Sugar and Spice (BoyXboy)

Chapter 2

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Ren's POV

 I had just got out of the worst day of math in my life. The teacher gave us seven pages due by the beginning of class on Friday. I couldn't wait to get home and procrastinate till I go into a panic and do all of it in one night. I was walking down the hall to Miss. Hopkins' AP English class and without looking ran into someone. My papers went flying across the hall.

"Oh uh, sorry. I wasn't looking." I looked up and saw a tall guy with beautiful amber eyes. Damn.

"Watch where your going." Well, fuck you too. I turned to look at him again; there was something about him. He was about ten inches taller than me, pail, and had lushes silky black hair. He would be beautiful if he wasn't such an ass.

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After a relatively uneventful English class and some annoying games in French, I started towards the cafeteria.

"Ren! Over here!" I turned and saw Amanda. She was just what I needed. It was torture without her. I still remember when we met in the fifth grade. I was in the library reading when two other guys started picking on me. One of them even punched me so hard that I fell to the floor. Amanda came in looking like a hurricane of an eleven year old and slapped them both so hard that they fell with bright red hand prints across their cheeks.

"What's up? You look down. Are people picking on you again? I'll bash some skulls in if you want." She had this evil grin on her face that said she was only half joking.

I looked at her and smiled. Still the same as always."Nah, just remembering how we met is all. You never where the type to walk away from a fight where you?"

"Nope. Like hell I'm going to stand by and watch someone get fucked with! I love you. You're like the little brother I never had."

"I'm older than you by almost a year. How many times do I have to remind you of that?"

Amanda looked me up and down. "Oh yeah your're right, but your height says otherwise." At that remark, the rest of Amanda's friend group sitting at the table started laughing and I sat down next to her. She'll never let me forget about how short I am."So...how are your classes so far? Any shitty teachers?" I looked at her in confusion.

"I think you meant are there any nice ones. And the answer to that is no."

"Oh come on Ren. You need to be more positive . Stop being such a pessimist all the time. It'll start to rub off on me.  Anyway, change of topic. Have you seen that new guy yet?"
I looked at her and she sighed. "I forgot, you never take interest in other people. I think that's why you're always so down. Well, he's tall and has short black hair. Oh and Ren," She leaned in closer and practically whispered into my ear, "I hear he's...open to guys."

I pushed her away blushing furiously. "Are you crazy! No!"

"No? No, what? I didn't say anything."

"I know what you're going to do. You going to be you and try to hook us up. Well, that's not happening." Everyone at the table got quiet was looking at me now. I forgot only Amanda know of my sexual preference. Shit! It felt like they were looking right past my straight cover and could see the freak that I really was. The room started to close in on me as I hear all of their whispers and all of their mocking laugh. I couldn't stay here much longer. "Uh I got to go to class now. Bye." As I turned around and started to leave, Amanda stopped me.

"What about your food? You just sat down." I could see the concern in her soft green eyes.

"I'll be okay. I had a big breakfast and I'm just not feeling good is all." I held my head down hoping no one herd what Amanda or I said.

I looked at my schedule. I had Studio Art next. Thank God. Art was the only thing I was good at, other then being an awkward mess all of the time. I walked into the room and immediately felt like crying. The guy I ran into in the halls was there. Fuck. And the only seat left was the one next to him. Double fuck. I sat down trying the best I could to not look at him, but he's just so god damn beautiful.

The teacher's strong voice snapped me out of my uneasy thoughts. "Okay class. We'll skip the introductions a get right to it. We will be working on a project for the next few weeks. You will be paired up and you'll have to learn about your partner then you must paint something that represents them as a person."Triple fuck. I hate working with people. They always want to do it their way and never listen to what I have to say or any of my ideas. The teacher started to list off teams of two. " ...Ren Darrow and Kay Fuchs..." At that the guy sitting next to me raised his head. No. Anyone but him. I don't think today can get any worse. After he was done listing off names, I walked up to his desk. I hope he doesn't notice me fidgeting with my sleeves.

"Um, Mr. Calvin. I was hoping I could have a different partner. I just feel like we wouldn't work well together."

"I don't see why. It's not like you're going to be together 24/7 for the next few weeks." At that, Mr. Calvin shooed me away. "Go talk to your partner now and leave me alone." I gave up and walked back to sit next to the man that I'll be learning about for the next few weeks. I'm not going to lie, I'm actually very interested in learning if what Amanda said about him being interested in guys is true. No! Stop thinking about that! He's beautiful but he's an ass.

"I don't think you're going to get rid of me that easy." I jumped and turned around to see that Kay was standing right behind me. "Let's get this done and over with. I don't want to spend any more time with you than I have to."

"Um okay then." I tried to think of something to ask but I was too busy looking into his golden eyes. They looked like they were made of Amber. I snapped out of it when Kay's smooth voice made it's way to my ears.

"Since you're just sitting there looked at me like a star struck girl, I guess I'll start." I could feel my face heating up as I realized Kay saw me staring into his eyes. God that's so embarrassing! " So what are you interested in? Other than being a nuisance." At that moment, I forgot all about his eyes as a frenzy of rage was going on in my head as I tried to respond to the question. It took me a second, but when I had calmed down I answered. There was still a slight edge of annoyance in my voice.

"I draw, paint, and watch T.V. That's it."

"Well. You're a boring person aren't you?" He gave me what I came to know as one of his trademarked sexy and devilish smirks.

He was really starting to piss me off. I think he could tell too because when I looked at him he wore a smug grin on his face. I would've punched him in the nose by now but that half smile he was giving me was kind of hot. Oh shit! I looked down and saw something that should not have been there. I grabbed my hoodie and, as casually as I could, placed it on my lap. Fuck! Now isn't the time!

It felt like an eternity waiting for the class to end but when the bell rang, I ran out of the class as fast as I could without rousing too much attention and made a b-line for the bathrooms.

I dealt with my issue as well as I could in hopes that I will calm down in time but when I came out of the men's room I saw Kay standing there. His eyes were golden as they looked me up and down, a pleased expression on his face.