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[Phillis Von Christ]

It had been days since Phillis' last encounter with Dante. He was still confused about the whole ordeal, but he did know he had to talk to the boy right away.

Phillis stood by the fountain, he saw his reflection in the water. He looked like such a mess after what had happened in the lake. His hair was messy, his clothes were slightly damaged and he had a big bruise in the center of his forehead.

Ugh. I don't want him to see me like this... Phillis said as he tried combing his hair with his fingers. I wonder if he's at school..This is the last place I saw him, I hope he's around here somewhere.

[Dante Ahti]

Dante sighed, running a hand roughly through his hair. He lent up against the fountain, instead of sitting on it like he usually did. Lately he had become much more stressed, what with his sister, not being able to practice magic in the school anymore, Phillis...

Dante bit his lip. As much as he understood what Phillis had done, he was still deeply wounded that the man had just left him like that. Dante burried his head into his knees, and gritted his teeth together.

[Phillis Von Christ]

Phillis sighed, he turned around to leave when he noticed Dante sitting by the fountain.

Oh god, what do I do? I know I came here to see him but now that he's here, I'm completely lost.. he thought to himself, his heart racing as he felt nervous.

"uh.." Phillis said, coughing to clear his throat. " Hey."

[Dante Ahti]

Dante lifted up his head to come eye-to-eye with Phillis. Dante bit his lip, and lowered his head to his knees again. "...hey." he muttered.

[Phillis Von Christ]

"I, uhm.." Phillis stuttered, unsure of how to phrase his words. "I..."

Why was this so hard? He was just apologizing, right? He'd done it a few times before, so he knew he was capable of doing so.

"Dante, I'm so sorry." He finally managed to spit out. " I really, really am.."

[Dante Ahti]

Dante stared at the ground for a moment longer, before looking at Phillis confused. "Sorry for...what?" he asked, raising an eyebrow.

[Phillis Von Christ]

"I was kind of a jerk to you. Attacking your lips like that and then just leaving you. I didn't even ask how you felt, or anything.."

[Dante Ahti]

"...It's fine." Dante sighed, rubbing his sore arm. In truth, he was still upset and angry over it, but he felt he would get over it in some time. "What have you been up to lately?" he asked, trying to avoid the subject.

[Phillis Von Christ]

Phillis was surprised by how fast Dante changed the subject. "Uh, nothing, got into a fight with some damn snotty-nosed brat.." He said, remembering the tragedy of his first 'imperfections.'

"What about you?"

[Dante Ahti]

"Got kicked out of school, basically." he said bluntly. "Might be leaving Avaleur."

[Phillis Von Christ]

"Seriously?" Phillis asked,surprised. "but why? You love it here, don't you?"

[Dante Ahti]

"I may love it here, but I can not achieve my goal of becoming the greatest sorceror here." Dante stood up, and threw his bag onto his shoulder. He shrugged at Phillis. "I have no choice."

[Phillis Von Christ]

"Woah, woah, woah. Hold it up." Phillis said, standing in front of the boy. " Listen, I'm not going to stop you from doing what you're doing .. but.. I thought you kind of had a thing for me?"

[Dante Ahti]

The boy winced, and looked at Phillis. "What's your point?" he mumbled, shoving his hands into his coat pockets.

[Phillis Von Christ]

"You were just going to leave and not say anything to me?" Phillis said, cocking an eyebrow.

[Dante Ahti]

"I didnt say I was leaving." Dante gritted his teeth. "I'm just thinking about it." Phillis was starting to frustrate Dante, which he thought would never happen.

[Phillis Von Christ]

Phillis was surprised by the tone that Dante was using. "What's up with you today? You're snapping faster than usual."

[Dante Ahti]

"Oh, I'm sorry that mr perfect is getting a little bit offended!" Dante barked. "Not all of us can have perfect lives, Phillis!"

"I have to deal with my arm, my sister, school, you! I deal with other peoples problems! I pretend to not know whats going on to keep people I care about from harm!" he spat. "I pretend that I'm happy, so that I can help my friends with their problems and ignore my own!"

Dante stopped to catch his breath, looking at the ground angrily. Some people turned to look at him, before going back to what they were doing.

[Phillis Von Christ]

Phillis was stunned, he didn't know what to say. He took a deep breath, as much as he wanted to yell at him, he wasn't going to.

"Ignoring your problems won't make them go away." Phillis said, not making eye contact. It was the only thing he could think to say, but it wasn't entirely bad, he meant it.

[Dante Ahti]

"Well what the fuck else am I going to do?" Dante bit his trembling lip. He dropped down to his knees, looking down at the ground with his hands on his knees. "There's nothing else I can do to fix any of my problems." he said shakily, a tear rolling down his cheek and onto the dry pavement.