When Rick woke, he found Morty's body practically on top of his own. Morty was breathing softly into his neck and Rick's body shivered at the closeness. He tried to inconspicuously wake Morty.

As Morty groggily lifted his head, even he recognized the precarious position he had been in with Rick. He flew off the bed with a squeal, "I'm sorry! S-so sorry I don't mean to be weird!"

Rick smirked, "It's ok, I know you don't mean to. Ready for school?"

Morty felt his stomach drop. He had honestly forgotten all about school. Current Rick thought a thing like school was pointless anyways. He looked down, his clothes stained and in need of a washing, "I um...I don't have any spare clothes, can I borrow some?"

Rick leapt to his closet and pulled out one of his band T-shirts and some blue jeans for Morty. Morty began to undress without a second thought. The sunlight from the garage window kissed Morty's skin in an ethereal glow. His muscles and curves moving prominently in the gentle light leaving Rick to practically melt as he watched him.

When Morty finished dressing, as casual as ever he announced, "Ready!"

Rick tried desperately to hide the current tent in his pants, the last thing he wanted was to have Morty think he was a freak. Rick and Morty headed off and the cold morning air worked wonders for Rick's problem.

As they walked Morty couldn't help but to babble happily, "I'm so exited to try the arcade with you! I-I need to know if I can beat you!" In Morty's mind all of the time Rick squashed his scores was about to be history. He had years of gaming experience on his hands in this timeline.

Rick chuckled, "Well I don't play games much, so you might." That filled Morty with an immense amount of satisfaction to hear.

As they approached the school Morty noticed two larger boys standing near the school entrance. The first snickered at the sight of Rick, "Sanchez, who's the dweeb? Does he know how to give good head?"

Morty expected the kid was about to get his teeth knocked in, but Rick simply muttered back, "H-hey leave me alone..I'm not like that.." Morty felt horrible for him.

The bullies kept their hassling forcing Morty's rage to build, "Why don't y-you assholes come talk shit to our faces?"

The first bully laughed, "Ooooh tough guy."

The second cracked his knuckles as he approached them, "I've got this."

As he came near, Morty landed a kick straight to his balls. He grabbed Rick's arm and ran into the school building, not stopping until they reached Rick's locker. They were breathing heavily when Rick placed his hand on Morty's shoulder, "M-Morty...thank you...that was.."

Before Rick could finish his compliment, Diane approached them with a grin, "Hey Rick, no black eye today. Glad you made it past the jocks."

Rick removed his hand from Morty and shrugged, "My friend Morty, he-"

"I yelled! I yelled and then Rick defended us and they went scramming. It w-was super brave."

Rick looked to Morty wide eyed and breathless. He had never seen anyone lie for his sake.

Diane smiled, "How bold! See you in science Rick!"

She walked away whistling while Morty winked at Rick, "See you in science Rick." Morty did his best impression of Diane.

Rick tried to hide his grin, "See you, Morty."

Morty didn't fully grasp how boring it would be having to wait for Rick's school day to end. He wanted to hang out with Rick and was being withheld. He briefly wondered if that was why Rick was always yanking him from his own schooling. The minute the bell rang Morty leapt for joy. He ran to Rick's locker to meet him and was overwhelmed by relief as he saw Rick approaching him.

Morty waved, "Hey! Ready for the arcade?"

Rick smiled, "Sure..where were you today? I th-thought I might see you in the halls at least once."

It excited Morty to know that Rick had been looking for him. Maybe Rick had been just as bored as he had? He tried to be convincing, "Oh um. The counselor had me for fighting...no big deal." Rick looked like he felt guilty. Morty smirked a bit as he joked, "M-miss me that much?"

Rick's blush was undeniable even for Morty, it was a rare occasion to catch the genius worked up over something he had said, "It...its not like that."

Morty threw an arm over Rick's shoulder playfully, "My poor poor Rick. I shan't f-fight again if it means we part!"
Rick actually enjoyed the sound of that a lot but instead played it off with a laugh.

"Rick!" Diane called out. She had run to them through the crowds of other classmates to reach them, "Hey! Where are you two off to?"

"W-we're going to the arcade. What about you?"

Diane smiled nervously, "Mind if I tag along?"

Rick in truth didn't want her to tag along, he wanted Morty to himself. However, he could see Morty smirking at him and he didn't want to lose the only friend he had. He faced Diane, "Sure, that sounds fine." He stated as they all began walking to the arcade.

Morty leaned over whispering softly into Rick's ear, "Look at you, stud."

Ricks neck tingled at Morty's voice. He chuckled, "S-stop, it's just pity."

Morty patted Rick's shoulder reassuringly, "Well It's not with me. O-ok?"

