Unneeded Disclaimer: I 100% did not come up with this idea on my own. I read a fanfiction that wrote the same scenario but I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THE FANFIC WAS CALLED GOD DAMNIT (I'm 98.7% sure it was called "Random WH shit" but I looked it up and I can't find it anywhere???) Please tell me if you know the fanfic. Thank you!
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***Time skip to the pool game***
As Gray walked through the door to the pool hall, a cold breeze waved over him. He shivered and looked around.
'This place looks old.' Gray thought as he walked in the room to examine it closely. 'There's nothing bad about it, it just looks like it was built in 2003.' He touched a table and wiped off the dust on it. Of you looked closely, you could see how damp and ugly the place was. But he guessed no one ever really cared enough to notice.
"This place is gross." Gray pointed out. Ben looked around, then shot a confused look at Gray. "What do you mean? There's no dust and trash or anything. The place looks brand new!"
"No it doesn't. Look, there is dust on the tables. If you look closely to the walls an corners, you can tell how dirty and stained it is." Everyone looked confused, probably shocked at how and why Gray was practically phychoanalyzing the room.
"Oh yeah..... Why do even care about that?" Eugene asked. "I don't. Just thought it was worth mentioning." Gray's blunt answer made the boys even more confused, but they decided not to bring it up. 'Smart people stuff I guess.' They all assumed it was just Gray's personality and high IQ.
Everyone grabbed a stick and set up 3 They divided the groups by score for all of the games to be fair and even. Eugene and Rowan, who both suck, would play at one table. Gray and Gerard, who are both amazing at the game, would play at another table. Ben, Alex, and Teddy, who are both pretty much amateurs, would all play at the third table.
About 15 minutes into the three games, someone else walked into the room, 3 people, actually. Gray looked up to see who'd interrupted his thinking, but instead he froze. He tried not to stare at the trio. But he tried not to act clueless either. His breathing grew unsteady, his hands started shaking, and his thoughts became jammed with memories. He recognized the 3, and he didn't like it.
Bryce Oh, Oswald Yang, and the other dude who was on the roof when Stephen fell.
Gray slowly got into position and hit the ball with the stick. (I COULDN'T THINK OF WHAT IT WAS CALLED BDGWHDTYEB) The shot was pretty good, but considering Gray's rank, it was horrible.
Noticing Gray's bad shot, Gerard turned to look at Gray, who was trembling and looking down to hide his face.
"Hey Gray, are you okay?" Gerard asked. Even though it was pretty obvious but he wasn't, he still felt the need to ask.
Gray slowly looked up at Gerard to reveal his stoic, tear stained face. Shocked, Gerard started hoarding Gray with questions. "What happened? Are you okay? What's bothering you?" It was obvious he was concerned, and that made everyone in the room turn their head to look at Gray and Gerard. Even to three Gray was hiding from.
"Oh, would you look at that?" Bryce's voice was cold like ice, piercing through the air. "It's the depressed faggot!" The trio cackled as Gray clenched his fist in anger.
"Been a while, you should talk some sense into him!" Oswald seemed to whisper in his friend's ear, but spoke loud enough for everyone in the room to hear.
Bryce walked up to Gray and leaned in. "What's wrong? You gonna go cry to your mommy?" And with that, something snapped in Gray. No one knows quite what, but something did.
Gray swiftly gripped his pool stick and whacked Bryce across the face.
'oh god oh god oh god I hit him why did I hit him' was all he could think about when Oswald suddenly lunged at him. He would have tackled the small boy if Ben hadn't jumped in the way.
"I wouldn't have done that if I were you." Was all he said before uppercuting the purple haired boy, causing him to stagger backward. "Hey!" Bryce whirled around to face the buff teen after recovering from the hit Gray did, but instantly regretted it.
Ben grabbed a fistful of Bryce's hair and smashed his face against his knee. While this was happening, Gerard grabbed the collar of the other dude's uniform and yanked him backward
He flailed and tried to punch the boy behind him, which wasn't very smart. Gerard grabbed his wrist and pulled it the wrong way. In this painful and uncomfortable position, he yelled out in pain. "Oh don't be a baby." Even though no one could see behind his hair, everyone could tell Gerard had rolled his eyes.
The tall boy kicked the dude's ankle and made him fall to the ground. After that, he stomped on his face. Multiple times.
The boys looked at the three on the floor and rolled their eyes. 'They were an easy win.' the all thought. "How did those guys even know Gray, anyway?" Eugene wondered out loud. Nobody knew. Except for one person.
He didn't know for sure, but Ben had a pretty good idea who the three were.
"Speaking of Gray, where is he?" Everyone looked around and saw Gray. On the ground, back against the wall pool stick laying next to him, hugging himself, and Shaking. And when I say shaking, I mean really shaking. He was mumbleing something, but he was speaking too quiet for anyone to hear at this distance.
"Oh." Ben whispered under his breath, but there was a good chance nobody heard him.
Ben slowly crept up to Gray and sat down next to him. To be honest, he didn't know what to do. Ben didn't know how to comfort a hurting friend. He's never really done it before. Surprising, I know, but it's true.
Ben looked at Alex and made a 'What do I do' face at him. 'I don't know! Hug him or something!' was what Alex's face responded with.
Taking Alex's advice, Ben inched closer to Gray and slowly pulled Gray into a hug. He could hear what the crying boy was mumbleing now, and it broke his heart.
"It wasn't my fault. It wasn't my fault. It was their fault. Not mine. It wasn't my fault."
Gray slowly and gently wrapped his arms around Ben's neck, sobbing into his shoulder. Ben didn't know how to react to this so he started whispering (hopefully) comforting words. Words like "Shh, It's alright. Your gonna be okay." He knew that those were basic words, words that everyone would start saying into the ear of someone crying into their shoulder. But it was all he could think of at the moment. He was trying. And Gray appreciated that. He appreciated all of his friends and their efforts. Even if they failed.
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