Dulled Fangs

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Tem's dead.

(Y/N) thought, looking at the memorial set up against the doors of the classroom. The alpaca had been devoured just beyond these very doors.

He's known this for a couple days now; everyone's been talking about it. It was just....

Really hard to accept.
Really hard to fathom, even.
He couldn't believe it, he probably still doesn't. Nothing makes sense anymore.

It's odd.
(Y/N) hadn't really known Tem that well, but he had spoken to him. He'd gotten so used to Tem's presence.

(Y/N) was in the Drama Club, but he wasn't an actor or anything. He worked with makeup, making to he actors look right for their roles and whatnot.

Tem was also in the Drama Club, but he was in the acting team. Tem and (Y/N) had interacted a few times, though mainly when (Y/N) had to do Tem's makeup.

Anyway, the school was finally opened again after a week, but classes were still suspended, so after grieving for Tem for an exceptionally long five minutes, (Y/N) decided just to head to the Drama Club.

He stood up, and began making his way. As he went, he noticed the countless odd stares from the herbivores throughout the hallways. It made sense to (Y/N), as he was a carnivore, and Tem was devoured by an unidentified carnivore, so it only made sense that every carnivore should be suspected, no matter the lack of evidence.
(Y/N) didn't like it, but it made sense.

He finally made to the clubroom, and -

"ADMIT IT! WHEN YOU HEARD THAT TEM GOT A GOOD PART, YOU GOT JEALOUS!"

"HOW COULD YOU SAY THAT? YOU HERBIVORES ARE ALL THE SAME!!"

(Y/N) stood in the doorway, taken aback from the sudden yelling. He looked around the room; the herbivores and carnivores had split, and Bill the tiger was arguing with a zebra, who (Y/N) hadn't actually really talked to before. (Y/N) looked over to the carnivores, noticing a bear who seemed to be indifferent to the situation. This was Riz, one of (Y/N)'s few actual friends, and he seemed oddly jaded today, but that's been all of the carnivores lately, trying not to seem like they're guilty.

He walked past club leader, and up to
Riz. "Hey, what's going on?" He whispered to the bear.

Riz looked down at (Y/N), his black eyes widening slightly due to (Y/N)'s sudden appearance. He quickly returned to his previous manner. "They're accusing us of killing Tem." He looked back over at the group of herbivores.

"What?" (Y/N)'s tired eyes suddenly widened with this news. He felt somewhat betrayed - he'd practically grew up with a lot of these animals. But then again, it's only natural, so he simply sighed.

(Y/N), not really wanting to get involved with the drama (ironically enough), decided to make his way away from the two groups, and over to his broom closet. You see, when (Y/N) wasn't doing makeup, he'd be cleaning the club room, mainly of fur and feathers, because mostly everyone there shed a lot, apart from the reptiles. Anyway, as he made his way away from the group, the herbivores noticed him.

"(Y/N)!" Yelled the zebra, making (Y/N) violently flinch. "You're certainly always somewhere close-by when something awful happens, where have you been?"

(Y/N) slowly turned around to face her and everyone else. The zebra was pointing at him dramatically as the other herbivores looked at each other with confliction. All the carnivores looked at him as well, but they all more or less looked sorry that (Y/N) got singled out.

Before (Y/N) could answer, Bill stepped in. "Now you're accusing (Y/N)?! Are you nuts? We're looking at the same wolf, right?"

While (Y/N) was certainly thankful that Bill didn't think he was responsible, he didn't really like the underhanded insult, but that's just Bill. He just insults some animals without really realizing it sometimes.