Chapter Text
Red looks over to Spepticle as he grabs his backpack and shoves in a few more papers. "Come on," Red mutters grabbing Spepticle by his shirt and pulling him along.
"Why doesn't Delilah have to go today I don't get it," Spepticle frowns.
Red rolls his eyes. "She's sick or something. It doesn't matter now come on out the door," he shoves Spepticle out and can hear him whine as they walk to school.
Red checks his phone looking at the date. "Oh shit," he mutters.
Spepticle looks over. "Did you forget to do something?" He asks excitedly.
Red looks over. "Why did you say it like that- no. I didn't forget to do something. Today's the day I think most people get their guardians. Including me," he explains and shoves his phone back into his pocket. He can hear Spepticle whine about it asking him questions but Red just pushes it aside.
"Red come on! Answer my questions!" Spepticle shouts grabbing a leaf from a tree and putting it on his hair. Red takes the leaf off;
"What do you think your guardians gonna be like? I mean they'd have to be strong right? And you have to introduce me to them once you know them!-"
"I don't think I'll even be looking for them," Red admits as they reach the school. Spepticle mutters a complaint but Red smacks his hand over his mouth. "Shut it. Go to your period," he demands and Spepticle goes over to his first period while Red goes over to math.
He sits down and looks over to Clown who's playing with some red ribbon. Clown leans over to Red and smiles. "Boo," he grins.
Red rolls his eyes. "I saw you,"
"I know,"
Clown leans back and looks at the classroom. No teacher. "Honestly I don't think I need a guardian," Clown admits grinning. Red doesn't say anything and just nods.
"Sure you don't bud,"
Clown sits up straighter in his seat. "I don't alright. I mean- listen. What guardian do you think they're gonna assign me? I mean I'm intimidating,"
"Clown in the words of Spoke you're about as intimidating as a wet cat," Red says and gestures towards him. Clown glares st him and rolls his eyes mocking Red.
Red shrugs it off knowing that even Clown needs a guardian. After all Clown isn't as tough as he thinks, like at all.
When class ends he goes to science. The teacher smiles at them. "Alright class today you'll be mixing different substances to get reactions and document them," Red looks over to Spoke who's leaning on his table and rolling his pencil around bored.
Red begins the experiment not cause he thinks its fun but because he wants to get it over with. He mixes a few more with little to no reaction when he hears Spoke scream. "Red catch!"
Red turns around and catches a baking soda and vinegar concoction that Spoke made as it exploded over both of them. Red groans in disgust and flicks the foam over to Spoke who's laughing hysterically.
The teach dismisses them and they both go to the bathroom. Spoke's tapping the counter as he's watching the foam off of his hands and trying to get it off of his clothes. "Yo Red you think when we get our guardians they're gonna be any good?" Spoke asks.
Red shrugs. "I mean they kinda have to be right? Its their job after all," Red wipes more foam off of him and flicks it to Spoke to screeches and hides in a bathroom stall.
"Uncalled for man!" Spoke shouts.
"Oh yeah and hitting me with a practical bomb was called for?!"
Spoke giggles and opens the stall ever so slightly with a massive grin on his face. "Maybe," he says dragging the words out. Red flicks more foam at him and Spoke screeches hiding once more as the bell rings.
Red finishes washing off the foam and looks over to Spoke who's now somehow soaking wet. Red opens his mouth to Speak but Spoke shakes his head. "You don't wanna know man. You don't wanna know,"
"Alright then,"
Red checks them time on his phone. "We got about 3 minutes till next period. See you then Spoke," They both exit the bathroom and walk over to their next class. Red sits down next to Mid who's messing around on the computers.
"Are we almost done?" Red asks getting a computer and Mid nods.
"Yep we just gotta make this shit look pretty," she cracks her knuckles and looks up at Red smiling and showing them their slide. Its very bright so far and she seems to be toning it down.
"Didn't know a presentation about the cold war could look so bright," Red muttered and Mid nods.
