My Secret, My Bully, My Mates

The weather has turned for the better pretty consistently the last couple of days. The rain has been crazy though, so like many students we have taken the opportunity to walk around and enjoy the sun while it is out.

"Are you really going to stick around and take classes over the summer?" Robbie asks out of the blue.

"Not you too. Listen, Tyler already made fun of me for considering it, but what else would I do? I have to work and we don't have any big travel plans. We might visit some of the cities we hit up on our way here We made a few friends and Mina wants to check in with them before we continue here or move on to somewhere else. There are no definite plans."

"Are you guys planning on coming back here though?" Robbie sounds concerned.

school anywhere. Mina is on a tour to try and find her mate.

mate fixation." Robbie grumbles. "Why are you so stuck

I turned his question on him. I understand Tyler's issue. He still deals with it on a daily basis. And apparently I am a reason for his current suffering. Even though there are zero romantic feelings towards him, I kind of wish I knew who she was so I could punch her

play it off but I heard him and he knows I heard him. "Hey, would it be better if you sat down or to keep moving?" I don't even try to keep my voice down. I don't care who can

really helps." He takes a deep breath in and lets it

so against it." Robbie grumbles darkly from beside me after we have been walking a few more minutes. I was so focused on Tyler, I forgot it wasn't just us.

about mates is just that a fantasy. The real world doesn't give a sh*t about