"I was being sarcastic, Caster," Nicoli said, Slapping his forehead in frustration. "By the way, Caster; Thank you for standing up for me back there, No one's ever done that for me. You're incredibly sweet." Nicoli Said, Rubbing his arm avoiding eye contact.
"Of course, I'll knock his a-, Rear end out, And you can count on that." Caster said, A slight smile on his face as he Aswiped a loose strand of hair behind Nikoli's ear. a vigorous blush spread across the two's faces. Sitting there, In silence subconsciously moving closer to each other.
Closer, Closer, And Closer until…..
"Ay, Love birds get a room." One of the players screamed.
Caster and Nicoli Instinctively moved away from each other and stood in the awkwardness, And they were just standing in silence before Caster said " Umm Sorry about that. I shouldn't have gotten that close." Caster put his hand behind his head and scratched his head. Both of them are still blushing vigorously.
While Caster and Nicoli stood there awkwardly, the game continued. Freddy gets the ball and throws it but it hits the ground and shoots up, Hitting Mak in the face, making his nose bleed. Mak's face twisted in anger.
"Run or you die!" Mak said Hands balled into fists.
Freddy turns pale as he drops onto the grown and curls into a ball.
"Yo, Leave em alone; It was an accident!" PD said, Taking a step toward them.
"Ay, let them be, Freddy can fight his own battles," BD said, grabbing PD's arm.
"How's he going to fight, he's curled in a ball." PD said, Pulling his arm out of his brother's grasp.
The commotion snapped Caster and Nicoli out of their awkward silence. They took the opportunity to stop the awkwardness.
"Let's go check on them, They might kill each other." Caster said, Running toward the two.
Nicoli followed. When they got there Mak was kicking the ball known as Freddy, PD was yelling at his brother to let him help Freddy, And BD was holding back his brother saying that Freddy could fight for himself.
"Alright, you brats, Time for you to take a shower and go to bed." The guard said, Looking like this has happened far too many times.
Mak and his friends walked off, After Mak ran his finger across his neck at Freddy. PD, Caster, and Nicoli nailed down to check on Freddy BD just walked towards the building.
"I-I I'll be good mommy I-I'll be good," Freddy said, Shaking on the ground.
"What is he talking about?" Nicoli asked, Looking at Caster in confusion.
"He does this when he has a panic attack." Caster said.
PD began to stroke Freddy's cherry red hair and it seemed to calm him down. Freddy slowly sat up; He had a bloody nose, Busted lip, And a black eye.
"Ay, Kids, Go take a shower; I'll take 346 to the infirmary." The guard said, His thumb pointed toward the door.
"Yay, We don't want to be late for curfew." PD said, Helping Freddy to his feet.
The three boys left Freddy with the guard and went to the showers then walked toward their rooms. BD and PD arguing the entire way to their room.
"Why didn't you let me help Freddy? He got his butt handed to him." PD yelled, grabbing the collar of BD's shirt to yell in his face.
BD pulls away from PD's grasp and replies with "Cuz, Freddy needs to fight his own battles. He's stronger than you think."
"That doesn't mean he can win a fight with Mak. Mak has literally bitten into a rock no problem, while Freddy can barely lift a milk jug." PD snapped back.
The two continued to fight but were drowned out by their door closing. Nicoli and Caster continued to their room. And went inside.
"So do you think Freddy will be ok? He looked pretty bad." Nicoli asked, Sitting on his bed.
"Yay, He's weak but can recover pretty quick; He'll be better by tomorrow." Caster said, Sitting on his bed as well.
A sharp wind blew through the window sending a shiver down Nicoli's back.
"Bur, It's going to be cold tonight; I'll close the window," Nicoli said, standing up and attempting to close the window.
"Yay, That window hasn't closed since my first escape attempt. Got jammed and the staff refused to fix it out of spite." Caster said, Noticing Nicoli's Permit. "You can share my bed since you don't have any blankets." Caster said, rubbing the back of his head nervously.
"Really, Thank you. That's so sweet of you." Nicoli said, crawling onto the other side of Caster's bed.
Caster soon followed, Resisting the urge to wrap his arms around Nicoli while sleeping. Encased in soft warmth the two soon fell asleep with Nicoli's head laying on Caster's shoulder as a pillow.