NorRay-emo loser-

Rays pov

TW:

violence, blood

(I promise there will be Norman povs at some point I just don't feel like it rn)

I couldn't sleep that night. I just kept thinking about him. I'll turn on some music, calm down. I put on some Cavetown and aggressively shoved my face into my pillow. I hate everything. By 1:00am I gave up on sleeping. I need to think about my feelings. Nah, that's cringe... I clearly like him. Why would I think about him this much?? This is so inconvenient-

The last thing I saw in my head before I went to sleep was him.(damn that's corny-)

I woke to the same stupid alarm and threw my phone at the floor. It didn't turn off, so I made a sound like "waaaoughhh" and rolled out of bed to pick it up and turn it off. I got ready, same routine as always, and poured myself a bowl of fruit loops. Mom left early again. Not out the ordinary, she works a lot and isn't really home often. 

Finally, I opened my door to begin the journey to school. So ready to deal with a bunch of insecure ignorant idiots(he means his classmates. Not sure if that was clear or not.). Awesome.

To my surprise, Norman was waiting outside my house, "Hi Ray! I thought I could walk you to school today, since I live close by." He smiled.

I blushed, hoping he couldn't see it, "O-oh, um, yeah thanks!"

Fuck. I hope we don't run into Keith and his gang. I tried not to be near my friends too much in school, because I didn't want them to get caught up in the insults. Plus, they didn't exactly know how bad it often got, and I didn't want them to overreact. We were approaching the school and... yeah, of course they're there.

I grabbed Norman by the arm and pulled him forward, trying to get past ✨️Keith and friends✨️ 

"Ray, what's wrong?" He asked, sounding concerned 

"Er, just, um, worried about being late for class," I responded stuttering through the lie.

Just a bit farther-

"Hey, look, Ray's got a friend today. Didn't know he had those, haha"

Fuck. This was not ideal. Norman froze, but I tugged at his arm.

He shook his head at me, "Ray, why aren't you saying anything?"

"I-it's fine. I don't really care about them."

"Well, I do."

He pulled away from me and approached them. Shit shit shit-

"Can you guys shut up? What did he ever do?" Norman said to the group of people, sounding pissed.

Keith spoke up, "He's an emo loser(Y'ALL HE SAID THE NAME OF IT). Why would you even hang out with him?"

"He's MY emo loser. And he's actually great, you're just a dense."

I blushed. 

Keith looked angry. This was likely because he'd been exposed as dense. 

One of his friends, Braxton(Yes I'm giving them stupid names on purpose lol), walked up close to Norman and said, "Hey, what's wrong with you? It's like you're asking for a fight." He grabbed Norman's shoulder.

FUCK-

I heard the impact before I could move. Suddenly, Norman was on the ground, and his face was bloody, and everyone was laughing.

Without thinking, I ran over to Braxton and stared him in the eyes.

"What are you gonna do? I'm way stronger than y-"

He was cut off, because I had punched him in the face, and promptly flipped him onto the ground. I'd taken a martial arts class a few years back. Braxton sat up, nose bleeding, and stared at me for a moment. I looked back. Everyone else in that group was staring as well.

"Well?" I spat at them.

They ran away. Once they were gone, I snapped back to reality and realized that 1.That was a really bad idea, since now I've made even further enemies with the popular group, and 2. Norman was still on the ground. I ran over to him.

"Norman! Norman! Oh fuck I'm so sorry I didn't- ah- are you okay??"

Norman sat up and winced, holding his hands to his face, "yeah, I'm alright, I don't think anything broke, just hurts, and its bleeding..."

Author's note: I really liked writing that chapter lol. Next one will be Norman's point of view. BYE BYE.