Is This Fate

1

Clay groaned as he was forced to get out of bed, it was the beginning of the school year but he already knew it was gonna be torture. he pulled himself out of bed and walked over to his bathroom.

 His dorm hadn't changed in the time he was away. there was still the broken aircon in the corner, still the same three legged bed, and still the burn mark on the floor from when he dropped a boiling pan. The one major difference was the massive unlabled flag on his wall. It was no secret he was queer.

 Last June he had led the school's gay rights protest, not to mention he had had many boyfriends and girlfriends. There were many who wernt happy with how open about it clay was but he didn't care he just wanted to be who he is.

There was one person that really got on clays nerves tho. Every day she followed him around and watched him through his dorm window, Clay didn't know her name but he for sure didn't want to get to know her.

he rushed out the door once he realised he was gonna be late, and just like always the girl was there waiting for him. Without even a glance in her direction clay ran towards his first class. 

The halls were almost empty as most people were already in their classes waiting for the bell to ring, meaning it was quite easy for clay to run though them.

 As Clay turned the corner to class 404 he noticed a short brunette boy wondering the halls. his heart skipped a beat as he stared at the shorter boy, he was amazingly beautiful and the way he walked was so sweet and innocent. he found himself coming to a stop as he stared at the brunette.

 The boy turned around, looking down at his map while muttering to himself about how late he was, Clay found himself staring into the boys eyes as his heart stopped for a moment. The pretty boy looked up to made eye contact. The look of pure joy that faded onto the boys face gave him a moment of serotonin, his heart felt like it would explode. 

He wished he could stay like this forever but just his luck something had the happen. The boy looked back down at his map and back up at the door to the left of him before walking into the class without a glance back.

~

Clay ran out of the class as soon as the bell rang, not wanting to get get held back by the teacher. How was he suppose explain that he was late to class because he saw a pretty boy in the hall. 

he pushed through the people crowded in the hall and ran over to what was most likely the loudest table in the cafeteria. His friends looked up as he came swinging into his chair , he leaned down on the table and immediately noticed the additional member to their table. The brunette boy. clay sat up feeling his cheeks flush, he tried to hide his eyes in his dirty blonde hair that was over due for a haircut. 

"I see you've noticed our new friend" sapnap teased with a smirk on his face. he was the first to find out Clay was unlabelled, they had been friends since birth so it only made sense they would know everything about each other.

 His family hadn't always been the most supportive of his decisions and neither had his schools but sapnap was always there for him, he had even changed schools after Clay got expelled for having a pride flag on his bag. His fathers of coarse being ok with this

The boy looked up at clay and smiled "hi I'm George." "I'm Clay" Clay mum bled in response. "What was that I couldn't hear you?" George questioned staring directly at Clay. 

Everyone at the table was now staring at him, Clay looked up his face suddenly serious "I said I'm Clay" he replied in a slightly harsher voice than inteded. Everyone was shocked, Clay was usually the happy one and he had seemed to have a crush on George just a  moment ago. "Oi Clay!," Karl yelled back at him, "what did he do to you?" "He made me late to class that's what" Clay shaped back at Karl "I wasn't the one staring" George said calmly.

 With all the yelling at their table most of them didn't hear him but of coarse Quackity heard. "Did you just say Clay was staring at you!" Quackity yelled out with a huge grin on his face. In that moment all confidence Clay had disappeared as he snuck back down into his chair. Everyone's faces lit up. 

Just intime to save Clay from whatever was about to happen the bell rang. Clay sprinted away from the table before they could start teasing him.

~

The rest or the day went by quite slowly and it was uneventful. Clay couldn't stop thinking about George though, he hadn't focused on his work at all and surfing art here even drew a rough sketch a boy that looked similar to George.

Once the end of the day finally came Clay hopped into his car and drove away from the school as soon as posible. It was good to be back and see his friends but he hated school and didn't want to be anywhere near it. Lucky for him everyone was meeting at sapnap's house.

Sapnap still lived with his parents but they were almost always away on business trips so they were never home. They had the house to themselves

Clay just let himself into the house as it was almost never locked. He looked around to see Quackity and sapnap fighting about something, and Karl in the center of the room surrounded by nail polish, as always. This time it was different there was a fifth person with them, George sat with Karl doing his nails a pretty deep blue. 

Karl looked up as Clay entered the room "hey Clay I'm just finishing the top coat then I'll come play games with you" Karl called out looking back down at his nails. "Ooooo, what game are you guys gonna play" George piped in as he looked up to meet George's eyes. 

Clay relaxed as he looked into George's eyes, he felt as though he could stay in them for hours. "Clay!" sapnap screamed in his ear causing him to stumble forwards. "George asked you what game your gonna play" sapnap said happily as he went over to the couch to watch. 

"I um what?" Clay stuttered his face going bright red in embarrassment. Everyone laughed " I know your a simp but at least try get an actual sentence out idiot" Quackity called out.