You're Mine

The last day of school was one Colt wasn't looking forward to. It usually meant a whole day's worth of helping clean the classrooms while the teachers sat back and watched the students find the meaning of being 'helpful' and such, and normally would he would on his phone but teachers thought different. He was helping with cleaning the whiteboard when he noticed how Bolt wasn't helping only talking with the girls, and he nearly threw the eraser down. What was Bolt thinking by doing this?

That was cut short when he noticed Bolt flinging up his hands while Indigo nearly growled at him. Now what was going on with them? They usually got along so well, with their love of sports and such. So seeing this was something new to Colt, and it seemed like Emerald was just as confused.

"Hey, Colt, you know what's going on between Indigo and Bolt?" Emerald asked him, wiping the part of the whiteboard still full with marker on it.

Colt shrugged, turning his attention away from them. "I don't know, alright? One minute they're okay and the next they're fighting. Maybe it's something about sports over the summer, Emerald."

"But why would they fight over sports like this?" Emerald once again asked. "Did something happen when we went to the Beach with them or something?"

Colt felt his body stiffen at that comment. Oh, damn, should he tell Emerald about this? He knew Emerald would pissed a little, he was on Lemon's side of things when it came to her friends, and this would really be one of those times when he be on her side.

"Er... I don't think so," Colt stuttered out. He held his breath for another moment. "Why do you think that? You think something went down?" He hoped Emerald didn't pick up on his unsure about things.

"Well, I noticed how Lemon was speaking about Sugarcoat acting weird when they left the other day." Emerald confirmed, remembering his date with Lemon Zest the other day. "She said something about her stuttering about a surprise kiss or something, I just thought you might know. Considering how you and Shining went the other day."

Suddenly the air felt heavier. When he gazed over his shoulder, he noticed how Sugarcoat was trying to avoid Indigo. Colt bite his lip, this didn't look right at all. He was used to seeing her standing right beside Indigo, not trying to avoid her, and Colt had a feeling he knew exactly the reason why.

The kiss he gave her.

Colt moved his eyes away from them. He couldn't bare looking at them right now. Not in their third class, plus they were going to have enough time to go outside, if they got things done very quick, but now it was looking like if they did, Sugarcoat wouldn't stand beside Indigo.

"Colt, hey, bro." Shining's voice broke his train of thoughts, and Colt gazed at his friend. Shining was giving him a smile of... happiness?

"...Yeah?" Colt asked him.

"Looks like they ain't got much longer, and then you can get your girl," Shining beamed. "Ain't that great, bro? Getting the girl you always wanted."

Colt growled, well almost. "Shining, you realize if Indigo finds out we set up that plan, we're as good as dead, right? For all we know she knows and trying to find out who set it up."

"Relax." Shining waved his hand with a slight smirk on his face. "As if she could find out it was us. By us, I mean me. She probably thinks you thought of it and that will be a new thought!"

Great, just great. If Indigo had found out about this, then there will be no doubt he would be the first person to come to Indigo's mind. Colt gave a slight gulp before calming himself down. Gazing around he noticed how everyone was putting the cleaning supply away, and he slowly walked towards the box and placed down the eraser.

His eyes found Sugarcoat's and he looked away again. There was no way he was going to look in her eyes after the stunt he pulled off.

Outside wasn't much better, no matter how hard she tried getting close to her, Sugarcoat always moved away from Indigo and the others. Sour, Sunny, and Lemon were just as confused as Indigo was when Sugarcoat left them for another part of the field.

It wasn't until Emerald came along with Bolt talking. They were going to leave them to talk but Lemon went behind her boyfriend and tapped him on the shoulder.

"Oh, what do you need Lemon?" Emerald asked his girlfriend.

"Do you know what's going on with Sugar?" Lemon said with a title of her head and Emerald shook his head. She gave out a sigh. "You don't know either?"

Emerald shook his head. "No, sorry, Lemon. I'm just as confused as you. Oh, by the way, Indigo why were you fighting with Bolt?"

"It was just something I thought he did," Indigo admitted. "Turns out, he didn't. Sorry, Bolt."

Bolt gave her a smile. "That's fine, Indigo. It's was just a misunderstanding."

The girls let the two boys go off and do their own thing while trying to figure out how to actually talk with Sugarcoat without her moving away from them. It wasn't until Lemon ran off asking Emerald to head over and speak with Sugar herself. With his phone on a call with her own phone so they could find out what was going on with Sugarcoat.

Emerald was hesitant at first but then agreed after awhile, making sure he was on a call with Lemon before heading over and speaking with Sugarcoat. The girls were amazed how Sugarcoat didn't move away when Emerald went near her, so things were good so far.

