This was my least favorite for some reason, almost made me give up writing it lol. Until I discovered my beloved otp in the chapter after this.
Garcello's Classroom
"Okay guys, we're doing group stuff this week. You're gonna have to move desks around to you're groups. I would've done it, but, uh, I'm a ghost. I can't grab stuff." Garcello said, smoke coming out of his mouth. "So, you all will have to do it. Not just one person. Also, you can pick your groups, so go nuts with that." The ghost then went back to his spot behind the desk, pulling out a new cigarette and lighter. The students began to chat quietly as they arranged their desks to be with their friends for the group project.
Boyfriend glanced at Sunday and Ruv with a hopeful look in his eyes. Ruv glanced at Boyfriend as well and rolled his eyes. Sunday had a tired, but smug look on their face as they laid back in their chair.
"Do y-"
"No," Ruv said immediately.
Sunday couldn't help but laugh a little bit. She had her eyes closed now and was laying on the desk with a blanket that seemed to appear out of thin air. A small scoff could be heard coming from Ruv's direction.
"Don't be rude! They didn't even get to start their sentence!" Sarvente said from Ruv's phone. "Come on, It would be the nice thing to do!" Ruv sighed softly, laying his head back, then straightening up.
Boyfriend waited a moment before actually speaking once more, trying to ignore Sunday snoring all of a sudden.
"Uh, wanna work together? On… whatever the assignment is?" Boyfriend asked, putting his hands together as if he was praying. "And, probably Sunday too. I haven't asked her-, Um, them yet."
Ruv sat silent for a moment, most likely thinking. Sarv was quietly humming a song on the call with Ruv. He inhaled, causing Boyfriend to sit on the edge of his seat in suspense.
"…Whatever." He said quietly and turned his desk slightly to face Boyfriend. Sarvente cheered quietly.
"See? You're getting better at socializing!" She said cheerily. A teacher in the distance could be heard telling her to shut up. She grumbled softly.
"I literally only said one word," Ruv said, to which Sunday laughed softly. Boyfriend looked over at them with a confused expression.
"What the…? I thought you were asleep…?" He asked as Sunday was still snoring. They shook their head no. "Oh. Uh… wanna work together with Ruv and me?" Sunday groaned as they held up a Thumbs-Up.
"Cool. Hold on, let me move my chair…" Boyfriend said as he got down from his table and attempted to move it to face his group mates. On his first attempt, he pushed with some force, expecting the table to be lightweight. It didn't move. Boyfriend realized he needed to use his muscles to actually move the table, which was sort of disappointing. He pushed with a lot of force, and the table barely moved. Boyfriend was breaking a sweat for some reason. He tried once more, and it barely moved again.
"It's not that heavy," Ruv said from his seat, kicking Boyfriend's desk back with his foot. A terrible screeching sound could be heard, affecting everyone except Ruv."See?" Sunday laughed, having already moved her desk to face the two boys.
"But come on, you're you! My desk is rigged!" He said, noticing holes in the floor where the desk legs once were. "Look! It was literally nailed to the ground!"
"My bad, I forgot I did that. I wanted to see if I could strike a big match on the desk, and I needed it to stay still," Garcello spoke up from his desk.
"You need some muscle, Boyfriend. Like me and Ruv." Sunday said with a cocky look. Garcello floated over to their tables with a little smile on his face, chuckling quietly.
"Your assignment is to make a slideshow about famous people you like. It's for history. Make sure you guys actually work. Especially little man over here," Garcello's smile faltered a bit when referring to Boyfriend, and he floated away. Boyfriend sighed softly to himself.
"He's coming around, I think," Boyfriend said, trying to be optimistic anyways. Sunday laughed as they pulled out a laptop from their backpack. Ruv seemed to have gotten his out when the two weren't looking.
"Sure he is. I would assume that it takes more than a few days for someone to get over burning down a funeral for that person." Sunday said with a snicker. "I'm still thinking about how you couldn't move the desk with full force." Boyfriend rolled his eyes.
"You literally saw that it was nailed down! It's not my fault!" Boyfriend said, trying to defend himself. Why did it seem like Sunday was on his case today?
Ah right, he ruined Sunday's equipment. He had forgotten about that for a good while.
"I literally moved it with just my foot," Ruv said, to which Sarv giggled softly from the Russian's phone.
