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Hot to the Touch

I was working on our bot in robotics with Mumbo, "Hold the arm steady, Mumbo."

"Yeah, got it."

I took the screwdriver and began working in the screw. After a moment, I put the screwdriver between my teeth, then heard someone talking.

"Grian." Mumbo warned.

I glanced out of my eye and rolled them, "Here comes Sam and his, 'Look, I'm better than you' possy."

"Don't do anything stupid."

"Let me handle this."

"Gri."

"Trust me."

He slammed something on our table and leaned down to my ear.

"You aren't up to dress code, pet." I looked at him still with the screwdriver between my teeth and I continued to let him talk, "You're lucky you're cute."

I took the screwdriver out between my teeth, "You could be on fire and I'd still have dated men hotter than you."

Mumbo snorted and Sam started sputtering, "Why you little-"

When he rose his hand to me, I immediately spoke back up, "Just remember I'm smart, Sam. And smart guys cover their asses."

I kept my stare at his eyes, it was as intense as the first time Mumbo won dominance. He groaned at me and left. I took a deep breath and turned back to Mumbo.

"That.. That was too intense for my liking."

"I didn't think you had that in you!" He laughed, "Dude!"

"Hey, sometimes you gotta come off the victim train." I took another breath, "That was scary."

"That was still awesome, Grian. Let's get back to work on this."

"Yeah."

Halfway through the class, I felt a rumble in my stomach and glanced at Mumbo, "What're we doing for lunch?"

"When aren't you thinking about food?"

"When I'm not hungry."

"That's a lie and you know it."

"Food is my weakness, shush."

"I can literally give you an apple and you'd shut up for two hours."

"Then feed me!"

"Grian! Mumbo! Work!"

I shrunk down and went back to work.

Five minutes to the class ending, I looked at Mumbo with a devious smile, "Mumbo."

"What's with the smile?"

"Mumbo."

"Grian."

"Mumbo, feed me."

He snorted and messed up my hair as he walked by me, "Dang it Grian."

"MUMBO, FEED ME."

"Okay, okay. Let's go get Chinese food you little shit."

"Yay!"

Impulse then walked up to us, "You two have a weird relationship."

"But it's a fun one." I chuckled, grabbing my backpack, "It's better than my last one. You remember what I looked like when I first came."