Crush

It was awkward for days after that. Even Nyx had started noticing that Apollo and I had been acting strangely around each other.

With three days left until everyone was tested by the boss, I was extremely nervous and jittery. Nyx had also noticed that. We were currently sitting in the garden, which was fenced in, ensuring that people like us didn't tun off.

Recently, all the mentors had been working together to teach us a little more discipline. We did what they said when they said to do it without a word. Nyx had gotten way better at following rules because of the many beatings she took after arguing with the mentors. She still had to bite her tongue but at least she wasn't so quick to fight.

Nyx nudged my arm. "So, Apollo's kinda cute huh?" she says innocently.

I glance at her out of the corner of my eye. "No. No not really." I grumble, staring hard at the rows of flowers we were looking at.

"Huh. I could've SWORN I saw you looking at him with a cute little blush on your cheeks." She pinches me.

I push her away and glare at her, embarrassed she had seen that, but ready to deny it at all costs. "Well you saw wrong. I was looking at someone else."

I clench my jaw, realizing I had thrown myself under the bus. Nyx stares at me, I could feel her eyes burning into the side of my head.

I get up when I realize that she didn't believe me. "I'm going to the weight room." I mutter, sulking away.

With my eyes glued to the floor I trudge down red carpeted halls with my hands stuffed in my pockets. I didn't want to work out but I didn't have a lot of natural muscle, so needed to in order to keep it from all going away.

I opened the door to the weight room and ran right into Apollo. We both muttered apologies before I had realized who it was. "Sir!" I stood up straight with my hands folded behind my back. Apollo frowned before nodding to me and walking away.

My eyes watched him, trailing down his toned back and even lower than I should have looked. I blushed and hurried into the weight room, clearing my throat.

Even as I worked out I couldn't get Apollo out of my head. I was pretty much openly gay but not very open about my crush on Apollo. It would be weird for everyone. Even though Apollo was only two years older than me, and I was 17, he was my mentor! I couldn't have a crush on my mentor!

A/N: Just realized I never put Wren's age in. I was too lazy to go back previous chapters and find a place to weave it in so its here now. Wren is 17 and Apollo is 19.