Originally written by: bunnieeeeeex

Kai and Cole knew something happened during PE with Nya. No, no one had properly told them about her struggles to even get changed in a stall, but just from noticing her shaky figure and constant sniffling, everyone in her group of friends could tell that something, or someone was bothering her.

The class was different. It wasn't like how it used to be. There used to be tables of 5, and there was 6 of them. Luckily, they got to choose where they sat. So, the group always sat at the back of the class where the two tables are closest to each other. I mean yeah, they couldn't speak at all, as their teacher would give them a straight up one hour detention for not raising their hand for anything. But, just being by each other was enough to raise each other spirits even just a little before the boring hour started.

But, this classroom looked completely different from last time.Instead of the tables of five scattered around the room, they were replaced by what seemed to be exam desks. They were all neatly put together in a grid - six across five down. So that was great, they can't even sit next to each other now. The ten friends eyed each other sadly, now afraid that they're going to be put with a famous bully of theirs - Camille.

By far she was one of the 'hottest' girl in school; all of the boys and been some girls fancied her. Her short purple hair fell down almost to her shoulders neatly and she'd always be coming to school in short running shorts, a skirt or leggings. Because for some reason she wants to bang ever mildly attractive boy she sees. Which leaves the others a bit uncomfortable, but they always get reassured by her that she'll never pick some: 'Unworthy low-life's that need to get their shit together.' Like I'm sorry Camille, should we just flip the switch to a perfect life and you can have our shitty ones? Let's see how you'll cope.

Luckily, they still got to pick where they sat. Six of them sat in the back row, and the other four sat the second back row, and sat by them was none other then Camille and her friend Ash. It was pretty obvious that they wanted to date, but they always stayed friends and made fun of the others. Maybe if they did get together, they'd be too busy smooching in the corner to even notice their existence. Yeah, that would literally be great.Seliel sat by Nya, and she knew something was wrong. Her head rested on the table and she fumbled with her pen, occasionally clicking it. Her face seemed a bit red, and she was constantly sniffling. She hoped it wasn't a fever - Nya knew she had a low immune system and when she does, you don't wanna see the aftermath.

The pink haired girl swiftly grabbed her notebook and a spare pen. Flipping through some of the full pages to an empty blank one. She licked her pen so she could start writing, and glanced at her friend multiple times while her pen grazed over the thin lines paper gracefully.

She looked up at the teacher and saw he was looking at the board, writing some bullshit that no one really cared about; considering the whole class were rather on their phones or admiring their own physical appearance, or updating it to make it look better. Yeah, she didn't really know why they were doing it either.

Finishing the note, the teen with the coloured hair folded it up neatly, quickly writing an 'open it' on the front so Nya knew what it was for. She slid down her chair a little bit and placed the paper on the floor, then flicked it to Nya's leg. She must have been in a daydream, as it mad eher straighten up and blink a few times, then realising where she was. A look of discomfort shone on her face as she looked done by her leg, seeing the note that Seliel has written not even two minutes ago.

Nya looked up at Seliel with a bit of confrontation. Seliel nodded, waving her hand in a silent way to say open the letter, and answer back on the back of the paper.

Nya, are you okay? What happened at PE? You look really down :(

Nya only felt more tears build up in her eyes as she read that note over and over again. Those memories slipped back fresh into her mind once again, the words stabbing at her everywhere for a second time. Seliel only felt her own eyebrows creased too at the look of sadness on her best friends' face - and it seemed like Jay and Kai had noticed too.

Nya flickend her pen again and started writing something on the paper, something short and simple, as Seliel felt the paper land back by her foot. Nya has her head back down as she was doodling on her own notebook.

I don't want to talk about it. It's fine, I just had a nightmare.

She knew that it could be the case, but it had been probably almost 3 hours since they'd have to be in school by, considering the first period was two hours long. In PE, they'd have two different sessions. So, Nya must've had swimming, and then something else. Maybe something happened then..? Or maybe she's just a bit sad. Everyone gets those day's.

But those days are almost common for the group.

Most of the time every single one of them had something to vent about during every time they came to school in the morning, to break, lunch, and even sometimes on FaceTime late at night. Most days none of them could find a reason to get out of bed, just to go to school as get shitted on for simply existing and having a hard life. It's not their fault that they're parents are gone, or they're d*ckheads, or that they have to keep a secret form everyone that could possibly destroy their reputation from going outside.

