A Click Away

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[Casper/Aanjay]

Cass frowns to himself as he scrolls through his messages, all of them being from his friend Jay... Well as close to a friend as the know it all social fail he is can have. As he rolls the bar down his frown deepens, he seriously can't believe some of the shit people put each other through.

A box pops up and a sound echos in his ear buds and ear drums, signalling that his friend is online. He does smile to himself, glad to know that Aanjay was still willing to talk with him and hasn't given up on them being friends yet, he can be a pretty cold guy at times after all.

Casper Joans: Hello Jay, how was school?

High school that is.

Casper remembers what its like to be an outcast, although most people whom tried to mess with him got chomped and spat out. But that doesn't meant he's forgotten what its like to feel different, he still does after all, often times finding himself butting heads with an insufferable know it all from his human anatomy class.

Sighing to himself he pushes his glasses up his nose and blows dyed lavender bangs from his his sky blue eyes, "He better be okay." The wait is killing him, but first Jay has to type the answer and then it has to send through their connections... Its a time consuming process.

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As Aanjay went to school he felt the familiar coils of fear curl and squirm in his belly. Though not as pronounced as they had once been, they still caused Jay to scan his eyes everywhere as he walked, just waiting for someone to pop up and begin ridicouling him.

He managed to make it to school safely and went straight to his locker, avoiding crowded areas like the courtyard. When he reached his locker he opened it and watched, unsurprised, as a pile of balled up and crumpled notes fell out his locker and onto the floor at his feet. With a sigh he grabbed what he needed and closed and locked his locker. Not that it did much good. They had figured out his code a long time ago.

He quickly scooped up the fallen trash and deposited it into a nearby trash can. He hurried to class, again avoiding places he knew kids hung out at. He arrived at his homeroom without any confrontations, this day was proving to be great so far, and went to sit in his seat. The teacher didn't even glance up at him as he got out his books and began studying, trying to kill the 15 minutes he had before the rest of the kids showed up.

The rest of the class slowly drifted in as the bell rang. Of course the kids tried their best to avoid sitting near him but inevitably a few had to take the seats around him. He didn't mind until about half way through the class. They began hitting him with paper and erasers, and occasionally a pencil or two, when the teacher was not looking. Keeping his head ducked to try to avoid hits to the face, he focused on taking notes.

The next two classes went by much as the first had. And he was left relatively unbothered in the hallways between them, leaving him in quite the pleasant mood.

This all changed when he arrived in fourth period. His heart skipped a beat and his stomache dropped clean out the bottom of his feet, or so it felt, when he enetered the classroom and his eyes immediately fell upon...them. They were his main tormentors. The kids who took this not just a step farther than the others. Oh no! They were too good to settle for just one step!! They tended to take it several steps farther, going out of their way even in their free time to bother him.

He ducked his head and tried to hurry past them, knowing that with the teacher not in the classroom they would not go easy on him. He thought he had made it but just as he was past them one of them stood and grabbed him by his hood, jerking him back with it. Stumbling, he barely stopped himself from running into the boy behind him.

"Well~ If it isn't our best buddy, Jaybird!!" He grinned, Jay knew he grinned even without looking. He always was grinning and laughing when it can to making Jay miserable.

Turning slowly, Jay looked up at his captor, willing his body to stop the slight tremor it had started up. "H-Hello....Trevor.... C-Could.....you let...me go..." his voice trailing off into a whisper by the end of his plea. Trevor just smirked and shook his head as if disappointed in Jay.

"Now Jaybird!! Why would I ever let my best buddy go!?! We ain't best buddies for nothing, now are we?" He laughed, moving to hold Jay's arms to his side and Trevor's friend went over to take his stuff out his bag. Jay struggled, asking them to not do that, but as always his voice fell on deaf ears. It wasn't until the teacher came in and scolded the boys that Jay was released and allowed back his belongings. He hurried to his seat and began neatly packing everything away. The rest of the period was uneventful and Jay mainly just doodled.

