Sleeping in the closet

[ever_somnolence]

Lace was a quiet boy, he never said much in class and only spoke when spoken too. Even then he didn't say much. This was never a bother to him. A lack of friends was of no concern to Lace, his strange beauty and mysterious nature drew plenty of attention from other students. Which could be bothersome, but he found ways to avoid it. He went into the Gym storage room to eat lunch, one day however, he fell asleep. He fell into such a deep sleep that he slept through class and until the end of volley ball practice. He managed to hide from the sight of the club members, though not on purpose until someone came in and saw him.

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[acecat]

"Ohhh, it's the first time someone wants to walk home with me...! I mean...my teammates ask me all the time...!" He was contradicting himself a bit, but it didn't really bother Lev. "Want me to show you around?"

[ever_somnolence]

Lace paused a moment before pulling out his translation book to see what Lev said before nodding his head. That would be nice. He would have a better chance of learning his surroundings instead of going home and doing nothing. He did a formal bow and said thank you like what the book had said and then quietly waited for Lev to guide him.

[acecat]

"No need to be so stiff around me!" Lev patted his back vigorously and laughed. "My english is kinda bad but I'll do my best to understand you! Just give me a hand, will you? I need to clean up after practice and then we can go!"

With Lace it didn't took as long as it usually did and they were walking out from the school thirty minutes later.

"So...how do you like it here?"

[ever_somnolence]

Lace thought about it for a moment before nodding his head, "Students... keep staring at me though...." Which was strange since back in London no one even gave him a passing glance.

Lace thought he was doing a pretty good job at blending in.

[acecat]

Lev was oblivious what was wrong with Lace. He looked pretty normal to him, after all.

"I'm not sure what's their problem, but just tell them that Nekoma's ace is your best friend and they won't bother you anymore."

They'd probably think of Taketora instead of him, though.

[ever_somnolence]

Perhaps to each other they looked normal but in Japan foreign student transfers were very rare and people with natural golden hair and golden eyes were very uncommon. Same with Lev's height.

"Best....friend....?" Lace asked looking very confused by Lev's declaration.

[acecat]

"Yep. Something's wrong?" Lev didn't get it. Well, they weren't best friends or even friends yet, but Lev couldn't see why they wouldn't become closer. "Or even, for a better effect you can tell them you're my best bro!!"

[ever_somnolence]

That was a first. Lace didn't know friends could be made so easily. "You...want me to tell them that... I'm your....brother...?" He asked, looking confused at him. Did they even look alike?

[acecat]

"Not my brother, my bro! It's like best friend but even more!" Lev tried to explain it as best as he could as they walked down the street. "Do you want to hang out today?"

[ever_somnolence]

Lace didn't understand it but walked along with him anyways, "....Okay..." He was fine with this. But what was even more amazing than making a best friend on first sight, but they were actually neighbors. Lace lived just two doors down from him.

"Ah...."

[acecat]

"Do you really live here? Whoa, I had absolutely no idea! We can walk to school together from now on! Just...wake me up if I'm running late, alright? I tend to oversleep..." Lev admitted, grinning at his new neighbor.

[ever_somnolence]

Lace overslept too, so that would be a problem for sure. But he would try to help his neighbor out. "Do...you want to come in....?" He asked, unsure on what to do now that they both live next door.

But since Lev offered it was correct to offer the same right?

[acecat]

"Sure! We can spend more time together that way!" For a moment Lev was surprised by the offer, but there was no way he wouldn't accept. "What do you do in your free time? Can you cook?"

[ever_somnolence]

"Mhm..." Lace could cook, he had to, he was alone after all. Though sometimes he forgot to eat though. "I...sleep... and read...." And fall asleep reading.

[acecat]

"How come you sleep so much and yet you look tired all the time?" Lev asked, even though "all the time" actually meant these two hours they spent together in total.

[ever_somnolence]

"....It's...just...the way I...am..." He shrugged, maybe because he stayed late at night waiting for Robin or Ruskin to call him. His loft was a little messy but that was it, there was a TV and computer but it was a simple place. Not many things were owned.

[acecat]

"Just don't sleep during volleyball matches!" Lev scolded him and sat on the couch after dropping his bag on the floor. "We can watch TV together and eat, what do you think?"

[ever_somnolence]

"....I never went to volleyball matches...." Lace replied, he never went to school games. He nodded his head quietly when Lev said what they were going to do, Lace was pretty passive. He went to start cooking some food and start making some tea for them.

"You...can turn it on to....whatever...."

[acecat]

"Now you have to. Because we're neighbors and all..." Lev shrugged and grabbed the remote to turn the TV on. "HEY, HEY, HEY!" He yelled all of a sudden without a reason. "Your name is Lace...the first letter of my name is L...and I'm the ace...you know where I'm getting at?!"

[ever_somnolence]

Lace jolted when Lev yelled at him, almost chopping off his finger but instead, thanks to his reflexes only ended up cutting himself. ".....?" What was he talking about? Lace wasn't understanding anything he was saying as he went to get a rag to stop his bleeding finger.

[acecat]

"It simply means that--IS THIS BLOOD? OH MY GOD, I'M SO SORRY!" Lev noticed that Lace was rather slow when it came to moving around, so he just grabbed him and went to the bathroom with him. "I'm so sorry!" He repeated, pouting.

[ever_somnolence]

Lace looked surprised as Lev quickly pulled him to the bathroom to care for his cut. "What....does it mean...?" Lace asked, clearly paying no mind to the injury. What Lev was trying to say sounded much more interesting than the cut on his finger.

[acecat]

Was it because Lev wanted to build up the supsense or because he was really worried that Lace hurt himself--there was no way to tell, but he didn't answer his question right away. When he was about to, though, he leaned in and whispered to his ear, "We were destined to meet."

[ever_somnolence]

Lace tensed and moved back from him when Lev whispered in his ear. He looked very surprised by Lev's conclusion. How can he even say that? "How...can you...say that...?" He asked, gazing up at him with a wary look.

[acecat]

"What do you mean how?" Lev tilted his head to the side and started looking for a band-aid shortly after. "Isn't it true, though? Lace and Ace...I sense the beginning of a great friendship...! Oh, here it is!" He put the band-aid on Lace's cut a grinned.