Charlie was walking to the detention classroom and surprisingly Trevor was walking with him.
On time.
The both of them walked into the classroom and found the teacher already asleep on his desk.
As usual, Charlie took the seat near the window and Trevor plopped down beside him and leaned back on the heels of his chair with his hands on his head.
Trevor started to swing back and forth on his chair. He seemed to be enjoying the silence but Charlie felt suffocated by it. He could only look out of the window and enjoy the sight for so long.
He felt the immediate urge to break the unbearable silence. So he did.
"So--"
"Don't even think of trying to make me sit and study, I won't "
"Uh... Okay" Charlie pursed his lips. "What should we do then?"
"Talk?" Trevor shrugged.
What does he mean, talk?!
"... Talk? About what?" Charlie voiced his doubt.
"Why do you live alone?" Trevor asked, his eyes wandering to the ceiling above him.
"Er... My parents were too over protective of me and I kind of felt suffocated in my comfort zone. That's why"
"Hm-hm"
Silence followed. And Charlie found it impossible to sit in that awkwardness any longer.
He tried starting another conversation.
"Um... How's life? I mean, I really don't know anything about you or what you do when you are not hanging out with us" Charlie shrugged and looked at Trevor longingly.
He wondered if it seemed like he was prying.
He shook off the feeling. He was just digging info. Out of curiosity.
"Well, I adopted a cat recently" Trevor said after a moment of silence.
Uh... Okay.
"Nice! Did you name it? What did you name it?"
"Yeah, Achilles"
What?!
"Wait, you named your cat....Achilles?" Charlie couldn't help but wonder if he actually heard him right.
"Yep. Found a pretty nice name on one of the covers of those weirdly named books in my bookshelf. Thought it would suit him" Trevor shrugged. "Achilles The Chubby Cat" he mumbled to himself.
Charlie couldn't believe this guy was even real. "Trevor... Do you even know who that is?"
"Yeah. Conner said it is one of the names that make up the name of that Superhero SHAZAM"
Really?!
Charlie couldn't believe someone so dumb could actually exist.
"I don't know what Conner told you. But he was a Greek Hero, okay?"
"Yeah, Conner told me that too. 'The Courage of Achilles'" Trevor said in a weird imitation of Conner's voice.
"You named your cat after a demigod" Charlie nodded to himself and continued "Without even realising it". He was quiet amused.
Trevor scowled.
"My cat comes to me everytime I call him that. That's all I need to know. Now, Shut up"
Charlie couldn't help but chuckle at how annoyed Trevor looked.
"What?" Trevor snapped.
"Nothing. Just... Don't you ever smile?"
Trevor clicked his tongue.
"Why would I? There is nothing around here worth smiling about"
"Oh yeah? Why not give it a try?" Charlie mused.
Trevor turned his head to look at Charlie, who gave him a cheeky smile, as if setting an example for him.
Trevor kind of returned the smile. Kind of.
And it almost made Charlie fall off his chair from laughing.
Trevor had smiled with his eyebrows still knotted together and it made him look so weird and.... Funny.
Charlie covered his mouth to try and stifle his laughter, afraid he might wake the teacher, but failed miserably.
"D-dude, I can't b-believe you s-seriously--" He trailed off as laughter took over him.
Trevor scowled and whacked him in the back of his head.
"Shut up, Charles. Or I will have to slam a chair on your oh-so-good-looking face" Trevor said and almost stopped himself immediately.
Wait, what?