Back to the Academy - High School AU: Blue/Steven

And soon enough, Steven is dressed for school, draped over Wallace's shoulder like a rag doll.

Daisy follows, with her bag, along with Steven's and crutches.

Steven is dragged along in defeat.

Blue has given up for now. He figures its time for school, so he has to wait for Scarlet to get back to let him out. He looks around the closet, there's nothing else to do.

And he finds...oh...ha ha ha...yes.

She is going to pay when she gets home. Oh yes indeed she is.

Wallace and the rest arrive at school.

After dropping Steven in his classroom, Wallace goes to his own.

A young girl in a beanie notices his crutches and goes over to him.

"Are you okay?" she asks with a wink as she puts her hand on his desk.

"Oh, yeah..." Steven is resting on his head and looking down at his glasses on the table, not bothering to put them on.

Meanwhile, Scarlet has gotten to her class and goes to her class, once again, sitting by the window.

She puts a hand out for him to shake.

"My name is Dawn. Nice to meetcha."

She smiles gently at him, her other hand twirling her own hair.

"Steven..." He accepts the handshake, but his mind is still elsewhere.

She shakes his hand rather roughly, but in a friendly way.

"Well alright! Steven huh? Hey, is this seat taken?" she asks as she slides into Blue's seat.

"Uhh- by you."

He finally puts on his glasses so he can see properly.

She starts to giggle.
"Heh heh heh. Good one!"
Dawn puts a finger to her lip and says
"You look good in glasses. Did you know that?"

"Thanks..." Steven rubs the back of his head.

"I-I need them to see properly."

"Then why take em off?" Dawn asks as she leans back, feet on the desk.

She's clearly comfortable.

"Hey, I know we just met, but wanna hang with me at lunch?"

Soon enough, in the first year classroom, Gold taps on Scarlet's shoulder.

"Hey Senpai!" he says to her cheerfully.

"Because I never bothered putting them on, and I lose them a lot."

His fingers tap the desk.

"Uhh- sure..."

Scarlet opens an eye, previously closing her eyes and relaxing.

"Hi."

Dawn just smiles. Class starts with Miss Agatha walking in.

"Stone, your brother is missing."

Dawn looks over to Steven, an eyebrow raised. This guy had a brother?

And Gold says

"Can I hang out with you and Blue-Senpai at lunch today?"

"Yeah, umm." Steven looks around once again. "I haven't seen him all day, he went to the Narukami residence last night."

He's going to be punished now for it, isn't he?

"I don't know if Blue will be here today." Scarlet shrugs.

Agatha huffs.
"How appalling. If he comes back a teen father, I wouldn't be surprised."
And she gets to teaching.

Gold then asks
"Oh no! Is Senpai sick?"

Steven sighs in relief. He has been spared... for now.

"I guess you could say that." Scarlet closes her eyes again.

And soon enough, lunch comes.

Wallace makes his way to the second year classroom.
"Hello Steven."
Dawn waves at Wallace.
"Hi, nice to meetcha! I'm Dawn!"
Dawn and Wallace shake hands.
Wallace sits on Steven's desk.
"I've brought our lunches Stevie boy."
Dawn smiles
"You guys seem close."
Wallace says
"Nobody is closer to me."
He winks.

Meanwhile, Gold says to Scarlet.
"Wanna meet my friend? We had lunch together yesterday."

"We're been friends since we were little kids."
Steven takes a sip from his water bottle.
"Did you really have to drag me here?!"

Scarlet wants to sigh and hide, but her parents have taught her better.
"It's not another insect, is it?"

Blue really has to use the bathroom.

Wallace just smiles.

"So, Steven, tell me something about yourself." Dawn asks him. "We gotta see if we'll get along so we can be friends."

Gold calls out.

"Miss Cynthia! Over here!"

"Me? There isn't much to me, really." He clears is throat. "But uhh- what would you like to know?"


The blonde exchange student looks over to where he name was called. She comes over.
"Oh, hello, Gold-kun!"

"What are some things you like Steven?"
Dawn pulls her bag from under the desk.
"Like I collect pins."
And indeed, she does, her bag is covered in pins of all sorts of shapes and sizes. Various characters, flags, and other things are depicted on her bag's pins.

"Miss Cynthia, this is Scarlet Senpai. We've gone to school together for a long time."

"Me? Umm... Well, I like to study geology."
He blinks.
"That's quite the collection you've got there."


"Bonjour! I am Cynthia, came all the way from Sinnoh, eh?"

Oh great, a social introduction. Scarlet isn't very good at them.
Or being social.


"Nice to meet you, I'm Scarlet."

"Geology? Do you collect rocks? Can I see some?" Dawn excitedly asks.

Gold goes on.

"I told Cynthia about you and Blue-senpai. How you're the number 1 and 2 Nintendo Champs in the whole country!"

"Yeah, I-I do collect them. Umm... I don't think I have anything on me."

Scarlet goes back to being silent.

"Nintendo Champ, eh? That means that you're an excellent gamer, right?" Asks the blonde.

Cynthia nods.

"Well, you'll have to show me some other time." Dawn says as she pulls out her own lunch. It's a very well made looking bento.
"Want some teriyaki?" she offers.

Wallace had only prepared rice balls for Steven and himself.

Gold looks back and forth between the two women.
"That's why she's my Senpai despite being the same age. She's incredible."