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Chapter 12

The first day back to classes, Clay is woken up by Mr. Young knocking on his door. Handing him a profile sheet of two people, one name stands out to the blonde.

"Who the fuck names their kid BBH, what does that even mean?" the blonde groans, and realizing his mistake, he quickly shuts up.

"Do I need someone else to do the tour?" Mr. Young looks at him with a stern expression.

"No, sorry, it's just early, I'll be up soon," Clay excuses the man from his room as quickly as possible, opening his phone and going to his favorite group chat.

Karl, Sapnap, and George were already awake, a long string of texts between the three is the first thing Clay sees when he opens his messages.

The three had apparently made plans for the football game that Friday, the after party to be hosted in Sapnap's dorm. Clay shoots the three a text telling them he's awake. He also informs them of the two new kids, the other one, Skeppy, was also a senior, and both him and BBH would be moving into Sapnap's dorm. Not receiving an answer from any of them, he makes his way up to his boyfriend's dorm room, knocking as he enters.

The brunette is sitting at his desk, Minecraft running on his PC.

"You're playing right now?" the taller asks as he enters the room.

"I didn't sleep, I've been playing for a few hours," George responds softly, not bothering to look back to Clay.

"You didn't sleep?" the blonde is all of a sudden worried for the boy.

"Yeah, I'm fine though, just thinking," the brunette still hasn't turned to look at Clay, the taller making his way over to him instead.

Wrapping his arms around the boy, he leans down to kiss the top of his forehead. Clay feels the man flinch ever so slightly, the blonde pulling back immediately.

"Did I do something? Are you okay?" Clay starts to question George even more, the brunette just shaking his head, his Minecraft character running through a desert biome, the boy's eyes glued to the screen.

"Okay, well I'm gonna go I guess" Clay can feel himself getting upset, wanting to leave as soon as possible.

"What?" an edge appearing in George's voice.

"Sorry, you know you could skip today so you can sleep. I'm sure you're exhausted," the blonde mutters, leaving George's room before he can respond.

Something between anger and sadness rises in his throat, the morning already off to a rough start. Confusion soon follows, George's actions were never that clear but something about the conversation felt foreign to Clay. The frustration soon subsides as he gets ready and meets Sapnap out front, George already waiting with the rest of the group.

"You're going?" is all Clay offers to the brunette when he meets up with the rest of their friends.

"Yeah, I mean I can't really miss much," George softly explains, Clay reaching down to take his hand, the brunette letting him.

They walk, fingers intertwined the whole way, Clay only letting go when he has to head down to the front office.

He can see what looks like two families standing in the parking lot. As he gets closer he recognizes the boys from their photos earlier. Both boys look nervous, Skeppy nearly clinging to his mother.

As he gets closer he calls out, "Hey, you must be the new students," he receives nods from everyone. "I'm Clay, I'm a senior here, and I'm going to be touring you two."

BBH grants him a warm smile, Skeppy still looking anxious.

"BBH?" Clay turns to the boy, dark hair and a red and black hoodie on.