I Wanna Fly Away (Dimple-Face)

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Phen twirled his pencil and sighed heavily, glancing back at the clock. He'd only been in detention for ten minutes, and already he was dying to get out. Not just because detention sucked, but seeing Gryph for the first time in years made him want to just tackle the guy onto a couch and cuddle him until they fell asleep or something. Er, not that Oriel would probably like that, but....

His glasses were perched on the bridge of his nose, staring at the worksheet he was supposed to work on. Most of it was pretty straightforward, but still boring as hell. He glanced around slyly - there were several other students in the room, and the teacher was in the back, busy grading papers or some shit. Sneakily, Phen tugged out his phone and went to his contacts, pulling up the newest one, which he grinned to see Gryph had labeled "Dimples".

Making sure the adult wasn't paying attention, Phen started typing.

To: Dimples
Ugh, is it time for this to be over yet? I'm going crazy locked up in detention. Come save me?

He giggled as he pressed send. Ah, if only Gryph could come in and fly him away...

[Gryphon Matsuoka]

Gryph was practically falling asleep, listening to the teacher drone. Yes, it was Photography, something that usually perked his interest greatly, but right now? He didn't give a fuck. And he couldn't be blamed for that. Anyone who had just met their friend from years ago would be distracted. His leg bounced impatiently, he just couldn't be bothered today. He looked at the clock... it had seriously only been 10 minutes? This was ridiculous.

He felt his phone buzz and froze. He looked around; no one had noticed. He was at the back of the room, and the teacher was... 'busy' enough boring everyone to sleep, so he pulled out his device. It was a message from an Unknown Number, but as soon as he read the message, he knew exactly who it was. The corners of his mouth turned up and he added Phen into his contacts, before replying;

To: Phennie
As much as I would like to help you out, I'm trapped too. I never remembered photography being this crap. And what are you doing on your phone? I don't want you to get another detention or something :L

He sent the message and looked up at the teacher, who hadn't noticed a thing. How much he would give to just leave, get Phen and just go somewhere... away from here. It was frustrating.

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Phen returned to his 'work' as soon as he sent the text, hoping Gryph would get the message and he wouldn't get in trouble for it. He was staring blankly at the page, writing at about two words per minute, when his phone buzzed. Phoenix smiled; at least he'd have something to keep him occupied now, as long as he didn't get caught.

To: Dimples
Noooo.... Oh, fine. Hey, at least you've got photography, I'm stuck here doing some stupid worksheet. Wanna switch places? And don't worry, I don't think I'll get caught. If I do, nbd

He pressed send again, shooting a quick glance over his shoulder to make sure he hadn't actually been caught yet. No sign from the teacher he'd noticed.

[Gryphon Matsuoka]

Gryph pretended to look interested, but now his mind was reeling even more. The teacher said to take out their workbooks, so Gryph did so, turning to the page he was asked to and just as he put his pen to paper to do the first question, his phone buzzed again.

Well, at least Phen hadn't been caught.

He was a bit more cautious this time, the teacher was patrolling now, so he kept flicking his vision up as he typed,

To: Phennie
It wouldn't be so bad if it was actually practical work, theory is fucking boring. And y

He heard footsteps approaching and quickly hide his phone as the teacher walked past. This shit was intense. But, when he looked at his phone, it had sent his half finished text. He held back an annoyed sigh and continued his message in a new text,

To: Phennie
And are you trying to keep up your badass image? I'd bail you out any-day, tho ;P

He sent the rest of the message and began working on the questions again. Stupid teacher.

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Phen was fortunate - this instructor, whoever he was, was super lax. Or maybe he was asleep? Phen held back a laugh; whatever the case, it made texting a hell of a lot easier. He'd hardly done any more work when he phone buzzed with what seemed like a partial message. He blinked, wondering if he should reply, when his phone buzzed again, signaling another text. Ahh, there was the entire bit.

