The Bet

Saved by the Prince

Side note for later on, it is funny how I have studied the original meaning of slurs. Bundle of sticks(faggot) and a cigarette(fag)... So my brain keeps on questioning the slurs.

**Logan's POV**

I hate the hierarchy in this school. Jocks rule the schools even though their IQ couldn't even fill a thimble. I am not even sure if they could spell the word IQ.

Here I am getting surrounded on the other side of the bleachers. They tend to stay away from the west side because of Ethan.

"Hey nerd, do my homework." A dumb jock pushed me to the ground.

"If you need help in your classes. I would not mind tutoring you."

I tried to get up but another jock pushed me back down.

"I said you do my homework for me."

"Sounds like a terrible deal. What in it for me?"

"An bruised free body."

"No thanks. Grades are earned by hard work only."

The head jock picked me up and slammed me against a metal beam. I slid down and then I got kicked multiple times. I should write down in my notes that I need to keep quiet.

"Hey dude, I think he is a faggot since he hangs out with the other fags."

He grabbed my neck and I couldn't breath. I tried to take his hands off but the heaviest I ever lifted was ten textbooks. My brain was trying to go into panic mode and I needed to get free.

"Shame on you, sneaking into my turf while I was away." Someone sounded like Janus but his vocal pattern was off. "My little demon wants to play."

That was Remus's laugh and I got dropped on the ground as they ran.

"Holy shit, they believed you! That is a whole new level of dumb." I heard Remus's voice as someone helped me up.

"Loganberry? Are you okay?" Roman asked as he fixed my glasses.

"I thought Janus was here, or at least he somehow started to have a stroke while intimidating the jocks." I pointed out as they started carrying me out.

"That was actually me mimicking Janus." Remus was laughing. "Was it the way I talked? I am not used to his fancy villain words. I am a hero!"

**Roman's POV**

Logan was calm after getting beat. I think it is called shock that he is going through.

"I jusr told Janus and he said that he is going to meet us at our house." Remus told me. "Also, he says watch out if Logan starts speaking random facts."

Logan stayed quiet as we drove. I opened the car door and helped him out.

"It take less than 10 seconds for a person to lose consciousness as a result of strangulation, and death can occur in just under five minutes." He suddenly said as he sat down on my bed. "Just a couple of more seconds and my life would have ended and I would not notice it. No one would have cared."

I sat down in front of him and I saw the tears. I started wiping away the tears.

"I would have cared, Janus would have cared, Virgil and Patton would start crying. Remus might poke your dead body with a stick first and then start caring." He let out a small gurgle of a laugh. "Can I see your chest? I want to check the injuries there."

"Okay, just please don't judge me."

He took off his shirt and I saw a large scar over his heart. So, being the bright bulb that I am, I blurted out the first thing that came to mind.

"Shooting star. Your scar is like a shooting star."

He stopped mumbling and he blushed a beautiful color.

"Thank you."

"You might not thank me after this." I held up the first aid kit as I spoke.

Thank goodness, none of bones were broken. But I had to clean the open cuts.

He was holding one of my pillows to his face. I could hear him panting from the pain. There was a large one on his side that caused him to scream into the pillow as I disinfected it.

"I come here to check on my friend and from outside, it sounds like you are screwing him." Janus said and I quickly moved away from Logan. "Relax, I don't bite unless I am having fun with your brother."

"They say that your pain moan and pleasure moan are the same because of the nerves are next to each other in the brain." Logan said as he moved the pillow away.

"Shit, he is naming facts." Tosses a Rubik cube next to Logan. "Solve that and don't think of anything. At least it doesn't sound that bad of a panic attack."

I started remembering all the times Logan would just start randomly listing facts. I didn't realize that is his reaction to panic attacks. He has been freaking out and didn't notice any of the nicknames I gave him.

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Bonus note: The random notes during a panic attack is actually based on my own panic attacks. I tend to talk nonstop about random things when I start panicking(mostly during the ones where my brain freaks out over the fact that I'm forgettable and invisible to others). So I tend to start blabbing to remember that I have a voice.