Retreat (ddlb)

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I groaned as a caregiver shook my shoulder lightly. I nodded as he told me it was time to wake up and slowly sat and put my feet on the floor. I looked over at Darien's bed and saw that he was still asleep. I decided to go ahead and wake him up, seeing as though the caregivers hadn't gotten to him yet. 

I leaned down and shook him, gently, and blew in his face. His nose wrinkled and with his eyes still closed, he brought his hand up from under the covers and flipped me off. "Get up. Did you know we have classes today?" I waited for him to respond, wanting to see how old he was. I assume he's his usual self, but I don't technically know how any of this works. He hummed in response before opening his eyes and squinting up at me. 

"Bro, chill. I'm normal right now." He said it harshly, and I felt bad for making him think I was being judgy. "What d'you mean?" I raised my eyebrow at him, and he looked away. He seems shy again. "You look like you're waiting for me to do something. I slipped, but I slept it off. It's over now." I frowned, not wanting him to feel bad about anything. "Jeez, I just wanted to see how old you were or whatever. 'Normal' is unnecessary. C'mon, the leaders are starting to circulate." I sarcastically widened my eyes and stuck my hand out to help him up. He nodded, looking apologetic as he took my hand and sat up. "Wait, what do you mean by classes?" 

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I grinned as I watched Darien talk to Ms. Sammy across the cafeteria, waiting to see what would happen. I didn't look away as I felt two people sit next to me at our table. "What're you staring at?" I was too interested in Ms. Sammy's response to feel flustered when Ezra rubbed my back as he tried to follow my gaze. I still maintained my focus as I pointed over at Darien. I heard the two other boys chuckle and we all sat and watched the interaction anxiously.  

"I'm assuming this is about soda?" Jayden asked, and I nodded still without looking away. We were silent again until we all witnessed Ms. Sammy nod her head yes and send him back to our table, and after we all say his grin and his triumphant pose, we all burst into a small fit of cheers, causing other people to stare at us. As he came over we all sarcastically/jokingly clapped him on the back and shook his hand as we congratulated him on his success. 

"I now officially get one carbonated drink at dinner, and on 'good behavior' at breakfast or lunch." He seemed pretty proud of himself as he began shoving pancakes into his mouth and we all clapped for him jokingly. "I mean, she said at least until I get a dom. For now that's just my general rules from her." He said this casually, taking a sip from his orange juice. We nodded, and I realized that made sense because once we are matched, our rules will be totally up to our dom I guess. Which reminds me, somewhat unfortunately. 

"Uh, Ezra." I looked down at my plate, feeling my ears heat up. I felt his gaze shift to me quickly and I wondered if I regretted bringing this up. "Yeah?" He seemed casual but interested in what I had to say, and it dawned on me that the other two didn't know what we were planning to do. "Did you want to go to Ms. Sammy or whoever now?" I looked up this time, and noticed Darien giving me a very questioning look and Jayden still eating his breakfast while glancing at us like he knew this was going to happen. Which then made me realize that he probably did know that this was going to happen because Ezra surely told him. This made me feel really guilty because I realized that I probably should have told Darien about this this morning, but I forgot because all of this is still very new to me. 

"Yeah, sure. Now's good." He places his fork down like he was waiting for me and I took this time to look over at Darien, trying to be casual, to tell him that we were going to be paired up today. He widened his eyes before smirking at me and giving me a cheeky 'congrats.', which caused my ears to heat up again. I accepted this and stood up, followed by Ezra and walked over to Ms. Sammy.