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who: Anthony & Jovan
what: Jovan gets caught by a gum monster. Anthony is a passerby. Friendship?!
where: WHEREVER. maybe near the school!!!
when: april 1st
warning: their possible friendship. that's it that's the joke happy april fools.

Going outside in a town infested by pests, insecty or alieny, was a terrible idea. And Anthony has usually been full of terrible ideas. Hood over his head, hands in his pockets, careful that he's ready to run at the first sight of a monster, Anthony walks down the street, eye out for anybody in trouble or the face of a friend.

He catches sight of the former first. And at first he just... stares. He knew the monsters were ridiculous. They weren't really dangerous, only highly irritating, but even he wasn't expecting--

"... Hey," he says unsurely, staring at Jovan stuck wherever he may be stuck, "you okay?"

-- gum monsters plastering people to places.

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Anthony will get up once the weight is off of him, rolling his shoulders and shaking himself off before he's taking off the sweater he was wearing over his shirt, holding it out to the poor now-shirtless dude.

"Here, you can wear this for now."

Once Jovan finally gets himself seated upright in the grass and sees the offered sweater, he realizes just how naked he feels. He briefly tries covering up as much of his chest as he can with his good arm before he realizes no wait, he needs that arm to take the sweater.

He grasps it in his hand and lets out a quiet, awkward "thank you", eyes averted downwards, before he starts the long and arduous process of trying to put a sweater on over a casted arm.

He'll help, reaching over to hold up the sweater and guiding the sleeve hold to Jovan's arm so he could put it on better.

"You okay to still go to school like this? Where do you go anyway? I mean, you were going to school right?"

Jovan stays silent as he focuses on pulling his arm through the sleeve, but once that's done, he lets it rest at his side and focuses again on what's being said. The mention of school makes him sigh, a sudden reminder of how screwed he is.

"I...I don't know if it's even worth it at this point. I must be half an hour late by now."

"... A late's still better than an absence. Where do you go?"

He's getting to his feet.

"Come on!"

Jovan is surprised that the kid is still here, still helping him, for whatever reason, so he stumbles to his feet so haphazardly that he nearly faceplants all over again.

"Uh--L-LCU!" he stammers out.

Oh my god you clumsy weirdo. He makes sure he doesn't fall, but--

"... Dude, aren't you paying for those classes? Then you should definitely try to go! Come on, I'll even run with you if you're worried about gums again!"

"Wh--what? Really?" He's somewhere between shock and a frown, confused at the generosity. He can't quite fathom why someone would go to such lengths to help him. But he sets that aside--there's more important things to think about. Jovan looks down at his phone. "There's fifteen minutes left before class ends."

"It's not that far. If we run we'll make it in five." He's already dusting himself off, already starting in the direction of the school.

"Come on!"

"Uhh--a-alright!" Doing a quick check of himself, making sure he's got everything he needs (including the backpack with all his papers for his presentation), he takes off after Anthony.

He's kind of slow, though. A backpack and a broken arm makes running pretty difficult.

He'll double back when he noticed Jovan's struggle, and he'll take the backpack off his shoulders.

"Does this help?"

Jovan is pathetic and weak, so he's already out of breath by the time Anthony takes the backpack. He can't spare the air to answer the question properly, so he just nods and lets out a breath of air that is almost, but not quite, a whispered "yes."

He focuses on keeping his jog going and keeping the air from burning his lungs.

This poor guy. Anthony didn't consider himself too active of a person, but he moved around a lot and had been working out for the sake of the titan-killing bondage-gear thing. Maybe he's running too fast? He slows down a little so he doesn't accidentally leave the guy behind, keeping a grip on his backpack.

"Come on, we're almost there! While you're in there I'll get you water or something..!"

They're almost to the building, and Jovan has never felt so happy to approach his classroom before.

"Oh, thank god," he breathes between pants as they approach, his jog becoming sloppier and slower once they get nearer to the entrance.

"Don't slow down!" He almost barks it, grabbing the back of Jovan's shirt for a brief moment.

"You're not there yet!"

"Oh, Jesus!" he practically cries as he forces himself to keep going, bracing himself with his arms before he bursts in through the front doors and darts down the hallway.

Only three more classrooms to pass now--!

Anthony has no idea which classroom is his. But the moment he realizes which one Jovan's heading for, he's going to race ahead and yank the door open!

"Come on!"

Jovan was hoping for a brief moment to catch his breath and steel himself before stepping inside, but apparently that wasn't in the cards.

He comes to a grinding halt in the doorway of the classroom as every eye turns to him, including that of the girl at the front of the class presenting her own project. Jovan has never felt so self-conscious before in his life, and he hopes people think the red of his face is from how out of breath he sounds, rather than how embarrassed he is right now.

"Sorry, I-I was, uh. I got stuck--trapped by a, by one of the--the, gum things. Magic gum things."

He motions with his uninjured hand for the backpack that Anthony is still carrying so that he can just take his seat in embarrassed silence.

He hands it over, nodding firmly at the confused class like that is totally legit. It is, but it really is and clearly, you have every reason to accept this kid's tardiness. Come on at least he made it.

But before they can get into any more trouble, he will quickly take a step back with an apology at the girl in the middle of her own presentation, clapping Jovan on the back.

"You made it! Probably? I'll be outside... you know. Since I don't belong here.."

As soon as he feels the backpack in his hand, he grasps it. Before making any movement, though, he just nods to Anthony behind him, still catching his breath.

And then his leg muscles finally kick in, carrying him to the one empty seat across the room in the front row. He tries his hardest to make himself small and slide into the seat with as little commotion as possible, but it's kind of impossible.

At least he's there now, though, and the girl at the front of the room clears her throat before trying to start up her presentation again. Jovan gives one last glance to the front of the room where he nods a little, trying to give the kid a silent thanks.

A thumbs up, a salute to the teacher and a bow to the poor girl before Anthony slips out of the classroom, closing the door as quietly as he can before he backs up into the wall on the other side of the hallway and slides down, exhausted from an eventful morning. He wasn't planning to save a random stranger from gum and run to school with him, but he supposes that counts as exercise. Jesus, that was weird. But worth it, maybe. Maybe?

He'll still be sitting outside when the class ends and Jovan comes out, if he manages to.

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