« You think you're being smart challenging me like this. » « No, but if you think I'm afraid of you, you're wrong. » « I won't be. » . . . Akara isn't a great student. The school he goes to is prestigious and hosts to a very different sort of student than Akara. It's why after years of skipping school and being generally absent during classes it shouldn't be a huge surprise that they send the school prefect, Jacob, out to babysit him. Much to their displeasure. When his friend Amir pisses off the rich school bully Atlas by stealing his phone and making him chase him all the way to the skate park tensions naturally rise between the boys and it doesn't exactly help when Akara tries to return the phone but ends up running away with it as well. Caught between pissing off a bully and the school prefect Akara's going to have a lot on his plate this year.

Skyler wasn't loved in his small town. Nothing made sense to him, the bullies, his school, his family, and the creepy woods behind his house. On Friday the 13th his bullies thought it it would be funny to scare Skylar off and see him flee to the woods, But what they didn't expect was for him to never come out.

"You confessed to him first. You're with him, I'm in the way. Don't you love him? You never said you don't." She didn't speak that time, instead just staring blankly away from him. "See? I knew you were mad at me." Reki scoffed, seeing her expression flash between near tears and frustration. "Hurry up and say words that actually mean something. Tell me I'm a dirty, humiliating person who gets in your way. Say that I don't deserve to hold his hand, be the one to comfort him, or be the one comforted by him." Even when Langa's girlfriend isn't around, Reki still has obstacles to face. 。。。 NOTE: about halfway through, this story will show homophobia. if this is a TW for you please do not read ! start: Feb. 25th, 2021 FINALLY FUCKING DONE: Aug. 16th, 2025 also on Ao3 !

[sequel 'Divide' is out now!] ___ Tears and heartbreak. Poetry and music. Parties and puke. Cigarettes and blood. Acceptance and hatred. Cliques and outcasts. Well. Isn't college interesting? _____ Warning: contains mature/triggering themes such as but not limited to: mental illnesses, homophobia/homophobic slurs, drug and alcohol use and abuse, gore, suggestive content/humor, dark humor, extremist religious beliefs, and descriptions of self-harm. [thanks to @betchyoubetter on twitter for allowing me to use their art for the cover!] [Highest achievements: #1 in #melancholy, #4 in #alcohol, #1 in #collegeau, #105 in katsudeku, #509 in bakudeku, #19 in poetry]