As the morning goes on Peanut Butter does most of his school work silently with help from Luna on some things that he couldn't understand. She notices at times that he gets frustrated with some of the work at times.
Eventually the bell rings as Luna looks at Peanut Butter's schedule. She smiles though she feels a hint of concern for him.
"Well P.B its time to go to lunch, Sunset will be here in a bit to take you there." Luna informs.
With a sigh Peanut Butter gets up from his chair and is about to leave Luna's office to wait until he looks at Luna and sees a small smile on her face and looks at her eyes. He looks away shyly with his usual distant look in his eyes before leaving to wait in the hall.
Luna sighs as she collects his work and checks what he's done and what he hasn't finished and what hasn't been started.
Peanut Butter stands out in the hallway with his eyes closed with a frustrated look on his face as his body flinches every once in a while as the other students flood the halls to go to their classes.
Meanwhile Sunset is making her way to the main office to bring Peanut Butter to the cafeteria with AppleJack next to her.
"Ya sure this is gonna work?, from the way he was actin' this mornin' I don't think this is a good idea Sunset." Applejack mentions.
"I know, but Luna asked me to do this, she told me he's scared and unsure about being here, so she's trying to slowly introduce him to the way of Canterlot High."
"I understand her intentions are good, but I dunno if they are the right ones."
"Me either, but its worth a sh- hey look."
Applejack looks and sees Peanut Butter flinching.
"Ah've never seen 'im do that before."
"Me either, let's bring him to the cafeteria before something happens."
They go up to him to see his eyes are still closed. They both have a worried look on their faces.
"Hey P.B.." Sunset greets in a soft tone.
He opens his eyes and reflexes back in surprise causing him to hit his head against the wall. As he rubs his head as he sees Sunset and AppleJack.
"Come on let's get to the cafeteria before the line gets bad." Sunset points out as they head over to the cafeteria.
"Ya feelin any better P.B.?" Applejack asks.
"A little bit yeah."
"That's good at least."
The trio get in line at the cafeteria and get their lunches before they sit at a table away from most of the students. Peanut Butter pokes at his food while the rest of Sunset's friends come and sit next to them. When they see Peanut Butter, Pinkie Pie shies away from him still scared of him from earlier. Peanut Butter doesn't notice them as he pokes at his food with his fork. Applejack sighs while she sees him poke his food.
"Come on P.B. you have ta eat somethin." Applejack tells him.
Peanut Butter says nothing.
"I swear P.B. yer as stubborn as a horse sometimes."
"What the hell is this stuff?"
"Its called salad P.B., ya eat it."
"Last I checked I'm not a rabbit."
"Will ya just eat it already?"
"Fine, gezz A.J. no need to get your panties in a bunch."
"Not like yours weren't to begin with?"
The other girls laugh at AppleJack's comeback. Peanut Butter rolls his eyes before eating. The look on his face is disgust before he chugs down his milk and looks at Sunset.
"Oh god that was nasty, how do people eat this stuff?" Peanut Butter asks.
"With dressing and other stuff, Luna wanted to make sure you have some kind of healthy diet since you seemed to lack one while out on your own."
"Oh you really think that?"
"Why do you say that?"
"I learned how to survive and have some kind of diet, sure as hell wasn't salad, but when you have to deal with either going hungry or getting what you can get you learn to not care about balanced diets or anything like that."
"My point exactly, here try it with this, I put it on mine."
Sunset hands Peanut Butter a pack of Caesar dressing, croutons, and a couple packs of bacon bits. He takes them and puts the contents of the packets on the salad before mixing it and trying it again. His face is still of discontent. However it wasn't of disgust to Sunset's relief as he continues eating. He stays quiet for the time he eats. Pinkie leans towards Sunset Shimmer with her eyes shifting.
"Are you sure bringing Mr. Cranky Pants here with us for lunch is a good idea?" Pinkie Pie whispers.
"He was scared is all, no need to give him a nickname like that Pinkie."
"If he keeps it up it will be."
Sunset sighs before pinching the bridge of her nose. She looks at Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy both with unsure looks on their faces. AppleJack and Rarity raise an eyebrow at them when they look. Peanut Butter looks and notices the silent argument and looks at Applejack and Rarity with a deadpan look on his face and a raised eyebrow. They both sigh and go back to eating. Just then Peanut Butter feels someone hugging him around the lower part of his chest. His eyes go wide as he turns to see a young red headed girl with her hair pulled back to a pony tail with a bow. He smiles a bit before pushing her off of him.
"Nice to see you too Applebloom." Peanut Butter says.
"Whacha doin' here P.B.?"
"Stuff happened and I'm now here, looks like you'll be seeing me more often."
Applejack looks at them with raised eyebrows and her mouth wide open.
"How do ya know each other?" Applejack asks to Peanut Butter.
"Well long story short Bloom here was lost one day and I helped her get home, she and I have been friends since."
"I see, so that's why she comes home later some days than others, looks like yer not as cold as ah thought."
"Who thought I was cold?"
He looks around the table seeing the girls look away and either whistling or shifting their thumbs around. He sighs and looks at AppleBloom and smiles.
"Go back to your friends, I'll see you off at the end of school."
Applebloom nods and runs off. AppleJack gives a small smirk to Peanut Butter.
"Thanks fer being her friend, she doesn't have many of them." She thanks, still having the small smile on her face.
"No problem, she's grown up quite a lot from when I first met her before, you know."
"Yeah she has, say why do you continue being her friend with you being older than her?"
"It’s because it makes me feel like a big brother again, something I didn't get to do much and yet miss the most."
"Ah see."
