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*Fabien POV*
Finally, Fabien thought on first day of High School.
He’s been excited for this day all off summer break though his friends were making fun of him for it. He was never really bothered by school, he was popular enough, his grades were good and most of his friends are in his new High School class.
So, it came that on the Morning on the thirteenth of August he was walking to class, or more accurately-he was running.
He missed the bus to school, and his parents had already driven to work, and his twin sister was driven by one of her friends, so he was forced to take his bike. Normally it wouldn’t have been much of a bother, but his stupid bike decided to break down halfway.
Now he was standing in front of the classroom 20 minutes late, full of bike-oil and fucking out of breath. Not a great first impression. When the door opened, and he walked into the already full classroom, their homeroom teacher Ms. Crak spoke,, How nice of to honor us, with your presenz, that’s detention” the whole class erupted in laughter. Even his best friends GG, Ross and Nor were smiling. Traitors.
,,I’m sorry” he said,,My bike broke down” Ms. Crak just sighed and pointed on a desk directly in front of her. Perfect. ,, You can sit here next to Leo” ,, And while you’re at it, please go to the bathroom and clean yourself up, Leo would you be so nice to open the door for him, so he doesn’t get the whole school dirty” The boy -Leo- looked up at the mention of his name, though a bit confused.
He had dark brown curls, tanned skin, a handsome face and, as he stood up, a solid height of 5’9. The whole class was still laughing and Fabien felt like becoming one with the floor. Leo held the door open for him, and he quietly stepped out of the classroom.
On the way to the bathroom, neither of them spoke a word. Beautifull. Exactly what he needed, a cute as hell guy, who he sat next to in class(!) probably thinking he was a total Duchebag.
As Leo opened his mouth for the first time Fabien expected some sort of mockery but instead, he simply said: ,, You have a bit oil in your Face. It looks like you have a mustache.” In response to that Fabien laughed. Turns out Leo was not only handsome but genuinely funny to be around.
When they arrived at the bathroom, they were deep in conversation about some of their teachers apparently being in a relationship. They walked up to the door but Fabien didn’t realize his mistake until it was to late- he was walking in front of Leo. Said boy realized it to, and tried to stop him by shouting:,, NOOOO” but it was to late, he already touched the doorhandle with his dirty hands.
,,Dude, she’s going to eat you alive” Leo stated calmly, despite his earlier shouting. Fabien only manages to nod in awe. This was the last straw. Fabien was getting expelled on the first day. Then disowned. Then Homeless, and all that because the guy next to him was pretty.
And worse, the oil wasn’t coming from his white shirt. As he turned to Leo he sighed:,, Think I can sell this as a new Fashion trend?”. Leo grabbed the towel from Fabien’s hand and said:,, Gimme that” and started aggressively rubbing at his shirt. For that he had to step closely to Fabien which caused to him almost to die due to lack of oxygen from holding his breath for to long. But as fast as this moment came it went away.
Leo took a step back admiring his work not noticing Fabien’s suffering. ,, See as good as new” he announces. This was a bland lie, if anything the shirt looked worse than before. But Fabien wasn’t going to say that.
As they walked back to class Fabien couldn’t help but to think that this was a beginning of a very special Friendship.
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*Leo POV*
Fabien was pretty cool.
He got to know him better every day due to sitting next to each other, and around them formed a friend group, with GG, Nor and Ross, Fabien’s Friends, Laurenz, his best friend Cyres, Max and acationally , Ellen, Fabien’s Twin sister, and a few of her Friends.
A few months into school he spent a lot of time with Fabien, due to him helping him a lot with his Homework. That boy was really a treasure given to him by the gods. Blessed be his perfect Memory and perfect face.
And then there was Football. Ever since he was a little child, he always wanted to be a football star just like his father. So, every waking hour he didn’t spend with School he goes to train on the Football place behind their house. He’d train till evening when his dad comes, just to catch an approving nod from his direction.
As the Months flew by the days were getting shorter and the nights colder. Christmas was approaching and it was showing by how the school was slowly becoming a Christmas hell.
One particular crowded day, the last day of school before the Holidays to be exact, he walked with Laurenz from their classes to the breakroom where they always hung out with their friends. He tried to get a hold on Fabien for the whole day, because he wanted to give him his preset or else he wouldn’t have the chance to give it to him before he flies to Spain for Christmas. But there he was in the back chatting with Ellen, Marly and Autumn, like the social butterfly he was.
Next to him Laurenz’s face has turned as red as his hair and he murmured that he must go to the toilette, except they were there like 3 minutes ago. He frowned a little. Ellen, who also noticed his absence, looked as confused as him.
Anyway.
He took his usual spot next to Fabien. They were standing close to each other, arms lightly brushing. They were always this touchy, it was just their thing, nobody questioned it. It drove him a little insane from time to time though he didn’t really understand why. Fabien already holds a gift for him in his hand.
It was wrapped in Pink wrapping paper. Fabien threw his hand up ,, I’m sorry we didn’t have another one” to which Leo just laughed and handed him his present. The Day ends with them all wishing each other a good holiday and exchanging presents.
When Christmas rolled around Leo still hadn’t laid Fabien’s presents with the others under the tree. Because of its Pink Wrap. His father has the firm idea of a “real” boy in his head made up. They had to dislike everything girly someday marry a nice girl and play Football. He couldn’t risk a disapprove from his Father because of a fucking pink wrapping paper.
So, after he unwrapped all his other presents, he snuck upstairs to his room closed his door and set down on the bed with his Present.
It was a pair of funny Christmas socks and a bar of his favorite chocolate. He honestly didn’t remember when he told Fabien this, but he probably found out somehow. He was thoughtful like that.
Smiling he thought by himself, maybe school wouldn’t be to bad after the Holidays.