When the bell rang for lunch Jay waited until everyone left before hesitantly getting up and leaving. As soon as he was out the door he found himself being grabbed and drug off somewhere, most likely behind the stairs. He found himself right and now currently pressed up against a wall and surrounded by boys at least twice his size. The beating this time was rather harsh since he had 'gotten them in trouble' but he was grateful they avoided visible areas. They didn't stop until the bell for students to go back to class rang. By this point Jay felt as if he had been hit by a truck, and would probably look it by tomorrow.

Unable to move without hissing in pain, he rested there for the duration of fifth period, opting to just skip it and go to sixth. When it came time to go to said class, he found even limping to be quite difficult but he managed. The rest of the day went by in a bit of a haze, seeing as most of his attention was on not moving too much. He only ran into his tormentors once more when he returned to his locker.

He approached the locker, a feeling of dread in his tummy. Upon pening it he found that feeling was right, for there was several pieces of spoilt food items thrown in there. It wasn't an uncommon occurance but he still had to keep from gagging and he carfully removed the items and threw them away. They came along and threw some verbal abbuse at him, but he gladly took it over being hit some more.

After the last insult was tossed his way, and they had had a good laugh at his expence, he was left alone. Relieved, he quickly grabbed his stuff and hobbled home, wishing for the zillionth time that he was able to drive.

He unlocked the door and entered the house, calling out his arrival. As usual there was only silence as his welcome. He threw down his stuff and removed his jacket by the door before going to the bathroom to tend to his wounds. Upon inspection he found there wasn't much he could do. It was just a bunch of bruises this time. So, he took some pain medicine and check a couple old cuts he had, taking a moment to rebandage them, before he headed to his room.

Going straight for the computer, he booted it up and smiled as he saw his friend Cass online. He was really the only earthling he talked to much. Most of his other friends were from other planets and he talked to them using his A.I.

He got comfy in his chair and replied to a message Cass had just sent him.

Aanjay Shina:Hey! It wasn't too terrible!! I got there in one piece!!

He had told Cass a bit of his issues with the other kids, but not all of it. He opted to leave out just how badly he would be hurt upon returning home.

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Cass sighs as he reads the messages, his frown deepening. He then types back.

Casper Joans: You shouldn't let people do that to you. *sighs* Are you okay?

he has a billion and one questions he truly wants to ask, but that's the only one the matters at the moment.

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Jay smiles softly, felling his heart warm at the thought that someone cared about how he was.

Aanjay Shina: I don't exactly let them. But I'm ok! A few bruises but nothing big! How was your day?? How are you??

It was his typical reply. Telling the boy he was ok and quickly changing subject. He couldn't very well tell him that he was sure he had at least a cracked something. The boy lived far away and there was nothing he could do. It would cause unnessecary worry and trouble. Jay could never do that to one of his only friends.

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Cass sighs and leans back in his chair, not knowing what to say right away. Part of him wants to cross examine the boy, but he stops himself as his fingers go to type. Taking another moment to think he responds.

Casper Joans: If you say so.

Casper Joans: My day was alright... Although I had a complete incompetent group in my labs today. Had to do all the work myself.

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Jay leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes more a moment, relaxing before he heard the quiet 'ding' that told him he got a reply. He smiled to himself as Cass went along with the change in subject.

Aanjay Shina: I'm sorry. What did they do? They didn't mess up your project or something did they? That would stink!

He winced as he heard his stomach growl. He wanted food but he would have to make the long trek downstairs and into the kitchen. This thought was quickly dismissed. He could wait a bit before he really had to get food.

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Casper Joans: No they didn't. But they didn't know left from right or up from down *snorts*

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Giggling a bit, jay quickly covers his mouth, feeling a bit bad for laughing at a person he didn't even know.

Aanjay Shina: That is bad!! At least they did not mess up your grade though, even if they were not much help to you. *laughs*

Aanjay Shina: Though, I suppose most people seem rather brainless to you, you're so smart!

