A few weeks has passed and Cumulo has gotten used to his classes, his math is something to be worked on, but his other classes he seems to do well in. Cumulo eagerly watches the clock that hangs over his teacher's head during his final class of the day, counting down the seconds until the bell rings to dismiss them for the weekend.
As soon as the bell rings, he jumps up and rushes outside and flies off, heading straight into the sky. Today was a special day for him, He would always visit his paternal grandparents on this day of the week to play checkers with his grandfather and learn cooking skills from his grandmother. He and them would often talk about current events and even watch a show or two before he would leave.
He lands at his grandparent's house and knocks on the door before entering, as he opens the door, he sees his grandfather had already set up the checkerboard to play. "Hey there, Cumulo. Ya ready to play some checkers?" His grandfather asked as Cumulo took a seat.
"Ready pops." Cumulo replied as he took his seat and started his turn.
As Cumulo and his pops played, Cumulo started getting sloppy, he would have an opening to claim two of his pops' pieces but would fail to do so allowing his grandfather to overtake him.
"Hey, Cumulo, ya alright there?" His grandfather asked as he noticed his grandson's vacant expression in his face.
Cumulo snapped out of his daze, jumping up a bit. "Oh, yeah, just lost in thought." He replied as he made his next move.
"Everything alright in school?" his grandfather asked as he made another jump.
"Yeah, I'm doing well in my classes. It's just lately I've been feeling strange around one of my friends." the young adult pegasus replied as he made his move, managing to jump one of his grandfather's kings.
"I see, and does this friend happen to be a girl?" his grandfather asked as they halted their game.
Cumulo blushed bright red at the question, confirming his grandfather's suspensions. Cumulo nods slightly as he rubs the back of his head.
"Yeah, her name is Gala, she's in my history class." Cumulo replied as he looked at his pops.
"Well, it sounds to me like you have a crush, it's perfectly normal at your age." His grandfather said as the clock struck five o'clock.
Looking at the clock, Cumulo realized he needed to get home. The two finished up their game as quickly as they could with Cumulo pulling off a win.
"That was a fine game my boy, you have quite the quick wit." his grandfather complimented as he put up the pieces.
"Thanks pops." Cumulo replied as he hugged him. "I'll see you later, love you. Tell grandma and my uncle I love them too." he said as he made his way out.
"I will, fly safe." His pops said as he waved him off.
As Cumulo flew, his mind wandered, he thought about how he felt about Gala, but also about how he's been more sweaty, and hairy. He had learned about puberty in health class and even his parents told him about it, well mainly his dad has it was male stuff.
He soon finds himself at home, as he enters the door he smells dinner cooking which seems to be vegetarian lasagna.
Walking into the front room he is greeted by his dad.
"Hey there, son. You're home later than usual." He said in a calm voice.
"Yeah, sorry. Pops and I talked a bit. I was a bit out of it today." Cumulo replied.
"Oh, anything I need to worry about?" Soarin asked, raising a brow.
"Nah, just personal school stuff." Cumulo replied.
"Ok, but if you need to talk, your mother and I are here. You know that right?" Soarin said, causing his son to smile.
"I know, dad. I'll be right back, I'm gonna go put up my stuff.
After Cumulo puts up his stuff, he heads back downstairs where his father stops him at the bottom.
"Hey son, I was thinking about heading to the gym tomorrow to work out a bit, would you like to join me?" Soarin asked as his son looked at him happily.
"Yes, I would, though you used to be a Wonderbolt, what made you stop working out?" Cumulo asked, remembering pictures of him with a Herculean body.
"Something more important came up, son. I'll tell you all about it tomorrow." Soarin said he walked with his son to the kitchen.
Rainbow just finished taking the lasagna out of the oven and smiled. "You two made it just in time. Cumulo, would you be a lamb and go get your sister?" Rainbow asked as her son nodded and ran upstairs.
"Nimbus, dinner is ready." Cumulo called into the room as his sister was just finishing her homework.
Walking out of her room and downstairs with her brother, they entered the kitchen and took their seats at the table.
After Rainbow had served dinner, they sit and talked about current events, the time passed by fast as Cumulo finished his plate. "May I be excused." He asked as he got up and put his plate in the sink.
Rainbow and Soarin both nodded, giving him the ok as he went upstairs, but on his way he stopped by the linen closet and gets a roll of paper towels before going into his room and shutting the door.