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Tuesdays were straight ass. Every week Kaden would haphazardly throw on her uniform then trudge her way from her apartment all the way to college. Tuesday through Saturday, every week, every day as annoying and boring as the last. She was glad it was within walking distance and that she didn’t have to pay for it and that was about all.
Kaden wasn’t even sure what she was going to study, so she was just focusing on General Education classes and classes she found interesting on paper. Nothing that would help her get a degree or a better job. Right now she was working as a janitor in the mall and it didn’t look like she was going to be upgrading any time soon.
Her grades were like her uniform, barely up to code and with little to no effort outside of the bare minimum. When they dropped she just did some...“favors” for the teachers and principle to bring them back up to barely passing. Too much work to bring them up to perfect A’s.
At the very least she could get her rocks off bullying the other students.
A smile formed on Kaden’s face as she pulled her jacket tighter around her body, the frigid winter air biting at her skin as she pushed through the unshoveled streets of the wee hours of the morning. Her jacket did little to keep her warm given it was thin and riddled with holes. She didn’t really have the money or the drive to order a new one from the school but being a desert based breed in a winter hellscape with little to no protection didn’t do wonders to her mood or her outlook on those who did have proper clothes.
Even with her ratty uniform, subpar grades, and less than appealing attitude Kaden kept up a rather good reputation. She was seen as an asset to parties, though never properly invited. It wasn’t a real party until she crashed it, so people tended to treat her showing up as a delightful certainty rather than a burden. That didn’t mean she was all around liked, though.
Kaden had her fair share of bullies and an even larger share of people she bullied in turn. She wasn’t exactly evil but it’s not like she was a kind, angelic spirit either. She bullied people because she found it arousing and unbeknownst to her that’s exactly why she herself was bullied too. As her bullies pushed her down she’d find herself blushing and it only grew as she then pushed others, only for her bullies to find that in itself cute and push her more. It was a never ending circle for her, one she figured would have ended way back in highschool.
Today, though, it was far, far too cold to be romping around the courtyard looking for someone to playfully, in her mind, push around. Chimera was probably skipping again, Ivy was no fun to tease, and Gavin would just get her in trouble with their family if she pushed his buttons too much...so it looked like she’d have to pick a random target inside the school.
The feeling of the warm college air hitting the fur of her face was like heaven. She shivered and scooted up close to the heater in the doorway, enjoying feeling the hot air blow up her shirt and over her face. She was lost in the moment, just soaking up the heat and feeling the cold melting away from her body. That walk was always hell. She really should save up for a car.
But, right as she was really getting warm and happy, somebody tapped her on the shoulder. Kaden ignored them at first, merely shaking her body to make them stop touching her then pulling her shirt out to let more hot air rush across her bare chest. Whoever it was, though, was stubborn. Another touch to her shoulder and the sound of someone impatiently tapping their shoe to the floor. Oops. Kaden realized she hadn’t worn her school shoes, opting for a near rotting pair of converse instead.
“What do you want?” She whined, not even bothering to look at them. “Can’t you see I’m getting warm here? It’s as cold as a witch’s tits outside, maybe you should warm up too, so you’re not such an impatient cunt.”
“Your uniform and attitude are NOT to code, Kaden! Where are your proper shoes, and why are your socks mismatched? Your jacket is also absolutely filthy, you need to order a new one post haste! And don’t even get me started on the state of your vest and undershirt… Do you not have a ribbon either? That’s the easiest part of the uniform! You just clip it on!!”
Kaden’s muzzle crinkled with disgust and she angrily fixed her shirt. Great. Lumen. Mr.Perfect Everything rich bitch teacher’s pet boy. And not the fun kind either, the non-fucky kind. “Are you ever going to get that stick out of your ass, Lumen, or is it so far up there that you need help?” Kaden growled as she turned around, leaning on the heater and huffing. She picked a crumb of toast off of her shirt then flicked it directly into Lumen’s glasses. “I bet I could get my fist up there, why don’t you bend over the heater and I’ll give you a fun time.”
The astute cusige gasped as he cleaned his glasses off, eyes closed as he did so, then shot Kaden a nasty look of disapproval after he put them back on. “You are a disgusting creature!” He huffed, crossing his arms. “I have no idea why they don’t kick you out of here, you break so many rules that are so simple a kindergartener couldn’t struggle with them.”
“I got held back in kindergarten.” Kaden dusted herself off as if she’d touched something gross then looked Lumen in the eyes. Cute colors, at the very least. She bet they’d look great with tears in them, surrounded by a blush. A smug little grin spread across her face as she imagined it, wondering what his voice would sound like if he was truly flustered.
While he was no mind reader, Lumen could just sense that Kaden was thinking of something deplorable. Something about that dumb, blue tinged face screamed ‘depraved freak’ to him. Even though Kaden teased him and pushed his buttons relentlessly he wasn’t afraid of her or afraid of telling her off, so he was quick to point it out.
