Hidden in MacDonald Hall

Planning things

"Okay, so Operation Date is a go,"

Bruno was hunched over behind a bush with Elmer, Chris and Wilbur. He was whispering to the trio, even though no student paid any mind as to what was going on. Bruno's schemes are common occurrences here at the hall and the rest of the boys are used to it. They like to wait for the result rather than seeing it be planned out. The whispering was unnecessary but the boys could never be too careful,

"Elmer, did you make Boots' pheromones or whatever?

Elmer nodded and held up a vial containing a blue hue liquid, "no thanks to you."

"I was distracting him!"

"If that's what you call flirting."

"Elmer," Bruno dramatically placed a hand to his chest; offendedly "he is about to be taken by another lady. Also, green does not look good on you, our school color is maroon."

Elmer waved him off with a laugh and handed him the sealed vial.

"Wait, you said another lady, are you the other lady you were referring to?"

Bruno looked at Wilbur and hummed, "I guess I am. I am the only person who knows everything there is to know about Boots', so anybody coming into his life is 'another'."

"Lady," Wilbur emphasized and they all laughed but the trio shared knowing looks to each other; a secret shared between their eyes about Bruno.

"Stop that, what ever is going on right now," Bruno waved his hand between their faces and Elmer gasped worriedly.

"Careful, If you spill that, it'll be the skunk situation all over again!"

Bruno slid the vial into his pocket and waved him off again. Boy, Elmer wanted to take that boy's hand, cut it off and use it for science experiments relating to human epithelial cells, that's how much Bruno's waving off was bothering him. Elmer took a breath and eyed Bruno,

"What do you plan on using the pheromones for again?"

Chris turned around a sketch of Diane eating a dessert with blue smoke waves coming out of it. The other three admired the drawing; Bruno smirked in appreciation of Chris' attention to detail as well as every detail to Bruno's plan.

"Yeah, we may need to rehash this Operation because she can't just eat his pheromones and fall in love with him. We're not in a fantasy world. Which actually would be more idealistic, statistically-..."

"Okay," Bruno cut Elmer off "I know she won't fall in love with him from eating this but it was just a fun side job to have you collect this and pretend it will do something to her. Diane will like him on her own because who can resist Boots?"

Bruno meant it in a caring and appreciative way but the boys looked at each other again with smirks. They're a very supportive group of friends, just going along with whatever Bruno plans to come up with for that day to keep them busy. Even though the five of them as friends have all different personalities, they're able to unify and create this special bond that would be hard to remake once left the hall.
But now they're here, trying to follow whatever plan their 'gay-for-Boots-but-hides-it-in-a-playful-friendship-way' friend, Bruno, has kind of come up with. It doesn't make much sense to any of them but they're going along with it because they too would like to know what the result will be.
So far, Operation Date, summarized, is a plan to get Boots on a blind, secluded date with Diane so then they'll be able to have their alone time and admit to any feelings for each other; deep down Bruno hopes Boots realizes he was wasting his time.
Though right now, he's going through with this. This type of plan doesn't need any type of meddling from the boys honestly, so coming up with random props they need and how to acquire them is entertaining enough.

"We all zoned out for far too long, let's go bake."

"Bake?"

The four of them straightened up from behind the bush and stared at Boots like deer in headlights,

"Pot is legal here but I didn't think you guys would plan to smoke it this lamely, behind a bush," Boots exaggerated the terrible hiding spot, "plus, where's my invite?"

Bruno immediately regained color in his face and bounded over to his friend, "you heard the boy let's go smoke."

Boots laughed and looked at Bruno, for a moment too long but shook his head, "I'm joking. I actually can't, swim captain and all..."

"Right," Bruno pulled away and looked at the boys "well uh, let's go?"

"Wait Bruno, when will you be back to the room I haven't properly talked to you all day."

"Your wife wants you home to spend time with her."

Bruno punched Wilbur a little too harshly in the arm and cowered towards Boots' when he raised his fist in retaliation.

"Now, let's go play video games or something now."

Boots looked confused but nodded at Bruno and waved at the guys as they started walking,

"Wait, Bruno what about the, erm... cannabis?"

Bruno glanced back at Elmer and frowned, "bake without me."

Bruno quickly tossed Elmer the vial and continued walking with Boots. Wilbur dove for the vial and caught it right before it touched the ground. Elmer wiped at his forehead dramatically and Chris turned his new sketch to the pair,
It was Bruno and Boots walking hand in hand into the sunset; they all erupted into laughter and ran to the MacDonald Hall kitchen.