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Drek was horrified by what he was seeing. His friend, Sphinx, was tearing apart the two trolls, Gryla and Leppalúði, who kidnapped him and a few others. His cheek was still burning from Gryla’s slap. He could have sworn that he saw Conner flinch out of the corner of his eye, when the troll hurt him.
Drek instinctively covered Cassie’s eyes. Poor girl, Drek thought. She shouldn’t be seeing all of that. Cassie didn’t seem to pick up on that Conner was lying and started asking some questions. Conner’s bullshitting was awful. But then again. If he didn’t do that. If he didn’t distract the two trolls they might not have been standing there alive when Sphinx showed up.
Drek felt someone’s gaze on him. When he turned around he realized the gaze was Conner’s. His expression was unreadable. Shock? Anger maybe? Disgust? Drek guessed. It’s all he could expect from Conner. When Conner finally processed after a few seconds that he’d been caught staring he quickly averted his gaze to the horrific scene before them. Homophobic asshole.
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Drek was talking to Sphinx. She is much taller than he is. Most people are. But he doesn’t really care. Drek then noticed Conner walking towards him and Sphinx. “Hey, Conner,” Drek greeted. “Hey,” Conner responded. The greetings, which used to be so warm and full of excitement for a conversation, turned sour and cold some time ago. Though this time Conner wasn’t as disgusted as before. He was more awkward than anything.
Conner thanked the cat for saving him. Then she mentioned the serial killers that were there a year ago. It was before Conner moved to Bernier with his dad. So he was naturally shocked a little bit. “Serial what?” Conner asked not wanting to believe what he just heard. “Long story,” Drek replied. “I’m glad you’re not dead,” Drek smiled at Conner a little bit.
“Why were you hiking in December so late in the day?” Sphinx asked Conner. “Well, for some unfathomable reason, my dad thinks I might be gay. So he’s being insufferable. I had to get out of the house”
“By insufferable you mean ‘just a pill’, or ‘I need an escape plan’?” Drek asked. “Relax. It's not like he's abusing me,” he assured Drek. After a short while Conner and Drek said their goodbyes to each other, which were ‘I hope I never see you again’ and ‘Go fuck yourself’ respectively.
At least Drek got something out of this. Sphinx is coming over for Christmas, he made a new friend and he doesn’t have to go to work. Not that he hates his job or anything. He just really likes spending time with his parents.