(A/N: It's short, sweet, and cute.)
Sweetener
DOCTOR Oobleck was currently lecturing his students when an unnoticed addition was made to the class. As he wrote on his rarely used chalkboard, flurries of white dust circling his hand, a young woman with soft pink hair sat up from her hiding place underneath a recently empty desk. Pulling a small hook and string from her pocket, she tied the sturdy string around the hook's provided loop. Ensuring the integrity of the casting material with a strong tug, she cast her eyes on the prize, a coffee mug in the firm, but unsuspecting, grip of her former classmate.
Students who noticed the huntress' entrance were now elbowing their less perceptive neighbors and pointing out the curly, short-haired woman. As she spun the little tool around her fingers, she worked up speed before releasing it. Oobleck shuffled to the right with his back still to the audience, as predicted, and the hook sailed through the air, wrapped around the handle of his cup, secured itself to the other end of the rope, and was pulled taut as the huntress yanked the coffee away from the doctor's grip. Before it could reach her hands however, the tenacious man had caught it a mere inch from her awaiting grasp as he stood atop the desk just before her. With the rapid change in movement, it was only natural for some of the coffee to spill out of the mug, but since the container was basically empty, it was a marginal amount. The coffee assailant opened her mouth to catch the spot of bitter liquid in her mouth as Oobleck glared at her.
"Bleck, not enough sugar." The woman attempted to drop a cube of the substance inside the caffeine addict's coffee only to have him move the mug out of the way far before it fell even half a centimeter.
"Miss Peppermint, I had not expected a visit from my old… classmate." Oobleck darted his coffee away once more after a second attempt at sweetening the brew. "To what do I owe the honor." Deciding it was better not to risk a spoiled mug, the Doctor downed the last of his drink, lowering the ceramic cup to see the pink haired woman slightly upset.
"Well doc," Peppermint began to stand up, her cropped pink tank top, minimalistic shoulder and chest armor, and fluffy pink and white striped combat skirt now visible to those farther away. "I just finished a long and intense mission. So, I came over to Beacon to see if my old buddy was still up to his boring lectures. Since I've been in such dire circumstances recently and sleep has become hard to procure, I figured a good, dull rant would help me drift off." You could count the eyeballs in the room they opened so wide.
As Oobleck prepared a retort, the woman leaped up, placing her hand on the man's crown as she flipped in the air, effectively shoving his head into a wooden desk. Yanking another sugar cube out of her skirt pocket while in midair, the huntress threw the tiny object with as much force as she could muster, targeting it at the open thermos Oobleck had resting on his desk. After it began to sail through the air, she saw her old friend's blue eyes shimmer in anger. As the doctor darted toward the container, she pulled out her weapon, lovingly named Spearmint, and thrust the chain tethered lance in his direction. The teacher was easily able to dodge the projectile by taking a step backwards, until she pressed a button on her end of the chain, thus causing the entire lace to flare out into a five foot diameter dish. Pulling the weapon back toward her, the doctor was unwittingly shoved in her direction when caught in the concave part of the disc, giving the sugar cube enough time to contaminate his coffee.
It was 'the plop heard round the classroom' when the lump of sweetener made contact with the otherwise black coffee. Pressing the button once more, the green and white swirled dome closed upon itself and the chain retracted into the base of the now simple shaped lance. Oobleck stood completely still as the huntress strode over to his desk, her metal enforced pink zip up boots clicking on the ground as the crowd watched her exposed legs move with confidence. Picking up the doctor's prized thermos, she took a long sip of the sweetened coffee. While the students leaned forward, expecting her to jitter around the classroom in a similar manner as their teacher, she merely sighed serenely and replaced the thermos on Oobleck's desk. "Just like you always made for me, right Bartholomew?" Her hand ran along the top of his cluttered desk as she made her way around the rectangular bit of wood, her bright yellow eyes locked onto his deep blue ones as he scowled at her.
"After you're done here, meet me at that coffee place you love so much." Peppermint glanced back at the paper cups haphazardly placed around the classroom to confirm his café of choice; yup the man hadn't changed a bit. "And this time, don't be late, okay?" Tugging on the man's tie, she kissed his check before striding out of the room with Spearmint now secured to her back.
((A/N: I thought it was cute~ I like to think (in my own weird verse) that Oobleck doesn't like being late for some reason other than just adopting the ideal. Like, he was late for a date once, and the girl wouldn't stop reminding him of it, even if it was meant to tease. Please leave a comment if you so desire, I love to read them~.))