The Fic Where Stephen Realizes He's Gay From a Picnic

Day 14

Exam week is nearly over. Stephen totally forgot it was happening until the realization hit him like a truck after he came down from his Hosuh-fair-high. Stephen had some intruding thoughts in class, but overall he thinks it's gone smoothly. Not like it's time to regret, once this class is over, so is exam week. For once he hopes the thoughts of that silver-haired beauty distract him from any overthinking of his results. Speaking of, Stephen has been using his phone's notes as his venting source a lot more. For the most part it's unstructured messes with attempts to make himself laugh with the things he says, but that's only because he writes everything without planning it and only goes back to correct typos he made.

Class ends, so he drags his body outside, and starts walking toward the bus stop. Normally Daniel would take them home in his car, but he had an overdue dentist appointment he couldn't miss, and apologized way too many times. Stephen checks the groupchat just to count, eight times. Unsurprisingly, a message was sent while he was checking.

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2:43PM

naruto

We out here
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It's Jay and his fucking Pikachu plushie, just shoved in his backpack, at the bus stop. He brought the plushie to class. Stephen will never be able to understand what drives this man to do the things he does.

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Me

You brought it with you?

naruto

Of course. It relieves stress. :v

Me

Does this mean plushies will replace your alcohol addiction?

naruto

I do not have an addiction. I just enjoy a variety of calming elixers.

Me

Yeah, no shit.

naruto

Where's Hosuh? It's usually at this point he comes to my defense.

Hosuh the art slave

I'm walking why would I be looking at my phone

naruto

But you obviously looked at your phone to type that.

Hosuh the art slave

Idk what you're talking about be there in a min

naruto

[Open image attachment]
Surprised Pikachu :v

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It's a picture of the Pikachu plush, again. This time from a downward angle. Stephen doesn't laugh. Stephen doesn't understand memes. He reaches the bus stop before Hosuh does, and sees Jay just relaxed, holding the Pikachu plush. He sits down next to him, knowing he knows of his presence.