It's not their fault that they're lives are like this.

Seliel sighed and put the note away, resting her hand on her cheek and tapping her fake pink nails against her cheek gently in boredem for the rest of the history lesson.

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The lesson went by in a blur, and before anyone could comprehend it, the whole of the class was already out of the door and scattered all over to the four floors of the school and even outside already.

Jay immediately grabbed Nya's hand and tugged her away from the group of ten, taking her to the bathrooms beside their hangout and hugging her tightly. Shocked, Nya hugged back, tears glistening in her eyes and her pure sadness being held back. Jay kept his grip for a while, and ending up playing with her long black hair behind her neck, almost beginning to braid it slightly.

Nya pulled away and held his hand, swallowing away her tears but left her eyebrows creased for her boyfriend who is still holding her. She sighed and kissed Jay softly.

"Nya, sweetheart, what happened? Seliel said you wouldn't tell her in history, and I'm getting worried." Jay asked, a certain tint of sadness and softness in his voice. His baby blue eyes glistened with tears of his own as he looked at his tear stained face of Nya.

She sighed. She really didn't want to tell Jay this, but he won't stop unless she conffesses.

Well, she can lie about one thing..

"Fine, it was just a few kids. I came out as bisexual to the rest of the school and they made fun of me bla bla." She spilled to the freckled teen, rolling her eyes as if she was used to it and it didn't hurt her at all. Like it was nothing.

Well, it did get to her and it did hurt her. A lot. But was she gonna lie? No. Was she gonna tell the truth? Sort of. I mean she already did. Just not the fat part, or the orphan part. So, a quatre of a truth. No one would find out anyway, they're not in the same PE class as her. Whoo, it's a win win for Nya!

But, she's still not happy. Hah, who was happy these days?Jay's face softened even more and he kissed her hand gently. "I'm sorry you have to go through that." He sighed, guilt and sadness rising for his lover. He looks at her pockets to find it empty. Where was her stuff? Wouldn't she wait until lunch or..now?

"Hey, where's your stuff? Like your food, water and money?" He asked another question, coking his eyebrow up in the air. He noticed her walking to gym with a cereal bar and a bottle of water in her-well, his, hoodie. And they had just disappeared, strange.

"Oh, the food? Yeah, I ate it after PE and in class. I snuck the inside." She put on a fake smile and rolled her eyes in amusment to try and relieve Jay. She sighed when it wasn't working.

"I had a nightmare this morning about.." The black haired girl trailed off, looking at her brother who was talking to Skylor and Pixal. He noticed, and quickly excused himself to see his twin sister. He rushed over to the couple with a worried look on his face and looked at Jay. He simply shrugged. "She was talking about a nightmare and the she just trailed off.

Oh yeah, Kai knew.

"Yeah it was about our parents.." His own voice began to get soft, swallowing the lump in his throat as the memories from this morning and 13 years ago came back into fresh views. Nya nodded too, and Jay noticed their discomfort and put a hand on Kai's shoulder. "I'm sorry for asking. I shouldn't have." The boy apoligised and kissed Nya's forehead. She shook her head. "It's..okay." They both said.

"Oh yeah. I almost forgot to tell you," Kai quickly noted out. Nya and Jay raised an eyebrow at the dark brunette, as he looked at his girlfriend who was niw looking gravely at Seliel and Pixal, who responded that expression and gave a slight nod. "Skylor can't come out to the mall with you three - her dad is forcing her to do work again." He said. Nya nodded and looked at the redhead with a guilty face, ashamed at her father for forcing her to do his work while he went out with his mates.

"Oh, that sucks." She sighed. The other two next to her nodded and also felt bad, as she was a 16 year old who had to run a noodle house with little staff that came to supervise her.

The black haired girl walked to to the red haired girl and hugged her tightly, causing the taller to stumber over. She then heard the mumble of sorry from the smaller, and Skylor remembered the argument she had with her father this morning about the shifts of her family buisness that began a few generations ago.

"Hey, I have an idea. We can come visit you, after Pixal's shift at her dads job." Zane said. The mentioned girl perked her head up at her boyfriends' sentence and the touch on her name about her shift. Her lips curled up into a smile and he hugged him.