Rick nodded happily while Morty dashed to pac man as soon as they arrived. They each took turns, Rick being the very last to play. On his turn he beat Morty effortlessly on his very first attempt. Morty's eyes widened in horror, "Son of a bitch..."

"I guess I'm better than I thought." Rick laughed out.

Morty pouted, "F-fucking dammit! All my dreams!" He fell to the ground pretending to die as Rick and Diane laughed at his antics.

Rick knelt down beside him, "C'mon ya drama queen, get up. Lot of other games to beat you at in here."

Morty opened his eyes briefly, "J-just leave me to die Rick." Rick couldn't help but to stare lovingly at Morty.

Diane smiled softly, "Hey Rick? I was thinking maybe we could be lab partners this quarter? Unless Morty has you spoken for."

Rick looked up to Diane, he wanted to say that he was spoken for, but what if Morty didn't have that class with him? He smiled awkwardly, "Sounds good Diane, we can partner up."

Morty couldn't help but feel slightly jealous. He'd half expected Rick to pick him as a lab partner, he was the adventure buddy after all. Then again, Diane was his first love, he couldn't get in the way of that. He was already lucky to have learned so much about Rick in such a short amount of time.

Morty stood, "Anyone want a soda? I'm thirsty!"

"I'd love one!" Diane said.

"Y-yeah Morty, Thanks." Rick chimed in as well.

Morty left leaving the pair alone. It was more uncomfortable than Rick had anticipated it being. Diane fidgeted with her fingers finally breaking the silence, "So the spring fling is coming up...where the girls ask the guys?"

"Oh...yeah. I don't think I'll go. I have my project for the science fair and I'm trying to um perfect it. Plus no dates."

Diane smiled, "I would be your date! Would you go with me? I could find a date for Morty too."

Rick felt utter jealousy at the thought. He tried to imagine Morty dancing with and being romantic with some girl and every bone in his body hated it. He felt possessively protective which was unusual for him. He looked to his feet sadly, Morty wasn't his to claim. He didn't know what Morty was into and he couldn't hole him up for his own pleasure, "Thatd be cool Diane."

Diane seemed to glow from his answer, "Really? Great! I'm gonna go find a date for Morty so I'll catch up with you later!" She ran out before Rick could even formulate a goodbye.

He mumbled, "Yeah.." quietly to himself as Morty returned with three sodas.

Morty looked around, "Where's gram-Diane? I um I got the sodas!"

"She left, I have a date for the spring fling and um..so do you."

Morty looked down at the drinks, "Well dang, I guess I have two sodas..w-wait what? Like... with a girl?"

"Yeah. Like with a girl." Rick responded sadly.

"Oh...I-I've never had a date..Geeze. I don't even know how to dance. Do you?" Morty asked.

Rick looked surprised. Morty had never had a date? He couldn't grasp that. Morty was kind, and brave and extraordinarily handsome. Girls had absolutely zero taste if they couldn't see that, "N-not really. I'm surprised you've never had a date either."

"Yeah. I'm not very- not really schwifty with the ladies." Morty froze, "Did I just say that? Never mind, we have to prepare for this." Morty grabbed Rick's arm pulling him along.

"Wait, schwifty?" Rick had never heard that word before in his life.

Morty chuckled, "D-don't think about it." They reached Rick's room with Morty locking the door behind them. He turned to face Rick, "So, I'll start off as the girl."

Rick's heart pounded as Morty put Rick's hands on his waist, placing his own on Rick's shoulders, "Ready?"

"Yeah...left foot?" Rick asked.

"I'll follow you." Morty replied.

Rick nodded and began trying to lead them, stepping on Morty's foot. Rick let go, "S-sorry! Maybe Diane will lead me?"

Morty nodded, "Yeah maybe! Here um.." Morty placed his hands on Rick's waist. He could feel Rick's lean body through his clothing, looking at Rick's face he still couldn't believe it was him. He wished he had picked up even a quarter of the handsome genes Rick seemed to carry. He started moving them, getting lost in his own thoughts. He tripped falling forwards. Suddenly, he was on top of Rick straddling him. Rick felt himself instantly harden. Morty seemed oblivious, only worried about Rick.

He sat up straighter, putting more pressure on Rick's member, "A-are you ok? I'm so sorry!"

Rick stared at Morty breathlessly, trying not to moan, "No..I'm ok." He slid out from under Morty hoping he hadn't noticed anything, "Maybe we should get our clothes tomorrow?"

Morty nodded climbing into Rick's bed, "Y-Yeah. Let's skip school tomorrow. We can t-take our time."

Rick climbed beside Morty, facing his hard on away, "Skip school?"

Morty chuckled as he began to sleep, "Yeah, stay with me."

Rick didn't respond. It would seem that for the first time in his life he wouldn't have a perfect attendance record.