Hermit Highschool AU (with Angst! waaooo!)

Chap 4. Scar

His name was Impulse. That's who BDubs was so infatuated with. Scar snuck into his brothers room while he was asleep and read his diary... which was filled cover to cover with tales of how great Impulse was.

Scar vaguely knew the guy. Medium height, medium length brown hair, glowing brown eyes. According to BDubs' journal, Impulse was smart too. Very smart. Though scar worried about his brother, he had other things on his mind. Well another thing. 

Grian. 

Scar had vaguely known Grian since last year, as they had been on a group project together, but he never really payed attention to him. But know, he was all he could think about. This annoyed Scar to no end. He wasn't usually the type for falling head over heels at any old person, especially not a boy. He didn't believe in love at first, second, or third sight. Scar's best friend Cub, however, was a hopeless romantic. Scar was reluctant at first to tell Cub about his little crush. "It's insignificant," he would sigh when Cub asked who had been on his mind this whole time, as he did about fifteen times during lunch after Grian had bumped into Scar. But eventually, with enough wheedling, Cub had guessed. 

"It couldn't have been more obvious," was all Cub said on the matter. 

Scar was intent on shaking his crush off his mind. After all, Grian was way out of his league.  And Grian had a big friend group anyways, with Joel, Jimmy, Lizzie, Cleo, and his older sister, Pearl, constantly around him. 

Scar spent most of his time the next day covertly studying Grian, sneaking peaks over his math homework. Pearl seemed to have caught on, however, and didn't seem happy. Whenever she'd catch him gazing at her brother, she'd give him the hairy eyeball and flare her wings out, which was the opposite of intimidating as her wings were soft and fuzzy and fluttery. Earlier in the year, Scar thought he had a crush on Pearl, but it didn't last long. With Grian it felt different. Even though he'd only had two full conversations with the guy.

The elf boy sighed and gazed down at his math homework, which was covered with random doodles. Some of Grian. Scar sighed and slammed his book shut. He needed to have some fun.

"Bdubbbss!" Little BDubs popped his head into Scar's room. "Whaaat! I need to do my math. I wish Impulse were here he- oh" BDubs caught Scar's curious look. 

"Whose Impulse, BDubs? Your secret... boyfriend?" BDubs looked affronted. 

"How did you- who told you? We were being so careful! You.... You read my diary didn't you."

"No! Well, yes but it was so dreadfully obvious anyways. I knew you liked someone I just had to figure out who. Don't worry, Mom doesn't have to know.... If You do my chores for a week."

"Done!" BDubs squeaked.

"So Shorty... now that i have you here... tell me about your boyfriend!"

"Haha, VERY FUNNY!" BDubs shouted.

"I thought so," Scar grinned back. 

"Well, Impy is.... Amazing. He has a little brother, Zedaph. You've seen him, a little 8th grader, you know, the one with the crazy hair? They're both soooo smart. Impulse has been helping me with my Math homework, you know it's my worst subject. In fact... in fact we have a date tomorrow."

Scar groaned inwardly, worried for his brother. "Are you sure this isnt moving a little... quick? How can I know Impulse is a good guy?"

"Don't you trust my judgement?" BDubs hissed.

"Well... of course, but... you should have checked with me! I've never even really met this Impulse guy! And you have nicknames and everything? Trust me BDubs, he might not be who you really think he is!"

 BDubs drew himself too full height. "What, and you would know? You're only a year older than me, Scar, and I dont need your permission for everything. Im going on this date tomorrow, and YOU CANT STOP ME!" With that, he turned on his heel and slammed the door. Scar sighed, wondering if he could take his own advice. 

Hi anyone who may or may not be reading this! If you are reading this, thanks for dealing with my posting schedule... school just started so i can't say if it will get better. Like I may or may not have mentioned, this is my first time writing for fun since like, the fourth grade, so deal with my poor writing. Speaking of which, Im not so happy with this chapter... It's fine but not great I feel like im moving to quick. We'll see how this works! I did get a part with Scar and BDubs, and I love their relationship, and the bonus is their last name is clocker so I dont have to inwardly cringe every time i think of the name "Scar Goodtimes". Hopefully I redeem myself.... Hopefully. Thanks again for reading! 

-Shade

Also, my motivation comes and goes, well, more my planning then my motivation. Sometimes I come into this with an idea.... Other times i just write (and it shows 😅) Oh, also, sorry for the short chapters. My brain insists on breaking things up otherwise it gets really stressful for me as the writer.... IDK my OCD a$$ brain is killing me today 😭