Your name is Cronus Ampora and you don't know if you can handle this for much longer.
It's been days, and Rufioh hasn't even approached you. True, the first day you didn't even go outside. You were way too horny to do anything that required being around the others. You're pretty sure it would've ended badly. So, you did the normal things that you do when you stay away from everyone else. You watched Grease. You worked on your music. You fantasized a little, and now you even had a little material to go on... yeah, it was pretty awesome. But he hasn't even tried to contact you.
It's probably Horuss's fault. Definitely not the fact that you had absolutely no experience. Nope. That wasn't it. It's Horuss.
You decide to go out. Maybe you'll see someone worth hitting in, most likely you won't. You'll end up hitting on them anyway. You really, really wish that Rufioh would call you, at least. Or send you a quick text, if he didn't want to put in the effort of calling you, or didn't want Horuss to hear him. You can totally get that. At least it would make this stupid nervous feeling of insignificance go away. The first day after was great and you had so much inspiration for your music and you were basically floating.
But now...
Yeah. Not so much.
You'll go out, though. You make sure your hair looks good, make sure that your cigarette is at just the right angle, and then you exit your hive. It's a while before you see anyone, but you pick out your usual spot and lean against a tree, looking cool, like always. A few people pass by - alternate timeline trolls, mostly, you see your godtier self and feel a little bit jealous, because that guy's got game - but nobody too interesting. Kurloz, once. You end up sort of hiding behind the tree at this one. Except you aren't hiding, you're just moving so that you're in better lighting. Where he can't see you. Yeah, that's right.
Rufioh passes you, and you nearly jump out and ask him what's up, but then Horuss follows him and you slink back into the shadows. Rufioh doesn't notice you. He's mostly just smiling and nodding at whatever Horuss is saying. Ugh. You need to sic Meulin on Horuss, or something.
After a few minutes of standing there, watching Rufioh and Horuss, you decide that sending Meulin after Horuss is probably the best idea you've had in a while. It might take a while to find her, but it won't be too bad. You can do that.
It takes a while to find her, but eventually you do, and she's not with Kurloz, either, which is a plus. You don't even know what his deal is. He's just way too creepy and his hair is horrible. Meulin, while seemingly intent on putting everyone in the same boat as her in regards to hearing, is a lot easier to deal with. That is, when she's not telling you that there are 'obviously no purrsible ships fur you, because nobody likes you!'
Even just thinking about that conversation you wince a little. She couldn't have just made one up? Jeez, you need to get better friends.
Either way, she's alone now, happily writing some fanfic, so you plop down next to her, reading over her shoulder. Huh. Porrim and Latula. That's pretty hot, actually.
She sees you and screeches, successfully hitting you in the face and getting her fanfiction out of sight. You rub your jaw, wincing a little. "Was that really necessary?" you ask. She frowns.
"You're not allowed to see them until Purrim and Latula say it's okay," she says. You sigh.
"I'm not here about that. I need to ask you a favor."
Predictably, she shakes her head. Wow. You didn't even say what kind of favor it was. Just like them to assume that it's going to be sexual. Sure, it's going to help you get laid, hopefully, but all she needs to do is drag Horuss away for a feelings jam and it'll be done.
You sigh. "Come on, it's not like that," you say. She looks at you skeptically. "I just need you to get Horuss away from Rufioh long enough so that I can talk to him about something."
On second thought, maybe you shouldn't have told Horuss's moirail so much. You need to fix this.
"I mean, nothing that has to do with sex. It's about... um... possibly... animating something for his favorite troll anime and he wants me to write the music. And... Horuss will get the wrong idea," you say.
You're so bad at lying on the spot. You have to plan these things out before you totally lie about them. Like gaining sympathy. That's usually all lies, but you know what you're going to lie about before you lie about it. Lying is hard. It's hard and nobody understands.
She's looking at you like she's going to run and tell Horuss that you're fucking his matesprit, which you're not, yet. "You just want to hit on Rufioh!" she says. "Ampurra, that pairing will nefur work! He's way too cool for you!"
"Thanks for that," you say, tipping your head back and looking up at the sky, almost choking on your cigarette. "You know, I'm not such a bad guy. It's hard, you know, being me."
"I'm sure it's very hard," she says. It's hard to tell if she's being sarcastic when she's screaming like that, but you're pretty sure she is. "No."
"Come on, give me five minutes," you say. Then you think of something. "Do Porrim and Latula know you're writing fanfiction about them?"
