"I Think Your So Good And I'm Nothing Like You"(Complete)

1. Mattholomule

🄰/🄽-ᵀʰⁱˢ ᶜʰᵃᵖᵗᵉʳ ʰᵃˢ ᵐᵉⁿᵗⁱᵒⁿˢ ᵒᶠ ʰᵒᵐᵒᵖʰᵒᵇⁱᵃ, ⁱⁿᵗᵉʳⁿᵃˡⁱᶻᵉᵈ ᵃⁿᵈ ᵒᵘᵗ! ᴾˡᵉᵃˢᵉ ʳᵉᵃᵈ ʷⁱᵗʰ ᶜᵃᵘᵗⁱᵒⁿ ⁱᶠ ᵗʰᵒˢᵉ ᵗʰⁱⁿᵍˢ ᵐᵃᵏᵉ ʸᵒᵘ ᵘⁿᶜᵒᵐᶠᵒʳᵗᵃᵇˡᵉ<³³ ᵗᵃᵏᵉ ᶜᵃʳᵉ!
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My head blanks when my name is called. I was already nervous before being called up because of other stuff, and now it's my turn to present. I'm sweating too much. Stop it, you idiot. It's not that big of a deal. It isn't something Steve would do, and Steve is good at everything. Steve is always so good at these sorts of things. At least I'm not presenting alone. At least Agustus will do it with me. OH GOD AGUSTUS IS PRESENTING WITH ME- okay it's not that big of a deal, why am I like this around him. At least he will do most of the talking, that's the one thing besides illusions he's good at, sometimes he just doesn't stop, I never complain though.

I'm up at the front of the class but I don't remember walking up. Weird. The slides are up on the wall and Gus gives me a concerned look. Is it that obvious I'm freaking out right now? The slide changes and Gus starts talking but I can't hear him. I'm too busy feeling my heart jump out of my chest. I'm never like this but when I joined the illusionist track they sorted me into new classes, the same period as Agustus. Gus was willing to partner up with me, I'm really lucky. I sworn he would have a partner already considering how smart he is. Before I know it Gus is nudging my hand while giving me these "dude what the hell" eyes, until I notice we are on the slide I said I would read. I stumble over my words and have trouble reading the incredibly small font gus picked but eventually I get through it. We had agreed we would take turns reading every other slide.

Eventually we finish our presentation with soft claps from our classmates and a quiet "nice jobs boys" from our teacher before we sit back down. I'll have to apologize to Agustus later. I hate apologizing. We get through the others extremely boring presentations before the bell screams and we are off to lunch. We walk together until entering the cafeteria where we part ways to different sides of the room. Gus sitting with the human, a plant girl who's name I always forget, and Amity Blight. I go with some friends, or at least I think they are my friends. They are nice to me sometimes, right now they are just making fun of me though.

About 20-ish minutes pass and I forget about the shit show that was the presentation. Then Gus walks up behind me. "Hey can I talk to you for a minute?" Oh crap okay now I have to prepare to apologize. I don't say anything, just getting up and following Gus into the hallway. Why is he bringing me to the hallway?! Was I that bad? Was I so bad that he would embarrass me around everyone if he talked to me in public? And before I know it we are in the hallway outside the cafeteria. "Hey.. are you okay?" He asks me, pulling me out of my thoughts. "Huh? What? Yeah I'm fine why?" I lie, because I have a reputation to keep.

Agustus gives me another look, a look that says he doesn't believe me at all. "You sure? You were zoning out during the presentation. It's okay to be nervous. If you were nervous you could have told me and we could have practiced more and-" "NO. I mean, no. I wasn't nervous.. it's the stupid class, yeah it's just the class is too hard. Sorry." " If you say so but you can tell me stuff alright? Just let me know if you need something." Gus walks back into the cafeteria, looking back at me for a second. He really is too nice to me. Suddenly my friends appear behind the door.

"OoOooo! What were u doin Matty? Smooching your boyfriend?" One of them says while another makes fake kissing noises, another chimes in and laughs. "What?! Agustus? That's crazy." I say, trying to pretend they're laughing with me and not at me. They keep making dumb jokes for a few minutes before stopping "We're just messin' bro, that shits gross!" One of the shorter ones says, scrunching his nose as if something stinks. "I wouldn't put it past Agustus, he's probably one of them" one of the taller girls says as if it's a common fact, as the other 2 nod along.

"What do you mean 'one of them' " I ask because I genuinely don't know what she's talking about. "Y'know, gay." The short one says to me as if I'm stupid. "He probably likes you with how much he wants to hang out with you, haha!" The other one says and before I can even process what was said, the bell screams again, signaling last period. I think about what he said while walking to my destination "He probably likes you" I imagine what that would be like. What if Augustus liked me. That would be.. what would that be? It wouldn't be gross like my friend said. How would I feel about it? I feel my face heat up a little bit. But I shake it out of my head. I'm not gay. Maybe it is a little gross if everyone says it is. And maybe I shouldn't even be thinking about it.