Phoenix snickered into his hand, and the teacher glanced in his direction. Oh, shit, guess he wasn't asleep. He looked away soon though, so Phen just waited a minute before responding.

To: Dimples
What happened, you almost get caught? Keep that up, you're gonna end up here like me! And you know, I definitely gotta keep up the badass look, keep all these punks in line You better!

He paused, tapping his lip, and added,

What do you like taking photography of, anyway?

Phen was curious; he knew next to nothing about the hobby. He clicked send and returned to his work before the teacher noticed.

[Gryphon Matsuoka]

The teacher seemed to have a stiff eye on Gryph, now that wasn't fair! He stared at him for a moment in 'confusion', before the staff member announced that he would be leaving the room for a few minutes. He told everyone to stay quiet, but as soon as the door was shut, the conversations began, but Gryph had his own conversation going on right now. Speaking of, his phone buzzed as he finished the second question.

Gryph smirked and bit his lip a little; he didn't have to hide his emotions whilst the teacher was gone, but he still suppressed them a little for some reason. His phone came out fully on top of his desk and he typed whilst looking at the next question.

To: Phennie
It's not my fault that my teacher hates me! Just because I talk back to him sometimes, am I not allowed to have an opinion? He'd probably put me in there with you for breathing too loud, not that I'd have a problem with that I like taking photos of anything I can, but I probably like nature the most. Wbu, do you do anything other than get put in detention?

He smirked a little, this texting conversation was better than working, there was no denying it.

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Unfortunately, Phen's instructor did not appear to be going anywhere, which made sense - it'd be dumb to leave kids in detention alone together. He did, however, seem to forget about looking Phen's way, which was a relief. Since Phen was trying to keep up two conversations at once (one being quite a bit faster than the other), there was a bigger chance of being caught. But it was worth it.

He tried to hide his chuckles again; it was getting harder to do.

To: Dimples
Ew, those teachers suck. I usually get in trouble for never participating in anything >< Dumb, right? And if that's all it'd take, well, better start breathing hard so you can get your butt in here! That's cool though, nature's pretty awesome, though I haven't gone outside in like a week because it's been so cold >< Um, that's probably most of what I do, lol... But I also paint sometimes. And watch musicals (thanks to Oriel)

It was a long message that took several minutes to type, between the breaks to make sure the teacher didn't see. Phoenix pressed send.

[Gryphon Matsuoka]

Hurriedly, as soon as he hit 'Send', Gryph got on with his work. If he got all of it done, he could chill out and not be interrogated by the teacher for not doing anything. He finished the page just as the teacher came in and slid his phone into his lap casually. Everyone shut up and the teacher nodded approvingly and began asking people for answers to questions. He looked out of the window next to him absent-mindedly, watching the winter birds fly around in the cool air; boy, was he jealous.

His phone buzzed again after what seemed to be a century and a half. He unlocked it and read the essay of a message that Phen had sent him, how had that boy not been caught yet? He chuckled lightly and when the teacher gave him a glare, he pretended to be laughing at something outside. But obviously that wasn't cover enough, as the teacher put the lesson hold and came up to Gryph's desk, "Mr. Matsuoka, what seems to be so hilarious?"

Gryph, holding up the act (and hiding his phone the best he could) spoke with laughter threaded throughout his words, "Oh, sorry I was jus' watchin' some of the birds, they were muckin' around." The teacher shook his head and began to walk away, "Keep your attention at the board, please, Gryphon." Gryph kept a smirk on his face and nodded. Once the teacher was turned around, he typed as fast as his little fingers could move, a mischievous little plan brewing on his mind,

To: Phennie
The frost makes everything so magical though! And I can't draw to save my life, but I do dance. Just a side note, I'm gonna start breathing really loud around about now. My teacher's pissed off already, but I'm bored as fuuuuck ;P

He slipped his phone into his pocket and waited for the opportune moment. When the teacher was distracted enough, he quickly opened the window next to him and coaxed in some of the pigeons, who followed his cooing. He shut the window as soon as the pair of them were inside and tried to act casual, but everyone was freaking out by this point, some scared, some laughing ridiculously, some talking lots, but Gryph was the only one who was silent and nonchalant. He was ready for the thunder as his teacher approached him, fuming.

