Rend Flesh From Bone?

Meet Lloyd (again)! She's friends with Cory, Andrew and Webber and in high school Lloyd had a crush on Princess Poppy. Buuuut she's pretty sure Poppy doesn't know she exists. Enter: Mikayla! She and Lloyd wind up working together on a project and Lloyd becomes her pet project when she finds out about the crush.

But then... Rosie unexpectedly also takes a shine to Lloyd. It could have something to do with her new, unexpected friendship with Rosie's ex-best friend... Lloyd is suddenly very busy hanging out with the both of them as they seem to be competing for her time and attention. (BTW Rosie is Oleander's little sister) Rosie lets Lloyd in on all the stuff the cool older kids are doing like eating the half-rotten fruit in the woods to get drunk, watching scary movies (which Rosie winds up being more freaked out by since Lloyd watches horror anime), etc!

For some reason, Mikayla wants to spend time with Lloyd constantly, even if she has to watch anime and listen to Lloyd explain Homestuck for the 20th time. Things are just boring when she's not with Lloyd... that and she can't stand the burning jealousy when Rosie posts about what she and Lloyd are up to on her story. She tries opening up... giving Lloyd a makeover... and eventually kissing her... only as a ploy to get Lloyd to date her so they can spend more time together 🙄

He goes back and forth, some days he wakes up grey, other days he has his colors. He's more consistently colorful once he gets his act together for his kids.