"Hey I didn't chose the colors. That obnoxious clown kid did," She says looking over to Clown across the room and sliding her finger across her throat once Clown saw her.
Red laughs. "He's your brother be nicer to him," Red jokes rolling his eyes and Mid shakes her head.
"Hell no. Sibling code. You know how it is. Gotta talk shit about them behind their backs... actually one time when we were 10 there were a ton of spiders in our basement and Clown was freaked out by them. He ended up crying that entire day and the day after... the nightmares lasted a week. It was crazy man," Mid laughs and punches Red's shoulder.
"Yeah. Its he even terrified of the really small ones?" Red asks. "One time in math there was a spider on his desk and he looked like he was about to cry his eyes out,"
"Thats him alright. Not to mention last year we went on a vacation and I decided to prank him so I put plastic spiders all over his tent and inside of it. He hated me that entire time and couldn't sleep the whole night. I would also leave his tent open to let bugs in so that also might be another reason to why he hates me," Mid laughs and looks over to Red who looks like he's about to lose his shit.
His head is on the table and he's smiling like Spoke as he points behind Mid. Mid turns around seeing her brother and smiles kicking him in the shin. "Giggly ass Clown boy what you doing here," Mid grins and Clown looks at her.
"Stop making fun of me everyone can hear you,"
"I'm gonna tell them about the time when you were five," Mid smiles and Clown grabs her as they wrestle for a bit Clown ends up taking Mid's bracelet and running off with it. Red looks over to their teacher and just smiles awkwardly as he begins working on the project whilst the others run around the classroom. Its ends with Mid kicking Clown's shin and running back with her bracelet though.
She leans back in her chair and laughs. "Alright I'm back!"
"Dammit I was hoping that you'd be gone a little longer," Red sighs and looks at her.
Mid gives an offended look and flicks his head. "I"m going to inform your mother about this behavior mister," she gasps and Red laughs.
"Sure Mid. Sure,"
They finish up the project and Red goes to his next class before lunch. Spanish. Fun. He sits in his seat and taps his foot on the ground. Soon enough two new kids enter the building right as the bell rings.
One of them wears a green and blue jacket with a bunch of parrots on it and its also kinda dirty. Red wonders what he was doing before looking at the other. He had longer hair put up in a braid. Mid would like him.
"Sorry we're late-" jacket boy begins before braid man cuts him off. Red's laughing at his own descriptions of these kids.
"Parrot blew up a car,"
"I did not bro what are you saying!?"
"The truth. You blew up the car and murdered 15 people on the way here. You also kidnapped me,"
"Ash shut up bro-"
"No fuck you bitch," Ash gets scolded by the teacher and is told to sit next to Red he walks over and is throwing things at his friend known as Parrot. Red would usually make fun of someone with the name of a literal animal. But his isn't that much better. His only excuse is that people name their kids Grey.
At lunch Mid and Clown are arguing over some dumb project that they were assigned together. "I can't believe we're fucking twins like stay out of my life," Clown says and pushes her away.
Mid jumps on him and begins tearing at his hair. "Red's more cooperative than this!"
Red sits up and looks at her. "What!?"
Mid grabs Clown's bag and runs off with it laughing. "Cya later bitches!" She shouts.
Spoke leans against the tree and messes with his bands. "You guys know the new kids right?"
Clown nods. "We got a shit ton today. I'd place bets that one of them is a guardian if that's what you're talking about," Clown replies.
They all laugh but its probably not true. Their school gets a ton of knew kids each day for some weird reason. This is no different. Especially since a lot of kids leave each day too.
Spoke laughs. "Nah this Parrot kid seems to be in my every class. I asked him what his classes were since I liked his jacket and he literally just repeated my classes to me. Thats gonna be fun," He muttered.
Red nodded and watched as Mid came back with Clowns backpack and threw it on the tree. "Get it now bitch!" she shouted and Clown sighs and slowly climbs up the tree sticking his tongue out at Mid.
He got it down and the bell rang and Red smiled. "Alright lets hope the rest of this day won't be shitty," he sighs.