"Hey Evan, whatcha doing?" A shorter boy, by the name of Craig asked him.

"Mhh, just trying to hurry and finish this essay Mrs. Tipton assigned us yesterday." Evan replied, without lifting his eyes from his paper.

"Ohh, why haven't you gotten it done yet?" Craig asked as he took his seat next to him.

"Been busy playing video games with Tyler last night, guess I lost track of time and needed to get a few hours of sleep, before coming back to this hell hole of a school." Evan chuckled as he just finished writing the finishing sentence. Finally, he looked up and met his best friend's eyes.

"You know, I don't want to be the one that keeps hounding you about this, but is it really such a good idea to be hanging out with someone who's older than you?" Craig raised one of his eyebrows in concern.

"Yes Craig, it's completely fine, He's only three years older. For crying out loud, you keep forgetting that I even met him here, during my freshman year! He's my best friend Craig, alongside you." He assured.

Evan smiled, now feeling accomplished that all of his homework was now done.

He glanced up at the front of the class to see that their teacher just walked in.

Before, their teacher could give them any directions, Evan looked back at Craig as he said "You know, you should play with us, he really would love making you blush with all his lame pick up lines! Plus, I know you think he's cute, you should give him a try. You guys would make such an adorable couple!" Evan teased and smirked as his words made Craig blush bright red.

"Shut up Evan!" Craig whined as he hid his red face behind his textbook.

Evan could only giggle at how flustered his friend got. He looked back at the front of the class and turned to the page that was written on the board.

"Okay class, I want everyone to silently work on these pages while I do role call. If you have any questions, raise you hand." Their teacher instructed.

Evan was ready to start his work, but he suddenly thought of something else to say to Craig before he fully dropped the subject.

Glancing to his left side, he saw that Craig had already started doing his work.

Leaning over and gently pulling on Craig's jacket sleeve, he whispered "So do you think he's cute? Admit it, you like him."

He continued to tug on Craig's sleeve, with a shit eating grin on his face until, Craig finally looked up and turned his head to look at him.

"What do you need Evan?" He asked annoyed.

Evan rolled his eyes and repeated his question to his unamused best friend. "Do you like Tyler or not? I know you do, so you better not lie to me." He warned as he couldn't stop smirking, mischievously.

"Yes I do alright, just don't tell him!" Craig finally confessed, before turning back to his assignment.

Evan smiled triumphantly at the long-awaited confession.

He was ready to finally stop teasing his friend, well... maybe after one more thing.

He silently and quickly got out of his chair and leaned in close to Craig's ear. "I ship it." He whispered and hurried to sit back down before he could get slapped by the pissed Craig.

Evan chuckled as he turned back to his work.

Taking one last look at his friend, he saw out of the corner of his eye, Craig was blushing while shaking his head.

He's just too fun to mess with.

