As Julien turned to face the first visitor his posture almost instantly relaxed. It was just Rhett. Sitting back down on the desk he let out a sigh and rubbed the bridge of his nose under his glasses.<br/>“I’m so tense...” He muttered, mostly to himself.<br/>The compliment to his drawing made him glance back at it, a look of disgust twisting his face. He knew Everett meant well with his praise however, so he bit his tongue.<br/><br/>The next boy to enter was Mads, smiling and joking. It was hard to feel tense around Mads. However he also made the mistake of complimenting his art.<br/>“It’s boring.” Julien sighed in frustration. “The background is empty and the feathers too centered!” Taking the drawing he slipped it into his sketchbook before tucking that into his backpack.<br/>“Anyway... I didn’t summon you to look at my art. Not this time anyway.”<br/><br/>The last to arrive was Juno. Finally they were all together and they could begin the conversation.<br/>He didn’t like how long it took Juno to arrive. At least he had more time to think and relax which he really needed.<br/>Turning to Everett he looked back towards his friends.<br/>“Well... the thing is...” Now that they were both here all his thoughts were suddenly a jumbled mess. What was it he wanted to say? How was he supposed to say it?<br/>Freezing up, a terror gripped his chest and his mouth opened and closed without any sounds coming out. It was so much harder now that the moment was actually here.<br/>“We... we uh...” His cheeks flushed with embarrassment. It had never been this hard to talk to his friends before but he couldn’t stop imagining worse case scenarios. Reaching out with a shaky hand he grabbed ahold of Rhett’s sleeve.<br/>“H-help me out...”