Bound Shadows

(Vinyl's point of view the next day)

I pace around on the ground floor of the dorm, debating random things in my head until a certain thought runs through my mind, 'I wonder if he's single,' I stopped pacing for a moment, 'Why the fuck would I think that? I don't even like Neiro like that.'

A voice pops up in the back of my head, 'Yes you do.'

'How would you know?' I ask the voice.

'You seem to forget that you're talking to yourself, you can't hide anything from me,' The voice answers.

'Well, so what if I like him? He probably doesn't like me,' I think disappointingly.

'Even if he does like you there's still that other thing of explaining to him that you're a-' The voice get's cut off by Neiro coming downstairs.

"H-hey Neiro, y-you're up early," I stammer out.

"I tend to get up early on weekends," He explains.

We stand there in awkward silence for a moment, neither of us really knowing what to do, I finally break the silence a few minutes later, "S-so Neiro, w-would you maybe want to go t-to lunch later?" I shift on my feet nervously, slightly blushing.

"Uh, yeah, s-sure," He answers.

'Yay! I get to go to lunch with Neiro,' I mentally cheer.