"That doesn't count because… look at you, you have like, only muscle on your body. Unfair advantage," Boyfriend said, crossing his arms.
"Whatever you say," Sunday laughed as they typed on her laptop.
The Cafeteria parking lot
"Hey! Where gave you been? I was waiting for you!" Girlfriend said in the driver's seat of her car. Boyfriend sat down in the passenger seat and closed the door. "I hope my dad didn't do something so that you couldn't eat lunch with me." She laughed as she put on her seatbelt and started the car. Boyfriend let out a soft chuckle.
"No, surprisingly. He didn't give me any trouble today. Lucky me, because that doesn't usually happen." He said as he copied Girlfriend and put on his seatbelt as well. "But, I wanted to ask you a little favor since we're gonna be driving around." Girlfriend looked over at her boyfriend with a puzzled look on her face.
"Do I have small muscles?" Boyfriend asked, pulling his sleeve down to show his skinny arms to Girlfriend. She looked for a moment and shrugged.
"No, you're just a skinny guy. I never even cared. Actually, I take that back, because I think it's cute. You don't feel insecure, do you?" Girlfriend asked, putting her hand on his shoulder. Boyfriend sadly nodded, putting his sleeve back down his arm. "Well, if that's the case, you could always go to the gym. I'm just saying that I like you no matter what." She suggested. Boyfriend looked up with realization.
"OHHHH yeahhh... I forgot that gyms were a thing for a second…I'll try to find one after school. And after detention. And after I clean up some of the school." Boyfriend said with newfound optimism, despite everything. "Wanna come with? It would be pretty fun!" He looked over as they drove to a random fast-food restaurant.
"Eh…" Girlfriend hesitated for a moment when she saw Boyfriend's hopeful expression. That was a look that she couldn't say 'No' to. "…Sure, why not? It would probably be fun. Isn't there one on campus?" She asked although it was a rhetorical question. Boyfriend shrugged.
"Heh. How would I know? I've only been at the school for like… 2 weeks?" He estimated, even though he had no clue. "If there is, we gotta try it. Maybe some people I know will go there!"
The Detention Center
"How many of you guys work out?" This was the first thing many of the students heard as Boyfriend walked into detention. It was the usual group of students: Tabi, Agoti, Whitty, and Pico, with Spirit and Senpai being forced to monitor them. Additional students in detention included Skid, Pump, and Aldryx. They all looked up at Boyfriend like he was a weirdo.
"Who enters a room like that?" Spirit asked, looking less annoyed than usual. "Not 'Hello' or anything?" Senpai gave a little chuckle, which somehow caused glitter to emit from him. Some pieces of glitter got into Spirit's eye. He grunted as he blinked repeatedly.
"I do. It helps me train for my... business," Tabi said ominously, looking down, his face covered in shadow. Agoti rolled his eyes. Tabi looked back up, pretending nothing happened. "But, uh, yeah. I work out at the gym."
Whitty laughed. "I'm pretty sure the only one here that doesn't work out is you, Boyfriend," Whitty said, pointing at the blue-haired rapper. "I bet even Skid and Pump lift weights." The two boys perked up at hearing the names. They quickly ran to Whitty, seeming to teleport.
"We don't lift weights, silly!" Skid said with a wide grin on his face. Pump had the same look. "We're too busy with Spooky Month!" They began to do that strange dance(?) Boyfriend has seen them doing it at random times around the school: In class, outside, in the auditorium, etc. but he never really thought about it. What was this dance?
"Yeah, well, that dance is exercise enough. I tried it once. It's tiring," Agoti said, causing people to give him a strange look. He looked to see that Skid and Pump looked proud of him. "What? It's kinda fun, but god, it's tiring. These kids are beasts for being able to do it so long."
Senpai nodded along. "I could never. It would make me all sweaty and gross," he said, then looking to make sure that none of his clothes were dirty. Spirit chuckled, which he didn't seem to do often. "I couldn't go around being gross all day. It would be...gross." He couldn't seem to think of any better adjectives at the moment.
"You're a different kind of gross," he said, to which Senpai gave a laugh as well. Spirit's laugh died down. "Okay, you laughing at it made it less funny," Spirit added. Senpai put his arm around his friend, smiling brightly.