The bell rings as they get up from the table and get rid of their trash before parting to their classes. Applejack, Sunset and Peanut Butter make their way back to Luna's office. Peanut Butter is still silent though has a small smile on his face. They soon reach Luna's office with Peanut Butter and Sunset entering as Applejack stays outside the office. They see Luna doing paperwork looking up to see them both as Peanut Butter sits back down to check his levels again before getting back to work. Sunset looks at Luna with a hopeful smile on her face.
"How did it go?" Luna asks.
"A rough start, but ended pretty well."
"Oh? Come outside the office with me please."
Luna and Sunset go to the hallway to talk. They see Applejack as Luna raises an eyebrow.
"You should get to class Applejack." Luna says.
Applejack nods and goes to class without argument. Luna looks at Sunset with an interested look on her face as Sunset fills her in on what happened at lunch. After she finishes explaining Luna has a small smile on her face as she sighs with relief.
"So what do you think?" Sunset asks.
"That outer shell of his is probably cracking, but there might be something going on with him that has been bubbling up, how was he when you three went there?"
"Pretty quiet, I noticed he was shaking his hand side to side a bit as well, I didn't ask about it though."
"That's okay, thank you for telling me, I'll write you a hall pass so you can get to class, has Tia mentioned about the plans for tomorrow night?"
"Yeah she has are you sure he'll be okay with it?"
"He should be okay with it, just be thankful BlueBlood won't be around, it would be a powder keg exploding if he did."
"Yeah, I heard they got into another fight."
"They did, BlueBlood is suspended since P.B. wasn't in the system at the time."
"Ah, I wish I can chat more, but I'm late for class as it is."
"Of course, I'll be right back."
Luna goes in her office and writes a hall pass for Sunset before poking out of her office and giving her the pass.
"I'll see you later Aunt Luna."
"See you later Sunset."
Luna goes back in her office and closes the door and sees Peanut Butter with a frustrated look on his face as he looks down at his work. She goes to him looking over his shoulder.
"Hey, what's wrong?" Luna asks.
"I have no idea what this is, since when were letters in math?"
"Here let me help you."
Luna helps him with his math work before going back to her own work.
As the school day ends Peanut Butter goes out to the front of the school to wait for Applebloom.
A few minutes later he sees a red bow bouncing up and down and smiles as Applebloom joins him at the front of the school.
"How was school today?" Peanut Butter asks.
"It was okay, Scootaloo got detention again."
"Oh? What did she do this time?"
"She put a thumbtack on Diamond Tiara's chair and she sat on it."
Peanut Butter giggles at this.
"I'm surprised she hasn't punched Diamond out yet."
"Me too, how was yer day?"
"Started rough, but ended pretty well, say where is A.J. anyways?"
"Track meet today."
"Ah, that means we get a bit more time to hang out today."
"Yep, she's been actin' a bit odd since last weekend though."
"How so?"
"She's been spacin' out a lot an' other things."
"What do you mean by other things?"
"Stayin' up late and at times I hear moanin' from her room when ah'm gettin' some water or going to the bathroom in the middle of the night."
"I see, I wouldn't worry about it Bloom, your sister has always been a mystery."
"Yeah she always ha- wait how do you know mah sister?"
"She and I go back a ways, you were probably starting first or second grade last time I saw her."
"Wait, oh my god yer the boy she was talkin' about from back then, the one that ran away."
"Yep."
"You messed up bad ya know."
"What happened?"
"She was cryin' for a week, don't get me started on the attitude she had fer a month, she really liked you ya know."
Peanut Butter sighs and looks down. He rests his head on his hand. He shakes his head and looks ahead.
"I, never thought she'd react like that, thanks for telling me Bloom."
"It’s what friends do."
Just then Applejack comes out the front entrance.
"Ah thought you were gonna be out later sis." AppleBloom says.
"It was canceled today fer some reason, havin' fun talkin' to P.B.?"
"Yep."
Peanut Butter nods smiling.
"C'mon Applebloom let's git home."
"Okay, see ya later P.B.."
"See ya later Bloom. See ya tomorrow A.J.."
"See ya later P.B.."
Applejack and Applebloom walk off back home as Peanut Butter watches before walking back inside. He sees Luna standing by the doorway with a small smile.
"Did you have fun talking to your friend?" Luna asks.
"Yeah I did."
"That's good, I heard you had a bit of trouble with Sunset's friends."
Peanut Butter sighs and looks away.
"It’s okay, just give them time."
"Can we just go home?"
"In a few minutes, I have some paperwork to do."
"Okay, I'll stay outside until we leave."
"Is something wrong?"
"I don't want to talk about it."
"I understand, I expect you to still be here when I'm done in about five minutes, understood?"
"Yes Ma'am."
Luna heads back to her office as Peanut Butter heads back outside to the entrance and sits on it again. The thought of what Applebloom told him still going through in his head as he felt lower and lower about himself and his actions.
Ten minutes later Luna comes out of the school with Celestia and Sunset Shimmer.
"Let's go home P.B.." Luna tells Peanut Butter as she walks down the stairs.
Peanut Butter stays silent as he follows Luna. Through out the car ride he remains silent. When they get back to the apartment Peanut Butter locks himself in his room and says nothing. At first Luna assumes that he is sleeping then after an hour she hears crying coming from his room. Luna knocks on his door lightly.
"P.B.? Can you let me in? What's wrong?" Luna asks in a motherly tone.
"Nothing is wrong."
"I can hear you cry, something is obviously wrong."
"Nothing is wrong."
"Yes there is P.B.."
"Leave me the fuck alone!"
Luna jumps back and sighs before she heads to the living room. Peanut Butter sighs before his eyes go wide and starts to cry again.