Wait!"
A cute blonde haired little girl stood up. Her hair was up in 2 pigtails and her cheeks were puffed in indignation. Maybe she was already used to it, but her seat partner seemed to be undisturbed by this interruption and she just continued to sleep with her head on the table.
"I won't let you sit beside Dera"
Dera rolled eyes, unsurprised. He placed his chin on his hand and turned to face her.
"Why not?" He asked.
"You'll make him as bad as you. Besides, he
doesn't want to sit with you anyway." She smirked proudly at Dera.
Ren shyly raised his hand "I don't mind it…" However, the look she gave him made him quietly put it down again.
Dera just walked over, grabbed his hand and winked at him. "Don't listen to Ally. She's just jealous".
Ren nodded and let himself be dragged back to the seat. Ally stared at him angrily for a while before she gave a little "hmph" and sat down.
The teacher only massaged his temples and proceeded with the class. He had been planning to intervene if the flight had escalated, but it seemed there was no need for that now.
The girl next to Ally lifted her sleepy head and glanced at her curiously. Her long black hair was a little messed up and unshed tears had formed at the corner of her eyes.
"What happened?'' She whispered as she tried to fix her hair. Ali just glanced at her lazily and didn't reply. The black-haired girl didn't seem to be bothered by this though and just shrugged and turned head back to the class.
When break time came around, Ren faced a minor dilemma. He didn't know where to sit! Fortunately, Dera noticed this and pulled him over to his table.
Ren who was being dragged around like a doll; "I don't know what's happening but I'm very happy ^•^"
Dera quickly introduced him to their group.
They called themselves the "Furious four".
The first person to introduce himself was a weedy little boy with glasses. In contrast to his appearance, he had a bubbly personality and was the loudest of them. Whenever someone said "Furious Four", he would burst out into all sorts of poses which and giggle.
"Call me…" he said with a pause and a flick of his hair, "Captain Aweso- "
"He's called Fred." A dark haired boy interrupted. His expression as he watched Fred clearly showed he was not impressed. Then he turned to Ren, "I'm Cory"
Ren felt an invisible pressure as he was stared at by Cory's deep yet lifeless eyes. It was almost like he was being scanned, as if all his failures and blemishes were laid bare before him for approval. And he was approved, if the small nod Cory gave was any indication.
Their invisible stare down was rudely interrupted by Fred slapping Cory on the back and yelling; "Spoilsport!" Which promptly led to him being chased around by an annoyed Cory.
The last to introduce herself was the only girl in the group. She rolled her eyes as she watched the boys fool around. She had light pink hair and wore a blue fluffy dress with pink fingerless gloves. She still had baby fat and her blue eyes complimented her dress extremely well. Basically, she was very cute.
"Liane." She nodded to him. "And you are…?"
"Ren." He said with an uncertain smile as he gripped his t-shirt, his weight shifting from one foot to another.
"Oh no he's cute" She had soft spot for cute things
"Liane your nose is bleeding!" Dera cried out in surprise.
Ren panicked and ran over to call the teacher for help.
Seeing his distressed expression of not knowing what to do, as his little legs pattered around in confusion, a creepy smile crept on her face as she fell off the chair.
"Liane control yourself!" Dera said exasperatedly.
The teacher quickly rushed over to check on her, handing her a handkerchief and helping her sit up.
She slowly stood up and wiped her nose with the hanky. "Are you okay Liane?" The teacher asked worriedly. "Let's go to the nurse's office". She nodded compliantly and. "Sorry for scaring you guys". Her voice was nasally due to the handkerchief "I was just- "
"I am… ninjaaa!" Fred shouted as he attempted to jump over a chair. Unfortunately, this attempt ended with him on the floor with a grazed elbow. Speechless, the teacher herded both him and Liane to the nurses office. Of course, before leaving, Fred didn't forget to blow a raspberry at Cory to which he simply rolled his eyes.
Left alone, the three boys continued to converse, and Ren soon found himself giggling to Cory's dry humour. Dera had been controlling the conversation so he would feel included without being overwhelmed, and Cory silently let him. Of course, Ren didn't know this and just thought the conversation was particularly pleasant...
Liane and Fred returned soon after, with Liane apologising and Fred immediately causing trouble in every way he could think of. They seemed to have a tacit agreement to never trouble Ren however.
He had been worried that he wouldn't be able to fit in at school, but was pleasantly surprised to find that Dera's table was very accepting and though they were very loud and ran around screaming and laughing (mostly Fred), but they never made him feel unwelcome or unwanted. As he ate the ice cream Liane had bought as an apology, his eyes squinted in happiness.