"Okay, so Whitty was right then?" Pico asked, twirling a water gun in his hands. "Boyfriend is the only one here that doesn't work out?" He shot the water gun at Boyfriend, getting his hat wet.
"Yeah, look at him. He's a skinny little guy," Aldryx snickered at his little comment, and let out a laugh when Boyfriend pouted. Aldryx went back to sitting quietly at his desk with a scowl on his face, pissed about being in detention in the first place.
"You didn't have to throw in the "little" part!" He said defensively. Boyfriend sighed in defeat. "But...yeah, I don't work out. However! I was gonna go to the gym today, so I can get buff." He put crossed his arms and turned his back to them, being sassy for no reason. Boyfriend realized he couldn't leave, so he turned back around. "Um… yeah. I was gonna go to the campus one." He added as he went to sit between Whitty and Agoti.
"Well, maybe we could go and make sure you don't get yourself killed. We don't weights falling on you or something," Agoti said with a laugh. "Or worse, you annoy one of the gym regulars there!" He gasped dramatically, speaking about a certain introverted Russian.
Tabi nodded. "I guess I can go there. I need to work on my legs, anyways." He pulled up his sweatpants to examine his legs, only to show that there was literally nothing there. He pulled his sweat pant back down. "Oh right. I forgot." He frowned.
"Uh… if they go, I guess I will, too," Whitty said, shrugging. "It wouldn't hurt to get a good workout, and the bonus entertainment of watching Boyfriend trying to lift." The others laughed.
"Yeah yeah, whatever. We'll see what your noodle arms can do." Boyfriend said, finally having his own comeback. The joke seemed to land well enough, having slightly harder laughs. Whitty simply rolled his eyes. Boyfriend felt proud of himself for that one. He would have to fire back like that more often.
Cleaning the campus
"How close are we to being completely done?" Spirit complained as they picked up random trash in the courtyard. Boyfriend was struggling to drag a big trash bag along with time as Spirit and Senpai picked up stuff and put it in the bag. Boyfriend has broken a sweat already.
"So… the gym, huh?" Spirit asked, tossing an empty cup into the trash bag. "Did someone make fun of your arms or something?"
Boyfriend nodded. "Well, more like… I couldn't even move a desk, and I was almost jealous of someone that could," He spoke, thinking back to how Ruv literally did it with one foot.
"You shouldn't be embarrassed about your size!" Senpai said as he tossed an entire backpack into the trash bag. Boyfriend groaned as it grew heavier. "Your body size, to be specific. Be happy with who you are!"
"I'll be satisfied when I don't have trouble with something as simple as moving a desk!" He complained. "I wanna good for the concert later,"
Spirit nodded. "Yeah, that's a good reason. You can't even carry a trash bag, man." The spirit went over to Boyfriend and took the bag for him, struggling my way less to carry it.
"Thanks," Boyfriend said, grabbing a piece of trash and putting it into the bag.
Fresh gym
After Boyfriend went into the gym and bought a membership, he walked into the gym to meet up with Tabi, Agoti, and Whitty. He walked into the main area, looking around at all the machines. His fell a bit when a saw a poster about Daddy Dearest on the wall, but he continued forward. The others basically had on the same clothes but had taken their hoodies off, with T-Shirts of the same colors underneath them.
"How original," Boyfriend thought to himself, walking up to the group.
"Took you long enough," Agoti said with a snicker, flashy his toothy grin. "We're so nice, I swear. We waited for you and watched that one over working out." He pointed over to Ruv in the corner of the gym by himself. Everyone turned to look, and saw that Ruv was squatting what seemed to be about 300 lbs. Boyfriend let out an audible gasp by accident. "
"Did you seriously just gasp?" Tabi asked with a laugh. Boyfriend shook his head, obviously lying. "Let's go over there. Maybe Ruv can give you some pointers on working out. I know he's a big gym guy. Which is weird, since he doesn't like socializing." The group walked over to the area that Ruv was in. Tabi and Agoti grabbed some dumbbells while walking over there.
Ruv's permanent frown seemed to get worse as he saw people coming toward him. He racked the weight he was using with a sigh as he got a towel and wiped his face with it. Boyfriend looked up at him with wonder in his eyes.
"How do you lift so much weight? What's included in your workout? How tall are you?" He asked the tall Russian. Ruv raised an eyebrow at him as he grabbed a water bottle.
