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On Monday, Bella arrives at school completely and stably human shaped, with everything she has learned about critters (except for her own species, which she isn't liable to forget) written down as margin notes on a page reminding her to ask Darren about D&D and filler decoy notes about that. She's probably going to have invent an actual cipher alphabet or something eventually but for the time being she thinks this will probably do for casual inspection.
She sits next to Darren in English.
shesepankh
castmyown
He giggles. "It's a surprise, right? I seem so non-nerdy, at first glance."
He has absolutely no idea what to do about being leaned on.
He has absolutely no idea what to do about being leaned on.
shesepankh
Well, as long as he doesn't seem to object she's not gonna sit up straight.
"I'd definitely have pegged you for football and a future frat pledge."
"I'd definitely have pegged you for football and a future frat pledge."
castmyown
Darren snickers. He will so not be complaining about the snuggliness of the fear.
"The fear is truly convincing."
"The fear is truly convincing."
castmyown
"As is proper," agrees Darren. "Otherwise you might start screaming and dad might freak out and crash the car."
castmyown
"Fair warning, last time you passed out on top of me and I couldn't get out from um - under you under my own power."
Is that a blush? Oh goodness that is.
Is that a blush? Oh goodness that is.
shesepankh
"...Oh wow. Did Mrs. Adams have to haul me off of - oh wow. Okay, I should not stand directly over people while doing fairy princess healing magic, noted, I'm sorry."
castmyown
"She did," confirms Darren. "It's okay, it wasn't your fault, you didn't hurt me or anything. It was just - um." Lovely? Snuggly? Adorable? Making him feel strange things that he has no idea how to handle?
"Odd," he provides, instead.
"Odd," he provides, instead.
castmyown
Well. That just - went absolutely terribly. Good job, Darren.
"... Sorry, I um..." He has absolutely no idea what to say, so he just sort of trails off.
"... Sorry, I um..." He has absolutely no idea what to say, so he just sort of trails off.