashes. 

 -For once, Ace didn’t have a teasing remark. Instead his face started to feel really warm. 

 -It wasn’t until AFTER the SDC and that hard loss that Rory finally got the courage to ask Ace a question. 

 -“Would you like to-“ “Do you wanna-“ They both paused and went back and forth on who should speak first until they finally shouted “go on a date together?!” 

 -After their date, Ace asked Rory to be his boyfriend and promised him that he would never be the reason he cries again. 

Fun facts! (They aren’t all fun)

 -They are so sitcom coded it is actually sickening. 

 -Rory was incredibly devastated when he realized he liked Ace. So much that he told Crewel about it, who became equally devastated and disappointed. 

 -When Rory’s health issues flare up and he just wants to lay in bed or nap, Ace is right next to him. Helping in any small way that he can. 

 -When Rory finally told Ace about his trauma and what his home world was like, it all clicked to him why Rory had the mannerisms that he did. Following that he took care to be careful with what noises he made or sudden motions. 

 -Rory does his best to go to every one of Ace’s practices and games, to a lot of the other students surprise he’s one of the loudest in the stands when cheering. 

 -Ace has a habit of leaning on Rory. Whether they’re sitting or standing, he’ll find a way to lean on him. 

-They’ve spent countless nights on the roof of Ramshackle stargazing and talking about anything. From their lives now to the future.

 -Their love languages tend to overlap with Rory’s being quality time, words of affirmation, and acts of service with Ace’s being quality time, physical touch, and gift giving. 

 -They don’t call each other by nicknames very often, mostly when teasing each other or during a sentimental moment. Rory’s go-to is “Lovey” and Ace has a few he likes to cycle through such as “Honeybun”, “Sugarplum”, “Babe”, and “Sweetheart”.

Rory: Do you like the stars?

Ace: Yeah, I like ‘em because you do. Rory: I see. They remind me of you.

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