"I dunno what you mean. I'm just warming up," He said, then taking a drink of water. "I was about to start the real workout before you came and stopped me." He said as he turned to go somewhere else that was away from people. The group followed him anyway.
"No fucking way," Whitty said, staring at the weight that Ruv was squatting for his warm-up. There were about 180 pounds on the side that Whitty was looking at, which would mean that he was squatting 380. Whitty groaned. "Your legs look skinny, though! How do you do it?" He turned to face Ruv. Ruv shrugged.
"God damn. You're strong. Remind me not to piss you off. I don't really wanna die like that," Agoti said, moving away from Ruv. Ruv rolled his eyes and walked over to a track for running. He quickly ran off before the group could follow him.
"Okay, well, let's get started then," Tabi spoke, putting his dumbbells back. "What do you want to start with?" Boyfriend looked around the gym. He noticed a calf-raising machine by where Ruv was running.
"Uh… legs, I guess?" He suggested. He began to walk over to it.
"I don't think you're quite tall enough for this machine…" Whitty said, noticing that Boyfriend couldn't even properly use the machine, since he was just barely too short. Tabi and Agoti struggled to hold in their laughs.
Boyfriend groaned. "Whatever. I can do regular calf raises! I don't need the extra weight!" He said triumphantly as he got on the machine anyways. He started to do quick calf raises, taking sharp breaths. The others watched as Boyfriend began to sweat. He slowed down significantly after about 30 seconds.
"Having trouble?" Whitty asked, leaning against the machine. "You seem to be having some trouble." He laughed as they watched Boyfriend struggle to continue.
"This is too easy!" He said through deep breaths, having reached about 32 reps now. "It's because I'm so athletic!" Right after he said this, he got a bad cramp in his left calf. Boyfriend yelped and fell to the floor as Ruv ran by them.
"Should've stretched first." That was all he said before he ran away once more.
"I think he got that," Tabi said, watching as Boyfriend lay in pain on the floor. "You good?" He asked as Boyfriend shot him an angry look from the ground.
"What do you think?! No! I'm hurt! Why do people like to work out?" He said in agony. "This is the worst! Why are you guys just standing there?" He yelled at his friends as the pain began to subside.
"I dunno. What do you want to do? Massage your leg?" Agoti suggested sarcastically as Boyfriend's cramp finally went away. He sat up on the floor, then stood up with Tabi's help.
"That was the worst experience of my life. I'm outta here!" He complained as he turned to leave. Whitty grabbed the back of his shirt, stopping him in his tracks.
"You literally just got here, man! You haven't even lifted anything yet!" He said, dragging Boyfriend over to the dumbbells once more.
Gym Parking Lot
"I'm glad we get this time to hang out! Especially after you calmed down about finding out I used to date Bf," Ayana said as Girlfriend drove up to the gym. They had recently begun to talk to each other again after Girlfriend decided that she didn't like Ayana, with both of them pleasantly surprised to find that they had a lot in common. "I hope Boyfriend doesn't mind…" She hesitated to get out for a moment before Gf laughed softly.
"It's fine! I got over it, and he probably won't even see you. I know that I saw with that friend of yours, though… the one with the…tentacles…? On his head?" Girlfriend said with a confused tone.
Ayana nodded, knowing exactly who she talking about. "Yeah, him. That guy." She laughed as they got out of the car. "He's cool. I think you two could be good friends…?" She said this was uncertainty. The two girls headed inside.
"Hey, look! There's that guy!" Girlfriend said as she pointed to Agoti. The group was standing over Boyfriend as he attempted to bench-press the bar. They even had Ruv there to spot him. He didn't seem to be enjoying it, however. Agoti noticed Ayana and Girlfriend and waved them over with a grin, flashing his sharp teeth.
Tabi, on the other hand, noticed the two and gave Girlfriend the middle finger and a glare. Agoti grinned at his friend and gave a thumbs-up to him to be a little shit. Tabi simply grumbled.
Girlfriend cleared her throat and pretended that Tabi wasn't there as she and Ayana walked up. "Um… How's it going, babe?" She asked, watching as Boyfriend successfully lifted the bar above his chest.