"Hey, Sugarcoat," Emerald greeted her.

Sugarcoat gave him a look. "What do you want?"

"Cold shoulder here," Emerald rolled his eyes with a smile. He cleared his throat before speaking once again. "So, here's a question, why are you avoiding your friends and Indigo?"

"You don't need to know why," Sugarcoat addressed him. "It's none of your business, Emerald."

Emerald bite his lip. He wasn't going to give up. "Sugar, I promise it'll stay between us." Sugarcoat gave him a look before shaking her head again. "Please?"

"You aren't going to leave until you find out, are you?" Sugarcoat rose an eyebrow and Emerald nodded. "I thought I told her something that would give her a clear idea."

If he was near the girls, then maybe he would've heard Indigo giving a gasp at the confession. But maybe Sugarcoat just did that to save Indigo's feelings and what not.

"...What did you tell her?" Emerald gave her a confused smile.

He saw her bite her lip. "I told her something happened with Colt... We do have each other's numbers from two years ago and we text whenever we can, so I told her Colt texted me something that surprised me to no end."

"That was...?"

"I said he wanted to get together like a date and get to know each other a little more. But I see how that wasn't going to be enough so I added more detail into the lie and it worked." Sugarcoat sighed. "I know I shouldn't have, but it was something to protect her from the truth."

Why did she have to protect Indigo from the truth?

"Why did you have to do that?" Emerald blinked, wanting to know why. "Was the truth too much for you to handle and you didn't know how Indigo would react?"

Sugarcoat shook her head. "Oh, I know how she'll react. It'll be pretty bad, so I kept that from happening, well the best I can. I know I can't keep it from happening forever."

Nodding, Emerald gave a smile. "Well, that's a nice thought but you should tell the truth to her. Don't mind me asking, but what exactly did happen?"

Sugarcoat held her breath and didn't know how to tell him. Judging by her look, Emerald was guessing it had something to do with either Colt or something she thought about that would technically count as cheating or something. But whatever it was, Emerald was willing to listen, but he wouldn't tell Sugarcoat that the girls were listening to the conversation.

He waited for a moment before asking again.

"Can you tell me what happened, Sugar?" Emerald repeated the question.

"...Fine. But do not tell anyone." Sugarcoat stated and Emerald nodded. "Look, yesterday when we went to the Beach, Colt had came up to me and spoke with me. Like friends."

Emerald blinked. "And that's getting you worried?"

"Not exactly the problem just yet," Sugarcoat rolled her eyes before going on with the explanation. "It wasn't long before Colt leaned in and kissed me."

At that moment before Indigo's voice was able to be heard over the phone, Emerald ended the call. There was no way he was going to get busted over this. Right now, he would have to do something to help Sugarcoat out with this.

Coming back, Emerald was met with a hug from Lemon and a silent "thank you" from Indigo before he left to go be with Bolt again.

When he was gone, the girls looked over at Indigo and Indigo had her eyes closed. No way did Colt come up with this by himself and Indigo knew that for a fact. Everyone knew that.

"Not the best way to go, huh?" Sunny Flare pointed out. "At least we know why Sugarcoat has been acting up weird and why she was acting like that yesterday."

Gazing over to Sunny, Sour shrugged. "Can't say there's worse ways because there are, but this is one of them in a long shot." She looked over at Indigo before the direction where Colt was. "I can't wait until I'm able to beat him up."

"Hey, don't going doing that," Lemon said even if she was mad at Colt. "I am mad at him as well, but even I know he doesn't need to be beaten up like that."

It wasn't long before Indigo shook her head and said it was going to be fine after a talk with Sugarcoat about she didn't need to worry about anything. Though there was no doubt that Indigo didn't like how Colt was still flirting with Sugarcoat, but she was willing to let it slide.

"What we need to know is who came up with this," Indigo said. "Because we all know Colt did not come up with this by himself."

"We don't know that," Sunny mumbled, crossing her arms. "For all we know Colt could've came up with this and well, gone with it."

No one spoke for awhile until Sour opened her mouth to speak.

"But I having a good feeling it wasn't him." Sour explained. "Have any ideas besides Colt, Indigo?"

Indigo gave a sigh before looking over to Sour Sweet. "I have a pretty good idea about who... but I'm not so sure about it being him."

"You better not be thinking of Emerald." Lemon warned.

"No, I'm not, Lemon." Indigo rolled her eyes. "Not Bolt either."

It seemed to click within Sunny's brain and she gave Indigo a look. "Shining? Why him?" She asked and her friends looked at her. "Well, it's easy to see it's not Colt, Bolt, or Emerald."

They couldn't really disagree with her on that.