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Shin was laughing and panting in relief as he finished all of his homework assignments. Now, all that was left was to turn them in, go to the dance, and pass out from exhaustion.
Shin was a student of Royale High, the school made exclusively for royalty. Even though he knew that rulers of other kingdoms had different culture and history than Nerdlandia, the kingdom that he was being educated to rule, their names were very strange. One was emily/kind/crush on daniel/crush on nerdnathanielthenerd/cute/single/pretty/taken by samuel/married to john/princess of naturia/fluent in german, russian, chinese, english, japanese, french, arabic, spanish, latin, korean, dutch, greek, esperanto, tagalog, swedish, turkish, and more!/fairy of life/fairy of death/fairy of nature/fairy of languages/fairy of eternal farts/fairy of ball/bullied/mom is the principal/dad is the principal. Another's name was just "...". The only person with a normal name was Hiyori, who forced everyone to refer to his by his last name. Hiyori was Shin's brother, but they were separated at birth, so they ended up having to rule different kingdoms, and I don't know how royalty works. Hiyori's kingdom was named Meisterland. According to what Hiyori told Shin, their kingdom was mysteriously lacking a queen so they picked one off the street. Her name was The Queen.
Right after Shin turned in his homework, the announcement to get ready to for dance was made. Shin teleported to the spa place so that he could take a fully clothed shower. Much to his utter horror, a putrid, bright red man was leaning on a counter, staring at Shin (based on his face's position, because he was wearing an obnoxiously bright green gas mask) with dangerous looking body language, based on Shin's practice of reading it with Hiyori. On the top of his head was an unidentifiable mass of accessories that mixed into another. The putrid red man was also holding a trident, staff, and bloody knife. "hi" the putrid red man greeted blankly. "H-hello...w-whatareyoud-doing...?" Shin tried to sound polite, but his words were shaking, coalescing just like the putrid red man's accessories. Shin felt sick. Just looking at this putrid red man made him want to throw up. Before the terrifying putrid red man could respond, shin speed walked to one of the open shower rooms, but he felt the putrid red man's breath on the back of his neck. Shin trembled in fear, hiding his face in his scarf as tears began forming in his eyes. "what is your favorite number" the putrid red man's voice made Shin visibly retch. The putrid red man laughed. "u-um...i guess...z-zero...?" Shin was desperately to get away from this putrid red man. He desperately shook the door, and before the putrid red man could get inside, Shin locked the door, his full weight pressed against it as loud bangs destroyed his ears. The putrid red man was quite strong. After a while the banging stopped, and Shin sighed, slowly falling onto the floor. Now he could have his fully clothed shower that normal people have.
Shin heard sudden rattling near the door. Normally this would just be a new and lost student, but the putrid red man clouded Shin's rational thinking and led him to think it was the putrid red man. Shin squeaked in horror, falling to the floor, shaking uncontrollably. The door opened, revealing the putrid red man.
Shin screamed. He backed into a corner like a terrified animal, watching as the putrid red man got closer. By now, Shin was saying goodbye to his one friend and his family, visualizing his own funeral. He shut his eyes, and only one phrase came out. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" Shin screamed, getting tunnel vision and solely concentrating on the putrid red man. He couldn't think anymore. Of all words, just a simple scream would be his last? Frustration was the only emotion other than fear that Shin could feel. "G-get the fuck out...P-people can t-take fully clothed showers, y-you know..." Shin laughed at his own stupidity. The putrid red man looked quite angry. Shin hid deeper into his scarf in horror.
"Ever heard of sharing?" He replied angrily. "I-I'm taking a shower..." Shin shakily replied, his voice muffled by his scarf. "So am I!!!!!" The putrid red man looked furious. Suddenly another person came in. Relief flooded through Shin's body as he heard the door creak or something. In came Sue Miley. Shin sobbed. Then another person came in. Then another. It took Shin a while to realize that everyone in there were members of a suspicious group of friends. The only one missing was Hiyori. That meant...
The putrid red man began laughing so hard that his gas mask fell off, collapsing on the ground and revealing his true identity. Shin clenched his fists, growling and hissing like a wild animal. "HIYORI!!!" Shin screamed at the top of his lungs, causing everyone else in the room to laugh, though not rivaling Hiyori's laughter. Shin began angry crying. Once Hiyori had finally composed himself, he put his obnoxious green gas mask back on. "Do you like my gown, Shin?" Shin violently shook his head. "What in the world gave you that idea?" Knowing the putrid red man's true identity, Shin felt a bit calmer. "Oh, I was just bored." Shin could detect Hiyori's grin through his gas mask. Before Shin could angrily growl and hiss like a wild animal again, everyone was alerted that the dance was starting. "Well, it's time for the dance," Hiyori laughed, ignoring Shin's fear and confusion. "Let's go!"