Boy x Boy [MY BULLY AND ME]

"George"

God, my arms are in absolute pain, what the hell. The bus is crowded and I feel like I'm suffocating, I wish I could just walk but of course not, Ethan says no.

I turn to Ethan and whisper into his ear, "Why can't we just walk to school? I feel like I'm dying in here" He turned to me, his face unimpressed for some reason. "It's faster on the bus"

I frowned, of course, he'd say that. Definitely not because he wants to go with his friends. Ethan's friend, Anthony, goes on the bus with us, I don't really like him though. He's friends with one of the many people I hate, Ace.

Ace is my bully, the person that's responsible for my agonising arm that's squished against the window. He's a selfish, annoying person that cares about himself and only himself. My luck always runs out when he's around. Unfortunate for me, he's always around, he's in most of my classes and he's friends with my brother and my brother's friends. I've always thought Ethan had a bad taste in people.

[PAST TENCE]

Then I wondered, what time is it? I quickly slipped my phone out of my pocket and looked at the time, exactly 7 am, we still had time. Traffic had been insane since last week. I glance at my notification centre and realize, I've got a text. I press on it and let face recognition do its thing.

The text was from Freya, a girl I had met in my English class, the girl I found a little bit annoying. She wasn't all that bad, she just didn't find anything wrong with Ace. She also liked my big brother, Ethan, which I find gross. She does keep good company though.

Freya: hey u comin to school?

Of course I was idiot, why wouldn't I? I typed in a reply and sighed, the same dumb question every day. It's almost like they expect me to just disappear!

George: ofcourse i am

I turned to Ethan, realizing it was almost time to hop off. Ethan stood up and I followed like the little brother ducky I was. Anthony followed close behind. Suddenly, he poked the back of my head, nudging it forward a little, I gave a glance his way, frowning, before turning back around.

We hopped off the bus and strolled through the entrance of the school, quite a few people were already there. I followed Ethan, waiting with him until my friends arrived.
I put my hands in my pocket and let it explore until I found my earphones. I pulled the case out and stuffed the earphones into my ears. I then put some music on my phone and listened to it, eventually losing myself to it.

Music to my ears, my mind to myself. It's like the first time I've been able to experience that. I'm always occupied, running around in circles, looking in corners just to find my calm place. Who'd have known it was right next to me this whole time!

Five minutes had passed and I had gotten a bit bored of the music, I wanted to go somewhere, do something. I took off my earphones and turned my music off. I look at my brother, listening to him talking to his friends, who had eventually arrived during the time I had been distracted. Lucky for me, Ace wasn't there. Was he not in today, was he sick and not coming in? Thoughts raced through my mind, I was excited, was today going to be a day without pain?

[Ethan's POV]

Oh God, George's at it again, his horrendous muttering...

All of my friend's glared at me, confused and kinda weirded out, I can't blame them. George is very weird sometimes, not even I can deny it.

Most weirdly, he was muttering Ace's name..over and over again. Was George thinking about him? Didn't he hate him?

"Bro, what the hell is your brother doing?" Zane asked, very confused. Zane was one of my friends who was witnessing this.

I shrugged my shoulders, kind of confused. Anthony turned to me, raising an eyebrow. "I think there's something wrong with him dude" He snickered a little. I nodded and turned to George, placing both of my hands on his shoulders.

"George, what are you doing?" I muttered quietly, slightly shaking him.

George, suddenly, snapped out of whatever world he was in and stared at me, very intensely but I could see, almost confusion in his eyes.

"George, you good?" I muttered again. He blinked and nodded. He seemed somewhat normal again. I awkwardly smiled and looked away, back to my friends.

"What was that? He possessed or something?" Anthony said, giggling a little.

"You believe in that stuff? Really man?" Zane said, shaking his head in disappointment.

"You believe in nothing Peppa pig" Anthony murmured.

"Why Peppa pig now?" Zane asked, confused. Anthony glanced my way, I knew exactly why. "Because your face looks like Peppa" I said pointing at him.

Zane rolled his eyes playfully, "It's not my fault I'm born with pale skin and bright pink cheeks". Anthony giggled, I smiled, this is like every day. I glanced back in search of my little brother, only to find him staring back, confused.

"What's with the face?" I asked. Ethan shook his head, "Your friends laugh at dumb things" I glared at him, then back at my friends. Zane walked over to George and looked down, "What's your name?"

[George's POV]

Really? What sort of dumb question is that? He's friend's with my bully and brother yet he doesn't know my name, is this some sort of joke? I groaned, "The name's George" I looked up at  Zane.

"Oh you, your that George kid." He said, walking back to his original spot next to Anthony. I blinked, and then, without thinking, walked away. I couldn't stand the atmosphere I was breathing around them, it was heavy, putting pressure on my chest.

Then the realisation hit me, Freya was here,  behind a bench on the patch of grass near the school entrance, waiting for me. I walked up to her, waiting for her to notice my presence, which she did, eyes wide open.

"George I was waiting for you! Where were you?" She said in shock, "I didn't see you come through the entrance"

"I came through the back Freya, I woke up a little late so I went on a different bus to the back," I replied, obviously lying.

"Ooh that makes sense, I didn't see you come through the entrance, that's why"

"Yeah, it's kinda confusing"

"Yeah I agree, the bus system and stuff is so confusing, I can never wrap my head around it, I don't get how you get here by bus," She said, confused.

"In all honesty, I just follow Ethan, he's always been good at this bus stuff. I'm getting there, heh" I giggled. The sudden mention of Ethan had noticeably thrown Freya off the rails, of course it did.

"Ugh, Ethan's such a smart guy, I love him!" She murmured, melting in her own thoughts. I rolled my eyes, give me a break.

"Whatever you say weirdo" I replied, half smiling. Freya giggled, "Okay but George, your brother is so handsome, pretty, smart, brave, cute, hot, sexy-"

YOU SAY WHAT NOW? She got so lost in her tracks she had to say that, God. "Freya don't get too ahead of yourself, I'm his little brother, remember?" I said, placing my hands firmly on her shoulder.

"Oh yeah, right! Sorry, got a bit carried away there." She said, awkwardly giggling. I shook my head slightly, "Well it's good to know your honest" I said, smiling.

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