"I need your eyeliner", Rodrick says, his tone urgent as he bounces on his feet trying to rush through his morning.

"What?" Susan replies, confused. "I thought you only needed eyeliner for when you play drums-" She pauses, glancing at the steam coming out of the bathroom "Did you shower?"

"Mom, the eyeliner!" He urges her again, taking a bite of his toast.

Susan huffs, pointing to her room. "It's in the drawer." Rodrick disappears down the hall as soon as he hears it. Greg appears from his room, squinting his eyes at the ruckus. Susan turns to him, keeping her voice down. "What's wrong with him?"

"He's got a crush." Greg grumbled, trying to rub the sleep from his eyes.

"I DO NOT!"

Greg rolls his eyes at the yell from Rodrick. Susan's eyes are wide as plates behind her glasses. "Rodrick has a crush?"

"She sits next to him in chemistry class. He saw her scribbling lyrics on the back of her notebook; he's been madly in love with her ever since."

Rodrick reappears from the bedroom, grabbing Greg from the back of his shirt, dragging him to the front door while he picks up his bag with the other hand, his eyes already adorned with eyeliner. "Just because I told you doesn't mean you'll go announcing it to the whole neighbourhood." He mumbled under his breath.

"Rodrick!" Susan yells. He replies. "Later, Mom!"

At school, Rodrick pushes past people blindly, not even apologising to the ones who give him dirty looks. He spots you across the hallway and quite literally falters in his steps. He manages to recover and drags himself to where you're standing at your locker. He almost slams into the locker next to you in an attempt to lean against it. His words almost die in his throat when your eyes glance up at him. "Hi." His voice cracks.

Dammit.

He holds up a binder. "Uhh, you forgot your notes in class last Friday." He tries to sound as casual as he can without making it obvious that he'd grabbed the binder when he'd gotten the chance before anyone else could take it. He'd read over every word of your notes, and he's sure he remembers every curve of your handwriting. He'll probably ace the next chemistry test; that's how many times he's read over the notes.