Len and Oliver had been best friends for years, since third grade. The two were nearly inseparable. They did almost everything together, and Oliver even helped Len get his first girlfriend, SeeU, in their freshman year.
Now they were sophomores in high school, and things felt... different. The two boys had only been friends for as long as they could remember. But now, they both felt something odd towards each other, but the other didn't know. It was hard to explain for the both of them.
To Len, though, the feeling was familiar and it scared him. It was the emotion he felt towards SeeU when they began dating. But... he couldn't feel that way about a boy. It wasn't right. It was wrong, so extremely wrong, but he just couldn't seem to rid his mind of the golden-eyed boy.
What Len didn't know what that he occupied Oliver's mind every hour of every day as well. It was driving him insane that he couldn't think of other things. He only saw Len's sunny yellow hair in its adorable ponytail, his powder blue eyes, and- no, stop it! He couldn't be thinking about a boy like this! It was... dirty. It felt dirty, but it felt right at the same time. It made Oliver sick, especially since Len had SeeU.
"Oliver!"
Hearing Ms. Megurine call his name harshly, he startled and looked up at her.
"Pay attention." She says, turning back to the chalkboard. Oliver's face flushed in embarrassment, as he had been thinking about Len once again. He let out a silent sigh, looking down at his notebook which was scribbled with variables and long equations. Oliver had always been a good student, but he couldn't always concentrate, especially in math. He only passed his math classes because Len would help him- there it was again! Always bringing Len into his thoughts.
For the next fifteen minutes, Oliver feigned paying attention to the teacher until the shrill ring of the bell brought him back to reality. He quickly gathered his things and left the classroom with his face stained pink because of his thoughts. It was 2:45, which meant that this was the last period of the day. He had study hall, where he did anything but study. His other, small group of upperclassmen friends were in the same class, and they did nothing but horse around all period. They never got in trouble for it, though. The teacher, Mrs. Sakine, was just as crazy herself.
First, there was IA. Her real name was Aria, but she hated her full name and insisted that IA was easier to say. She was the girl who had recruited Oliver to their group the previous year. With her being a junior then, Oliver was surprised that she would think he was interesting enough to be friends with. Later, he learned that IA was one to make a lot of friends because of her laid-back and careless demeanor.
Second was IA's girlfriend, Teto. She always wore her reddish-pink hair in two tornado-spiral pigtails, which earned her the nickname Tornado Head from IA. Oddly enough, she didn't mind the nickname. While she was a lot calmer than her girlfriend, she was still wild and extremely entertaining.
Then there was Piko, the only boy in the group besides Oliver. He was quite silent, always the one to be listening rather than speaking. Because of this, he was always listened to in the rare occasions when he did speak up. Though he was almost 18, he looked like he was still a middle-schooler, and was often picked on because of it.
Lastly, there was Gumi. She was terrifying. Oliver had talked to her only once, and mentioned another student by the name of Miku. Gumi had avoided talking to him afterwards, which still left him puzzled.
Oliver was the first to arrive to the study hall and sit at their table, like usual. It was always just him for the first few minutes of the period, mainly because the others spent a majority of the passing period at their lockers before class started.
