|| Breaking the Skyline ||
Turning up the heat between him and the other (uninterested) him in the hallway.
City of New Strade
Ossorian-Shalumite Friendship School
"From the first day in our high-school, we can't be-lieve that we've almost reached the end of the line."
"Though from the start we fail and flunk our goals. Des-pite the trou-bles we've faced, we-still think ev-'ry-thing is fine."
"Mem-'ries we've-collected! Mo-ments we've che-rished! Let's this do this again. For one more ti-me!"
"Though from the start we fail and flunk our goals. Des-pite the trou-bles we've faced, we-still think ev-'ry-thing is fine."
"Mem-'ries we've-collected! Mo-ments we've che-rished! Let's this do this again. For one more ti-me!"
"Stop singing that song, Kellan. We're still sophomore."
Pfft. Yeah, whatever 'Mom'.
Or should I say 'Fuck off, Ashley.' That song was by Julius Man.
You know what, I'll tell him. I'm not gonna keep it in my mind like usual so,
"Fuck off."
Can't I, Kellan Wade Rutledge, President of the Book Club, have the basic right of suffering LSS?
"Just stop. No more singing."
Pushover and sourpuss. Two things Ashley Haynes will always be. Even if she needed to be the opposite, she'll always bounce back to who she is. Wonder why I'm friends with her sometimes.
"Maidin mhaith!"
Oh fuck! Now I remember.
"Ashley! Help!" I'm gonna hide behind Ashley. I need her to hide me from that Ossorian meathead.
Wait, no! Ashley don't go to him! I'm right behind you!
"C'mon Kellan, let's just get this over with. We don't want him nosing around later at lunchtime."
No! No! No! I don't care if I have. To. Pull. You.
Fuck!
Why is Ashley jacked up? She's a woman. I should go to the gym one of these days.
Oh no, that's a bad idea. HE will be there.
HE who torments my way home. HE who keeps sending me messages at night on B-Board when I'm trying to sleep. HE who embarrasses himself and me in the process.
HE. HE. HE
"Hey Nevan!"
Oh no! Don't you dare, Ashley-
"You wanna talk to Kellan?"
"Grand!"
"Fuck no Ashley. Fuck no Nevan." I'm standing my ground on this one. I can't just let Nevan look at me like a piece of meat. I'm a civilized individual, not some male prostitute for every guy who gives me that look.
Ugh!
I really want to kick him where the sun never shines and rip that smug off his face. He's probably thinking that I'll say yes to him this time.
"Howaya, Kellan?"
"Howaya am I? Well, how about...NONE. OF. YOUR. BUS-I-NESS!" That's right! I'm gonna bite back. I ain't gonna fall for your oozing masculinity, practically musk. I ain't gonna be one of those guys who just fall in love at first sight.
"Sorry, Nevan. He has blue balls right now."
FUCK YOU ASHLEY!
"SHUT UP ASHLEY! DON'T LISTEN TO HIM NEVAN!" I'M SO GONNA PUSH HER LATER AT THE GYM. I don't care if her face gets caught on the treadmill. She deserves it. Big time.
"Fadhb ar bith!"
This cocky fuckboy should go away and, I don't know, fuck other boys?
Isn't that how it has been for him? Not that I'd care. Obviously.
"Kellan, Nevan said 'no problem' if that's making you frown like an old lady."
OLD LADY?! FUCK. YOU.
"I'm really sorry, Nevan. I think it's a bad time right now for you and...Him to interact. Anyway, we got classes and the bell will-"
"RRIIIIINNNNGGG!"
And we're saved by the bell!
"But you and Kellan are gonna have the same class anyway."
Wait what- Oh fuck! Oh fuck me!
No!
It's Tuesday! That means English with...
"Cheers! Tis fine. I like Kellan bold."
Bold? BOLD?! I'M NOT GONNA GET NAKED FOR- Oh.
Ah. That bold.
Fucking Ossorian English slangs.
"Bye! Have fun you two!"
"FUCK YOU ASHLEY!" If I could throw some bombs at her like in Arzell. I don't care if we share Shalumite ancestry, she's a bitch.
But she's something I need to deal with later. For now, I should leave before-
"Wait!"
What the- Nevan! He's holding my hand!
"Let go of my hand, Nevan." And he still has that smug smile on his face. Fuck. Why does he have to be cute?
"What if I don't want to, Kellan?"
Fuck. Off. Ugh!
Tsk. At this rate, we'll be late for class.
"Just. Just. Let's go. We need to go before Mister Petrikov punishes us."
"Lead the way, cutie."
