There's a strange exhilaration / In such total detestation (scrooge x magica)

[blackmagicduck]

 Magica's fingers strummed on the desk. Without her phone, she was bored as sin. Her long nails made clacking sounds on the desk, echoing in the empty classroom. Once she got her phone back, the school would pay dearly for this. You didn't give detention to Magica De Spell! So what if she was texting in class? It wasn't like she was learning anything important. They should feel privileged she was there.

But nooo, miss whats-her-face actually reported her to the principal, and here she was. She grumbled, glaring at the clock - time moved way too slowly when you were being punished. How could this get any worse?

The door opened, and she straightened up - maybe someone had used their few brain cells and knew to get her out of there. Nope - instead, things did indeed get worse as she saw one of the teachers shoving Scrooge McDuck into the room.

Great. Fantastic. Add to her punishment, why don't you. She rolled her eyes, leaned back into her seat and propped her legs on the desk.

"What did they send you in here for?" She sneered. "Is being a buzzkill a crime now?"

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[richestduck]

Scrooge scowled back over his shoulder at the teachers that had shoved him in there. It only deepened when he saw just who he'd be joining for detention. Oh wonderful.

He lifted his fist with a pleased smirk, showing off the skinned and bruised knuckles. "No, but laying out the quarterback in one punch is."

[blackmagicduck]

Magica raised an eyebrow - didn't that raise a million and one questions!

"Since when do goody-two-shoes pick fights on jocks?" And why wasn't he a mess of broken bones? Was that sweatervest hiding a six-pack?

... Saving that mental image for later, thank you.

[richestduck]

"They pick fights with jocks when the idiots decide to mess with their little sisters," he growled darkly, sitting down in a seat as far from her as he could manage.

Honestly, the things they'd been saying about Matilda...She'd been near-inconsolable when she'd told him last night at home.

"Honestly, that arse is lucky I got to him first and not Hortense."

[blackmagicduck]

Magica went quiet for a moment as she heard him. Loathe as she was to admit it... that was a rather noble reason to pick on someone twice your size. She could already guess what the fight had been about - there were plenty of boys who could be cruel when they didn't get what they wanted.

She tossed some hair over her shoulder. "If that's true, why isn't the meathead who ran his mouth in here with us? Don't tell me he went down without a fight."

[richestduck]

"In my defense, I gave him the opportunity to take it back," Scrooge said, digging into his well-worn backpack for his homework. (Might as well make good use of his time.) "He decided not to."

Then he decked the guy.

[blackmagicduck]

Oh, gods, he was going to do homework? What a nerd.

She fished around in her pockets for something the teachers didn't confiscate, before remembering she had an extra "purse" around for such occasions.

"You'd better watch your back. Guys like that are into petty revenge." She popped open a button to dig into her bra and popped out a bottle of nail polish. Normally she wouldn't have made the dig if a guy was around, but. Well. There were exceptions to the rule.

[richestduck]

Scrooge snorted, glancing over in her direction. "I'd like to see them truh--" He stiffened as he saw what she was doing and hastily looked away. "Really?!"

[blackmagicduck]

"What?" She popped open the lid, teasing him and knowing full well what he was freaking out over. What a virgin. "A girl can't make herself look nice in detention?" Today's color was black, no big shock.

[richestduck]

When wasn't the color of the day black?

"Look nice for who? The blackboard?!" he demanded, still not looking at her in case she was still digging around in her bra.

[blackmagicduck]

Another roll of her eyes. Boys, honestly.

"You think girls only pretty themselves up for someone else?" She huffed. "Believe it or not, most women use make-up because they like how they look. Maybe if you actually put any effort into your appearance, you'd understand."

[richestduck]

"Oh, of course. Forgive me for not wearing my best Nikes and brand name jeans," Scrooge commented sarcastically.

However he did absently run his fingers through his whiskers to try and smooth them out a bit. Really, he got teased for them quite a bit even though they clearly marked him as a member of Clan McDuck...as tiny as their clan was nowadays.

[blackmagicduck]

Magica huffed as she painted. Bothersome boy, why couldn't they have separate detentions? She was high class, and he was so low he might has well be dirt.

Of course, part of what pissed her off was that he was actually good-looking, despite being a peasant in her view. He'd caught plenty of eyes, definitely unintentionally.

Like a boy pulling pigtails, she retaliated. "You're forgiven for being born poor." She scoffed. "Life's not fair, then you die."

[richestduck]

"I plan to die richer than you," he snapped back with a scowl.

Probably the wrong thing to say, but he despised how she rubbed his family's poverty in his face. The girl had done nothing for her wealth, and she certainly didn't appreciate it.

[blackmagicduck]

Magica laughed, a high and wicked cackle. "As if! Every day I get a little richer, you'll never catch up, not even if you win the lottery and marry some bimbo."

She then leaned back, blowing on her nails to dry them off. "Besides, I'm only going to marry anyone richer than me. That'll make me twice as rich. So when it's all said and done, you'll die in a cardboard box while I have my own mausoleum."

[richestduck]

The total lack of ambition in her plan to expand her wealth through marriage rather than hard work...Ooh, that rubbed his feathers the wrong way!

He jerked his thumb towards his chest, turning his head to glare at her. "Just you wait, De Spell! I'll make the name 'McDuck' a legend by being tougher than the toughies and smarter than the smarties all while doing it square! And in time, the man you'll be begging for a ring from will be me!"

If he stopped and thought about it, he'd probably be embarrassed. However, he was angry and refused to be seen as nothing more than dirt.

[blackmagicduck]

Excuse her?

Offended, she slammed her hands on the desk before turning to face him. "I wouldn't marry you if you were the last man on earth! If anything, you'll be the one licking my feet, begging for scraps!"

Her top was still one button short, by the way.

[richestduck]

"Not if you were the last woman on Earth!" he retorted. He then noticed the button and blushed, looking away again. "And do up your shirt for the love of Pete!"

[blackmagicduck]

Hmph. She smirked, but at least buttoned up before sitting back down.

"You should have taken your time to enjoy the view. I doubt you'll be seeing anything like it for the rest of your life."

[richestduck]

"If I stared too long at it, I'd either get sick or turn to stone," he sneered. "I don't need it showing up in my nightmares."

[blackmagicduck]

She turned her head back to glare daggers.

"You wouldn't know real beauty if it flashed you. You weren't just born without money, but without taste."

[richestduck]

"Oh, I know beauty, and it looks nothing like you, you withering wastrel!" he snapped.

[blackmagicduck]

Now she was up again, so angry that she hit the desk on the way up, making her nail polish spill on the table.

"Take a look in the mirror if you want ugly, you pathetic little peasant!"

[richestduck]

"At least I never claimed to be the definition of beauty!"

At this rate, a teacher was going to poke their head in and threaten suspension.

[blackmagicduck]

"You never could! One look at those old-man whiskers would send anyone running!"

Even a few students who stayed for after-school activities were probably beginning to overhear this.

[richestduck]

"'Old man whiskers'?!" Scrooge shouted as he rose from his seat.

"Mr. McDuck, sit down!" a teacher ordered, the woman poking her head in. "Miss De Spell, clean up that nail polish!"