"Théa!"
Camie ran up to Théa so quickly that she couldn't slow down and crashed right into her. Théa was as stable as a rock and she surrounded Camie with her arms by reflex. She looked very worried and asked Camie if she was okay. However, Camie didn't even back away that she looked up towards Théa:
"I have to introduce you to someone. This is Violet."
Violet extended their hand towards Théa and Camie finally took a step back to let them greet each other:
"Nice to meet you. I am Camie's teacher."
Théa frowned:
"I..."
She needed a second to understand what was going on and it took her a second to put her arms down, still looking as if she was holding Camie against her. She looked down at the hand before finally shaking it:
"Nice to meet you, Violet. I am Camie's friend.
-Is your name Théa?
-My name is Amaltheia. Camie is the one who calls me Théa.
-I see. Should I call you by your full name? Having me call you by your nickname must be weird."
Théa nodded, slowly coming back to her senses:
"Don't call me Vivi.
-I won't."
This made Violet smile. Feeling Camie's gaze on them, Théa turned back towards the latter:
"Camie?
-We should go have coffee all together."
Théa couldn't help feeling disappointed.
"If that's what you want then I would love to."
They started walking and Camie couldn't help smiling, seeing Violet and Théa together. She could already see the positive effects Violet would have on Théa. The latter really needed positive energy around her and Camie was sure that it would do her a lot of good in the long term. She needed to find as many Black Gold fans as she could and introduce all of them to Théa. Maybe she could even start a Black Gold fan club. Seeing Camie in her thoughts made Théa smile:
"You are adorable when you are excited."
Camie immediately snapped out of her daydream and she suddenly forgot how to walk normally. She tried her best to remember but it just felt awkward. Did she always move her hands when she was walking? Or were they immobile? Feeling Théa's gaze on her face wasn't helping at all.
"Have you two known each other for long? I don't remember you telling me about Violet before."
Camie shook her head:
"I met her a week ago. They were my urgent thing to do."
Théa looked over Violet with a frown. The latter raised her hands suddenly:
"I am asexual and aromantic."
Camie had no idea why Violet just announced that but she did say random things from time to time therefore she didn't ask. Théa did seem in a better mood and she started asking Violet questions:
"Are you in biology too?
-No, I am in astrophysics and Camie came up to me because she wanted to know everything about Black Holes."
Théa couldn't help blushing:
"She did?
-Yes. I've never seen someone so excited about learning. I am going to scoot her. She is way more energetic than my classmates. And she understood more in four hours than they did in four years."
Camie couldn't help skipping, getting her excitement back.
"I can tell you everything that I learned, Théa.
-I would really like that. I love listening to you talking."
Violet's eyes started shining:
"Are you interested in astrophysics too?
-I am rather interested in Black Holes too. However, I can't say that I am as intelligent as her. I am sure that I wouldn't understand things as quickly as she does.
-That's fine. You could come to our classes too if you want.
-Could I?
-Of course! I love talking about physics.
-I would like that, thank you."
Camie couldn't help feeling bad for some reason. She wanted to be the one to tell Théa about all these things. She didn't want Théa going to their classes. What if she thought about changing majors sooner than in the visions? What if going to these classes made her realize that she should stop fashion? Camie couldn't have that. She suddenly pulled Théa's sleeve:
"I'll tell you about what I learned later."
Théa got so surprised that she stopped walking all together.
"You already have a lot of classes.
-Okay. I would love to listen to you tell me about what you learned later on."
Camie nodded and they finished their walk to the coffee shop. It was a third coffee shop that Camie had never seen. It had a lot of plants and Camie still liked it even if she preferred the one from before.
"You can just sit down. I will go get the drinks. It's my turn to pay."
As they walked to an empty table, Violet turned to Camie:
"I am aro and ace."
Camie tilted her head:
"Okay?
-I mean that I am the kind of aro/ace that never wants to have sex or be in a romantic relationship with anyone."
Camie had no idea why she was telling her this. Was she perhaps insisting on it because she didn't say anything the first time? She should say something. Anything:
"Congratulations?"
Violet sighed:
"Just don't forget about it.
-Okay... I promise if someone is interested in you, I won't introduce you to them."
Violet couldn't help laughing:
"I really like you, Camie."
This was exactly when Théa came back with their drinks and seeing her glare made Violet yell:
"Come on! I am not going to say it three times. I am so glad that you aren't coming to the classes too. It would be way too much work. Oh, thank you for the coffee."
Violet forgot about her anger in the second and started drinking happily. Camie ignored Violet's eruption and tasted her drink too before smiling.
"Do you like it? asked Théa.
-It's really good!
-Then I am glad. Which place is your favorite until now?"
Camie thought about it for a bit:
"The second place was the best."
Théa seemed to love that answer. Camie thought about saying something more but seeing how happy Théa was made her stop. However, Théa immediately noticed and asked:
"What is it?
-Nothing.
-Camie... Please don't feel like you can't tell me something. I want to get to know you better.
-Okay... I really liked the coffee places we went to but I am getting bored of them. Not a lot! Just a bit.
-I am so sorry, I should have guessed."
Camie quickly shook her head:
"You couldn't know!
-I still feel bad. I would love to go somewhere you like next. Any place is fine."
Violet suddenly put their cup down:
"How long have you two been dating?"
Both Camie and Théa almost choked on their drinks:
"What? We are not!"
Why would Violet think such things? Camie dating Théa? That would be... That would be... She never thought about it and she didn't want to.
"I see..."