Aquarius POV
I was in the pool room, dipping my legs into the water. I exhaled in relaxation as I created little waves -- I knew I wasn't a water sign, but that didn't mean that I didn't like being in water.
I opened my eyes and smiled at the ripples. Everything the past few days had been really hectic -- Aries was getting frustrated, slowly, at how Capricorn was slowly becoming more distant. He seemed to be spending most of his time down in the forge. Cancer was retreating into himself and jumped at every loud sound -- he was having nightmares, too. I could hear him screaming sometimes. Even my best friend, Virgo, was starting to doubt what she knew about everything. She'd told me the other day -- she was confused.
I took a deep breath. Libra'd been quiet lately. Leo was troubled. It seemed that angst was slowly getting to all my friends.
Not me.
I opened my eyes and stared at the towel on the other side of the pool. I didn't want to move -- and it was wet already, from where I had dived in and accidentally pulled it in.
I wrapped my arms around my middle and shivered slightly, my hair sliding across my back, cold seeping through my swimsuit. I raised my head to the ceiling and closed my eyes. I wish that I had a better towel, right beside me.
A familiar thump resounded beside me and I opened my eyes, staring down at beside me. Where a towel was.
A clean, crisp towel in my favorite shade of blue.
Virgo POV
"Where's Leo?" I asked, sitting down on the couch.
"He's being harassed by Libra upstairs," Capricorn said, sticking his head out of the kitchen. "Um, why is there a giant absence of junk food in the pantry?"
Taurus went pink and got up slowly, then ran upstairs. Capricorn watched him and sighed. I stirred on the couch, thinking about my conversation with Leo.
I was still confused.
"Why's Libra harassing him?" I asked Capricorn.
He shrugged. "Apparently he confessed that he had a crush on someone that wasn't Aries." I thought I heard relief in his voice, and I smiled slightly.
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The Twelve Realms (A Zodiac Story)
FantasyThe twelve Zodiacs all live together at a boarding school, but all that changes when Gemini claims she saw a magical airship hovering over the academy. The other eleven protested that there was nothing but despair and clouds in its place, but when t...