Evan quietly, chuckled.

~~~

"Evan, I want you to come straight home today and make sure you do all of your homework and chores before you start playing any of you video games, you hear me?" Evan's dad commanded through the phone.

"Yes dad, I understand completely." He responded.

"Good, how was your day today?" His dad asked, curiously.

"It's been alright, didn't get into any fights, did a bunch of school work. Same old, same old." He answered causally, while walking to his locker and unlocking it.

"What 'bout you? Anything interesting happen?" He asked, smiling at Craig as he asked who he was talking to.

He mouthed "It's my dad."

In response, Craig stood up on his tippy toes, wrapped one of his arms around Evan's neck, and playfully shouted "Hey Mr. Fong!"

Evan gently shoved Craig's arm off of him and continued to put his unwanted books into his locker.

Craig just smiled innocently, and leaned against the lockers next to his best friend's. His smile widened due to him still being able to hear Evan's dad answer him back with an equally playful response, despite the growing sound of teenagers crowding the halls.

Once Evan was finally done getting rid of the extra weight in his backpack, he closed his locker, put the lock back on, and resumed talking to his dad for a few more minutes, before saying goodbye.

Placing his phone safely back into his pants pocket, he looked over at Craig, and smiled when he was greeted by the short, dirty blonde, that was just causally leaning against the lockers, waiting for him to finally be ready.

"Hey, I'm done now. Let's get the fuck outta here!" He cheered as he lightly pushed Craig a little, to get his attention.

Snapping out of his trance, he readjusted his glasses and smiled warmly up at Evan, before standing up straighter and started walking out the front doors with Evan by his side.

They were walking around outside when suddenly, they heard a very loud car horn, followed by someone saying "Evan, get your ass over here! You bitch, took way longer than usual!" The familiar voice yelled over the ruckus, that was coming from all the other students and their cars.

Some people laughed, while others scoffed at Tyler's choice of words. See, Tyler was quite the troublemaker during his short years at their school. He wasn't a bully, just a jerk at times. He was also the team captain of the football team for all four years, so basically you liked him or you didn't, but either way, you knew about him.

"Evan, hurry the fuck up! Oh, is that Craig I see, bring him along too, I have plenty of room for him!" Tyler winked at Craig from across the parking lot, and just like that, made Craig into a human tomato.

Evan chuckled at Craig, and began walking to Tyler's car, with Craig shyly following behind.

"What's up bitches, how was your days? Get into any fights!?" Tyler greeted when they finally made it to him.

"It was alright, no fights for us, same old, same old." Evan halfheartedly answered, while opening the door to the passenger's side.

"And how was your day, Craig?" Tyler asked genuinely.

"I-It was okay, s-same old, same old." He smiled brightly up at Tyler, with red cheeks.

"That's good, are you going to get in? I can drive you home if you'll like." He smiled from ear to ear, showing off his perfect white smile.

"I-I d-don't know, I can just walk home. It's not too far of a-" He got caught off as Evan answered for him.

"Yes Tyler, he'll love to ride with us. Won't you Craig?" Evan smiled, mischievously at Craig.

"U-Uh w-well-" Craig got caught off again by Evan.

"Just get in Craig. He won't bite you." He smirked and chuckled as Craig's face brightened even more.

"Unless you want me to, that is~" Tyler flirted and started laughing at how redder Craig's face got, which soon turned into his infamous wheezing.

Craig bit his lip, from embarrassment and looked down. He was just about to start walking home, despite all of Evan's pleading for him to ride with them when, he heard a car door open and he saw two red converse shoes walk into his view. He then, felt pressure lightly touching his shoulder and another hand gently lifting his head up.

"Craig, I'm sorry for being mean, I wasn't trying to be. I was just trying to get you to see that Tyler's not a bad guy. Just give him a chance. If you can trust me, I guarantee you, you can trust him." Evan whispered, as he brought Craig in for a hug.

Craig returned the hug with a smile on his face. When they were still hugging, he noticed that Tyler was watching them, and he shot Tyler one of his best smiles.

Tyler's face flushed bright red and he tried looking the other way to hide it, but Craig already saw it.

They broke the hug and Evan asked if he really wanted to walk home by himself.

Craig looked back at Tyler and quickly made up his mind once he noticed how gentle Tyler was trying to appear with his reassuring smile he gave him.

"No, I think I'm fine riding with you two fuck boiis!" He smiled like a kid that was going to Chuck E. Cheese for their birthday, as he opened the door to the backseats and climbed in.

Buckling his seat belt on, he looked out the still opened door, at Evan, that was just staring at him in slight shock. "What? You going to get in or what Evan? Come on slow poke, we haven't got the whole day, it's Meatloaf night!" He teased as Evan just smiled and closed the door for him.

"Alright fuck-titties, who's house are we going to first?" Tyler shouted with a goofy grin on his face, as he turned on his car.

"Mine, you can drop Craig off last." Evan answered before Craig could reply and quickly turned on the radio so no one could object.

You sly fox. Craig thought, as he smiled to himself.

You sly fox...

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