friend group / rinney

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TW: drugs and alcohol addiction mention (idk if that's a trigger but yk)
We stared at each other, I would say awkwardly but it wasn't awkward, it was the tension.

I looked down for a moment and scratched my neck. I didn't exactly know what was going on.

"Thank you Finney"
"For what?"
"I'll have to tell you later"
This man is tryna be mysterious.

He walked out. Holy fuck.
I let out a gasp of relief.

When I went back to the group they had like 40 minutes left, this time I put my arms around my own stomach.
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A few weeks went by, then months, and I  finally felt like I was welcomed at this school, like this is the school I go to I'm no longer a new kid.

I still haven't brought up the whole, movie night thing to Robin yet, but I think I should soon. This friend group is kind of divided up.

Griffin and Billy are best friends.
So are Vance and Bruce
And so is me and Robin.

But with Robin having 7th grade boy humor.
Everyone is suspicious when it comes to us joking around.

"No because Mrs Vin can actually suck my cock if she thinks I'm going to give her a 5 page essay on why talking when she's talking is wrong"

"Oh to be Mrs Vin!" Robin said
"WHAT!?" I say in a laugh, the others didn't really catch on yet but once they did they stared at us in shock.

"What the fuck Robin" Vance said trying to hide his laughter.

"You guys are weird cmon Griff let's go to History" Billy said in a laugh.

My next class was of course Mrs Vin, but atleast I had Robin in that class. I flipped my backpack over my stomach so I could go through it while walking.

"Wait you actually have to make a five page essay?"
"Yes! She saw me talking to you but before she could get onto you you left the room for like the bathroom!" I get five pages out and a pencil and walk in.
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At lunch, I confessed.
"I literally said nothing. I doodle on five pages and she said thank you and threw them away"

"Wait so if you actually wrote 5 page essay she would've threw it away?!"

"YES!" I said angrily
"Mrs Vins a bitch!"
Robin said

"Hey Bruce you have anymore beers? We haven't partied in a while!"

"Uhh, yeah, tomorrow, my place!"
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The day ended quickly, Saturday was here and I finally told myself that I am going to ask Robin about that one Saturday night the other month. I hope I didn't wait to long.

I get their and we were having fun, I waited for the others to get distracted doing some random shut and I brought Robin to the front porch.

"What's up?"

"You probably don't remember, but, last month you told me Thank you and I asked you why and you said you'd have to tell me later? I don't know I've just been thinking about it lately"

"Oh uh.. I'll tell you I guess"
Long story short

Robin was a pretty awful kid, he supposedly got into 7 fights last year and before I got to this school it was 3 this year. He was slowly getting addicted to like alcohol but once Vance found him passed out at a party not waking up he didn't let him drink. That same week, Robin had awful nights he would sneak out, he even took some random pill bottle from the side of the road. He stole from a drug store. But the next week (the week Bruce had us hang out together) Robin like quit. I didn't exactly understand. I guess.. he felt the same way as I felt about him? Oddly safe?

I felt so bad I got up and hugged him and the words that came out of his mouth melted me.

"You just made me feel
like me,
or oddly safe"

"You made me feel the same"
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Once we went back inside I tried to fix Robins mood.

Which it worked but, not really the mood I wanted him to be in.

He got drunk I would assume, but he wouldn't let go of me.

"Robin I need to piss give me my arm"
"Nooooooo"
"Why is he acting like that?" Griffin laughed

"Shut up romantic drunk"
"Hey looks like Robin and Griffin have one thing in common" Billy said

"Get off my Robin" I tried to push him off again. But he wouldn't let go.