𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝑰 𝑵𝒆𝒆𝒅

𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒘𝒐-𝑷𝒆𝒓𝒖𝒗𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑩𝒐𝒚

"Yeah. Point to each person and tell me a little bit about them, from there I'll figure the rest out for myself." Craig said to tweek, trying to find a quick and easy way to get to know everyone so that he wasn't a geeky loner in his final years.

Tweek nodded, then began by pointing at one boy sitting near the back. "That's Eric. He's pretty loud... I get really bad vibes around him."

He pointed at two girls sat near the front. "That's Wendy and Bebe. They're both really smart. I think Wendy has a thing for Stan, though. She always looks at him funny. You should probably avoid Bebe. She's like a succubus, and will probably bully you for being new."

Tweek then pointed at a short and chubby girl in the corner. "That's Heidi. She's mean, but I think she's just trying to fit in, y'know? She doesn't come across as a violent type."

He pointed at a boy with scraggly blonde hair in the front. "That's Kenny... h-he's quiet a lot, but he's a nice guy at heart. He's got a thing for being a bit weird sometimes, though! And he's got a really dark sense of humour."

"Next is jimmy... he can be really annoying sometimes. He's always cracking stupid, rude jokes. But don't worry too much about him. He's too dumb to actually bully anyone."

Finally, Tweek pointed at Stan. "Stan... Stan is really weird. I have a feeling he's dangerous, but for some reason, I can never really feel his aura. He just kind of gives me a chill down my spine, but in the sort of way that tells me not to mess with him."

"Alright," Craig said, looking around the class. "You're getting visibly stressed. You can take a break, okay? I think I know everything I need to now for now."

Craig took another glance around the circle. He wondered if everything tweek had said about them was true, or if tweek was just being paranoid about most people being bad.

Tweek frowned at Craig. He had a feeling the boy was lying, but he couldn't tell for sure. Maybe it really was just paranoia. Either way, this Craig character made him quite suspicious, something about him felt... off.

That's when Tweek noticed the slight smile that crossed Craig's face when he'd said 'I already know enough' and the way his eyes had briefly darted to Tweek's arm. A shiver ran through tweek's body.

Craig was starting to get slightly annoyed at how jittery tweek was being. He decided to speak again, but in a soft and gently manner, to not hurt Tweek's fragile complex. "Is there something you use to calm yourself down? You don't need to be scared of whatever is scaring you right now..."

Tweek's hands darted to his pockets. In his right hand, he was squeezing his hands together nervously. In his left hand, he was grasping something small firmly, his knuckles white.

"Oh! Uhh, y-yeah, I'm okay!" he muttered, "Just my nerves acting up, you know how it is!" he was lying, and Craig could sense that.

Tweek then tried to smile weakly and look as casual as possible, but it definitely wasn't working.

"There's obviously something wrong. Tweek, you're meant to be the mind reader here, not me." Craig said, before sighing and gently shifting in his chair. Craig really didn't want to get in any sort of trouble or get a bad reputation on his first day of school.

Tweek quickly pulled his hands back from his pockets, and tucked them in his lap.

"I'm just... it's my anxiety. That's all." He muttered, before shaking his head.

"So, Spanish... you said it was something you were good at, right?" Tweek said suddenly, awkwardly avoiding the subject of his nerves.

"Yeah." Craig says, fiddling with a pencil in his long, pale fingers. Craig got bored easily, due to his autism, and he liked to find little trinkets and toys to fiddle around with to satisfy his constant need for activity. "I'm Peruvian, and Spanish was my first language."

Tweek's eyes widened as the thought hit him. He'd never met anyone who was Peruvian before. Peru was... well, from what he'd heard, was a pretty dangerous country. Maybe he should ask Craig more about Peru, and why his family moved out of there.

Tweek also noticed the pencil in Craig's hands, and the way he fiddled with it. The movement seemed oddly satisfying to him. He took a breath, before he spoke again. "Can I ask you a question?"

"Yeah?" craig looked over at tweek and tilted his head in curiosity.

"What was Peru like?" Tweek asked. A bit of a random question, but he was feeling adventurous today. "I've always wondered what life was like in there. I've heard pretty scary stories about the cartels and the government over there, what was it like?"

Tweek was very curious, though he also felt it may be a bit rude to ask somebody about a country they had to leave.

"It's honestly better than it sounds. It's not all drugs and gangs, y'know? Most of the locals are very kind, and there's nice weather in the summertime, and the food is great." Craig looked down at the floor, before turning his attention back to tweek. "I don't know why we had to leave. Some things just happen... I guess..."

Tweek's eyebrows creased in concerned at Craig's last comment. That was a pretty ominous way to phrase things. It made it sound like he had some sort of dark past.

Tweek took note of the pencil in Craig's hands once more, though decided not to ask any more questions. Instead, he simply asked one more, more unrelated question.

"So why did you move here, Craig?"

"My parents said it was a better place for people like me to grow up in. There aren't really any schools for people with powers in Peru." Craig said, looking up at the ceiling

"Ah... yeah, that makes sense..." Tweek said. He looked around the classroom nervously once more.

He wondered what power someone like Craig could've possibly had. It must be very strange and interesting.

"I hope this isn't too personal, but what power do you have?" Tweek asked suddenly.

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Words: 1034

Date published: 10/1/2023