"Awesome!" Boyfriend said, having to use all his willpower to resist throwing up the peace sign and dropping the bar on his face. "I totally just lifted the bar! I'm so powerful!" Girlfriend clapped a little bit as Boyfriend sat up and saw Ayana. His vibe was immediately ruined. "Oh. Uh, Hey," He said awkwardly. Agoti simply stood with a wide grin, looking at the both of them. Tabi coughed, breaking the awkward silence that seemed to last forever. Girlfriend cleared her throat.
"This got weird really quickly. Uh, can we talk about something else or something?" Whitty asked, rubbing the back of his neck. "You're Ayana, right?" He asked, attempting to make the situation less awkward.
Ayana grinned, nodding her head. "Yup! 'Agoti's friend' as people like to call me," She laughed. Agoti laughed as well.
"Well, that might be on me for stealing her thunder all the time. But she's totally cool. You should come to detention with us sometime." Agoti said, turning to look down at Boyfriend. "Oh wait… didn't you say that you're her ex? Never mind, then. Boyfriend's in there. It would be weird."
"Agoti, you're so stupid sometimes," Tabi said, rolling his eyes. Agoti scoffed. "I'm pretty sure that was one of the first things we found out about him." Tabi and Ayana laughed.
"How did you not know? I've literally told you multiple times!" Ayana said, crossing her arms as she tried to stop grinning.
"Hey, you two are supposed to be defending me here," Agoti said with a smile on his face that he couldn't seem to get rid of. Tabi and Ayann made no attempt to defend him. "…Fine, then. But I'll remember this…" He spoke with a fake ominous tone. Ayana rolled her eyes.
"Yeah yeah, whatever. But yeah, we're exes. I don't really want to get into it," She said, putting her hands in her pockets. Boyfriend fake-coughed awkwardly. Whitty looked down at him.
"How did you... manage that? I didn't think you had game," Whitty whispered to Boyfriend. "No offense." Boyfriend shrugged, standing up.
"I dunno. But there's no bad blood between us anymore, so it's all good. Just awkward now." Boyfriend got up off of the bench. "Um... what's next?" He asked, looking back at Ruv to get his opinion.
Ruv shrugged. "You could do some Back workouts," He suggested, looking drained of his social energy. Boyfriend nodded, looking around, then back at Ruv.
"Um... which ones are for the Back?" He asked, looking up at Ruv for guidance. Ruv sighed, and led them over to a machine for back workouts. Tabi stayed behind, however, actually wanting to work out now. Girlfriend did as well, wanting to clear the air between her and her ex.
Tabi groaned as he grabbed weights for the bar. "What do want?" He asked, refusing to look Girlfriend in the eye as he put the weight on the bar. Girlfriend hesitated before speaking.
"I just want to make sure that there are no grudges...what my dad did was terrible, but the worst has passed, I think..." She said, watching as he laid down to benchpress the bar. "I hope that we can put this behind us... it was a long time ago, anyways..." She rubbed her hands as she awaited his response. Tabi scoffed as he began to bench.
"How thoughtful of you to apologize on behalf of that asshole," He said with a small grunt. "If you would stop bothering me all the damn time, I might've been able to cope, but you can't seem to stay away, and it keeps reminding me of what I've lost." He grumbled as he began to think about everything Daddy Dearest has done. Not just to him, but to multiple people who crossed the demon. He wished he could smack the demon right back to Hell, and leave Funkin' High, but Tabi isn't stupid. He knows what Daddy Dearest is capable of, and didn't want to push his luck. "Just... stay the fuck away from me, if you don't mind." Girlfriend sighed but respected Tabi's wishes. She walked back to the group as Ayana looked over at Tabi, feeling bad for him.
"Hey, what's up with him? What did you say?" Ayana asked, looking as Tabi silently worked out. Behind Ayana and Girlfriend, Boyfriend was crying about how his back hurt. Whitty and Agoti were cheering him on, and Ruv was just there, almost cracking a smile at Boyfriend.
Girlfriend glanced at Tabi, then turned back to Ayana. "It's kinda complicated...He could probably explain better than me... but it sucks how it happened," Girlfriend said, shaking her head. "Maybe you should go talk to him. It might be good that he meets someone new, and not just hang out with these guys all the time," She then walked over to the group to watch Boyfriend exercise his back. Ayana looked over at Tabi and decided to try and see if he was alright.
"You alright?" Ayana walked up as Tabi racked his weight. He sat up, checking to see who was talking to him. He sighed softly, continuing to sit on the bench.
