I don't notice a lot of Kangs on his archive, so here I am fixing that shit. I really hope that this one remains at the top.
Fangs Fogarty might be a Southside Serpent, but that doesn't mean that he is all evil. He's not a drug dealer. He's not a drug taker. He's not gang banger. He's not an asshole. Fangs isn't just a Southside Serpent. He's a person. And he knows that he's more than just a Serpent. He's a straight A high school student at Southside High School, he's an amazing photographer, he's a great friend, and his kind of favorite, an amazing song writer. Fangs is more than just the leather jacket wearing gang member that people believes he is. He thinks that he's a great person. A loving person. More than just a Serpent.
More than the stereotype.
A great song title, that Fangs now writes onto his small little journal. He sits in one of the shitty couches that the library has as he writes the song about who he is vs who people think that he is. Songwriting as always been a kind of therapy for Fangs, since he can't afford therapy as well. Writing his feelings into something that he can sing while he's alone or hum while trying to remember a test answer always made him feel like he was something other than a Serpent. Don't get Fangs wrong, he likes being a Southside Serpent. It's a family for him. He loves being a part of that. He just hates being considered an ass and a gang banger because he is apart of this family. Fangs hums along, thinking of a backing track that he could play on his guitar or his piano for the chorus. As he does, the door to the library swings open and his best friend, Sweet Pea, runs in. Fangs doesn't tell anyone that he writes songs, mostly because he doesn't want people to think that he's a softy on the inside. The only who really knows his Sweet Pea, but he still tries to keep it a secret as much as he can. He closes his journal while putting his pencil inside. Sweet Pea is flanked by a few other young Serpents.
"You get the news?!" he says to Fangs, a smile on his face for some reason. Fangs knows that this news must be good because Sweet Pea almost never smiles.
"No." Fangs says, shoving his journal into his messenger bag and standing up from the couch. He wipes the foam chunks from the couch off of his jeans. He hates how the school does not give a shit about their things falling down and breaking. "What news."
Sweet Pea takes a piece of paper from a Serpent girl behind him and he gives it to him. Fangs takes it and reads it. It talks about the school closing down. "Are you kidding me! Finally!" Fangs cries. Sweet Pea claps his shoulder and the two start to walk out of the school. They celebrate excitedly, running out of school and cheering loudly. Fangs actually hated his school and he hated everything inside. The lockers with doors that fall off, desks with only two or one leg, chairs that are completely broken, urinals that cracked and broken. He hated it. And he was excited to finally be getting out of this school and going somewhere else. Fangs thought that maybe know he could be happy in a new school. So as he smokes a blunt with Sweet Pea he thinks that he can finally be the Southside Serpent that's more than the stereotype.
The next day comes by quickly and Fangs stands in front of his bedroom mirror looking at how he's dressed. He's never actually gave a shit about what people thought about him or how he dressed, but at this new school he was hoping to make a good impression. He looked at his jean jacket and rings, thinking he should take one off, but he rolls his eyes at the end. Deciding that he looked nice. He grabbed his keys from the counter and he kissed his cousin's forehead. Most people lived with their parents, but Fangs lived with his older cousin. He loved him like a brother and they got along great. His cousin worked his ass off to try and get them what they needed and wanted, so he would often be passed out on the couch. Fangs rubbed his jet black and whispered a quick: "I love you." to him. His cousin groaned and said it back as he covered his face with his pillow. Fangs left their trailer and drove his motorcycle over to his new high school.
Fangs knew that he probably would get a bunch of trouble for being a Serpent or be discriminated from clubs because of his participation on a gang, but he didn't care. He just wanted to go to a school that actually cared about his education and safety. Fangs parked his bike in the parking lot, where Jughead, Toni and Sweet Pea were waiting. "There you are Fogarty." Toni said, smiling and slapping his shoulder. "Come on, you were going to make us late."
"No one told you to wait for me." Fangs said back, putting his helmet away. "You could have left without me."
"No way." Sweet Pea said as they walked up the steps and inside the school. Fangs honestly thought that they school looked like something out of a high school movie. The school was cleaned, posters everywhere and students speaking in a lot of places. Fangs thought that this was a school of his dreams. He walked inside and waiting in the hall, where according to Jughead a student coordinator would come and show them around the school. Fangs honestly would rather show himself around. He thought that he would easily find the library and end up in there everyday that he had a free period. He saw some girls dressed in bright cheerleader outfits notice him and Sweet Pea and start to blush and giggle. Sweet Pea slapped his shoulder and smiled at him, earning an eye roll from his best friend. Jughead adjusted his beanie as a teenage boy walked up to them. Fangs noticed him automatically. He was dressed in a bright red sweater with a peachy collared shirt. A bright color that most men his age wouldn't wear. He looked like a bright tube of lipstick that Toni would try to rock and fail at since red isn't and would never be her color. Jughead smiled at the boy, he must have knew him from when he used to attend the school before FP was arrested.
