𝔟𝔦𝔱𝔢 𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔬 𝔪𝔢

they don't bite.

i pant a bit, and rub my head. my head's sore, my headache throbs.

'crap...' i groan, trying to get up. until, i can feel gustav gently push me down again against the tree.
'stay here, i'll go get the others.' he has a slight tone of panic in his voice, then he jogs over to some place where they must be.

but everything is confusing me right now... why does he sound like he's panicking for me?
we don't even know each other that well - we only had a decent conversation just yesterday and now he's acting like he's known me for years.

others?  the words echo in my mind, then i figure it must be the other 3.
i don't like to exclude but, i'm pretty sure i might like gustav a bit more than them.

even though i haven't known him for long, he's pretty caring for me.

he also did give me that pepper spray that i've never ended up using.

the pepper might be splattered on the floor though since it did spray.

i keep my head down, breathing heavily as i put my hands on my knees. i'm curled up against the tree and it looks like i'm crying, even though i'm not.
after a minute of just the soft wind breeze filling my ears, i can finally hear faint voices.

'you brought us here for her?'
'ohh, just great.'
'you know how i get around her.'
'oh, she probably knows too much.'

i then hear one of them nudge the other on the chest, kind of like a backwards slap.

i can tell it's the main 4 talking. i grumble a bit, then i can feel their eyes immediately go to my figure even though my head is down. 

gustav walks over to me and kneels down, 'it's fine. it's just tom, bill and georg.'
'yeah, we don't bite.' tom snarks, and georg snickers. but i can tell bill is just standing there, crossing his arms.
i hear bill's voice go up, 'what happened?' he sounds so concerned as well just like gustav.
'it's obvious, you didn't see that cat fight?' remarks georg. gustav then stomps on his foot while somehow still kneeling, telling him to show a bit of sympathy. i then feel something cold around my forehead.

'come on, tilt your head up.' gustav's voice is actually so calming. but, i don't tilt my head up. i'm still overthinking everything that happened just like 5 minutes ago. then, i can feel gustav tilt my head up once again.
the boys are all occupied talking to each other, until when gustav tilts my face up - they all stop to look at me.
bill covers his mouth, 'oh my gosh.' but, that's not what i'm concerned about.

as gustav examines my bloody nose, i can feel tom and georg staring directly at me.
specifically them two as well. bill is also staring, but that's in a bit of shock about how much blood is really around my face.

however, tom and georg's stare just creeps me the fuck out.
 it's like being a bunny walking alone in a nice valley, then you can feel a lion just waiting to pounce... keeping it's eyes on you. gustav wipes the blood off of my nose, and i hiss a bit. not at the pain, but at the coldness of the tissue. he sets the bloody tissue down beside him.

my eyes widen as i see the unexpected and i hold in a shriek as to not cause distress in gustav. he already looks worried enough.

 but, i feel sick.

i see tom then eyeing the bloody, cold tissue that just cleared my blood off of it, and he licked his lips.
he licked his lips.

i can also see him slightly tense up, clenching his fists tight.
georg doesn't seem too interested though, he even looks a bit disgusted by the blood. guess he's a picky eater? or drinker, whatever.

tom bites his lip, then immediately drags bill over to a secluded area. as gustav grabs another cold tissue, i feel the ice through the thin layer of it.

'why does it have to be cold?' i ask gustav, finally speaking after not doing so for like 3 minutes.
he softly replies, 'it helps to ease the pain. i saw how that evelyn girl punched you in the face, delilah.' i feel my face get warmer as he says my name, but i don't want him to notice that.
'how do you know?' i raise my eyebrow, slightly raising my tone to a normal pitch, 'were you there? did you see?'
he chuckles a bit, 'no. i just heard.' as i'm about to open my mouth to ask another question, he hovers his finger over my mouth.

 i chuckle a bit, blushing slightly. i move my hair out of my face, and sweep it behind my ear as he then picks up the tissues and bunches them together.

'the nearest bin is on the oval.' i tell him, he nods as a thank you. but as he walks away, tom then suddenly approaches him to ask him something.

i don't continue focusing on them though even though my interest is piqued, because bill comes to sit beside me.

'windy day, huh?' he asks me, starting up a conversation. it slightly confuses me, but i shrug it off now since everything around me has been a little bit confusing lately.
'yeah, too windy.' my tone a bit non-chalant, but there's still a bit of energy left in my voice. i can see that georg is by a tree, on his phone doing who knows what. i don't notice until now about how tall bill really is.
we're sitting down, but i'm only up to his chin and it's really concerning me. he's so tall and i somehow haven't even noticed. not to mention his chiseled face, perfect cheekbones, sharp ja- no. no. i can't be admiring the guy, i made a single promise to my best friend and it can't be broken.

but, can promises be broken if nobody finds out?  the specific sentence sparking something up in my chest.

as i'm lost in thought, i feel a slight tap on my shoulder from bill. i move my hair out of my face as i reply, 'yeah, what's up?'
as he looks around to see if we're secluded, he then whispers near my face and gives me a dead serious look,

'do you want me to tell you a secret?'