“Whatever you’re thinking of it is NOT safe to be thinking of at SCHOOL, Kaden.” He chided, fixing his tie in frustration. Luckily it was still very early in the morning so they had an hour or so before any of the classes started. For people like him it was a blessing. Quiet, serene study time to gently wake your brain up before getting to work. He had no idea, then, why a gutter rat like Kaden would be early every single day too.
Kaden didn’t respond to his scolding, merely letting her eyes slowly travel his body and take in his form. So neat and tidy, a lithe frame with good posture. His hair was fluffy and two toned, it looked like it’d be soft as a cloud to the touch and even though it was scrunched in a disgusted scowl he had a pretty cute face too. Spotted, with those nerdy glasses.
She snatched them from his face and Lumen was quick to close and cover his eyes. “What’s your issue? Give them back!” He snarled, blindly swatting his hand out to try and grab them. His hand was quickly rendered useless as Kaden’s own wrapped around his wrist and held it at a safe distance away from herself.
“What prescription are these?” She asked, putting them on her face and blinking, surprised they didn’t help her own shoddy eyesight. “They don’t even work! Why do you wear these? To look even more like a teacher’s pet than you already are? Are you that much of a fucking dweeb?”
“They’re just a very light prescription!” Lumen sighed, knowing there was no way he could rip his hand away from Kaden’s feral strength grip when she was determined. “Just give them back, I have to finish studying before classes start. You’re welcome to join me if you’d like.”
Lumen knew at that moment he’d fucked up. Farewell, quiet and peaceful study session, hello trying to teach the village idiot how to read. His glasses were handed back to him as he beat himself up over his choice of words.
“Well don’t mind if I do, Mr.Brainiac. I need the answers to Ms.Begonia’s assignment anyway.” Kaden said, arms crossed with a snooty expression on her face.
Lumen merely sighed and started walking along to the library. “I said STUDY, not copy. I don’t even have Ms.Begonia, I have Mr.Schwartz for math. Their curriculum is entirely different.”
“Potato, tomato. Fill out my answer sheet, nerd boy.”
“Ugh…”
Libraries were meant to be quiet and relaxing places of solitude and peace. Yet here Lumen was, listening to the sounds of meme videos and little fidget toys overlapping how noisily Ms.Kaden Bailey chewed her gum. He glared at her over the top of his textbook, wondering why she had decided to stick around and what dastardly plans she had to ruin his day even further.
He tried his best to focus on his work, making sure he was a few chapters ahead in every subject and had all of his formulas and elements memorized for his tests today. He had completed his assignments within a day or two of them being sent out, so this time was for simple study. Eventually, he was able to tune out the sound of the school disappointment and focus on practicing one of the mathematical formulas he knew was going to be on today’s test.
His focus lasted mere minutes though, for as soon as he really got into the study vibe he felt something touch his hair. His head shot up. “Did you just touch me?” He asked Kaden, who was sitting with her arms folded in her lap and gaze shifted away from him. “What the fuck did you do to my hair?”
That stupid nonchalant posture of her only spelt mischief to anyone who knew her for longer than a few minutes. Unfortunately, Lumen was horrified to find his suspicions true when he reached up and felt her disgusting chewed gum in his bangs.
“Kaden!” He growled under his breath, not wanting to scream in the middle of a library. “What the FUCK is wrong with you? How do you get this out?”
Kaden blinked at him, putting on an innocent face and a mocking tone to her voice. “Oh I’m sorry, Lumie~ I don’t know what came over me! Why, who in their right mind would put gum in someone else's hair knowing the only way to get it out was to get it dirty or cut it off. That’s entirely not in my character, no siree.”
“I’m going to fucking strangle you if you don’t get it out before class.”
“And why should I comply with you?” Kaden’s voice switched back to her normal one, a shit eating smirk on her face. “You can just go to class like that, or with a nice big chunk missing. Should’ve done my homework, or at least kept me entertained. Maybe then you wouldn’t be in this position. Idle hands and all~” She said as she tapped him on his nose.
He slapped her hand away and tried to pull the sticky, wet substance from his hair. He managed to get a large glob of it but there was still a fair amount left in it and with only half an hour until classes started. “Kaden what the fuck is wrong with you?” He hissed. “You knew I was coming here to study, why do you think someone as dumb as you would be entertained here?”
Kaden lifted her eyebrows and sat back in her chair, fingers playing with a fidget cube. “Nothing’s wrong with me.” She said. “And this is exactly why I thought I’d be entertained. Now I get to watch you scramble to try and get that fixed while waiting for classes to start instead of just walking around aimlessly.”
“You could have gone to hang out with one of your shithead friends or taken a nap or something! You didn’t have to come here to bother me specifically, you could have bothered any other poor sap on this campus unlucky enough to be cursed with the knowledge of your existence.”
“I didn’t want any other poor sap. I wanted you specifically.”
Lumen stopped for a moment, face crinkled in anger and confusion. Their eyes met for just a moment before Kaden quickly looked away and crossed her arms over her chest.