I prefer him speaking in Ossorian. That way, I won't immediately understand what he's saying. But I'm impressed. He's speaking a lot more English than usual. Suppose he realized how stupid he is for not knowing more about one of our national languages. I pride myself in knowing the municipal languages of Russian and Syaran. Most of my classmates in all of our language classes think they only need to learn English and Ossorian. Well, that's very lazy of them.
"Peace in Ossoria!"
"Peace in Shalum!"
"Peace in Arzell!"
"Peace in Shalum!"
"Peace in Arzell!"
Oh not, these idiots again. For the third time this month.
"Peace in Ossoria!"
"Peace in Shalum!"
"Peace in Arzell!"
"Peace in Shalum!"
"Peace in Arzell!"
Don't they realize they're cutting classes?
Actually, they ARE cutting classes. They're doing it on purpose.
So they do have brains after all. They're smart enough to get their way out of class and avoid their quizzes and get special homeworks at the end of the day without detention.
Boy.
Wherever this school is going, it's gonna be somewhere that smells like a dead homosexual donkey's asshole.
"Peace in Ossoria!"
"Feck, get that Shalumite hussy!"
"Feck, get that Shalumite hussy!"
What?
"GAAAH!"
He's got a knife! And he- He's- Aiming it at me!
"AAH!" FUCK ME! I'M GONNA-
"GAA- OFPH."
Wait.
What. No.
What's going on?
Wait, I should open my eyes.
Oh. I'm- My hands are fine. My arms. My body. My face. No blood. That's good. But where's-
"PLEASE STOP! I'M SORRY! I DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS YOUR BOYFRIEND!"
WHOSE BOYFRIEND?!
MY BOYFRIEND?!
Ah. HE. HIM. Nevan. There he is. Choking that guy who almost stabbed- Oh fuck!
"GLACH! UGH!"
"STOP NEVAN! YOU'VE SUBDUED HIM!" Oh my God. He's going to kill him! I should- I need to call for help, "SOMEBODY CALL MISTER MCLAUGHLIN!" I hope he gets here quick.
No.
No, he's not gonna make it in time.
"SOMEBODY, ANYBODY! STOP NEVAN!"
"I'm gonna kill you!"
"STOP NEVAN!" Oh fuck. Oh no. He's really gonna kill him.
"I'm gonna. Kill you!"
"Stad! Stad! Stad!" Oh Gods, don't do it Nevan.
Hey!
Somebody's- A lot of...Bodies coming here.
"Stad. Nevan. You gonna kill yer man there.."
Ah. It's his buddies in the football team.
"That's it. Grand, Nevan."
Oh thank the Gods. He's letting him go.
"Very grand, Nevan."
I've never seen them up close. I don't even know them. I just watch their games and usually Nevan comes my way at every end but he never talked about his teammates.
"C'mon, Nevan. We don't garda giving out on us."
But I have to say, this is eye candy. They're all eye candy.
"You're gonna be late for class though."
OH FUCK!
I ALMOST FORGOT!
I NEED TO RUN AND-
WHAT THE-
NEVAN?!
NOT MY HAND AGAIN!
"LET GO OF ME! MISTER PETRIKOV'S CLASS-"
"Stop, Kellan. You're not going anywhere without me."
"Nevan, you two should go. We are gonna keep this brutal slag here until the guarda comes."
Yeah, that's right. Let's listen to that good-looking blondie and leave.
"No, we'll stay."
WHAT?!
"BUT WE'RE GONNA BE LATE-"
"I SAY WE STAY, KELLAN!"
I- I- I will not- I am not- I cannot- I- Oh fuck.
"Fine. But don't talk to me when we're sent to detention." That should keep him quiet for a while. Now, I'll just- Tsk. I'll just- Ugh. Why is he not letting me go? I'm just gonna go to a bathroom.
"Let go, I need to go to the bathroom." And what's with that look on his face? I know I hate his smug but I hate angry people. I don't wanna be near them. Don't wanna be like them. They're prone to blowing up and, sometimes, blow up other people.
"I go with you."
What? Is he listening to himself? Why should I- Ugh.
You know what. I'm done.
"Fine, whatever. I just need to go to the bathroom." I'm sure he's gonna let go of me when I take a piss. He's perverted but not THAT perverted.
But this is weird. Him holding my hand. Me going to bathroom. People still watching us. Yup. All of those students cutting classes taking us in. Probably thinking about something perverted. We look like we're up to something no good and it's not the other sense of the phrase. The more sexual sense.
Now that we're in, no people around, everything's good!
Now I'll- Oh. I'll- Oh no. He's not letting me go!
"I need to pee, Nevan."
"Then go. I stay behind you."
What.
The.
Fuck?!