detention

eighteen - kai

"elliot!" i yell, my cheeks growing impossibly redder.

he giggles, "guilty." this is enough to make me dart at him like a madman. i try to swipe the flour back from him but in the chaos, i manage to knock an egg off the counter.

i freeze, looking down slowly. my eyes widen when i see the mess.

elliot only continues laughing as i crouch down, trying to scoop some of the runny substance into a pile, which proved to be a fail.

he disappears, and comes back with some napkins, and the trashcan. i shrug, trying my best to clean it up.

it's not long before the mess is almost cleared and at one point, elliot even started helping!

"go sit." leo says, faking a scowl. i smile at him guiltily and back away from the kitchen with my arms raised in defence.

after a little while, he appears with a plate. i almost drool upon seeing the two pancakes settled on top.

he gently places it onto the table, and vanishes again to fetch his own plates.
i manage to almost finish them by the time he comes back, to which he only scoffs at, amused.

soon enough, we're both finished, and are heading out his door for school. noticing we're beginning to get tight on time, i grab his hand and drag him through a sketchy alleyway. a shortcut i had found a while back, but thought better than to use.

this was where the guys usually dealt their weed, and experience taught me that it wasn't worth it. you get exactly what you pay for.

i roll my eyes at the memories that followed, but thankfully they disappeared quicker than they came.

after dropping elliot's hand, we walk into class.

"late again, you two?" our teacher says, shaking his head. he doesn't say more on the subject, so elliot and i mutter our 'sorry's' and sit down.

we both plop down at the back, but with other random students in between us- who i had hardly noticed before.

i spy on elliot for a while, quickly becoming bored. so i decide to make some paper airplanes.

after writing some pointless notes on them, i begin my task of throwing them at him.

i watch as he unfolds the first one, which didn't hit him, but rather fell delicately at his feet. his eyes scan the words and his lips twitch up. he's trying not to laugh.

elliot's hand darts up to hide his mouth, and i find myself staring a little longer than one usually would to a friend.

i shrug it off, launching another plane. this one goes straight over his head and into the floor below him. he uses his foot to pull it closer to him, before casually picking it up.

he repeats his actions from before, reading my messy writing and continuing his struggle to avoid laughing at all costs.

as i'm ready to launch my next airplane, something hits my arm. when i look down, i notice a different plane to my own lying next to my book.

i look over to meet elliot's curious gaze. grinning, i take the plane and unfold it.

"excuse me, elliot, kai... am i interrupting something?" mr harrison asks, sarcasm and annoyance lacing his voice.

i tear my eyes away from the paper in front of me to be met with his glaring ones. i slowly shake my head, watching as elliot does the same.

when i'm sure mr. harrison isn't looking, i read the note.

'troublemaker.'

a smile makes it's way onto my face as i quickly throw another. this one lands quickly in front of him, and he looks over at me with narrowed eyes.

i shrug as he reads it, beginning to grin.

as he throws another back, mr. harrison coughs loudly.

"elliot." he states, getting the boy's attention.

"yes?" he asks, looking up. when he's only answered by silence, he adds a "sir." on the end.

"detention, tomorrow. don't miss it."

i immediately feel guilty, and sheepishly look at the boy. i mouth him a small 'sorry' as to which he only shrugs.

then i get an idea.

i snicker to myself, folding a big piece of paper. picking up pen, i write, 'man, this lesson SUCKS' in big, blue, sloppy handwriting. but it was enough.

i eye my target, narrowing my eyes as he walks back to front of the class.

i launch the plane, hitting mr. harrison square in the back.

he spins around, and picks it up. i watch carefully as his eyes scan the words. his calm eyes quickly turn into daggers, as he glares around the room.

i make myself look as guilty as possible, fiddling with the blue pen in my hand.

"kai." he spits.

"detention!"

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