It's Complicated (High School AU)

Chaos

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"Steve, come on. You can't miss your classes like this." Peggy said holding my arms to pull me out of bed.

After my encounter with Tony and Professor Xavier, I don't feel like going to school. I feel like I have a lump in my chest and every time I breathe it gets bigger. I know if I saw Tony, I will be all sick and weak and probably end up crying.

"Steve, what the hell has happened? Tell us, we will help you out." Bucky tried to comfort me.

Yes, they both are here to make me go to school. I haven't been to school for 4 days, my parents are worried and so are my friends. Professor Xavier sends someone's notebooks so that I won't miss a topic
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"Steve?" Peggy called in a low voice.
"Come to school with us and if you still feel like you need space, we will drop you home." Peggy suggested. I thought for a while, before nodding my head in agreement.

"Good, bean bag." Bucky patted Peggy's head like she is a cat and making her glare at him. I smiled as I got up and went to take a shower. They came early, so I have enough time to get ready and won't late for my class.

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"Steve, you came?" Tony's voice came from behind me, when I was walking towards the cafeteria. The whole day went great cause I didn't saw him or Professor; not because I hate them but because it would bring back the memory I've been trying to conceal. I turned around, trying to look as casual as possible.

"Can we talk in private?" He asked and I nodded. We walked towards the large playground in silent. We sat under a tree at the end of the ground, looking ahead towards the green field.

"Look-" We both said in unison and chuckled.

"Let me go first." He said and I nodded. "Why the hell have you been skipping school?"

"I was sick." I lied.

"You seriously think I going to buy that, Roger." He said nonchalantly.

"I didn't have the courage to see you."

"Okay." He said totally not buying it. There's a deep silence and I was hoping he won't ask why I ran away that night? or what did I saw that freaked me out? "Steve, what did you saw?" I panicked as the scenerio of that night plays in my mind.

"I saw you and Professor...uh..." I resisted the urge to tell the truth. "I saw you guys kissing." I blurted out. He took a deep breath and nodded more to himself than to me.

"And you ran away because?" He asked as he dragged because, with a questioning look.

"Because I panicked. It just...I can't... It.." I blabbed before I stopped talking for a moment, to think about the right things to say, so I won't reveal my crush for him.

"It? He asked turning all of his focus at me and putting his hands under his chin for support.

"Nothing." I sighed deeply.

"Fine. Share it with me whenever you're ready." He hold my hand and squeezed it. I nodded as I smiled at him.

"Steve, I'm gonna be straight with you. Charles and I have been together for more than 4 year and we've kept this secret from school cause obviously he could lose his job. Only my friends and family knows about us and our situation." I gave him a questioning look.

"He have seizure. It's disorder in which nerve cell activity in the brain is disturbed, causing seizures. He could use medication to get rid of the pain but there's no permanent cure. He have only last 2 months left." He said lowly as tears ran down his cheek. He turned his head in other direction, so I won't see him cry.