“That came out wrong.” Kaden muttered.
“No shit it did, dumbass. Now fix this or I’m going to tell Ms.Begonia you were trying to get answers off of me and I know she’s not one of the ones you’ve got under your thumb.” Lumen huffed, packing up his books in the knowledge that he would be getting no more studying done this morning.
“Fine fine...asshole.” Kaden rolled her eyes then dug in her backpack. Lumen watched the myriad of keychains bounce and jiggle as she dug deeper inside. She was like a giant kid. Toys everywhere, dumb as a brick, a relentless trouble maker...Not even in the endearing way, just in the plain annoying way.
Finally Kaden dug out a little vial of oil from the depths of her bag. “Okay, hold still.” She said, leaning over the table and reaching out to touch Lumen’s hair. She was right, it was soft! Don’t get her wrong now, that was totally not 100% the reason she stuck gum in his hair. It was totally just to annoy him. She took a moment to run her fingers through the plush strands, enjoying how delicate they felt. He smelt good too, must have some fancy rich boy shampoo. She caught herself before she got too into petting the poor boy's hair and finally started to work the oil into it little by little.
Lumen was not nearly as entranced with the situation. He sat there just trying not to scream at her as she fucked around with his hair. It was taking her a rather long time, though. He worried that she might be doing something even worse up there, but honestly it felt like she was just...petting him. He sat there, confused, as he stared forward. His sight was encompassed by her uniform, not buttoned all the way and a couple sizes too large. Her vest and shirt hung from her shoulders, giving him a look down along her torso.
She was completely flat. He didn’t even get to look at tits while he was stuck here. Great. She didn’t even have nipples! Her fur did look nice and plush though, as if she took extra good care of it. Even his own chest fur wasn’t as shiny and soft looking. He could see all the way down to her pants line, toned stomach flexed as she kept herself steady over the table.
Not that that was attractive or anything. There was no way he’d be anywhere near attracted to someone as dense and aggressive as Kaden. She was a nuisance at best and a public hazard at worst. He tilted his head up to try and see what she was doing, muzzle nearly brushing her neck as he did. Surprisingly, she didn’t smell how she looked: like garbage. More like coconut and honey. When a strand of her hair fell from her shoulder he found that it, too, was as clean as her body fur. Lumen was perplexed as to why her body would be so clean if her uniform and attitude reeked of gutter trash.
Kaden, meanwhile, was just trying to keep her cool with Lumen breathing directly onto the crook of her neck. She swallowed her nerves, trying not to shiver or pull away from him lest he knew he was able to fluster her in any way. Was he even aware his lips were inches away from her neck? Did he not understand personal space? Not that Kaden was one to respect it, sure, but at least she didn’t do it unknowingly.
Not that it was a bad feeling but...It was Lumen for fucks sake. Nerd boy supreme, Mr. Know-It-All Rich Bitch, the entire definition of a square. She distinctly felt him smell her and that was where she bounded back into her chair, the lump of gum in her hand. “Th-there. See? Now don’t tell the teach, I can’t work with her.” Kaden sighed, flicking the glob of gum into a trash can then cleaning the oil off with a wipe. She handed one to Lumen too, of course.
He took the wipe then gently began to clean his hair. It would be horrible if he had to go through the school day looking like a greaser, he’d never hear the end of it from his classmates. It was nice of Kaden to help him though, he thought, even if she was the reason he was in the situation in the first place. Normally she was one to just fuck with someone than leave, even with threats of punishment, so he wondered why she’d helped him in this instance.
When he looked up at her she was just sitting there playing with that little cube of hers, fingers jamming the buttons and spinning the wheels. If only that kept her entertained for longer maybe she wouldn’t be such a pest. She might actually be tolerable if she were quiet like this more often. Her face looked so soft.
Meanwhile, Kaden’s mind was filled with images of Lumen in tears, on the ground begging her to leave him alone, face covered in a deep blush and body shivering, covered in little bruises and bite marks. God, he’d be so cute. No, no. Not cute...it’d be satisfying. To show him his place, of course. No other reason. She felt him looking at her and turned her gaze to him, locking their eyes for a moment. He really did have pretty eyes. Heterochromia was such an adorable trait to have.
Lumen was the first to break the contact by looking away and adjusting his glasses. Kaden looked so stupid sitting there, her lips slightly parted, light shining on her blue tongue. He wondered how textured it was, if it split, how long it was, what she’d look like with- Nevermind. It was Kaden. Just Kaden. And he hated Kaden, he really did, he was sure of it.
The silence grew a bit deafening, no longer comfortable or filled with the sound of working and fidgeting. Just pure quiet as the pair stole glances at each other from across the table, neither willing or knowing how to start the conversation back up. Time passed slowly, but eventually the time for classes approached. They packed up their things quickly and silently, then with a very awkward moment of strained silence in the doorway they parted ways. Both knowing they hated the other just a bit more now.