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Phen waited for a response from Gryph, but this one seemed to be taking longer than usual. Well, he supposed, he'd just sent him an essay - maybe he was just taking a while to reply too. Phen actually got a little more of his worksheet done; maybe he'd actually finish it before detention was over!

Eventually his phone buzzed again, and he pulled it out, scanning the message with a hardly contained smile. God, Gryph was great. Phen was the happiest he'd ever been in detention; he could do it all the time if he could get away with this.

Completely oblivious to what Gryph was doing, he replied.

To: Dimples
The frost is fucking cold! And I get cold when it's like 60 out >< You dance, really? Oriel does too! I haven't seen him do it a lot tho, and I haven't tried it myself... Gonna have to someday. And ummm.... Alright? Don't get in trouble, dimple-face!!!

He had a feeling his pleads would be for naught. If Gryph really was doing something, well, Phen couldn't stop him. He pressed send, wondering how long it'd be before he got a reply, if he got one at all. If only he knew....

[Gryphon Matsuoka]

God, was that teacher annoyed!

It was like he hated nature or something.

And as they walked through the halls, he was rambling on about Gryph's power being a privilege, a responsibility, not a game. He even blamed him for the fact that one of the pigeons shit on some kid's work, it wasn't like he could tell them what to do! Gryph was dying with laughter on the inside and was trying his best to hide it on the outside, nodding as if he actually thought what the teacher was saying actually meant something to him.

What a load of shi-

He vaguely felt his phone vibrate, and he couldn't help but laugh. Oh boy, was Phen in for a surprise! He dragged ever-so-slightly behind the teacher, pulling out his phone, scanning the message and smiling. They'd probably be there in under a minute, so he sent a little greeting text, it would probably reach Phen the same time he did,

To: Phennie
Woops

He slid his phone away just as the teacher turned around and ushered him to hurry up. They were almost there, he could see the door of the room he had left Phennie to go into only half an hour ago. Smirking cheekily, he stood behind the teacher as he knocked on the door.

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It wasn't too long before Gryph responded. It was very quick, actually. Phen blinked, surprised, as he pulled open the message. Woops? Woops? What did woops mean? Dammit, Dimples, if he'd gotten into trouble over texting, Phen was gonna-

Before he could reply, there came a knock at the door. Phen and everyone else swiveled around to look, and the teacher actually got up off his lazy ass and went to see who it was, a quizzical look on his face. As soon as the door opened and Phen could make out Gryph's grinning face, he groaned and slid his gaze away, trying to make it not blatantly obvious that they knew each other. Didn't want to make Gryph get sent to a different room, after all! Still, he was forcing himself to hide his laughter. At least there wasn't much time left in detention - they'd be out of here in twenty minutes.

The two teachers talked; apparently Gryph had done something involving birds, Phen couldn't quite make it out, but by the time Gryphon was in the room, his cheeks were probably pink from repressed mirth. "What did you do?" he hissed under his breath when his friend got close. "I was kidding, you doofus!"

[Gryphon Matsuoka]

As the teachers talked about him, Gryph just kept chuckling uncontrollably behind them, he honestly couldn't help it anymore, the whole situation was just too hilarious! He got quite a few glares from his regular teacher, and Gryph was brought into the room as he left. The supervising teacher seemed pretty laid back, he told him to sit anywhere, as long as he wasn't to close to anyone. He tried to be casual about his seat choice, but he was practically making a beeline for Phen.

Gryph smirked and sat down as his friend had a minor go at him, looking at the front and not reacting to his words until he was comfortable and certain that the teacher had lost interest, he seemed pretty damn lazy. "I didn't breathe too loudly," he whispered back, "And those pigeons were bored out of their brains, just like me. By the time they were in the room," he faked a cough, trying to cover for the amount of noise he was making, even if it was whispers, "They were laughing their heads off. I did the environment a favour."

