Fight

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taken from: Skypan on Ao3
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"I just don't understand how you can be so obtuse!" Carlos screams at his best friend, tears in his eyes.

"There's the big words again! You've always thought you're so much better than me!" Jay yells back with equal fire.

How did they even get here? Just a few days ago everything was normal...

......

"...And then he says, that's no kindergartner, that's my wife!" Carlos laughs at the end of Jay's story, which makes his stomach flutter lightly. "Well C, I've gotta go get a book for this stupid history report. I'll see you back at the room."

"Yeah, see you!" Carlos stops at this locker to grab a few things he'll need for homework. As he transfers things into his bag, a female voice piped up from behind him.

"He's never going to realize you like him, is he?" He whirled around to see a vaguely familiar girl standing before him. "After all, he's been dating girl after girl, breaking hearts right and left. Why would yours be any different?"

"What are you talking about?" Carlos says, completely confused.

The girl rolls her eyes as though it's obvious. "Well, you clearly have a thing for him. It's kind of rude of him to not even acknowledge your feelings or anything. I'd even call it mean."

"Well, I just- I mean- I think it isn't so obvious to him, but if it was, I'm sure he'd talk to me about it. He's never mean to me." Carlos states firmly before slinging his bag over his shoulder. "If you'll excuse me, I have to go feed Dude."

Nevertheless, as he walks away the girl's comments start to fester in his brain. After all, Jay had dated half their grade so far. How could he be so oblivious to the girl's feelings?

......

As Carlos dwells on this encounter, across the campus Jay has one of his own.

Jay searches through a shelf of books silently, trying to find the one he needs.

"Looking for this?" A girl holds the book out to him from the end of the row.

He blinks and nods, smiling. "Yeah, thanks, I was just looking for that one!" He looks her over naturally, in a way that makes you wonder whether he's looking at her or her valuables. "I don't believe we've been introduced. The name's Jay." He says with a killer smile.

She doesn't seem affected however. "Oh trust me, I know. I've been to all of your games; I have some friends on the cheer squad."

"Oh! Do you know Carlos then? He's kind of new to the squad, but he's great at it."

"He really is. It's a pity he's so different than you, otherwise you two would make a great couple." She says casually.

"Different from me? What do you mean?" Jay frowns in confusion.

"Well, you know, he's just a little more focused on studies than you."

"You mean he's smarter? Well yeah, everyone knows that, but that's okay. He's the brains, I'm the brawns. We go well together. Besides, he worked hard for his smarts, and he really is a genius. Right now he's inventing this thing-"

"What I mean is it's too bad he thinks he's so much smarter than you." She interrupts, sensing that he could go on for quite a while about his crush.

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