steelatom one shots

high school days

sorry i haven't updated lately, i can't think of anymore prompts :/

nate's pov
ugh high school, the worst thing that could ever possibly exist. i hates being in high school because of a few things, one the kids here are rude, obnoxious, and so much more that i can't explain right now, two the classes are hard and some of the teachers are just plain rude. i am a sophomore so im in 10th grade and it's shitty. i go to star city high and the ratings aren't that good overall.

i got pulled away from my thoughts when i got pushed into the lockers. i looked up to see my main bully, oliver and his gang. i hates getting bullied sometimes, the main reason is when oliver beats me if i don't do his homework. also because im gay, he calls me words like 'faggot' or 'fag'. i tried to always ignore them but sometimes the words got to me but i didn't do anything about it.

"hey retard did you finish my homework?" oliver demanded and i nodded my head quickly before digging around my bag to find the papers. i eventually found them and handed them to oliver, he snatches them out of my hand and then kicked my leg then walked away with his gang following behind. all of them eyeing me with hatred.

i sighed and grabbed my backpack and slung it over my shoulder and started to walk to class. i made it to my history class and sat down in my normal seat, the very back and in the corner. i felt safe if i was away from everyone. i opened my backpack and took out my drawing supplies and started drawing, not paying attention to anything the teacher was saying.

for some reason i lost trance of my drawing and looked up at the front of the class to see a boy ive never seen around school before, he was tall with black hair and brown eyes. he's kinda cute, no i shouldn't be thinking like that. the boy caught me staring and smiled and i blushed a little and put my head back down to continue drawing.

a couple minutes later i felt a tap on my shoulder and i jumped and looked up to see the boy that smiled at me earlier smiling at me again.

"u-uh can i h-help you?" i ask nervously and i could feel his eyes on me.

"oh yeah, can i sit here? this is the only seat left open." the boy asked and gave me a small smile and i nodded slowly and he put his backpack on the floor and sat down.

"my name is ray, im new here." the boy introduced and held out his hand for im assuming for me to shake.

"i-im nate..." i slowly took his hand and i immediately felt a small spark inside me. i realized i was still holding onto his hand and took my hand away, and blushed a little.

ray started to actually do his work once i took my hand away, i kept drawing but every couple seconds i looked at his focused face. his face was scrunched up when he was writing and it was really cute. damn it, i need to stop thinking like that. one of the other times i stared at him he caught me staring and looked me in the eyes, i looked away embarrassed and started packing up my stuff because the class was about to end.

the bell rang and i sprung out of my seat and tried to rush for the door but someone stuck their leg out and i tripped and fell on my face, i heard everyone laughing so i just picked up my backpack and ran out of the class. i sped-walked to my locker and got my science textbook.

"hey nate!" i heard a familiar voice say and saw it was my friend sara.

"hi sara." i replied and gave her a quick hug.

"how was class?" she asked, she was always acting like the big sister i never had. she was a junior and we've known each our whole lives actually. she was really over protective over me which for on my nerves sometimes.

"it was great yeah." i lied, it wasn't a total lie but it sucked.

"i heard there's a new kid." sara said as we walked to our next class which we had together luckily, science was my favorite class personally mainly because sara was in the class with me.

"yeah uh- he's in my last class." i said and she looked at me shocked.

"oh my god is he cute!?" she squealed and i chuckled a little.

"i find him quite adorable actually." i smirked a little, feeling a little confident.

"ooh nate! you got yourself a man!" she laughed and i huffed.

"sara no, he actually sat next to me." i added and she smiled.

"what's his name?" sara asked.

"ray." i replied with a smile.

"you should ask him for his number dude!" she exclaimed and i rolled my eyes as we entered the classroom.

"i just met the guy sara, he doesn't even know me." i said as we sat down at our table.

"nate!?" i heard a voice say and it wasn't sara, i turned around and saw ray standing at the doorway of the room.

"shit." i muttered and sara laughed. i heard footsteps getting closer to us and looked up to see ray.

"nate right?" ray asked and i nodded.

"can i sit here with you guys?" he asked cheerfully and sara replied with a 'sure'. sara sat across from me and ray sat next to me. i took out my drawing supplies and started working on the drawing i was starting earlier.

"wow, that's amazing." i heard from next to me and saw ray starting at my paper.

"um i- thank you." i blushed deeply and turned my head away so ray didn't see. sooner or later the teacher walked into the classroom and started teaching. i put my notebook aside and got out my textbook, because i actually liked this class.

i was lost in my own thoughts when suddenly i felt something hit me in the head, i looked up from my textbook and saw that oliver and his gang were snickering. i found a piece of balled up paper next to me so i picked it up and unrolled it so i could read it. when i finished reading everything changed, i pushed the table away from me and got up with my bag and ran out of the classroom sobbing. i didn't know where i was heading, somewhere other than here.

ray's pov

i was taking notes in my notebook when nate suddenly got up and ran out of the classroom. i was very confused so i looked over at his friend sara and she looked confused as well.

"do you know what happened?" she whispered and i shook my head no.

from the moment he locked eyes with me when i entered our history class for the first time, i knew that he was special to me already. i know i sound weird and creepy but i feel like i need to go and make sure he's okay.

"im gonna go after him." i say to sara and pick up my bag and run out of the classroom. i had no idea where to go, or where nate might've gone, or where i even am to be honest. im new to this school and i really don't know my way around.

i go outside to the garden area where you can eat lunch at, i look around trying to see if nate is here. i didn't see him so i was about to leave but then i heard sniffling and soft cries. i turned my head over to my left and saw nate sitting behind a tree with his legs pressed up against his chest, and his face in his legs. i carefully and slowly walked closer to him, not wanting to scare him and sat down quietly next to him. i don't think he heard me so i made a big and bold move already. i scooted a little closer to nate and i wrapped my arms around his small body, earning him to jump and gasp. he took his face out of his legs and stared at me, he looked horrible, his eyes and cheeks were red and puffy and i could still see tears falling down his face.

he didn't speak and neither did i, i was expecting him to pull out of my grasp but instead he moved around a little and placed his head on my shoulder and sighed happily. i smiled knowing i made nate feel at least a little better. i kissed his head and put my chin on top of his head and sighed happily as well. i felt happy for once, my life has been rough because my family kept moving because my dad kept getting a new job. me, my mom and my brother were all tired of it. i hated moving schools because i could never make any friends.

but i could live like this, yeah right here.