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??? POV
I was walking through the halls. It was the first day of school, so thanks to our district throwing us a bone, it was just freshmen. There were only a few kids from my friend group going to this school, so I wasn’t sure if I’d make any new friends. Thankfully, the two people I was closest to were going here. Fate never liked throwing me a bone, so it was good luck. I walked through the halls to my first class with my best friend and boyfriend on either side of me.
“Are you okay, Aes? You don’t look that good.”
I looked up, my train of thought leaving me with my last braincell.
“Yeah, just thinking. Don’t worry, Chris.” I said.
“Okay, then. I need to get to my class. You lovebirds enjoy yourselves.” Chris said, walking off.
I looked at my beautiful boyfriend and we walked into class. On the board was a seating chart, and I was unfortunately across the room from him.
“Better luck next trimester?” he asked.
“Yeah. Hopefully, we do get lucky, Alex.” I said.
As soon as I was in my seat, I noticed that the girl next to me had her head down. She wasn’t moving much, but I could see she was breathing. On her desk was a pile of manga that I happened to enjoy, such as Snow White with the Red Hair, Haikyuu!!!, and Card Captor Sakura. She had purple hair, and it looked like she was a robot. I stood up and looked at her face, and her eyes were closed. I sat back in my seat and pulled out my personal manga.
“Are you reading comics in my class?” the teacher’s voice scared the shit out of me.
“Class doesn’t start for another two minutes and there’s like five people in here. I’ll put it away when the bell rings.” I said.
“I better not see it.” the teacher said before turning to the girl next to me, who was still sleeping.
The teacher shoved the manga off her desk, and it hit the floor with a loud thump. The girl still didn’t wake up, so the teacher slapped her hand with a ruler. As it was pretty clear she was made of steel, this was ineffective. The teacher took instead to shouting at this girl.
“Wake up! We’re at school, not in bed!” the bitch shouted.
The girl shot up, but she clearly looked exhausted. The teacher flicked her on the head, and she looked like she wanted to fight back but was just too damn tired.
“I do have my phone dialed to the principal, teach, if you keep getting physical.” I said.
The teacher tried to snatch my phone away, but I pressed call and the principal’s voice filled the room. Lucky my mom was a personal friend of his. Soon, his voice filled the room and the teacher looked ready to jump off a building. I explained the situation, and soon, I had principal help. Within minutes, security footage was being reviewed and the teacher was gone. The girl next to me still looked tired, but she seemed a bit more hyped up now that the teacher was gone.
“Why were you sleeping? Just curious.” I felt myself ask.
“Oh. Well, I’m not doing well at home. What’s your name, by the way?” the girl asked.
“I’m Aes. What about you?” I asked.
“Uzi. It’s nice to meet you.” she said.
“The feeling’s mutual. Do you have any other friends?” I asked.
“Yeah, but they’re all sophomores." Uzi said.
“Well, you can sit with my bestie, my boyfriend, and I when lunchtime comes.” I said.
“Thanks. By the way, is that Sword Art Online?” Uzi asked.
“Yep! I just started it yesterday!” I said.
“You’re in for a wild ride.” Uzi said.
“I watched a bunch of the anime, so I know...” I said.
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Uzi was sitting next to me as I drew in my sketchbook. There was a lot of Draco Malfoy X Harry Potter art, I noted, and all of my female OCs were making out with each other. Uzi seemed at least mildly entertained by my weird fanart when Chris and Alex walked up. Alex patted my head and Chris sat next to me.
“Hi, boys. This is Uzi, Uzi, this is Chris and Alex.” I said.
Uzi was suddenly very interested in my Drarry art.
“Hi, Uzi! I see you’re looking at Aes’ art. They’re pretty good, right?” Chris said.
“Hey, it’s mid at best.” I said.
“Gotta agree with you, Aes. You need a little more practice.” Uzi said.
“This is after almost a decade and a half of practice. I’ve been drawing since I could hold a crayon... Seeing as babies start gripping at about six months, it’ll have been a decade and a half in April, because April is my half birthday.” I said.
Just then, a random guy walked up to us. He was literally a purple rabbit with pink overalls and a blue t-shirt underneath. As soon as he saw my sketchbook, he tried to take it. Unfortunately for him, I took taekwondo in second grade, so I punched him in the face and grabbed my sketchbook back. Just then, someone else approached, and I wondered if I was about to get the shit beaten out of me. Uzi was reaching into her bag, and Alex put his hand in his pants.
However, much to our surprise, the second kid hit the rabbit boy in the back of the head. The rabbit boy turned around, but instead of fighting back at all, he ran off. I was scared that this other kid would start to harass us, but instead, they let out a loud sigh of disappointment before walking away. Instead of just sitting there like a bitch, I decided to run after them. When they noticed me, I was sure the would get angry at me, but they were relatively calm.
“What do you want?” they asked.
“To thank you. That guy was trying to steal my sketchbook.” I said.
“That’s my neighbor, Jax. He’s a dickhead, so don’t mind him. It was no problem to slap some sense into him.” the kid said.
“Okay. Do you wanna come join us? We’re looking at my Drarry art.” I said.
The kid looked like they were contemplating for a moment before they spoke.
“You know what, sure. Just lemme grab my shit and I’ll be right over there.” the kid said. “By the way, what’s your name?”
“Aes. And yours?” I responded.
“I’m Zooble.” they said.