Under my wing

Walking home

The bell rang, setting the student's free from yet another school day, though it was long, Liam had wished he could stay longer, though he didn't join any clubs earlier within the year and had no intention to join any, his grades weren't exactly the best, and he knew he could do better, he hadn't been pushing himself to his full capacity. He had many thoughts over the past few months on why it was so hard to concentrate, he knew it wasn't his friends nor the environment he was in during his school hours, he could hyper focus on something and get it done, and the lessons were most commonly not boring, the teachers took it up on themselves to make the lessons fun and keep the students engaged within each and every lesson.Liam knew he knew the curriculum well, anything he turned in he got 80's and above, though he forgot to turn in his work, he was often embarrassed of his answers and attempts, and didn't want to feel the humiliation of failure, he didn't want to have the paper in his backpack with a bad marking, only to be yelled at and scolded by his parents for failing.They were already yelling at him enough for other reasons, he had learned to stiffen up and act like he didn't care in the face of danger or terror, most of the time anyways. Liam sighed as he exited the school, waving goodbye to his friends and heading across the street to where he normally met his siblings, they were usually out before him, and were talking to a few of his friends. "You know she's an idiot, she's failing her classes" Nigel said with nothing but disgust, Kira had long since stopped with the talk of her wolf-witch sibling. Liam's felt his ears pin to his head. "You assume he's stupid but I've seen his marks! Their incredible!" A panther exclaimed, Hayden, Hayden often talked to Liam's siblings simply because their little sister Lilac was friends with Kira. "Oh can it Hayden, why do you keep calling her "him"?" Nigel spat scornfully. Liam wanted to do nothing more then to slam his brothers head into the theater ticket booth. He felt a sort of burn attacking his hands, he looked down at his hands and saw bright emerald flames emerging from his palm, he clapped his hands together, quickly putting it out, people passing by had given him odd looks. He hadn't been able to control his magical abilities, and he never wanted to try in case he hurt someone. He shook his head vigorously and stepped behind the others. "I'm here, we can go now" he said, the bitter taste of his brother's harsh words still on his tounge. Nigel whipped around while Kira calmly glanced at him, then said her quick good byes to Lilac. Hayden and Lilac bounded away to meet their mother, while the three Flintlocks stood there. "Let's go, it's too hot to be sitting out here" Kira muttered. Nigel's ears flicked as he started heading in the direction of home. Throughout the walk, Liam kept casting glances at his brother, he hoped that being the only two boys in the house might have brought them together to protect their sisters if need be. Nigel spoke words that only Kira could hear, Liam noticed this as Kira nodded every so often to what Nigel was muttering to her. Liam felt that hurtful pang of loneliness and flattened his ears, he quickly straightened them, sure to not show any hints of pain or uneasiness in his expressions. "Race ya to the steps" Liam managed finally, Nigel grinned and darted, while Kira followed shortly after, Liam booked it, he had long known that he was the fastest of his family, and this was a chance to up his self confidence and pride within himself, beating his siblings gave him that. As he sped past his siblings, he stuck his tounge out at them as he jumped and landed on the top step. "I win!" He boasted, pleased to see the look of bewilderment on Nigel's face, ane the look of approval on Kira's. Liam knocked on the door as his siblings caught up to him on the porch. He was satisfied with how his walk had ended.