Jay knew how smart his friend was, having asked a couple times about things he didn't quite understand from school. The boy always knew the answer and how to easily explain it to Jay.

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Cass leans back in his chair again, for some odd reason he's flushing, he'll have to ask his mother about his biological set up when he visits her again. But then again... its only with Jay... maybe he... No, he's too far to the left to like anyone.

Running fingers through his hair he thinks over what to say before deciding. He types fast the first part... the second takes a few more nervous clicks.

Casper Joans: No, they didn't mess anything up or anything... And yes, they didn't reflect my grade more than the teacher telling me to let others do more work sometimes. Something about going to kill myself with over stress or something, which is odd because I don't feel stressed. Do I feel stressed? Are you stressed? More than usual I mean.

Its the next part that he gulps before typing.

Casper Joans: Hey. Have you ever liked anyone? More than a friend? Like... You'd like to kiss like?

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Jay smiled at his friend, thinking that he had to agree with the boy's teacher. He did seem to put too much pressure on himself. Though, as ling as he was healthy and happy Jay wasn't about to complain. At the second message, a bright blush made it's way across his face. He never really thought about stuff like that. There was no one at school he was friends with, let alone more. Plus, he knew he had a mate out there somewhere and he left as if liking someone would be a betrayl to his mate.

A little voice in the very back of his mind spoke up, poking at the thought that he might like Cass, but Jay quickly bannished the idea. It was a waste of time thinking about things like that. Cass was straight, or so he assumed. Truthfully he also considered the notion that Cass might be asexual, as he had never really expressed attraction to anyone before. The subject had never even been brought up before now!

This made Jay begin to think, Maybe Cass finally had someone he liked... The thought hurt his heart a bit but he shook him head and raised his fingers to the keys to begin his reply. 'What did you expect Jay? He was bound to fall for a cute buy eventually!'

Aanjay Shina: If you are stressed then please try to relax. Stress is unhealthy and I'd hate for you to make yourself sick! As for me... I'm no more stressed than usual. Got a big test tomorrow that I'm a big worried about.

He blushed slightly as he went to reply to the second message.

Aanjay Shina: And, um, n-not really... The kids at my school are a bit less than friendly.

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Casper reads over what is said back to him carefully before frowning.

Casper Joans: Sorry about your test... Need help studying?

He pauses, wondering if he should push it or not. In the end his curiosity got the best of.

Casper Joans: Never crushed on anyone outside of school? Any of your online friends?

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Blush increasing ten-fold, jay sank into his chair a bit and covered his face with his hands, forgetting Cass couldn't see him. He wondered if he should tell the boy he might, possibly, have a maybe crush on him. It seemed so forward! With trembling fingers and went to the keyboard and began his reply, unsure of what he would say and just letting his fingers form the words.

Aanjay Shina: That would be nice... It's on Quadratic Equations...

He hesitated for a long time, and just as he saw Cass going to type he hurriedly wrote his reply to the second message.

Aanjay Shina: And...m-maybe! I mean...it's online. S-So how could I know...if I truely liked them......or not.

Aanjay Shina: B-But...................there is.........someone........an oonline friend of course....

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Cass had gotten worried while waiting and almost had asked if Aanjay was okay, but then he responded. Now the human is further confused, mind racing a mile a minute for the possibilities.

Casper Joans: I'll help you of course... But I am curious as to who this online friend is.

Its oddly not a question, but it is a prompt of curiousness.

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Aanjay's blush increased ten-fold as he ducked his head, resting it in his arms on his desktop. What should he do!? Should he tell his crush, yes he admits he has a crush, that he's the one he likes?! With a sign he lifted his head and stared at Cass's name for a bit before sitting up and bringing his trembling fingers to the keys.

Aanjay Shina: I-I'd like that.....um.....very much...

Aanjay Shina: I-I...dont know..........Why did you asked something like that anyways??

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Casper Joans: Because I'm beginning to question my sexuality. Could I be a little less to the left than I thought?