Extremely shy

(Chapter 2 is here! Eeeee! I ate too many cupcakes today, I think...)

Chapter 2

As luck would have it, he did, a few days later.

He had been walking out of class, when she had run by, only to trip, and fall. Lucky for her, she wore leggings, otherwise she would be in quite the predicament, considering how short the school skirts were.

Tamaki rushed over to help as the girl started apologizing to anyone and everyone, despite the fact that some were purposely being rude, and stepping on her stuff.

“A-are you okay?” Tamaki asked, handing her one of the many papers scattered on the floor.

She turned, and went beet-red when she saw him. “Y-yes! Sorry! I didn’t mean to cause you any trouble! Just me being clumsy!” Elizabeth yelped, snatching the paper from him, and shoving it in one of the several folders she was carrying.

“You didn’t. I chose to help.” Tamaki said, handing her a few more papers. “You sure have a lot of notes and assignments,” he noted.

“O-of course! I-I’m in both General and Management courses! I-it’s only natural!” she stammered, taking the papers and sorting them into their respective folders. “A-anyways, t-t-thanks for your help, sir...” she said as she finished cleaning up and stepped to the side of the hallway.

“S-sir?!” Tamaki asked, alarmed.

“Yes. You are older then me, and you saved my life. You deserve a good amount of respect,” she frowned, surprisingly without stutters.

“Really? I’m older then you?”

“Yeah, I only started a few months ago, and your in your last year, right? 3-A?” she questioned, watching the students fill up the hallway.

“Y-yeah.”

“looks like most of the students are gone,” Elizabeth noted. Her shy manner still hadn’t come back. “C-can I ask you a question? O-other then the one I just did, I mean?” she asked. There it was, shyness was back.

“I-I guess...?”

She turned and looked up at him for a second, and Tamaki felt slightly uncomfortable trapped in the gaze of her piercing steel-blue eyes. She could be really intimidating if she wanted, with those eyes.

“Do... can you move your ears?” she asked, looking extremely curious.

“It’s involuntary, but... yes?” he answered.

She let a small smile make its way onto her face. “They did it! That’s so cool!” she exclaimed. She checked her watch.

“Oooh, I really have to go if I wanna get to study before lunch! Thank you for your help!” she said, stumbling off.

Tamaki headed off to his dorm. He wanted to share the last of his eggnog with Mirio at lunch.

He ran outside, but stopped when he hear sounds of exertion. He peered around the corner of the school to see Elizabeth standing in the snow, panting. She hadn’t noticed him.

“Okay, I can do this! Start with a small amount...” she breathed, and began to bring her hands up and down, over, and over.

At first, Tamaki had no idea what she was doing, until he saw the snow rising when her hands did.

“Yes!” He heard her shout excitedly. He watched in amazement as she began to move the snow through the air, in pretty spirals.

“I wonder... can I do more then one?” she mused, still moving the snow. She brought her arms apart, and the snow in the sky split in two.

“Oh, that’s harder. Small movements, small...” she muttered to herself.

Tamaki watched in amazement as she moved the snow around the sky, not realizing how far he was leaning out until he fell with his face flat in the snow, and a small

“Oof!”

He heard a small gasp, and looked up to see Elizabeth staring at him with a bit of fear. Why fear? He wasn’t scary!...was he?

He got to his feet quickly, and was about to apologize, when all the snow she had been moving fell right on top of her.

“Are you all right?!” Tamaki yelled, running over.

“Um, I think so,” the girl said sheepishly, dusting the snow out of her hair. “Oh, it’s all over my uniform! And it’s already melted! I’m gonna be so cold!” she moaned, and took off the uniform coat.

“Y- you can have mine, I have an extra and I was a-already g-going back to my dorm to get something for l-lunch, so it’s no big deal...” Tamaki offered.

“B-but it’s winter, a-and-”

Tamaki shoved the coat at her, and ran, oblivious to the blush on her face, or the fact that Mirio had seen the entire thing.

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