edited- 10-5-25

Karma

Teasing him has been more fun than I had originally thought. I honestly never expected him to be into men, but then again, I've never really had an interest in them either, but I guess I could say that about women, too. Looking at myself, his clothes fit me pretty well, which makes sense since our builds really weren't that different, other than our height, and even then, he was only a few inches shorter than me; he's probably about 5’11”, and yet his clothes were more restricting than what I usually wear. “Hey, nerd? Are you ok? It's been a while since you went in there,” Dante's voice carried through the door, snapping me out of my thoughts. Opening the door, I answer him honestly, “Yeah, im good, just lost in thought about you.” I wink at the man sitting on the bed, making him blush again. “ok, ok, I get it, you're a shameless flirt, but stop teasing me, man, Im worried about you.”

My eyes widen at him, “You? Worried about me? You literally beat me up yesterday, and now you're worried about me? What is this world coming to??? Is up, down? Is left right?” he just laughed at me and punched me in the shoulder lightly. “That was then, this is now, and now I know you're actually likable, plus like I already told you, I never wanted to beat you up, that was just my friend because she said you pushed her…” I couldn't help but scoff at that, “Are you seriously that quick to believe the biggest liar in the school? I've never touched her. The only reason she told you that is because she was too embarrassed to tell you the truth. After all, she's the one who came up to me that day, all because someone dared her to ask me out, and when I said no and that she wasn't my type, her pretty little ego got hurt and vowed to make my life hell like some cartoon villain.” It was hard not to laugh as I told him what really happened, but maybe I was just too pissed to care.” Wait..really? I didn't know.” This dude is seriously pissing me off.  “HA, of course you didn't, all you humans are the same, fight first, ask questions later, especially if it's to defend a pretty girl.” shit, I need to calm down. He doesn't deserve to be yelled at. “Look, Dante, Im sorry you didn't deserve that, but don't act like your friend group is innocent.” fuck, Im scaring him, he looks terrified. I shouldn't have yelled at him. 

 “Um, look, man.. Im really sorry you don't need to apologize to me when im the one at fault. I should've known it was one of Bee's schemes. I should've stopped them before it even got to that point, especially with how much we hit you. At first, I thought she was just going to talk to you, but then everyone else got involved, and so did I, and then it just got out of hand…im so so sorry.”  

Looking at him, he looked genuinely upset and ashamed of himself, so at least I know he's telling the truth. My breathing was heavy, but at least I was starting to calm down, and with a sigh, I ran my hand through my hair and sat down on his bed. “Dante, im tired… I hate to ask this after I just yelled at you, but can I crash on your couch tonight?” I glanced towards the man to see his reaction, and surprisingly, he was smiling at me. What? Why would he be smiling so kindly after I just blew up at him out of nowhere... I swear this man makes no sense to me.  “Of course you can, but only if you tell me one thing,” his voice was still warm while he grabbed me a spare pillow and blanket.

“What do you want to know?”  

 “Just your name, calling you nerd and mutt gets pretty old after all,” ha, this sneaky bastard. Standing up, I take the pillow and blanket from him and head towards the small couch he had in his bedroom with and with a smile, I lie down and make myself comfortable. 

“My name is Karma.”

Dante

Karma, I rolled the name around in my head. The room was dark, and I could hear his soft breathing coming from the couch. Karma suited him I dont know what I was expecting but I like it its not a common name by any means but then again he isnt common either, id never expected him to yell at me like that or for us to be as friendly as we are, hell when they day started I was ready to forget all about him and I probably would of if bee hadnt came to me crying about how what we had done wasnt enough and that he deserved to be punished even more. I wasn't really all that interested in hurting him again. If anything, I was already feeling bad about doing it the first time. It was probably a good thing that we didn't find him until the bell was about to ring, if I had hurt him again today… god, he would have never agreed to help me, im surprised he agreed in the first place. I deserved his anger and his yelling, fuck, if he hit me, I would've deserved it. How did things end up this way? Where im a bully, where people are frightened of me. Maybe it was my fault for not trying hard enough to get to know anyone else; hell, clearly I know nothing about the people I go to school with. Karma's family is beyond kind and beyond rich, and he and Anthony are twins… wait, but why have I never seen them interact then… Anthony is probably one of the most well-liked people at the school, so if he'd just hang around his brother, Karma would probably be just as well-liked… and then there's the whole fake glasses thing. Maybe he doesn't like attention, or he's a loner, whatever it is, he’s definitely odd. And yet that only makes me want to get to know him more; to be his friend. I can feel myself drifting to sleep, but I guess my constant thoughts about him insist on following me to my dreams.