"Pretty Boy" by ikittycraft

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Pretty Boy
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Pretty Boy is a short story about a boy named Carter who is constently harrassed by his peers. They have decided upopn calling him "pretty boy" because of his naturally pale skin and girly features. Unlike most

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16 year old boys Carter is constantly alone, weak, and due to his thin figure an easy target for bullying.

Author's Note
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A handful of characters are of teh LGBT community, if you dislike this don't bother reading.

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chapter one
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I continued to walk. After some time I had gotten used to the names, stares, smirks, whispers, and stuff being thrown at my face. It seemed I was hated by the whole school honestly. But that's no suprise. I'm the least athletic kid

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I've ever met yet for some reason I'm going to GreenHill High the school for jocks and cheerleader and all those super preppy athletic people. Makes sense why no one wants me here. I clearly don't belong. If anything people would take one look and assume

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if anything I'm in cheerleading. However, I'm not. In fact I'm not on any teams. I don't like sports and sports don't like me. That's just the way it is. That's the way it's always been. Now naturally being weak and alone leads to bullying.

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I don't mind though. My pain seems to bring them joy so while they punch, kick, slap, and toss my around like a ball, I smile. As I'm doing right now. As I walk through the hall people begin to whisper, throw balls of paper at me, and so on. But of course

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it all stops once the big guys get here.

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chapter two
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I can hear their footsteps creeping closer behind me. Knowing what comes next I close my eyes tightly, take a deep breath, and turn around to face them with the brightest of smiles. "Good morning!"

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I say cheerfully. One, two, three, four... "Where's Jake?" I ask turning to the leader of them- Adrien. "None of your buisness pretty boy!" He retaliated getting ready to throw punches as usual. I nodded agreeing it was in fact none of my buisness.

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Adrien toom a step back looking closely at my smiling face. I made sure to seem extra cheerful today just to throw him off. I'll admit, I kind of like messing with him, his reactions are cute. "Yo Adrien you alright?" one of his goons asked.

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Looks like the noticed his sudden stillness. He turned a bright red and then quickly shook it away "Yeah dude, listen I'm gonna teach pretty boy over here a lesson, I'll catch up with you guys." He said. "Okay, catch ya later pretty boy!"

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teased the same goon, Julian, as he walked off with the others following behind him.

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chapter three
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Adrien grabed me by the hood and dragged me out into the abandoned football field. I stumbled trying to keep up with him as he dragged me along. Adrien pinned me to the back of the bleachers surrounding the field.

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I closed my eyes ready for a beating when suddenly he leaned in and grabbed my face. His hands were soft and warm, not at all as I would have expected. He held me in place firmly but was careful not to hurt me.

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I opened my eyes just as he leaned in and kissed me. At first i thought I was dreaming. There was no way Adrien would actual do this..right? But this was real. I closed my eyes accepting the kiss and quite frankly enjoying it.

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He pulled away. We were both a shade of deep red. He looked into my eyes and said "Ya know, I've always had a thing for you. Pretty boy."