The One next door . (Karl x Chris Highschool AU)

'Gay troubles' (Chapter 16)

Warnings
Mentions of
bullying and homophobia
*sadley there's no Chris in this chapter*
*tubbo and ranboo are shipped platonically, this is to avoid any confusion*

Karl POV (12pm)

"Hey Karl" Mark says after answering the door. I had just gotten to clays house. He let me in and said "it's been a while since you've come over".

"I've been busy" I said and heard someone yell.

"RANBOO YOUR BOYFRIENDS BEING A BITCH" Tommy yelled from the living room. Then we heard a thud and some laughing from Toby.

"THATS WHAT YOU GET" Toby yelled and then we heard another thud. "OWW". Mark sighed and yelled.

"STOP KILLING EACH OTHER"

"YOU LEFT US ALONE KING" Toby yelled back. "OWW BITCH". Mark looked back at me.

"Ignore the stupid idiots" he said/joked as I walked into the house.

"One of those idiots is yours" I added and he sighed with a smile.

"I know but he's still an idiot" Mark said and I got hit with a pillow that was thrown. I look over and see Tommy and Toby throwing pillows at each other, play fighting, and yelling.

"BOO HELP" Toby yells when seeing us and rushes over to us.

"What happened Tubbo" Mark sighs and looks at Tommy and Toby.

"Tommy put benson on the top of the bookcase, I can't reach him" Toby complained and pointed to the toy duck. Mark sighed and looked at Tommy.

"Really"

"It's funny" Tommy defended. "Not my fault he's only 5'5" Toby gave Tommy a 'death glare' as Mark went to grab benson.

"At least I can sit in chairs normally, unlike you since your 6'1" Toby retorted as mark grabbed benson.

"I'm 6'3"

"6'1"

"6'3" they went back and forth for a bit until Mark got tired of it, put benson in his pocket, and put a hand over each of there mouths.

"Tommy your 6'1, now both you idiots shut up" Mark said. "Ewww" he said pulling his hands away both boys had licked it so he'd move them. Tommy and Toby both started laughing. Mark looked at me and gestured to the two. "You see what I got to deal with".

"You agreed to this when you said yes to dating me" Toby defended.

"Then what do you call when we became friends".

"The free trial" Tommy joked. These three were funny.

"Well I'm going to find Clay now, have fun dealing with these two". I said and headed up the stairs. Once I got to the top I went to clays room and knocked.

"Toby that better not be you" Clay said quickly.As you can guess, Toby likes to annoy Clay.

"Nope, it's Karl" I said. "Can I come in".

"Oh yea go ahead, it's unlocked" Clay yelled. I opened the door and saw him laying on his bed with patches and rocky. "Don't tell Toby, I stole his cat" I laughed slightly as I shut the door and walked over to him. You could still faintly hear the yelling from downstairs but it wasn't a lot.

"So, what was it you needed to talk about" I asked.

"So, you know how me and George are dating" he said and sat up, rocky moving over to my lap now.

"Yea"

"And how hardly anyone knows and the football teams homophobic" I nodded. "And how George really wants are relationship to not be secret"  I nodded again as Clay took a deap breath. "Well, I don't know what to do".

"What do you mean" I asked and Clay explained.

"Like, I don't know if I should or not" he said honestly. "I want to, like really badly but... I'm scared". I paused for a moment and thought of what to say.

"Your scared of being hated and unwanted just for being yourself, aren't you " I asked. He paused for a moment.

"Yea" he eventually said. "I've always been known for being the 'stereotypical perfect guy'" he explained. "Ya know, being a flirt and all that, if I came out as gay, people wouldn't really like it".

"The only ones who wouldn't like it are the ones who only like you for your popularity" I said. "People who care what others think are normally the ones who judge". Clay nodded and asked.

"How'd you deal with this when, you were younger" Clay asked nervously. "I know it's a touchy subject"
I stayed silent for a bit figuring out how to word it.

"Well as you know, I got outted by my 'best friend'" I explained. "People there were a lot more homophobic so I tended to get bullied a lot but... I stayed true to who I was if that makes since" Clay looked at me confused so I continued. "Even though people knowing gave me hell, at the end of the day it was worth it. If I was never outted I would of stayed friends with that asshole and would of continued being terrified of what people could do. I would of stayed in that school and never moved here, my life alithough not obvious, would of been hell if no one ever knew".

"What if something like that happens" clays asked sounding scared. "I mean there's not a huge difference".

"Theres a bigger difference then you think" I said. "Unlike me, you have friends who will stick by you no matter what, and unlike my old school, most of are school is ok with gay people"

"You have a point" Clay said thinking about it. I continued.

"At the end of the day it's your life, you know what you want so go for it. If you want people to know your gay and George is your boyfriend then let people know, anyone who's against it can fuck off"

"How exactly do I do that" he asked.

"Just act like your dating George and if people ask tell them your gay" I explained. "I know it can be difficult but at the end of the day, it'll be worth it". Clay looked up at me.

"Your right" he said. "And George will be very happy on Monday".

"Why cause his boyfriends going to act like his boyfriend now" I joked a bit warning a small laugh from Clay.

"Yep, and that's thanks to you" He said. "So when George attacks you with thank you's at lunch you know why" I laughed slightly knowing George is definitely going to wind up doing that. "But actually, thank you".

"Hey it's no problem" I said. "Y'all helped me out when I moved here, least I could do is help you with your gay troubles" we both laughed a bit as I joked the last part. As you can tell, we can't stay serious for long.

"Hey, since your here what do you want to do now" Clay asked and I thought about it.

"Want to annoy your brother" I asked and he immediately got up.

"Yep, let's go" he said and I laughed a bit. Todays been weird but at least it's good now. I'm glad I could help. I still have to figure out what happened with Chris but... at least I helped someone else out.