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"Banana bread," Dark replied, immediately noting from their faces it hadn't been a good day, "I do not particularly like it, but she gets to mash something into a paste and it only needs one bowl so it is perfect."

Inside, Dark was in the kitchen, trying to teach Ivy how to bake. Of all messy play, this was what he found to be easiest to do with her, because even the dog could help clean. Sure enough, Enkidu was lying right by them, patiently waiting while Ivy maniacally slammed a potato masher into a...

You can, Sloan suggested, But I guess, like, if you think it's really important you do it today... Then like, here's that pep talk: Once you do it, it's like ripping a band-aid off, right? Because if you sleep on it, and wait, it'll just keep weighing on you, and you'll keep making it bigger in...

I mean, I guess you don't have to tell them TODAY. You can just say something happened at school, and you know you need to tell them, but aren't quite ready yet, Sloan offered.

Damn, that's really awful, I'm sorry Sloan texted back, I mean I guess like, if it's going to upset your parents, it'll probably upset them more if they find out from someone else? Parents are meant to protect you, right?

Before lunch, Milo quietly offered Xander to eat under the bleachers with him. He promised not to talk much (which wasn't difficult for him) but suggested it might be better than the noise of the cafeteria. At the cafeteria, though, Sloan quickly picked up something was going on with...

Milo shook his head, "Not really. I mean, I heard voices, but not more that a word or two."

Milo shrugged, "I take some things seriously... but they're mostly bad things, I guess. But let me know if I can do anything. It sucks when teachers are unfair."

Alec hugging him like that only served to make Milo more anxious, but he did awkwardly return the hug before saying, "It's okay, I'm not really one to make a big deal of my grades anyway."

"It doesn't feel like good news," Milo replied with a frown, "Neutral news, maybe, but if you didn't deserve your grade, and she is refusing to fix it, that's bad. It's worse than bad, because that makes it unjust."

Milo stared at them both in surprise, stunned by the drastic change which had come over them both. Stumbling slightly over his words, Milo peeked back into the classroom at their teacher and said, "oh... okay... I'm sorry it didn't go well."

Milo ducked back when he saw Alec and Xander coming that way, not wanting their teacher to see he was watching. "What happened?" He asked, looking at their faces when they stepped out of the classroom.

At the end of class, Milo glanced at his too friends, and then stepped into the hallway to wait for them, not wanting his presence to cause any level of disruption.

"It's important," Milo agreed, although he hoped he was allowed to support Alec from behind, "and I guess the point of school is being able to have those conversations."

"I hate talking to people, but it does seem like the right thing to do," Milo replied, leaning over to read the rubric again, "Even if you did misunderstand something, she could've been nicer about it and actually made that clear."