What were we built for, could someone tell me please?

12 y/o

"See that kid over there?"

"Mhm. Do you think he's new?"

"No! No, I've seen him around more often. He's just got like, no friends."

"Are you serious?"

"Well, doesn't look like he's very keen to make friends."

"I'm gonna talk to him," I interrupted the whispers of the rest of the group. Everyone stared at me, until someone spoke up, "you're kidding."

"I'm not," I simply said, before walking off to the guy sitting on his own in the school's main hall. "Hello! You seemed pretty lonely, I thought I'd come say hi. I like your hair," I told him, referring to the mass of brown curls.

The guy slowly looked up, his eyes wide. "Oh, uh- hi...!" He mumbled, blushing faintly. "Uhm, thank you."

"I'm Gerard," I continued, smiling kindly. "Ray," the other replied quietly.

"Nice to meet you, Ray!" I said. Ray smiled nervously, then quickly looked down again. "So are you waiting for anyone? Were you busy?"

He quickly shook his head. "Just writing some stuff," he mumbled, waving vaguely at his now closed notebook. "But it's not important."

I nodded a bit and slowly sat down near Ray. "That's cool! Do you write stories?" I asked, Ray shrugging. "Sometimes. Lots of different stuff," he said quietly. I nodded.

"That's awesome!" I laughed, looking up when the school bell rang. "Oh, that sucks- I liked talking to you!" I said, getting up. Ray shot him a small smile, quickly gathering his stuff. "Thanks, uh, I liked it too," he nodded. His hands were shaking a little- he was obviously nervous. He dropped his notebook when attempting to put it away, groaning and leaning down. I quickly bent down and picked it up, handing it to him. "I'd love to hang out with you," I said, Ray's hand freezing mid-air while reaching for the notebook. "You- r-really?" He stuttered, actually shocked. I nodded quickly as a reply. "Yes, absolutely! If that's fine with you, of course."

Ray looked away, but nodded. "Y-yeah, I mean, absolutely," he said quietly. I smiled wide, nodding. "Awesome! Meet me here at lunch?" I asked. Ray nodded, glancing around a bit. "Yeah- yeah, sure!" He said, unable to keep his lips from curving upwards.

"See you then!" I called out, waving and quickly walking off. "S-see you," Ray whispered to himself. I saw him staring after me before picking his bag up and walking to his own class.

_.oO0Oo._

"Ray! Ray, over here!" I yelled when I saw him walking into the room. Ray turned around sharply when he heard his name, me waving at him from a table. He quickly walked over, smiling nervously. "Gerard, hi...!" Ray smiled nervously at me and my friends.

"So, guys, this is Ray," I grinned, some of the others waving vaguely. Ray blushed and glanced around to find a spare seat. I quickly patted the seat next to myself, wordlessly inviting Ray to sit down.

Ray swallowed thickly and held his bag close, slowly sitting down. "Tell me about you?" I asked, ignoring the others talking to each other. Ray looked down and played with his hands. "Uhm... I like writing and playing music?" He offered with a shrug.

"No way, that's awesome!" I chuckled. "I play a little bit of guitar, 's all. But I like singing! I like drawing, too. And playing video games and watching movies and-"

"I like video games," Ray whispered, making me grin. "Really? We can play together some time! You can come to my place if you want!" I giggled, tugging at Ray's sleeve in excitement. "Like, that would be so cool!"