MANIC MONSTER DISPLACEMENT

Chapter 7 - DOGS DAYS ARE OVER

It’s time, time to continue waiting for Rocky to be available. After Cain and Bram had decided to see what’s up with Rocky, and by extension, Shax, they decided to wait the next day until they were all free. Except, this seemed like the one day when Rocky had the least amount of free time, go figure. Cain couldn’t even count how many times he went into the gym, or the field outside, only to see Rocky preoccupied with some sport thing. Bram didn’t seem to be having the best of luck, either, as Cain would soon to find out, as he got a call from Bram; who essentially explained that Shax was being a little piss baby and was refusing to interact with Bram. “Why is everything being so goddamn difficult today?” Cain muttered to himself, before hanging up.

He never really paid attention when Rocky rambled about his extensive schedule, but he knew that Cecelia would probably know, so he decided to check up on the school's dedicated room for newspaper. Something he was surprised to find out existed. Entering the room, he spotted a few students messing around, gossiping for the most part. Not doing their jobs, of course. It’d probably be better if their ‘leader’ wasn’t also gossiping alongside them, which was, of course, Cecelia. She glanced up when the door opened, seeing Cain. “Hey,” He waved, awkwardly, shutting the door before him. “… Uh, What’re you doing here?” She asked, never having actually been with him without the presence of Rocky. It’d be refreshing if she actually cared about being friends with him, which she didn’t really… Y’know, care for. “I have a question about Rocky, he’s been busy all morning, and I’m trying to do something,” He explained, making her perk up.

“Ohhh, that makes a lot more sense,” She stood up, ordering everybody to get back to work as if she wasn’t also stalling herself. “What are you trying to do, exactly?” She asked curiously, Cain quickly realizing he wasn’t going to be able to get any information from her without explaining. “Uh, It’s a long story,” He shrugged, crossing his arms. “Shax has been getting high key violent with me lately, so, we asked that fish guy about it, and he said it’s because of Rocky,” Cain started off, hand gesturing the whole way through. “So, THEN we figured, if we can find out why Rocky’s so obsessed with being around me! In FRONT of Shax! He’d see it’s not my fault and, just, go back to being an average bully!”

As Cain explained, Cecelia nodding along, he noticed how a good majority of the other students were listening intently. Typing out every word he said. “… Are they–” Cecelia interrupted. “Yeah, whatever outcome is going to be front page now. But, oh well.” She shrugged, flicking her wrist. “Anyway, I'm guessing you need me to tell you when he’s free?” Cain nodded, resting his hands in his hoodie pockets. “I’m a little annoyed you didn’t ask me to come along, because I love some good drama, but whatever! What did you see him doing last?” She asked, pulling out her phone. “Uh, Pretty sure it was volleyball,” He said, she looked down at her phone in response. Taking a moment to say anything. “There’s a 20-minute gap between his volleyball practice and his baseball practice, and he always goes into the cafeteria for a snack beforehand… So, there’s your opening,” She said, with a smile.

Cain slid the door back open, Cecelia following behind after telling the other classmates of theirs to finish up their work. “I’ll text Bram, he’s the one who said he’d grab Shax for me, or, us.” Cain said, pulling out his phone. “Oh, and how’s that going for him?” She said, walking through the hallway like it was a catwalk. It was admittedly a little strange. “Not well,” Cain awkwardly chuckled, shoving his phone back in his pocket after sharing a few back and forth texts with Bram. “He’s got him, uh, it’s a… less than normal conflict! However! He got ‘em!” Cain said, laughing a little. “Did he hit him on the head with a frying pan?” She asked.