Lemon boy (scarian)

Chapter five

Scar pov:

"This is your one and only warning Scar, stop talking to grian. Get rid of him from your life." Joel said as he sat with me at the lunch table after grian left.

"Why do I care what you guys think! He's my frie-" Joel cut me off,

"You care because we are the only way you get through high school. You care because without mumbo you wouldn't be able to cheat on tests. You care because without me you wouldn't have a partner in bio or during gym. You care because we're your friends and he's a sad loser disappointment of a kid who's gonna drop out of college." Joel said with anger burning in his voice. (Don't worry guys Joel gets development he's not like this the whole story)

After taking a breath Joel began agian much calmer now, "so, when you see grian next what will you tell him?"

"That we can't be friends." I said as my heart broke at the thought.

"And? He won't believe you if you just say that." Tango added crossing his arms.

"I'll be sure he doesn't think we're friends anymore." I said, feeling like my soul was being torn to shreds.

"Good." Joel said with a smile.

I knew Joel was completely justified in not wanting me and grian to be friends. My family was very rich, and all my close friends would probably have their college savings given to them by my parents. Being my friend was a way to benefit them and I don't blame them for it. I would do the same.

And besides I know they do actually like me, when a someone helps you back up after you fall enough times it's hard to not think that.

Joel and tango and Lizzie and most all of the rest of my massive friend group were sorta always competing, even if they genuinely are my friends, to be my best friend. And if some nobody who everyone ether thinks is weird or hasn't noticed gains my favor, their strategy to passing high school is out the window.

And so, I found myself pitying my friends as I walking into the forest to find grian. And there he was, sitting on a rock and staring up at the sky. A bird was circling up there. When he noticed me he looked at me with his beautiful smile and only then did I realize something.

I love him.

I've never been in love before.

But this must be what this is.

Love.

Reel, reel, love. (Empires musical ref)

"Hey scar!" The beautiful blonde avian said as he got up and ran to me.

"Hey grian." I said as I felt blush gather in my face. I light blue across my nose and cheeks.

"I just met your brother, he's cool." Grian said looking up at me.

"So I- I have to tell you something." I said trying my best to sound serious.

"What is it?" He asked with a tilt of his head.

Tell him you hate him! Do it for your friends! Tell him that all this time you were laughing at him with Joel! Tell him that he's weird! Lie to him!

"I can't do this." I said quietly as i slumped down onto the grass.

"You ok?" He asked as he sat down next to me.

"Joel told me to tell you we can't be friends, I just can't do it."

Grian was silent for a second before he wrapped a wing around me. I've been hugged before, many times really. But a hug from Grian was so warm and safe, I felt like I was bathing in sunlight for hours not sitting on the forest floor with a wing around me. I leaned against him and he put his head on my shoulder.

"I'm glad you didn't, say we couldn't be friends that is. I really like having you as a friend." Grian said quietly. He continued after a pause, "but, we can't be together in public anymore, we need to meet in secret. I don't want you risking your social life and future and the future of your friends, for me. It would just feel so wrong to me..."

Grian understood the benefits of having me as a friend, everyone did, but from my years of recolonizing when someone was just manipulating me into friendship I knew he was genuine. He didn't have that excitement that was so obviously fake.

"How about at 10:00 pm, each night, we meet each other at the rock we met at?" I suggested.

"No, that area is too likely to be used for a party. The counselors like the docs." Grian said and I nodded in agreement.

"Follow me, I know a spot." He said as he grabbed my hand and got up. I followed him deep into the forest until we got to a large tree in a clearing. There were flowers dotting the ground in the little meadow, lilacs and poppies. The tree was old and had a bench swing hanging from the lowest branch.

"It's beautiful grian!" I exclaimed as i looked around.

"I like this spot because it's far enough away from the cabins that you can't hear people at all. I have a few of these spots in the forest for when I'm overwhelmed or just need to get away from the world." He said as he walked over to the swing and sat down. I sat down next to him and listened to the bird song in the trees.

"Weird question, it just occurred to me, can you make bird sounds? Like chirps and bird song stuff?" I asked after a few minutes of silence. Grian blushed and I worried that might be an uncomfortable question or something that isn't at all my business.

"Yeah, well avians are better at replicating bird sounds than other hybrids or humans. It's a skill that takes practice through and I'm not that good at it. And sometimes we chirp if we're really stressed or really happy or just want something really bad, it's just a way to alert other avians of our emotions." He said looking away and blushing harder.

"Oh, now you have to do it!" I said as I elbowed him. He rolled his eyes at me and got up.

"Come on, we've got to get going before our counselors wonder where we are." He said, reaching for my hand, I took it and we walked back halfway before separating to walk our own paths.