The Hermit's Retreat

Chapter 2

Grian stood in the middle of his room. Everything was set up and he was finished unpacking. Now what? Thankfully he was saved from extreme boredom by his phone going off. It was a Discord message.

Scar: Can you come over here?

Grian clicked off his phone and walked into Scar's room, next to his own.

"Did you have to send me a Discord message?" Grian joked.

"Sorry, I'm just not used to you being shouting distance away." Scar said.

"Yeah, good point. What did you need?"

"I have a problem."

"We've all got problems."

"Thanks for the platitude. I'm serious."

"Why? What's wrong?"

"Cub and Ren are flying in later today."

Grian was confused. "And? Why is that a problem?"

"Well... Ren's fine, but- If I tell you this you won't tell anyone, right?"

"Oh. Of course not."

"I kinda like Cub."

"Well I should hope so, you're about to be staying in a house together for a month."

"No, that's not it. I mean I like him."

"Oh." Grian was at a loss for words. "I never would have guessed."

"So what do I do?" Scar asked.

"I think you should tell him."

"What if he rejects me?"

"Well you can't think like that. If he does there's nothing you can do. You can't make him feel anything. But I don't think he will."

"But then things would be awkward."

"Well you only have two options. Either you can tell him, or wait for it to pass. There isn't an option C that you can pick."

Scar nodded, and after a few moments of quiet he finally spoke. "So that's it?"

"What?" Asked Grian.

"How about you?"

"Dude, I'm engaged."

"Right."

"So what do you think you're going to do?"

"I don't know. The thing that freaks me out is that I don't think that it will pass, at least not for a long time. Maybe- maybe never. Which means the only solution is to tell him. But I'm so scared of him not feeling the same way. Maybe... Maybe I'll just wait a bit. Like a week or two?"

"I'd be careful how long you wait. It'd definitely be better to tell him sooner rather than later."

"Okay. Thanks for the advice."

"No problem!"

Grian went back to his own room, only to sit down at the desk and realize he still didn't have anything to do. Once again, his phone saved him. He swore to himself that if it was someone else asking for relationship advice, he'd quit YouTube and take up matchmaking as a job. He turned his phone over, and it was only Stress letting him know she was leaving to meet the other girls at the airport. Grian sighed.

A/N: First of all, thank you if you're reading this. You rock. Secondly, a couple housekeeping things. I know the chapters are reeeeeally short, but that is going to improve as the story progresses (hopefully within the next couple chapters). Also, as far as a schedule goes, I have none. Initially I was going to just upload chapters as I finished them, so I'm going to stick with that. Anyhow, that was a ramble and a half, so, peace.