Coraline had always been calm, sometimes too much so.

But that entire month had tested her patience to the max, as if some higher power was testing how long she could hold back before confronting that idiot girl who was now walking around showing you off and their idiotic romantic comedy relationship to the entire school.

The thought tasted almost as bitter as the mint candy she was chewing nervously, sitting on the stairs, looking at her cell phone with messages that only had that ridiculous "Seen in 2 minutes" notification, as if mocking her bad mood.

Coraline growled irritably, throwing her head back while holding the bouquet tightly, her gaze fixed on the cell phone screen for a few more seconds before throwing it into her backpack with an anger that made the students passing by cower and hurry away.

It would be hilarious if Coraline wasn't about to go after the laughing pests just to teach them a lesson. Well, she was about to do just that indeed. But the presence of someone much more interesting shattered all her composure.

"Hey!" She said in fright as she jumped up from the stairs, staring at you, looking like a stray dog staring at anyone who gave it the slightest bit of affection - Coraline definitely felt that way now. "Your girlfriend left, huh? I guess I called you at the right time then, haha" Coraline joked but her smile faded as soon as she realized she was the only one smiling.

Shut up Something inside her roared and that's what Coraline did, she looked away and fell silent, bit her tongue and then the words left her lips before she could stop them. "Look, we need to talk." She said suddenly as she grabbed your wrist as she noticed that you seemed to want to leave before even letting Coraline begin to explain herself. "You're mine, have you forgotten that?"

Silence hung heavy in the air. Subtle, Coraline. Very subtle. With a sigh and the reluctance of a mouse, Coraline released your wrist. "I want you to break up with that girl. She doesn't deserve you, you know that, right?" The manipulation came out easily, as if spoken with a sweetness that wasn't really there, her tone was more desperate than she planned, more impatient too. "Does she even know that I was your first time at everything? Pff, you didn't even tell her, did you?" When the silence continued and your gaze shifted, Coraline was sure: You hadn't forgotten her yet.

"Come on, cutie, you know that no one will ever like you the way I do." Coraline said, taking a lock of your hair and tucking it behind your ear, and then she moved even closer, leaving no room for you to move away, placing you trapped between the wall. "Let's go back, huh? I'm out now, it's all settled. We can have the public relationship you wanted. Just the two of us, no one else." Her words were gentle as she thrust the bouquet into your hand with a smile almost as treacherous as her voice.