The Adventure of Finn and Val

Chapter 3: High School Is Brutal

They arrived at school in a decent amount of time, the school was just opening up to everyone as they pulled in. Val parked the bike and got off, helping Finn. He felt around in his pockets looking for his flask, when he frowned. "Well shit..." He couldn't find the flask anywhere. He panicked a bit and then shut his eyes breathing. He started to walk towards the school with his bag and he felt a very slight pain in his gut every time he walked close to someone. He didn't wait for Finn as he quickly walked to class.

Finn hopped off the bike making it look normal for the time being. "Hey are you okay? You look like you got hurt, did you get hurt?" Finn whispered trying to keep up with Val. He went straight to his homeroom and sat in the same spot as yesterday.

Val walked in after a moment with a stone faced expression, he looked miserable. He sat down next to Finn and sighed. "I think someone might have stolen my flask." Val spoke softly to Finn, with worry in his eyes. He then looked away, and up at the teacher, trying to distract himself.

"That's no good..." Finn whispered back. He stressed his brain for a solution. "You said you need blood, do you need mine?" Finn asked curiously, shrugging his shoulders.

Val flinched back at the mention of this and then shook his head. "N-no, I don't need it now." He sighed and then looked over at Finn. "Why would you even want that?" He frowned.

"I- I don't want to! I was just saying... you look miserable and if I can help then I will!" Finn whispered harshly, his face going red.

Val breathed out with a sigh and shook his head. "No, final answer." Val said harshly and tapped his fingers on the desk. He honestly didn't like the idea of taking blood from anyone, though he had done it many times before. It was an emotional rollercoaster.

Suddenly a person shoved passed them and slammed his hand on Val's desk with a smirk. He was waving Val's flask in front of him, in a teasing manner. "Is this your's? Hm, I could turn this into the teacher and get you expelled, you know." He smirked and leaned forward some, slowly opening the flask and poured it out onto the floor, though the blood turned clear as that happened and it just looked like water.

Val shook some, and didn't want to confront the person in front of him. He looked panicked and looked at the water that fell from the flask. The bully looked dumbfounded and frowned to see that he now had no dirt on Val.

Finn laughed and stood up. He picked the guy up by the neck. "Leave him alone. He's with me... and remember that deal we made wayyy back? We don't want to see you kicked off the football team do we now? I know your rep is soooo important to you." Finn said his eyes turned red with fury.

The guy nodded and shook in Finn's grip, he looked terrified. "Y-yeah, I remember. I didn't know he was with you, I am sorry..." His voice was shaky as he struggled to speak.

Val stood up and grabbed Finn's shoulder, shaking his head. "Put him down Finn, it's alright..." He sighed, and picked up his flask up off of the ground and wiped off the lid.

Finn put him down. "You need to stop. What if he wasn't with me, what would you have done then huh? If you're going to bully someone you should always think about the consequences. We both know this wasn't worth it." Finn poked the guy on the chest and scowled at him as the guy ran away. "Idiots. I swear." Finn sat back in his chair relaxing as if nothing had happened.

Val looked over at Finn as he shoved the flask into his bag. He looked back up at the teacher and spoke softly to Finn. "Thanks, I owe you." He sighed and glanced at Finn with a soft smile.

Finn shrugged "Eh, you owe me nothing... they've been getting dumber and dumber over the years. I don't know why but I find satisfaction from proving those idiots wrong." Finn chuckled. He watched the teacher closely. "I'm like the school sheriff in a way, if I say anyone is with me, they back away real quick. I have a lot of dirt on them from middle school."