Under the peach tree (discontinued)

Schools been /hard/bad/ Rough

I'm not sorry about the title.

Augustus's POV

It's been about a month since I first came here, school has just started up and I already don't like it. It hasn't even been a week yet and I'm already getting so much work, I don't really mind it though. I like writing, I get to write a short story every week. This isn't a problem, but I have to do other work on top of that.

And this is all my parents fault, I would be fine if didn't go to school. It's not like I need a degree to be an author, But then again I am away from them.

But then again, they are the ones who made me go here and get mixed up with these boys bull-shit. It doesn't stop they keep cheating all of them, it's like they don't care that I know about them. I'm in a house with 7, gay, good-looking guys and I can't date any of them because of their all horrible people. The issue is I would move out, but I'm still not making enough money to afford rent. Especially down here, rent is really expensive.

I hear Rick call me and Fabian down to go to school. I grab my bag and shoes then go down to get into the car. Rick was in the Driver seat, I sat in the passenger seat and Fabian sat in the back. I still haven't gotten used to the boys schedules. Sometimes Rick drives us and sometimes Finn drives us.

After the longish drive me and Fabian head to our first lessons.

*****Time skip*****

I finish my last lesson before lunch, I head out to go meet Fabian. I find Fabian with Maggie, a friend of his from his Painting class. They were laughing at something on Maggie's computer, probably another one of her cursed drawings or edited photos. Fabian's laugh was so cute, It was a loud giggle that sorta sounded like a child.

Maggie then looks in my direction and calls me over to sit with them.

"Hey, Augustus. You look a little tired, did you have a rough class?" Maggie asked with a concerned voice.

"heh, ya," I spoke a short reply. the rest of the lunch was quiet and a little awkward, or maybe it was just me making it seem that way.

I just keep thinking back to the boys, what if I let it slip that I know. The friendship and romance between them would be ruined. But maybe it would be better if they knew what their partner was doing, I would want to know if my partner were cheating on me. Because why would you want to stay with someone who clearly doesn't like you.

I keep my mouth shut, for now, I still need a place to live.

*****Time skip*****

After school, Donny picked us up. We started to head home when he stopped in front of a house that wasn't ours. He got out of the car and left a basket of Peaches and strawberries at the front door. Then got back into the car and drove to our place.

Once we were back home I went up to my room, Fabian stayed downstairs. It was still hot outside even in September and my room emulated that, I turn on the small fan in an attempt to cool it down.

I look around my room that's now well worked in. The walls were still the same gray colour but they were decorated with posters and floating shelves with books and other knickknacks on them. Most of the things in the room were mine except for a mirror that was in the room when I got here.

I find myself looking in the mirror for longer than expected, I just stare at myself. I'm not the most handsome or prettiest of guys, I can admit that I mean just look at me. If I could date one of the boys, would they even want to date me?

I then hear a knock at my door, "Hey, its me, Donny." I stop what I'm doing, then go over to one of the shelves and grab a book. I mumble a short, "come in." the door then opens to Donny holding a plate of something I didn't look to close at.

"You wanna snack?" Donny exclaimed holding up the plate. Upon closer inspection, the plate had a sliced up apple and in a ramekin (tiny bowl) there was peanut butter.

"uh... sure," I say a little confused. Why was he doing this all of a sudden?

He walked over and sat on my bed with a bounce. He dipped an apple into the peanut butter before putting it into his mouth. I followed suit and did the same.

"I couldn't help but notice you look a little tired today, are you getting enough sleep?" he questioned in a worried tone. To face the facts I never get enough sleep, that's why I drink coffee. And on top of not sleeping, I hate school, It's so stressful. But I'll keep my mouth shut and tell him about the school because clearly, he knows somethings up.

I told him about school, about how stressed I am. He tried to reassure me by saying things like school has never been easy or fun for anyone, that's why he never did post-secondary. He said that if I ever needed writing advice or help I should just go to Quinn. Proceeded to say the rest of them aren't that good with English. And if I ever needed French to go to Fabian.

We finished up the snacks And proceeded to ask me if I want to play video games with him, sorta like your 9-year-old cosine. I'm definitely not one for video games, but I think with Donny it was fine.

He let me win on numerous rounds and kept saying how good I was, he praised me for 'beating' him. Even though I know it was fake, I still enjoyed the feeling. But why was he acting so nice to me, what does he want? (he's flirting with you, DUMBASS)

Sometimes I just want to be swooped up by a handsome man with long hair, and have him flirt with me and let me win video games even though he's so much better than me. I wish he could take me away and give me snacks when I'm sad and talk to me whenever he can. I wish we could cuddle all night and then wake up together and have him make breakfast for me, he would love me forever and tell me every day he loves me. That would be the perfect guy. (you mean like Donny, you idiot)

But instead, I'm stuck with this cheating bastard.

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pregnancy scares.
Na.
I have covid scares.

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