Closeted Love (TerrorLadd / Miniriser)

Chapter 1

It was six in the morning, and all Craig could hear was his phone's alarm going off, alerting him to get up for school. Craig groaned and clumsily rolled off the bed and landed off the floor with a loud thud.

"Great start so far," he muttered to himself, using the bed as support to stand up to get ready.

After showering, he looked through his clothes. He was glad that his figure was stick thin, he could pull off guy's clothing without anyone guessing Craig was actually a girl. He really hoped no one would know, find out, or anything.

He eventually picked out a gray shirt with a dragon on the front, dark blue jeans, and grabbed his black sneakers before going downstairs.

Raiding the pantry, Craig settled on a granola bar for breakfast, and making a quick sandwich and grabbing an apple, and shoved them in a bag. He grabbed his book bag and left his house, heading for the bus stop.

Lucky for him, the stop was only a couple houses down. There were maybe 15 people already there, waiting for the bus to come.

Craig awkwardly stood to the side of the group, not knowing anyone here.

Craig was observing the people around him when he saw someone else notice him. The other guy looked pretty broad compared to Craig.

As Craig was observing him, he didn't notice that the other guy started to move towards him until he was right in front of him.

"Hey, I'm Tyler," the guy said, holding his hand out.

"I'm Craig," he replied, shaking Tyler's hand.

"You new here? I don't think I've seen you around before," Tyler asked Craig.

"Yeah, I moved in at the beginning of the summer," Craig felt a little awkward talking to Tyler, and was hoping he wouldn't know of him.

"Cool. Do you know anyone here?" Tyler asked.

"I doubt it," replied Craig.

"Okay, then, I'm officially your best friend then," Tyler happily told him. Before Craig could respond, the bus was pulling up to the stop.

"Oh, come on, I can introduce you to a friend of mine!" Tyler exclaimed, pulling Craig to the bus, and towards the back.

"Hey Marcel! This is Craig, Craig this is Marcel," Tyler introduced Craig to a boy wearing a blue jacket with a white hood.

"Sup bitch," Marcel responded. Craig laughed at that.

"So Craig, here, is new. And of course I befriended him," Tyler started.

"Of course, he's so your type," Marcel cut Tyler off, making the other scoff.

"I'm not the gay one here," Tyler quickly retorted.

"Shit man, ya got me," Marcel laughed when he saw Craig's confused face. "Dude, chill, we're joking."

"Sorry, just not used to those kind of jokes. It's not common where I'm from," Craig told them.

"Don't worry about it, it's cool here," Tyler said, pulling Craig into a hug.

"Uhm Tyler?" Craig squeaked out, causing Marcel and Tyler to laugh, Tyler loosening his grip on Craig.

Before anything else could be said, the bus arrived at the school, and Tyler and Marcel excitedly talked about how Craig has to meet their other friends.