Look Before You Fall
Summary: High School AU.
Characters: Phelous, Cinema Snob, Sad Panda, Sub-Zero
Pairing(s): Cinema Snob/Phelous
Warning(s): Sexual implications, m/m
Disclaimer: The people in this story are not mine, and this is pure fiction.
Phelous rarely ate in the cafeteria, he preferred to go out for lunch, even i it was by himself. This morning however, his mom had actually been there for once, and had packed him a lunch. He would've felt bad if he didn't eat it, she'd even packed a little note. So thats why he sat there at that wobbly plastic table in the fluorescent lit cafeteria. Sitting with him were Sub-Zero, who he'd known since grade seven, and Sad Panda, who'd only just moved there. 'Have a great day- xoxo Mom.' He stared down at the scrap of loose leaf. "What's that?" Sub-Zero asked, prompting Phelous to look up. "Oh, nothing."
"What is it?"
"It's just a note, alright."
"A note from who?"
"None of your business."
"A girl?" Panda asked.
"Well, yeah actually." Phelous replied.
"What does it say?" Sub-Zero demanded.
"Nothing important."
"But who's it from?" Panda asked.
"Umm, I don't know..."
"Then how do you know it's from a girl?" Sub-Zero asked, raising an eyebrow. "I don't know. It just looks like girly handwriting I guess."
"Let me see."
"No."
"What's the big deal?"
"Cause... girls don't like it when you show their notes to other people."
"How would you know what girls like?"
"Cause I actually talk to them, unlike you." Sub-Zero didn't reply. "I always felt so bad for kids who eat all alone, you know?" Panda sighed, looking over at the Cinema Snob a few tables away. "Trust me, that kid likes being alone." Sub-Zero told him. "He's your friend, right Phelous?" Panda asked. "Uhh... yeah I guess." Snob did seem to like him fine, but his own feelings towards him were... complicated, to say the least. This always made any actual interaction Phelous had with him a little awkward, and it was not something he was looking forward to. "Well he won't mind then. Let's go sit with him." Phelous reluctantly followed his friends to Snob's table and sat down. Panda was right, he didn't seem to mind. They struck up a conversation right away, but talking with Snob proved difficult. His mind was in two places, like it always was. How could he be expected not to get lost. Staring into those eyes, hearing that voice.
"No, I'm sure I failed that." He told them, "How 'bout you, Phelous?" I want you. "I don't know." I want you so bad. "I think I did alright." I need you. "I didn't really know what I was doing, exactly."
"No, me either, but then again I don't really care." Please, I need you! "I mean, what's it really gonna matter twenty years from now." Right here. "Nothing, probably." Right now. "But then again..." Please... Please..." "You never know." Snob gave him a faint smile. "Well, I should get going." No, don't go! "See ya." Just stay a little longer...