He relaxed into his seat, hands over his head, when he spied Phen's worksheet. He'd mentioned having to do work in one of his texts, right? Gryph probably would've had work, if his teacher hadn't been in such a hurry to get rid of him. "That looks like fun."

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Of course Phen expected Gryph to come straight at him, so he tried not to seem too excited about it, focusing on his paper until his friend had sat. He kept his eyes down as he spoke, lips pressed tightly together to keep himself from guffawing. It was very, very hard; he was fortunate his time in the theater had helped him at this acting stuff somewhat.

"Doofus," he repeated again under his break, the corner of his lips twitching into a grin. There were other things he could call the boy, but that seemed the most accurate. He listened as his friend explained what he had done, and Phen let out a silent groan, shaking his head. "You let birds into the room?" he giggled, scribbling nonsense onto his worksheet. "Dimple-face, you're probably gonna get more than just this session of detention!"

Which was fine. By. Phen. If he could have Gryph in his sessions for the remainder of them, he'd be ecstatic.

He was still scribbling on his paper, trying to look like a good student, when Gryph spoke up again. Phen risked a glance over, his lower lip pouting out. "If you think it looks fun, you do it," he replied in a pretend sulk. Phoenix smiled a moment later though, finishing off the one of the last parts of the paper. "I texted Oriel, by the way - we'll probably meet him after detention still, he's in the computer labs."

[Gryphon Matsuoka]

It was so difficult to avoid laughing, he even pulled out a water bottle (which was freezing thanks to winter) and drank water from it, trying to stop his 'cough'. He smiled goofily when Phennie repeated the insult. He deserved it, but it was such a weird word, I mean...

Doofus.

What kind of a word was that?

Gryph twiddled his thumbs, doing better at staying quiet from that point on. Keep his eyesight away from Phen (which was a pain), he replied "Yea, I know," He pretended to be sulky and turned his head towards Phen for just a second, "But you won't be lonely now." Gryph hadn't had much else to do during the holidays anyway, probably just practice his choreography or something. At least he was getting some entertainment out of this now.

Gryph peeked over to look at the actual content of the paper and hissed slightly through his teeth in distaste, "Rather not." He looked up at the clock on the wall, only ten minutes left. He smirked, and then Phen mentioned his boyfriend again. "Okay." He replied shortly, there wasn't much else to say. He was a bit nervous, preparing himself to meet this 'Oriel'. He had no idea what he was like, hopefully he was going to be friendly and hospitable in the least.

"Lookin' forward to it."

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Phen snorted as Gryph pulled out his water, unfortunately attracting the attention of the instructor, who sent him a raised eyebrow but said nothing. Phoenix had been a good boy during all his sessions the last few weeks; apparently this guy was willing to cut him some slack for his behavior. The perks of being a suck-up!

But you won't be lonely now. Phen felt his cheeks heat up again, and he hid it by tilting his head so some of his hair would hide his face, pretending to be working hard on his worksheet. "Yeah, that'll be nice," he said, his voice having gone soft from his teasing. "You didn't have t'do that, though. Now you'll be miserable, stuck with me in detention." He peeked up and gave a small little smile. "Hopefully it won't be too much longer, at least." By New Year's, he should be outta here.

Phoenix snickered as Gryph looked at his worksheet, which he thankfully was now finished with as he twirled his pencil in his hand and sat up straighter. When the subject of Oriel came up, Phen bit his lip, wondering if he should... Warn Gryph. "Um, just so you know..." he mumbled, tapping the eraser end of his pencil against the table,"He's, uh... He's kinda possessive, so if he acts kinda that way, um, it's not you, it's just... How he is." Phen hoped that wouldn't scare Gryph off; he really wanted the two boys to meet. And he was sure Oriel would warm up to his friend once he got to know him.