"Eh... I've been better..." He said honestly, chuckling softly. "I don't know if you knew this already, but I'm Gf's ex. And you're Boyfriend's ex, yes?" He asked her, looking up to see her. Ayana nodded, her face falling a bit. Tabi chuckled once more. "Well, we have something in common then. We both have to deal with their bullshit all the time. I'm Tabi." Ayana laughed softly.
"Ayana, Nice to meet you." She said with a smile. Tabi smiled a little as well. "So... bad breakup?" The girl asked, not able to contain her curiosity about what happened between Tabi and Girlfriend. Tabi's face fell as he sighed.
"Alright, you might wanna take a seat. It's a wild story…" he said, trying to lighten up his own mood. Ayan did, sitting on the bench opposite Tabi. "Well… it's all because of that giant asshole, Daddy Dearest… He's the one that made me… like this." He looked at his hands and lifted his sleeves to show Ayana that his body was invisible.
"Oh… I thought you were just always like this. Was Girlfriend the one that did that?" She asked, staring at his invisible arms, waving her hand under them to see if she could see them. Tabi laughed and shook his head.
"Nope. It's not Gilrfriend's fault, she didn't know… but I can never forget. Her father ruined my life and took my career from me. I got lucky, and he took pity on me, letting me into the school. I still don't know why. But, I've had to avoid him so that I don't lash out and get myself killed." The Russian, looked down at his feet, clenching his fists. He took a deep breath, looking up at Ayana.
"I'm sorry you had to go through that…" That was all she managed to say. Tabi cracked a small smile. "That's considerably worse than my breakup story..." Tabi laughed softly.
"Well, I don't want to make you jealous or anything. I was just rambling, but... thanks for listening, Ayana," He spoke softly. "It means a lot." Ayana nodded, smiling as well.
"Woah, look, Ayana and Tabi are talking," Whitty said, pointing over to the two as they spoke on a bench. "I wonder if they realize they're being rude by not moving off the bench so that someone else can use it." Agoti laughed, looking over as Ayana and Tabi were laughing as well.
"Heh. I told him that they should talk. He should've listened to me earlier." Agoti said, trying to ignore Boyfriend and Girlfriend yelling behind them as Boyfriend rode an exercise bike. Agoti looked over at Ruv. "Look! He's smiling! He only does that when he's happy."
"Really? That's insane!" Whitty said sarcastically. Agoti shoved his shoulder.
"I'm not able to do either of those things," Ruv said, looking at Agoti with an unintentional glare. Agoti began to sweat a little as Ruv's gaze penetrated him.
"I'm sorry to hear that," Agoti said, looking away from Ruv, and looking back to Ayana and Tabi. Whitty laughed to himself. A gasp could be heard.
"Ruv!? Are you... socializing!?"
Agoti and Whitty turned to see who was talking to see that Ruv had taken his phone out of his pocket. Sarvente's face was on the screen. They looked at each other with confused looks.
"No," He said quickly, but somehow still with no emotion. "I was just... talking to these guys. I wasn't even enjoying it."
"That wasn't necessary!" Whitty scoffed.
"You're socializing! And you like it!" Sarvente said with a squeal. Ruv sighed, putting his phone back in his pocket. "Hey! Tell me how it's going!" She yelled from his pocket.
"You enjoy hanging out with us?" Whitty asked, raising an eyebrow. Ruv shrugged. "I would've never known if Sarvente hadn't said anything."
"That's the point," Ruv said as Girlfriend cheered behind them. The group turned to look at Gf and Bf.
"Guys! Boyfriend rode the bike for 5 minutes!" She said, with Boyfriend sweating profusely on the exercise bike.
"Well, that must've been a very long 5 minutes for him," Agoti snickered. "Good job, anyways!"
"Nice," Ruv said, putting his hands in his pockets. He seemed to be more comfortable around the group now.
"I think this is worth a celebration! Dinner at my place!"
Everyone immediately turned away.
"Ew, fuck that!" Whitty said immediately, his face scrunching up. "No offense to you, Girlfriend. It's your goddamn parents. I'd rather just congratulate Boyfriend with a nice pat on the back."
"Agreed. Sorry, babe." Boyfriend said, getting up from the bike. Agoti, Boyfriend, Ruv, and Whitty quickly fucked off to the male locker room.