Owl: Hey sorry for the long wait between posts. So here's to make up for it. For those that don't know and don't worship the god of google, scopophobia is the fear of being seen. :D
Seeker: Yeah, we got caught up with college and being awesome roommates.
Owl: Yeppers, fun times of long nights and ten page essays.
Seeker: Yeah essays, we own those but we don't own this.
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Flametail had never felt more exhausted in his life. After his near drowning experience a few weeks ago his family would not leave him alone. His siblings hardly ever left his side at school except to go to class, and even then their friends were there to keep an eye on him. Even his parents were bugging him. He understood his families worries, he really did, but sometimes it was just a bit much.
Not to mention that his parents made him drop gym class for the year and take up something new instead. Which put him behind in other classes, since he had to catch up in his new one, and had destroyed his four-year-plan.
He let out a frustrated sigh and hit his head on the library table, closing his eyes tiredly.
"Watch it. Might hurt yourself doing that." A snarky voice told him. Flametail looked up at his cousin Jayfeather and his best friend Bumblestripe as they stood in front of him.
"Thanks. I'll take that into account." Flametail replied before slumping over into the same position.
"What's got you all riled up, Flametail?" Bumblestripe asked as Jayfeather wandered away to his own table
"Long week."
"Yeah, I heard about what happened." Bumble nodded, taking the seat opposite the red-blonde boy.
"Who hasn't." Flametail threw his hands into the air in an exaggerated gesture.
"I heard it from Leopardfur, So everybody probably knows about it by now." Bumblestripe nodded.
"Great." Out of the corner of his eye he saw a flash of pale brown walk by the library door. Flametail whipped his head up so fast he expected to get whiplash. He groaned when he only saw Molepaw.
"Looking for someone?" Bumblestripe asked, following his head movement jerkily.
"The guy who saved me." Flametail told him.
"Oh, right."
"You know him?" Flametail asked hopefully, blue eyes lighting up.
"Nope. Never met him. I think. Leopardfur wasn't exactly clear on the detail. In fact, she was trying to dig more out of Jayfeather. Whose sister is really close to your sister. Like best friends. But then I guess you already know that, seeing as she's your sister." Bumblestripe rambled.
"Yeah."
"Why're you so worried about it?" Bumblestripe asked.
"For one, he saved my life, cause somehow no one else in the place seemed to know CPR. Two, I've never seen him before, and I know everybody here. Heck, everybody knows everybody in this school, and yet he's so far under the radar that nobody knows who he is." Flametail explained, waving his hands. Bumblestripe laughed at the normally calm boy. "And I asked everybody," he continued, ignoring Bumblestripe. "But nobody seems to know who I'm talking about. It's like he's a ghost." He yelped before once again hitting his head on the table with an angry groan.
"Wow, Jayfeather's right; you're gonna hurt yourself."
"Shut up." Flametail mumbled, voice muffled by the table.
OvO
Flametail was running late for his A&P Honors class. His new art class was on the opposite side of the building, and he'd been stopped by Mistyfoot, the school guidance counselor, to ask if he was okay, and she'd forgotten to write him a note.
Flametail turned a corner, not paying attention as he ran, and slammed into somebody else, losing hold of his books and papers. He fell to the ground and lay there resignedly, watching everything flutter down around him. There was too much there, he noticed, for it to only be his papers, so the person he'd run into must have dropped theirs as well.
Groaning, he sat up and rubbed his head. He saw the person he'd collided with clambering to his feet and start to gather up his things from the ground, his back to Flametail as he moved.
"Hey, I'm so sorry; I was running, late for class- literally running, I mean, and wasn't watching where I was going; I'm so sorry if I hurt you." Flametail explained, bending to pick up his papers.
"It's okay. I should have been watching too; usually I'm much more careful." The boy's voice was soft as he picked up his things.
Flametail bent to pick up his A&P book, just in time for the other boy's thin pale hand to grab it. Flametail looked up at the blonde-and-brunette boy, blue eyes wide as they met green.
"Hey, it's you!" Flametail yelled not caring anymore that he had never before been late for class.
"…Me?" The boy asked, voice still quiet and hesitant.
"I've been looking everywhere for you! I'm glad you're not a ghost." Flametail told him.
"You've…been looking for me?" the green-eyed boy whispered, a hint of fear in his gaze.
"Yeah. I wanted to say thanks for saving me."
"Oh. I thought you were familiar." The boy said.
"I'm Flametail."
"I know. I'm Kestralflight." The boy replied.
"Cool. You're new here, right?" Flametail asked.
"Sort of. I've been here since the beginning of the year." Kestralflight told him quietly.
"What?"
"Yeah. We have four classes together, including A&P."
"How have I never met you before then?" Flametail demanded, shocked.
"I like being invisible." Kestralflight replied softly, shuffling his books in his arms.
"Why?" Flametail asked, unable to comprehend why someone would enjoy being alone. Kestralflight just shrugged.
"I feel like when other people see me, they aren't seeing me. Like they see all my flaws and shyness first."
Flametail blinked.
"That's not what I saw."
Kestralflight smiled and reached down to pick up the last book on the floor, holding it out to him.
"Thanks."
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Seeker: So there's that, and we'll try and get you the next one soon.
Owl: Yeah, next one's a little special, we've been keeping it close to our chests since the beginning.
Seeker: So read and review, and look forward to the next chapter! See ya soon!
~Owl & Seeker