Lloyd approached the group of girls and Zane and also nodded, a small soft smile on his face too. "Yeah, I'll text my mom. I feel bad for leaving her alone, but I think my dad is supposed to come back today." He said. Jay nodded as well, explaining how his parents were out on another 'buisness' trip. Seliel agreed, not wanting to go back to her parents house after the dumbass argument they had this morning. Pixal said yes, after her shift which finished at 7PM. Kai and Nya both reluctantly said yes, still afraid of what the orphanage workers are gonna say. I mean, they are the oldest at the place, so they can stay out for the longest amount of time. Zane said yes, his father having to stay over and sleep at his job with a few collugues. Cole also relunctantly nodded, however saying that he's going to call her mother and make sure she's okay while his father worked. Then it left Morro, who was worried for deal life about going back home late at night.

Jay walked up to him and placed a hand on the boys' shoulder. "You can stay over at might and tell your parents that it was a group poject for History, an say that I've kept it." The freckled boy explained, a small soft and sad smile on his face as he looked in the eyes of the smaller who had tears in his own. Morro nodded and Jay, wiped his tears away, (That rhymed!) and then turned to the beaming Skylor, and agreed. She thanked everyone for being so nice to her, and then went straight to Kai, who gave her cute little forhead kisses.

"Well, how was everyone's morning? It's okay to vent here." Lloyd called out to his friends, who were now all slumped down on the unused lockers or the hollow wall. Nya had her head on Jay's shoulder and they were holding hands, while Kai eyed them carefully. He sat next to Skylor, who fiddled with his spiky hair slightly. Cole and Seliel were just sat down next to each other, smiling gently. Zane and Pixal just sat hand in hand, and Lloyd and Morro sat next to each other.

Seliel sighed and ran her fingers through her soft pink hair gently. Cole kissed her hand muttered something to her. She nodded and took in another deep breathe, then began. "My cousins are moving out in a few weeks, and I have to help them pack." Tears glistned her sapphire eyes and she sniffled lightly, causing her boyfriend to pull her into a side hug and kiss her forehead and she sunk into his embrace.

"S-So I'm basically going to be a-alone with only parents t-that don't stop agruing over dumb shit." She added on, her voice becoming shaky with every word that came out of her mouth. The memories from this morning about the fight of the laundry and hearing her cousin giving in and doing it while they still verbally fought.

"Oh baby..I'm sorry." Cole's voice was soft with sympathy and he hugged her, letting his shoulder become wet with tears of his girlfriend. She squirmed and whimpered with sadness, and she leaned on his chest.

"Have you tried to ask Scarlett if you can come over to her house instead of living with your parents?" Zane suggested, his eyebrow up. Seliel looked back at Zane and turned around, wiping her eyes to try and compose herself. She shook her head. "My parents would never, and plus, the flat she's moving into only has two bedrooms, one for her and one for her roomate." She replied, going back to her boyfriends' shoulder and burying her face in it. Cole rubbed her back gently and hugged her again, whispering comforting things to her to make her smile.

"I guess we both have parent problems today." He said a sad smirk on his face as his eyebrows were creased. The blue eyed girl wiped her eyes at looked at the black haired teenager quizically. He sighed and closed his eyes, stating what happened to him and his mother this morning.

"My mom woke up sick again and went out straight after." He said. Seliel returned the favour that he did a few moments ago, giving his forehad little kisses and taking his hands and rubbing his palms in circles to make sure he won't break down into sobs.

"She seemed fine after that, and actually went out to get me some breakfast for tomorrow." He sniffled. Cole looked down and the floor and breathed out again. He then looked up at Seliel, who sat on his lap hugging him. She nodded, and squeezed his hand. "I just worry for her, because you never know when she'll-she'll-"

"Shh, Cole. You don't have to finish that sentence. She'll be okay, and even if she gets put in hospital - you'll be there for her." Seliel said. Cole looked up at her again and saw the smile on her face. His eyes glistened and pooled up with more tears and he almost sobbed.

She held out her pinkie. "To her last breath and beyond, she'll love you." He shakily held out his own and they clutched them together, nuzzling each other's noses and then falling into each other's embraces. Everyone awed and made googly eyes at the two.

Morro looked at then and then covered his make-up covered eye and sighed, opening his mouth and closing it after not knowing what to say.

"Morro? You good buddy?" Jay asked, looking in the eyes of the silently stammering teenager. The other 8 looked at him worriedly, except for Lloyd and Nya who already knew what happened with him the night prior.

