Yet another fic I have no name for (ibvs)

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I'm probably gonna change the name of this to "a hurting secret", suggested by ds-and-ibvs-nerdo on tumblr, who also suggested the "Nev and Chris talking about sad angst worthy stuff while the others play Uno" scene! They also proofread half of this because I'm pretty sure they're grounded or something. This would be way worse without you my homeslice breadslice! Also, keep in mind that I tried my best with Phineas, he's only ever mentioned twice. (Also also, Ed decided to forcefully bring Geno, Reuben, and Cory to the restaurant last minute, that's why they're there.)

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Nevin looked at Chris, concerned. (Or maybe because he was really fricking gay, you interpret it however you like really.)

"Are you okay?" He asked him "You don't look like you've been doing alright."

"Yeah, I'm just worried about Phineas, he hasn't been eating or coming outside of his room recently."

"Oh, is he okay?"

"He hasn't been dealing with dad very well. He won't even go to school anymore. Every time I go to check up on him, he just tells me to go away. So yeah, I don't think so."

"Shit man, I hope he gets better."

"Yeah, me too..." Chris responded, unsure that it would happen.

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"UNO, BITCH!"

"See Geno, this is why I told you not to bring the Uno cards." Edward told his younger brother, and sighed in disappointment.

"Hey, I didn't even frigging wanna be here, and neither did Reuben or Cory, Ed! At least let us have some fun!" Geno whined.

"I'm gonna tell Janet you said frig!"

"Hey, no fair!"

"It totally is, fucker."

"I'LL TELL HER YOU SAI-"

"GENO I SWEAR TO GOD-"

—(Meanwhile, on the other side of the conveniently long table)—

"And that's why I stayed home on Tuesday." Chris concluded.

"Oh crap man, I didn't think it was that bad-" Nevin was interrupted.

"You losers haven't felt true pain," Charlie spat at them "it's been over an hour and I still haven't got my chicken nuggets!"

"No one has gotten any of their food, dumbass, go play Uno with the others."

"Hmph, Freddie was the only one who understood me." Charlie dramatically put his hands on his hips.

Chris narrowed his eyes at him "Yeah, well Freddie's dead now, isn't he? And who's fault is that?" He growled at him, causing the ghost child to give him a dirty look. Chris looked at him, expecting a response, but none came. He just turned around and floated towards Cory and Reuben.

"Huh. No witty retort. That's unlike him." The tall teen commented.

Nevin glanced at him "What was that?"

"...I'd rather not talk about it."

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The rest of the night didn't go so well. Reuben spilt half of his lemonade (I could really do with some lemonade rn honestly), Barry confiscated the Uno cards, Edward almost called Janet to tell on Geno, but Barry confiscated his phone too, Drew said fuck, even though Nevin was there, and Charlie was making horrible puns about cutting. They weren't horrible in the sense of being offensive (although they were kind of offensive, so long as you got them), they were just really shitty.

Chris could tell he was getting less and less indirect, and was nervous that someone would catch on. Meanwhile, Nevin was already catching on. (Don't ask how that works, I'm bad at writing.)

"Chris, can you come with me for a second? I need to talk to you."

Chris jumped in his seat "Uuuh, yeah! Sure! Of course!"

Before he could say or do anything else, Nevin had already dragged him out of his seat and out the nearest exit by the hand.

There was silence for a few seconds, until Charlie spoke.

"Guys, did... did you see that? Nevin took Chris by the freaking hand!" He grinned in satisfaction "I was right! They're totally gay for each other!" (Charlie my guy stop overreacting-)

"Do you think they're going to fuck-" (okay now Isaac's overreacting)

"Isaac! There are children here!" Drew cried. Isaac rolled his eyes and said "sigh" out loud. (Same tho)

"Fine. Do you think they're-"

"Isaac no-"

"What does fuck even mean though?" Geno asked out of third grader curiosity, expecting an answer. Edward, however, had thought of something.

"I'm telling Janet you said fuck!"

"Meanie!"