This is both my first Deviant and my first fanfic, so please don't judge too harshly!

Warning: Contains Lifty X Nutty. If you don't like yaoi, then DON'T read it! Also, don't leave mean comments. Constructive criticism is alright though. When I wrote this I imagined them more human-like, but they still have animal characteristics.

Also, sorry if the characters are a little OOC (out of character). Like I said, this is my first fanfic.

It was a normal day in Happy Tree Town. The birds were singing, the sun was shining, and Lumpy had been run over with by a truck and died in horrible, agonizing pain (I REALLY hate Lumpy in case you couldn't tell). It was the middle of the day, and the students at the local high school were taking a break, at least until the teacher showed up.

Shifty and Lifty were chatting with each other at the back of the class. Shifty was wearing a white t-shirt, blue jeans with the knees torn, and his usual fedora. Lifty was also wearing a white t-shirt and blue jeans and also had a green-and-black hoodie tied around his waist. Like usual, the two were trying to decide what to do after school.

Shifty: There's nothing to do. We've stolen everything worth taking, even though we had to return it once that stupid Splendid caught us. Any ideas little bro?

Lifty: First off, can you stop calling me your 'little bro'? We don't know who was born first, remember? For all we know I could be the older one! And secondly, I really can't think of anything. *leans back in chair*

The two brothers sighed at their lack of things to do. Usually they would just steal something in order to clear up their boredom but lately neither of them had been in the mood for it which was odd for them.

Lifty glanced out the window to see Giggles and Cuddles making out behind the school as they usually did. Some times he wondered what kept them together, just out of boredom. He started looking around the room. Every thing was as it usually was. Toothy and Russell were talking, Petunia was flirting with Handy, and Flaky was reading by herself in the opposite corner of the room. The only thing different was that Sniffles was absent that day because he had died yesterday and hadn't come back yet.

Toothy: *looks at the clock* Not that I'd normally complain but what's taking the teacher so long to get here? Class should've started ten minutes ago.

Russell: Yar, ye be right! What be takin' him so long? *taps hook on table*

Handy: I heard that a new student is coming today, and that he's supposed to be in our class. Maybe the teacher is having a hard time finding him or something.

Both curious and bored, Shifty walked over to the small group to see what was going on. Lifty was still looking out the window, trying to avoid falling asleep before the teacher came back.

Shifty: *curiously* What are you guys talking about?

Petunia: *looks at Shifty* Some new kid that's joining our class today.

Shifty: In the middle of the school year?

Petunia: Rumour is that he was being home schooled but his parents decided to put him in regular school for the rest of the year.

Toothy: I heard that he had some kind of illness that made it impossible for him to come to school.

Before long the group was trying to figure out what the new kid would be like. While in the middle of that discussion the class room door opened and the teacher walked in. Handy, Petunia, Toothy, Russell, and Shifty went back to their seats quickly. Lifty and Flaky had been the only ones in their desks before the teacher arrived.

He walked to the front of the room leaving the classroom door open. The teacher adjusted his glasses and placed several papers and a candy apple on his desk. Lifty, like everyone else, was curious as to why the teacher had a candy apple seeing as it was well know that he didn't like sweets.

Teacher: *clears throat* Good morning class, as I'm sure you've heard by now we've got a new student joining our class today. I expect you to treat him as an equal and to try and make him feel welcomed.

The teacher motioned towards the door as if signalling someone to come in. After a minute a boy entered the room. He was wearing a green hoodie, light blue jeans and green-and-yellow sneakers. His short hair was lime green with yellow streaks. His bangs covered his left eye almost completely but it didn't seem to bother him. He had pieces of candy stuck in his hair and on his hoodie, which would explain the candy apple the teacher had.

Teacher: Class, this is Nutty. He recently transferred here from the other side of town so he might not know some of what we've been learning recently. Please try to help him out if he needs it.

Nutty: Hi everyone! I hope we can be good friends! *smiles brightly*

Teacher: You can sit in Sniffles's desk for today. It's right next to Lifty. *points to the desk next to Lifty*

Nutty nodded and sat in the desk. Halfway though class a small pile of candy wrappers had appeared by his feet and he was eating from a small bowl of jelly-beans. He was constantly tapping his pencil against his desk, obviously not liking to be still for a long period of time.

The second class ended he got up and ran out the door, leaving the pile of wrappers behind. Toothy and Russell started reading some of the labels.

Russell: The lad eats candy like thar's no tomorrow! I don't think I've even heard o' some o' these!