Morro shook his head and used his sleeves to wipe his near damp face and eyes dry to compress the salty liquid of emotional and physical pain that had been thrown at him everyday for as long as he could remember. Yes, it had been happening for as long as the poor boy could know what the word algebra means - and he actually had maths after this."My parents found my make-up yesterday.." He started. The others look at him with great pity, and they knew what his so called parents would do if they found something 'girly' in his room/closet. They were toxic parents, especially his father who had toxic masculinity issues, stating that; "Only Gay boys wear skirts and dresses, and wear silly make-up, and like boys. You don't like boys, do you Morro?"

He was half right, he liked boys and girls, but he hadn't told anyone that. He knew that his group of friends would be accepting, as Nya came out as bisexual last week, and they all supported her and gave her hugs. So, there was nothing for him to worry about, right?

Wrong.

The whole school ended up finding out about Nya, and they now taunt her for it, girls make fun of her for being 'too desperate' when she has a boyfriend, and boys used to threaten to get violent with her if she even looked at their girlfriends.

If he already gets bullied for supposedly used physical and verbal abuse for attention, then he can't imagine what it'd be like to be out as bisexual without a tear falling from his face.

"Morro? Buddy, you spaced out." Lloyd alerted him back into the real world with a tap on his shoulder, and he blinked a few times to still see the worried glances of his friends still looking at him with almost puppy dog eyes.

"Oh. Yeah, sorry." He apologised. He wiped his eyes again, trying his best to keep them dry for the time being as he inhaled and exhaled shakily. "Y-Yeah, he found my make-up. Told my m-mother and she-she-" He cut himself off as the memories of last night came back fresh into his mind, painting a river of pain over his emotions for what seemed like an eternity before his mouth could finally move again.

"She threw a glass at me.."

"Oh Morro.." He heard Pixal say in the background. He solemnly nodded and looked away from the rest of his friends, who had guilt washing over them. "Then I got a bruise..on my eye. Lloyd and Nya are the only ones that know, since they helped me with covering it up." He added on.

Lloyd sighed, and placed a hand on his shoulder. "I'm so sorry buddy." He whispered. Morro shook his head and put his hands over his face. "It's..it's okay. I'm just glad I don't have to be there tonight." He sighs in relief. Skylor smiles sadly and looks at the badge from her work in defeat.

"Thanks for coming to visit me, it's really boring. Especially when I start at 5 and finish at 11, which means I get home at 12 and barely get any sleep.." She mutters, he voice becoming shaky as she buries her face into Kai's shoulder. The brunette hugged her and rubbed her back gently, as he felt his shoulder become a bit damp with his girlfriend's tears. He kissed her forehead. "I know sweetheart, I'm sorry." He muttered into her ear.

"Morro, you're gonna come with me and Skylor and we're gonna be there early. Okay?" Jay said, trying to confirm the statement. Mentioned teen nodded shakily and smiled gently at the freckled boy, who waved and smiled back. He then turned to the redhead who took her head off of Kai's shoulder and gave a nod.

"Me and Kai should be there by five - we'll skip dinner at the orphanage and have dinner there. Is that okay?" She asked. Again, Skylor nodded and smiled at her boyfriends' twin."I shall pick up Pixal at 7, and we'll be there by around 7.30." Zane said, holding Pixal's hand who was smiling gratefully at him, who returned the gesture moments after.

"I'll take the bus with Lloyd and Seliel - we'll be by around six." He confirms. "Meet me at the park bus stop." They both nod. They all smiles at each other and it's their significant other.

Riiiing, Riiiing

Then, there smiles vanished. "Ugh, lessons." Kai groaned, and almost smacked his head off the wall. "Sis? Jay?" He turned to see the two as if they were in their own world, talking to themselves lightly.

"Earth to you two?" Cole flung a piece of paper form his notebook at Nya's head, and they both glared at him playfully. They all stood up, and Seliel gave Cole a quick hug and a peck on the cheek, before heading up to Jay, Nya and Morro.

Kai and Skylor stood there hand in hand. "One day, I'm gonna best the shit out of your dad for forcing you to do this." He mumbled. "Wether I'm an orphan or not, I'm gonna kill him if he hurts you."

Skylor smiled and kissed him on the forehead. "He won't, I'll make sure of it. Love ya hottie." She said.

"Love you too, badass."