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“Branzy dude.. help me out..” Duncan whined, slamming his bescherelle shut.
“With what, Duncan?” Branzy looked up from his laptop where he was typing away.
It was horrible to the white-haired boy, the worst thing you could ever imagine. FRENCH.
“Oh my god… Duncan..”
“Oh my god… Branzy… what..”
“I FORGOT I HAD A FRENCH EXAM??”
“Hoe we are in the SAME class.”
“Oh yeah..”
Duncan sighed, re-opening his small green book and squinting at the tiny lines of words it contained.
“Okay whatever, this is so stupid. I’m just going to cheat on this shit.” The monkey grumbled, whipping out his phone to check the time.
They had both been studying and working on their upcoming final projects together in the library. It’s very tight and stress inducing to try and figure out how to finish all final projects for 4 different classes due around the same time while also trying to squeeze in time to study for exams the week after.
“Genuinely how do you cheat without being caught?” Branzy asked, tilting his head and awaiting an answer.
“Well.. theres this liiiittle thing I use.. it’s like…” Duncan said and paused after to try and think of a way to describe it.
”I just say… ‘what?!? Help me!!’ and wait three seconds and I usually get away with cheating.” He shrugged.
Branzy stared at him with an open mouth and furrowed eyebrows. It was an understatement to say he looked concerned.
“What?? Have you never done that before?? It works for like everyone in my universe.” Duncan said in a confused tone like it was normal for someone to do that.
”I- I’m very surprised to say the least.. that’s not something people here usually do..”
Suddenly, a bright light appears in the middle of the library. Out pops a scrappy little monkey with long messy fur. He was wearing a turquoise turtleneck with a few patches of different coloured fabric sewed on. The monkey had a few scrapes and bruises on his face and hands but looked like such a sweetheart anyways.
“Duncan!” The monkey said, beckoning Duncan to go over to him.
“Hey Ollie.. what are you doing here?”
‘Ollie’ gave him a small and love-filled peck on the cheek as the bully approached.
“Angus was calling you, it’s time for dinner.” Ollie responded.
Duncan hummed and reached towards his hair, fixing a small yellow flower perched right next to his ear.
“Oh, Branzy,” Duncan called back, turning his head towards Branzy. “I’m leaving that bescherelle, good luck on that exam.”
He then took Ollie’s hand and the two of them walked through the portal, disappearing to their own world. That also meant they left Branzy in the library all alone.
Branzy couldn’t even be mad about being left alone, seeing the well-known bully be soft towards his boyfriend was incredibly adorable. It sort of reminded himself of his own boyfriend, Clown.
Never mind that right now though, he was very busy. Branzy opened the book Duncan had left him, scanning the books content to see pages full of french conjugations and lots of things related to it. He groaned and started to read it, knowing it was what he needed to study for the exam.
“I hate french…”