Toothy: How can he stand all this sugar anyway? I can only eat two sugar sticks before I get a sugar rush and I count at least five sugar stick wrappers here!

Handy: He sure likes candy…*looks at the pile of wrappers*

Flaky: Y-yeah, I-I wonder w-why?

Shifty and Lifty had already left the class and were heading to there lockers. Although neither of them liked class very much, they couldn't afford a bad grade in this class if they wanted to pass.

On the way to class they started talking.

Shifty: So what do you think is up with that new kid Nutty? How can he stand all that candy without going nuts?! In fact, where was he hiding all of if anyway?

Lifty: *shrugs* At least he isn't some know it all like Sniffles. I actually got though class without having my ear talked off for once!

Shifty: Speaking of Sniffles, wasn't he supposed to help you study for that big test tomorrow?

Lifty groaned as he realized that, once again, his brother way right. Sniffles had agreed to help him study for tomorrow's test but because he was still dead he wouldn't be able to.

-after school ended-

Lifty was outside the school waiting for Shifty to get out of detention. He had killed Cuddles when he had pushed him into the power saw in wood shop. Lifty sighed as he waited impatiently for his twin brother to get out.

Bored, he started to daydream. It started off like how his daydreams usually do, with him pulling off a big heist by himself without Shifty's help, but then it started to change. He was now in the park with someone he didn't quiet recognize because of the hood covering their face. The person was eating an orange popsicle which they offered him a bite of. He took a bite of it, smiling. He looked down at the person's free hand and held it. The person looked at him and smiled, but before Lifty could fully see their face he was snapped out of his daydream by the sound of someone calling his name.

He looked up to see Nutty running towards him from the school. He was smiling like he had when he had first entered the class room that morning.

Lifty: *thinking* 'I wonder what he wants? It's not like we really know each other.'

Nutty stopped in front of him, still smiling.

Nutty: Hi Lifty! Why are you waiting here? I'd thought you'd be gone by now seeing as school's out for the day.

Lifty: I'm just waiting for Shifty to get out of detention. He and I usually walk home together, so I'm stuck waiting here. *sighs*

Nutty opened his mouth to say something and then stopped when he heard the ice cream truck's tune.

Nutty: Ice cream! Yummy!

Nutty puts his hands into the pocket on his hoodie but didn't any money. His cheerful smile turned to a disappointed frown.

Nutty: Aw, I wanted some ice-cream, but it looks like I spent all of my money on candy. They say that the ice-cream on this side of town is really good, too.*sighs sadly*

Lifty couldn't help but feel a little sad for the green haired squirrel boy, even though he didn't know much about him. For some reason unknown even to Lifty, he felt as though he had known him for a long time. Lifty looked back at the school entrance to see if his brother was coming.

Lifty: *sighs* Why don't I get both of us an ice cream? Shifty probably won't be out of detention for a while anyway.

Nutty: Really Lifty? *ears perk up*

Lifty: yeah, I've got nothing better to do at the moment, so why not?

Nutty: Thank you Lifty! *smiles happily and hugs Lifty*

As Nutty's arms wrapped around him, Lifty could feel his face turn red and his heart starting to race faster the longer Nutty hugged him. Normally Lifty would've pushed Nutty off of him because he didn't like being hugged, but instead he just stood there, not sure what to make of the strange new feelings inside of him.

Lifty: *thinks* 'I don't know why, but this actually feels nice. I thought that he'd be sticky because of all that candy he ate in class today, but he's not. He's actually really soft and warm. Wait, what am I thinking?! I can't actually like being hugged by another guy! If it was Giggles or Petunia or even Flaky, maybe, but Nutty?'

Nutty let go of Lifty and looked directly at his face. He then put his hand on Lifty's forehead, which caused the racoon boy's face to get a little redder.

Nutty: Are you okay Lifty? Your face is really red and you feel kind of hot. Your not sick are you?

Lifty: N-no, I'm fine. It's just kind of hot today, that's all. Why don't we get that ice cream now? *grabs Nutty's wrist and heads to the ice-cream truck*

Nutty let himself be pulled by the slightly larger boy towards the truck, trying to think of what flavour of ice-cream to get. At the same time, he couldn't help but feel like Lifty was avoiding something and that he had something to do with it. For the time being he decided to ignore it.

They got to the ice-cream truck which was being driven by Cro-marmot. Nutty looked confusedly at the mammal frozen in ice at the counter, but figured that it must have been some kind of costume.

