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Chapter Four

•Hunter's pov:
Y/N walks out of the room and into the kitchen. Amity and Luz look between me and Gus.
"O-M-G! You both like Y/N!" Luz shrieks, causing me to cover my ears and hope Y/N didn't hear that.
"W-what?! No idea what you're talking about!" Gus yells, his voice cracking.
"We saw you guys both blush when she smiled at you two. It's a little obvious." Amity explains, I scoff.
"I barely know the human, why on Titan would I like someone literally less than a day later?" I ask, Luz and Amity roll their eyes playfully.
"Yeah! What Hunter said!" Gus agrees.
"Because you two think she's pretty~" Luz teases, poking me and Gus in the shoulder.
"Ow..." Gus mumbles, rubbing his shoulder. I chuckle over at him. He punches me.
"Owie...." I say, rubbing my own shoulder.
"It's a bit obvious you like her blondie." Vee whispers, but I hear it anyway.
"Excuse me?!" I say, voice rising in anger.
"Well, you did check to see if she was okay when she was crying in the kitchen..." Vee explains. I feel the tips of my ears heat up.
"As for you Gus, aren't you a bit young for Y/N? She looks about Hunter's age." Willow pipes in.
Gus glares at Willow and she holds up her hands in surrender. I chuckle at this, only for Gus to turn to me and glare at me as well.
"Y/N is 17, so a year older than you Hunter, yeah?" Luz asks, leaning her elbow on my shoulder.
"She's that close to my age?" I say, freezing, my face heating up.
"I think I have a better shot with her!" Gus says filled with determination, as he points his thumb at himself.
"This isn't a competition Gus. This is a-" Willow begins.
"Shush! She's coming!" Luz whisper yells, causing a blush to rise to both mine and Gus's cheeks.
Y/N walks in and stops dead in her tracks, a plate of pancakes in her hands.
"Did I miss something?" Y/N asks, quirking an eyebrow.
"N-nope! Nothing at all!" Gus yells, I elbow him in the ribs.
"Uh-huh. Sure." Y/N says, walking over to the couch and plopping onto it.
Gus hands her the syrup she left with him, and she smiles up at him.
"Thank you Gus!" She says happily, his face flushes at her reaction.
I scoff and look over at Luz and Amity. They're just holding each other like the mushy couple they are. Willow is standing opposite of them and looks slightly upset, but once she sees me looking she covers it up with a small smile.
"So...what do humans do on this planet for fun?" I ask, Luz looks over at me with an excited expression.
She lets go of Amity and rushes over to me and grabs my shoulders.
"Video games! Walks! Swinging on swings at parks! Call each other! Play truth or dare!" Luz yells, jumping up and down.
"Watch tv!" Y/N mumbles after swallowing a bite of her pancakes.
"Watch tv!" Luz repeats.
"Can we go to the park?" Willow asks sweetly, looking between Luz and Y/N.
"Sure!" Luz yells happily, Y/N shakes her head no.
"Are you sure that's a good idea Luz? They all are a different species, what if we get stares? I mean, I know I would stare if I saw people with pointy ears at the park." Y/N explains, causing all of us besides Luz's mother to rub our necks.
"It'll be fine! We can just say there was a LARP earlier in the park." Luz brushes off Y/N's statement and smiles.
"It'll be okay Y/N. I promise." Luz tries, smiling down at her best friend.
"Okay..." Y/N mumbles and finishes off her pancakes.
Y/N stands up and off the couch, walking towards the kitchen with her plate in hand. I follow after her and stand in the doorway of the kitchen. I clear my throat, causing Y/N to turn around and force a smile.
"Oh, hi Hunter. You kinda scared me there." She says, touching her chest where her heart is.
"Oh, sorry. I just wanted to ask you a question." I ask, she nods her head to tell me to keep going.
"Uhm...so, what's truth or dare?" I ask, feeling my face flush.
"Oh! It's just a stupid game. You pick either truth or dare, if you pick dare the one who dared you tells you to do something and there's no if ands or buts. And truth, it's really just you get asked a question and you hafta tell the truth about the question. Make sense?" Y/N explains, I nod my head.
"Uh, can we play one round? You know, like an example?" I ask, Y/N nods her head.
"Sure. Uhm....Hunter! Truth or dare?" Y/N asks, I panic on the inside and slightly worry I'll pick the wrong one.
"Uh, oh! Truth me." I say, smiling at her. She nods and taps her chin.
"Hmmm....how old are you Hunter?" Y/N asks. I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding.
"Oh, too easy. I'm 16. So, my turn?" I ask, Y/N nods.
"Truth or dare?" I ask, Y/N ponders for a moment.
"I guess since you picked truth, I will too. So, truth." Y/N tells me, I nod.
"So.....do you not like attention? I noticed that you seemed uneasy when Luz mentioned us going to the park." I explain, Y/N nods.
"Uh, yeah. I struggle with some mental stuff....so getting stares from complete and utter strangers scares me. It's difficult to explain I guess. But! I'll go anyways, I mean, I haven't seen Luz in months, it's only fair if I go out of my way to spend time with her because it's been so long." Y/N explains, I just shake my head at her.
"It's up to you for what you want to do. Just because Luz is going to the park, doesn't mean you need to come with. I mean, she's not going anywhere." I try to explain.
While I say this, Y/N looks down at her shoes, obviously hiding something. She lets out a sigh and turns around to continue to wash her plate. I go to walk over but someone walks in, walking in front of me.
"Heyyy Y/N! How's it hangin'? Humans say that, right?" Gus asks.
Y/N turns around and fakes another smile to Gus. I exit the kitchen and into the living room to see everyone already staring at me. I quirk an eyebrow.
"Can I help you guys?" I ask, everyone besides Luz look down at their feet.
"No, we don't need anything!" Luz tells me, I nod and step over to Luz.
"Hey, can I talk to you about something?" I whisper, Luz nods her head and pulls me towards a corner in the room.
"What's up?" Luz asks, I look down at her.
"I think something's wrong with Y/N...she mentioned struggling with mental stuff? Maybe you should talk to her? I was going to ask, but Gus came in." I explain, Luz face palms.
"Oooh. I'm a dummy. We sent Gus in there to talk to Y/N, but if she's not feeling well I'll go talk to her and make sure she's okay. Thanks for telling me Hunter." Luz says, patting my shoulder and leaving the living room and into the kitchen.
Gus walks out shortly and I stare at him, eyes wide. Gus looks slightly angry and looks around the room, his eyes landing on me.
"What the heck man? You too jealous of me so you send Luz in to talk to Y/N?" Gus asks, his voice rising in anger.
"You don't understand Gus..." I try to reason, but Gus just walks over towards me. I hold up my hands in surrender.
"I don't understand? I understand that you're jealous!" Gus hisses, pointing his finger at me.
"What's going on in here????" A sweet voice asks. I look behind Gus's shoulder to see Y/N and Luz exiting the kitchen.
Gus whips around and fakes a smile. I sigh and scratch the back of my neck. Luz is beaming and Y/N looks flustered. I think Amity spots this because her face turns red. If it wasn't for Luz going in to hug her, Amity would've been very upset at both Luz and Y/N.
"Let's go to the park everyone!" Luz cheers, everyone cheers besides me, Y/N, and Gus.
We leave anyway though, of course after Luz talked to her mother about us leaving. And so, our adventure to the "park" led on.