She pauses. "Well, I ask them before I show anyone!"
"But would they be very happy if someone told them that you were? And if that someone happened to be me and I knew about it? Your credentials would fly out the window, kitten," you say.
She hits you again.
You really don't know why she keeps doing that.
"Fine," she says. "Five minutes. But if my meowrail kills you, it's your own fault."
You grin, biting down on the end of your cigarette. "Fantastic. Thanks, kitten."
She looks like she wants to hit you again, but thankfully, she doesn't. Your face has taken enough abuse today.
You follow her at a distance, keeping cool, trying to make it look like you're not following her. You hide behind a hive while she lures Horuss away for their impromptu feelings jam, and once he's out of sight, you make your move.
Rufioh doesn't look that surprised to see you. "Hey..." he says. You move closer to him, and he looks around. "Not out here... Horuss could come back, and someone could see..."
You nod. You have no desire to get your ass kicked by Horuss. "So, why haven't you called me or anything?" you ask. That sounded stupid. Well, nothing you can do about it now except push on. "I was-"
"He was around," Rufioh says. "He knows something went on... could smell the hair grease on me, or something, I dunno... I wasn't out of his sight for days, man, it was kind of tough... I was going to call you, maybe schedule something, at your place this time, because nobody's going to come visit you..."
Ouch.
Wait, he's still talking.
"So... I'll let you know when I'm free, okay?"
"Okay," you say. You sound way too eager. You need to tone it down a little. "I mean, sure. Yeah. Sounds cool."
He glances around and kisses you quickly, pulling away almost as quickly. You want more. You really, really want more. He shouldn't be torturing you like this.
The two of you just sort of stand there awkwardly, looking at each other. He's biting his lip, looking at you and you're shaking a little bit, staring at him. You're so turned on right now. You're not even going to try to deny it. Meulin's kept Horuss away for longer than you expected, you'll have to-
You hear a shout of "What?" from somewhere to your left and you wince. Rufioh looks alarmed.
"I better go," you say, moving to leave. Horuss, however, is a lot faster than you anticipated and has you shoved against a tree before you can blink.
Wow, you're actually sort of terrified right now.
"Horuss... he wasn't doing anything, really..." Rufioh says. What a nice guy. Even if you weren't desperate you'd like him.
"Meulin says that he was trying to 'make a move on you,'" Horuss says. Even while he's possibly breaking your collarbone he's smiling that really disturbing grin. It's horrible. You wish he would stop. Also, you wish that he would let you go. He pushes you harder against the tree and you can practically hear your bones crack. You squeak a little. Wow, this is embarrassing. "I apologize, seadweller, but I must not let anything get in the way of my matespritship, even if you are of royal blood."
"Also, you're a douche!" Meulin cheers. Wow, when did she get here? And is that Kurloz behind her? Is everyone just showing up to watch you get beat up by Horuss?
You feel so loved.
Horuss nods, just a tiny bit. Then he hits you in the face and you don't think that you've ever felt something more painful. You're pretty sure that your cheekbone shattered on impact. You try to not make a total fool of yourself, but you let out some sort of half-sob anyway, trying to bring your hands up to protect your face and he throws you to the ground, painfully jarring the bones that aren't broken yet. You curl up, trying to protect your face, oh god your face, it hurts so much you don't know if you can deal with it. He puts a foot on your back, pinning you to the ground, while he turns to fend off Rufioh trying to rescue you. You mostly just lay there, wallowing in your pain and looking pathetic. Your face.
They're arguing about something, but you're too preoccupied with the massive pain in your face to care. You can't move the right side of your face. You can't do it. It hurts so much you can't even deal with it it's horrible you knew he was strong but why.
Apparently, Rufioh convinces him to leave you alone, because eventually he lifts his foot from your back and you're free to breathe and other fun stuff, without your lungs being crushed. You cough, immediately bringing pain to your face. You need to go home. You really, really need to go home.
As you make your way home, trying not to move your face so much, you wonder if it's really worth it.
Yeah... especially for Rufioh, it's worth it.
not much crofioh in this chapter but this one, unlike you like greasers? will actually have some semblance of a plot so that's cool
also speaking of you like greasers? i lied i'm just switching off update days i'll update you like greasers? and then this one the next day and et cetera so there's that also these chapters tend to be quite a bit longer than greasers? chapters so yeah i'm putting a little more effort or something in this one idk