Lifty: I'll have a fudgesicle. What about you Nutty? *looks from Cro-marmot to Nutty*

Nutty: Um, I'll have a…*looks at the options*…I'll have an orange popsicle!

Lifty's ears perked up slightly when Nutty said that.

Lifty: *thinking* 'That's what the person in my daydream was having! Wait, I-it couldn't be that the person in my daydream was actually N-'

Lifty lost his train of thought when Nutty shook him. He was looking at him with almost pleading eyes.

Nutty: Lifty, pay him already! I wanna eat my popsicle! *whining a little*

Lifty: Huh? Oh, right, sorry about that, I must have dozed off for a second there.

Lifty pulled ten bucks out of his pocket and handed it to Cro-marmot. Lifty then took the ice cream and handed the popsicle to Nutty, who took it happily. Nutty quickly tore the wrapper off and started eating it. As he ate it a wide smile appeared on his face.

Nutty: They were right, the ice cream on this side of town IS better then the other side! *licking popsicle*

Lifty and Nutty then sat on the curb eating their ice-cream. The two of them started talking about why Nutty moved to the other side of Happy Tree Town. He told him that his dad had gotten a job and that it was easier for him to get to it from where he now lived. Nutty said that he didn't mind it much because he only had one friend over there, a racoon girl named Alice. (although I don't like using Ocs I didn't have much of a choice if this story was to work).

Nutty: I really do miss her, but we're going to try and keep in contact as much as we can. She was my only friend, so that makes it a little easier I guess.

Lifty: Don't worry, I'm sure you'll make a lot of friends here. Everyone is really nice, but I'd avoid Splendont, Splendid, and Flippy when he's "flipped-out".

Nutty: I've heard about Flippy, but why Splendid and Splendont? Aren't they super heroes or something like that? *confused*

Lifty: Well, Splendid doesn't really know his own strength, so he often does more harm then good, and Splendont, well, let's just say he isn't someone I'd want to run into in a dark alley. *shivers slightly*

Nutty just nodded his head and continued eating his popsicle which had started to melt under the hot after-noon sun. Lifty was eating his fudgesicle, still trying to make sense of the day dream he had and why his heart had started beating faster when Nutty hugged him. Every time he thought about it he started to blush slightly.

Several minutes later Shifty finally got out of detention. He walked over to his twin brother and Nutty who were still talking when he got there.

Shifty: Thanks for waiting little bro. Oh, hi there. Nutty, right?

Nutty: Yep, and your Shifty. We were in third period together. Lifty is really nice, he bought me an ice-cream when the ice-cream truck came because I didn't have any money but really wanted one! It must be nice having a little brother who'd do that kind of thing. *smiles happily* Shifty looked at Lifty confused, not sure of why he'd buy Nutty an ice-cream. Lifty did his best to avoid his brother's stare and finished his fudgesicle. When he finished it he and Shifty started walking home. Before they were out of hearing range he yelled back to Nutty.

Lifty: See you tomorrow at school Nutty! *waves*

Nutty: Bye Lifty, bye Shifty! *waves back*

-at Shifty and Lifty's house-

The brothers did their best to sneak past their dad who was sleeping in the living room. Once they were in their room the two of them breathed a sigh of relief that their dad, who was usually drunk, hadn't heard them come in.

Lifty: I hate having to sneak around in our own house, but it's better then dad catching us in one of his drunken moods.

Shifty: I'll say. Remember the last time he caught us? I still get nightmares from that! *makes sure the door is locked*

Lifty sat at the old desk they had in the corner of their room and got to work on his home work, while Shifty sat down in front of the small TV and watched whatever seemed interesting. This was the usual pattern that they followed, one of them would watch TV while the other did homework.

Later that night after Shifty had fallen asleep, Lifty was lying in his bed unable to sleep. He kept thinking about how Nutty had hugged him, how his smile had made his heart skip a beat, and about how he smelled sweet. That last one bugged him the most, and is probably what made it even harder for him to sleep.

Lifty: *sighs* *thinking* 'Why can't I stop thinking about that new kid, Nutty? Could it be that…that I love him? N-no, that can't be it! I mean, we're both guys, and even if one of us was a girl the two of us are pretty much opposites. I'm a greedy klepto and he's an innocent…kind…caring…'

With a tired yawn Lifty falls asleep and starts to dream. It is the same as the day dream he had had earlier, but now he could clearly see that the other person was Nutty.

To be continued…