Chapter 2
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Trent pulled the cigarette from his lips and sighed. He only really smoked when he was bored, and this time was no exception. He and Troy were leaning against the garage doors in the school parking lot, watching students chat with their friends and prefects with nothing to do look around and scratch their balls discreetly.

"I'm bored!" Troy suddenly said, breaking their silence. Trent finished his cigarette and squashed it under his sneaker, before looking over at him.

"What do you wanna do, then?" he asked, eyebrow raised.

Troy had the imaginative range of a 2 x 4 plank. "Uhh..." he started, rubbing the back of his head, "Wanna annoy a loser or something?"

"Yeah, sure." It was hell of a lot better than standing around.

The two bullies made their way out of the parking lot, walking beside the main building without much direction. It was a sunny fall day, and a couple hours after class; everyone was either walking around or in a club meeting. Except for the jocks, who were all at football practice, of course.

"Trent, over there!" Troy elbowed him repeatedly, even as Trent's head swiveled to look in the direction he was fervently pointing to. "Who – stop it!" he hissed, pushing Troy and his still attacking elbow away. "Who is that?"

It was a boy with black hair and the standard school sweater rolled to his elbows. He was sitting on the stairs near the fountain by himself, engrossed in a book.

"I think his name is Consta-something," said Troy. He laughed. "What a nerd, he can't find somewhere else to read his dumb book?"

Oh, Trent had heard of this guy. Apparently he was always depressed and took it out on others by snitching on them at any opportunity.

"C'mon!" called Troy excitedly, jogging over to the student. Trent followed with a little less enthusiasm. The boy hadn't noticed them - he had a rather sullen expression and an air of loneliness around him.

"Hey KID!" Troy spat in his hoarse voice. The student looked up and scowled.

"Oh, so you're going to push me around now? Call me a weirdo and laugh at me?" He rolled his eyes. "Great, now I've got even more proof that my life sucks."

Trent hung back, leaning against the tall stone fence nearby. He watched with amusement at Troy sputtering at the black-haired boy, then deciding to simply grab his book and hold it up high in the air.

"Hey! Give it back, you dumbass! I'll go get a prefect!"

Troy laughed cruelly. "Yeah, I'd like to see you try, you loner!" He pulled the book up even higher, just out of the objecting student's reach.

The boy became even angrier. "At least I'm not an idiot!" he yelled lamely, venting miserably at Troy. "At least I've made up my mind and don't go both ways!" The boy seemed to be directing the last insult at Trent, who was still casually watching the scene and contemplating popcorn.

Troy dropped the book to the ground, eyes wide with surprised fury. Trent could care less at the remark on his bisexuality, which was known among many students. When people called him out on it, saying he was "supergay" or girly, Trent made sure they knew otherwise. They tended to never comment on it again after rolling around in pain on the ground. This Consta-something kid had given him a rather tame insult, so Trent ignored it.

There was nothing but silence between the two boys near him, so Trent put his hands in his pockets, eyes lazily drifting over the campus. Suddenly, he heard Troy scream "WHAT DO YOU MEAN, I GO BOTH WAYS?!" and quickly looked back to see the student Troy had been picking on run for his life towards a prefect walking in the distance.

"SIR!" The boy bellowed, catching the prefect's attention. He looked around, seeing Troy still running and yelling god-knows-what in that dumb voice of his, and sprinted over. The prefect then tackled Troy and yelled "Evildoer!" triumphantly. Troy moaned in pain as he was pulled towards the principal's office.

The school sweater-clad boy walked past Trent to the fountain steps and snatched his book lying on the ground. He fingered a bent edge, and suddenly turned around with a glare.

"You know," he said evenly, "You and your friend might call me a loner, but I can tell you're not much better." Trent stared in silence. The boy smirked. "Even though you like both girls and boys, you've never really gone out with either."

"Yeah? And how would you know?"

"Word gets around. I hear things."

"What "things"?"

The gloomy student had a thoughtful look on his face. "That you're a zit-faced perve who would do anything with a face and a hole. That you're desperate but nobody wants you."

Trent's face flushed with anger. "What the fuck!?" While it was true he'd never gone out on an actual date with either sex, that was only because no one had stricken his interest, not because he was so desperate that they ran away. He'd made out with girls and guys plenty of times.

Trent grabbed the other boy by the front of his sweater. "You take that back, you little bi-" He was cut off by the boy screaming and breaking away to run in the other direction.

"Wh....What?" Trent stared after him, too surprised to follow. Stupid clique-less students. He shook his head, trying to clear his mind of anger, but with no success. He was still pissed at the things the kid had said. He glared at the stone fence on his right, ready to punch it.

He slowly pulled his fist back to his side. No, punching a wall wouldn't help – he needed to hit something soft, like someone's face. He stared up at the fountain, eyebrows knitted together over his eyes.

Suddenly, Trent was pitched forward by someone bumping into him from behind. He stumbled and caught himself, spinning around to tower over the unlucky ass who crossed him at the worst possible time. "Why don't you watch where you're going, dillweed?" he spat, throwing his signature insult.

Welp, I guess you guys are going to have to wait for another chapter until you see what happens between Kirby and Trent at the end! Sorry for the familiar ending, by the way-I know it's kind of stale, but I needed to write this chapter so Trent's character is introduced properly.

Oh, and I have to thank everyone who reviewed! I was so happy, I had this big grin on my face while I was reading them. This is my first multi-chapter fanfic and my second fanfic ever, so I was incredibly flattered to get such nice comments.