if the girl needed help..

does, but is too proud to ask for it. She instead tries to climb the bookcase which is also a failure.

walks up behind her looking at the book shelves. "Wh'ch on do y' need?"

points to the top. "The one on earth structure. But I'm sure I can get it.."

would help her if she asked, he easily pointed to it. "Th's one?"

nods. "But I can get it!" She keeps trying to reach it but it's not going as planned.

takes it from the shelf and hands it to her. "H're."

smiles. "Thank you, I would have gotten it eventually but now I can't start my assignment earlier. I'm Mettalise."

nods to her slightly. "Y'er w'lcome.." He held out a hand. "'M Berwald."

shakes it. "Are you a student here?"

nods to her. "Mhmm, m'dical sc'ence."

tilts her head. "Aren't you on the hockey team? Or stalk the hockey team?"

nods to him. "C'ptain of the men's te'm."

pretends to be impressed but she's had enough of his hockey team. "Wow, I'm just on the soccer team. Nothing all that special."

can tell she's not impressed, he didn't mind though, not everyone liked hockey. "Re'lly? 'S th't fun? 'Ve nev'r pl'yed." He had an interest_

in it, but because he was so big, he needed a sport where he was allowed to hit, because it generally happened anyways.

nods. "Yea it's a lot of fun. One of the better sports from my home country."

nods slightly. "Wh're y' fr'm?"

grins. "Greenland. From your accept I can tell you're from Nordic Europe. Hmmm Swedish perhaps since you play hockey."

he falls into a stereo type... but he nodded. "Ja, y' got it." He watched her. "Are y' the c'ptain or 'nythin?"

starts laughing. "I'm a freshman so definitely not. I'm just happy to be on the team."

nods slightly. "Well.. One day I bet y' w'll be. Y' seem sm'rt 'nough."

gets more on her guard from his compliments. "Well thank you, how did you get to become captain?"

shrugs slightly. "I was c'ptain on the b'st jr te'm in Sw'den, 'nd got h're on a sch'l'rship.."

forces herself not to roll her eyes. Typical jocks. "Wow, you're really lucky then. And you must be a good player!"

isn't a typical jock. "Ja, I g'ess." He shrugged slightly watching her for a moment. "Y' d'n't l'ke me do y'?"

smiles bitterly. "No, not at all. One guy from your team felt me up and another tried to slip me roofies to 'break me in'."

stares at her. "Wh't?" He shook his head. "'M s'rry, I d'dn't kn'w th't." He would talk to them. "Do y' kn'w wh'ch ones?"

shakes her head. "I don't want to know. All male jocks are creeps in my opinion. I have yet to meet one that treated a girl respectfully."

her a small look. "'M tre'tin y' resp'ctfully aren't I?" He was sure he hadn't done anything insulting to her,

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rolls her eyes. "Get enough alcohol into you and you won't."

frowns a bit. "'M s're I w'uld." He wasn't.. into girls.

laughs. "That'll be the day."

sighs. "S'rry, gay guys d'n't re'lly hit on g'rls, dr'nk or not." He looked away from her, he seemed to be coming out to more people lately.

tilts her head. "You're gay? Really?"

nods to her. "Mhmm." He assumed he didn't seem it to most.

squints. "You hide it really well, why? Worried your brothers will act weird in the lockeroom to you?"

shakes his head. "Nej, th's is j'st how I am." He wasn't flamboyant at all.

stares. "Annunciation isn't one of your strong points is it?"

shakes his head. "Mnmm. Th'nk m' p'rents for th't one."

smiles. "I can understand you though, its probably since the accent is familiar to me."

nods to her. "Th't's good. M'st h've a h'rd time." He wondered if she knew any Swedes.

knows a couple, but more Danes. "You do have a really thick accent, how long have you been here?"

for a moment. "Only a few ye'rs. 'Nd y'erself?"

smiles. "Just got here this year actually!!

smiles a bit and nods. "Y' spe'k engl'sh bett'r th'n I do." He chuckled a bit.

laughs. "We learned English in school."

nods to her. "Ah. I had to le'rn m'self. Y'er l'cky." His parents actually didn't want him taking the other language.

can't believe she's doing this but.. "I can help you, get better at English."

raises an eyebrow. "Re'lly?" He watched her for a second. "'S only ca'se 'm gay, ja?"

nods. "Ja, as horrible as that is, I can only be friendly and nice to you because you're gay."

waves a hand at that. "'S not h'rrible. I can see wh', 'nd I d'n't bl'me y', 's h'rrible wh't th'y did."

holds out her phone to him. "Type in your number so I can reach you."

nods to her and takes her phone putting in his number and name for her.

looks around. "Do other people know you're gay?"

shakes his head. "Only one oth'r p'rson."

a bit bad for asking this now. "If the guy I like gets suspicious or anything can I tell him?"

frowns a bit but slowly nods. "Ja.. I ge'ss." He just didn't want it getting out to everyone, he would tell people his own way.

smiles. "I won't mention who you are but if he hears rumours that I'm hanging around other guys I'll just say I'm not your demographic."

nods to her. "Tack. Er.. Th'nk y' v'ry m'ch." He was glad she was being considerate.

looks at her phone for the time. "I better get going soon. When do you want to meet up?"

shrugs slightly pulling out his phone to look at it. "I h've pr'ctice at six.."

nods. "Okay well that eliminates 6 and a few hours after. When is a good time for you?"

slightly. "Do y' h've class t'm'rr'w?"

shakes her head. "No, I handed in my assignment so I'm free tomorrow. Oh I got to hand in a paper in the morning, that's it."

nods to her. "Alr'ght.. I d'n't h've cl'sses e'ther.. Are y' free hm.. 'round noon?"

looks at her schedule. "Yep, that's good with me. Where do you want to me, here?"

nods to her. "Th't w'rks th'n."

smiles. "Okay, I'll meet you at noon here. I got to get going now, see you around Berwald!"

nods to her raising a hand. "Ja, see y' t'm'rr'w."

waves furiously and dashes off, ignoring the yells about no running in the library.

raises an eyebrow as she ran, he shrugged and went on his way back looking for a book he needed.