"Hey Kev." he said, moving and hugging the boy. Fangs noticed his face and how memorable it was. His skin was perfectly clear in a fair light color and his brown hair looked like it was styled by a famous stylist from a movie. Fangs knew now why he looked so memorable and almost so perfect. That was Kevin Keller. Joaquin's ex boyfriend from back when he lived in the small and shitty town. He remembered nights were he would hang out in the Whyte Wyrm and hear Joaquin talk about how Kevin was so perfect and so amazing. And he could see why. Kevin looked like a movie star. No wonder Joaquin was so dumbstruck about him. The boy, Kevin, let go of Jughead and met eyes with Fangs. Fangs immediately looked away, not wanting to seem like a creep and pretending that he was admiring the school. He moved forward and held his hand out.
"Hi there." he said. "I'm Kevin Keller."
"Oh, I um... I know." Fangs said, mentally kicking his own ass for making himself seem like a stalker. Even more of the Serpent stereotype for knowing the sheriff's son. Of course. "You're last name's Keller. Joaquin used to talk about you all the time."
"You knew Joaquin?" Kevin said with a smile. "I like you all already."
Fangs smiled. He made one friend, that's great. "The names Fogarty, but you can call me Fangs."
Fangs froze on the inside. He never introduced himself from his name. It was always Fangs. His name was Fangs and that's who he was. But he just told Kevin that he was Fogarty. Sweet Pea noticed as well and he hit his friend's shoulder before turning back to Kevin. "I'm Sweet Pea."
"And I'm Toni. Topaz." Toni said, shaking his hand.
"It's nice to meet you all." Kevin said. "If you'd all follow me, I'll you show all around the school."
Kevin lead them from the hall and down the school. Fangs found himself looking around the school at everything and then looking at Kevin. Kevin has a lopsided smile on his face as he spoke and he pointed at everything with his middle finger and his pinkie finger. Fangs thought that he had a really nice smile and he seemed like a really nice person on his own. Fangs learned a lot from Kevin as he spoke. He learned that each floor was a certain subject, where the library was, where he could see his guidance counselor and club sign up. "I really highly suggest that you join a sports team if you're into that." Kevin said, taking off three bright green flyers from the board that had a full list of clubs. He handed one to each of the Serpents. "It looks great on college applications and job resume."
"Basketball... hm." Sweet Pea said with a raised eyebrow.
"Oh, you like basketball? I have a few friends on the team, I can ask them if they're looking for players."
Toni pointed at the paper and smiled Kevin's way. Fangs automatically knew that she and Kevin would end up being great, great friends. "Do you guys have a dance team?"
"We do kind of have one. They're cheerleaders. River Vixens. We don't exclusively do a dance team but we try out best for both." Kevin said. "My friend Midge is on the team and they're actually conducting a new audition today if you're interested in doing it. And Jughead, your position on the Blue and Gold is always open."
"Thanks Kev." Jughead said with a wink.
Kevin looked over at Fangs. Fangs was just looking down at the paper, not reading it and more focusing on the color of it. "What about you Fangs?" he asked. "We have almost everything."
"Um... no thanks." he said, folding it in half and putting the paper inside of his bag.
"Well, you can always come to me if you become interested again." Kevin said. "Now, come on. Let me show you the student lounge."
Everyone started to follow Kevin except for Fangs. He found himself looking at the boy curiously. He was really nice. Too nice. No wonder Joaquin liked the preppy prince of this high school. Fangs followed along and let Kevin give him the rest of the tour. Once he was done, Kevin turned to the four Serpents and smiled at them. He clapped his hands together.
"Is there anything else that you're interested in? Locker sign up? Lunches? Free periods?"
"No, no, I think that we're good." Sweet Pea said. "Thank you Keller."
"It's no problem. You can always come to me if you need anything." Kevin said, pulling out his phone and checking the time. "I need to go, but you can always find me in here or in the library of inside of the auditorium. And if you are interested in joining River Vixens Toni, you can meet me by my locker so that I can introduce you to some of the girls."
"That would be nice. Thank you Keller." she said, swinging her back over her shoulder. She waved goodbye and she and Jughead walked away. Sweet Pea sat down in the lounge and went over his program. Kevin and Fangs met eyes. Fangs gave him a small smile and rubbed his hands together.
"Uh... thank you so much for showing us around." Fangs said with a grin. "I'm uh... I'm gonna see you around the school right?"
"Of course." Kevin said, turning his head and seeing a girl standing there. It was Josie McCoy. Everyone knew her. She was the daughter of McCoy and the leader of the of band Josie and the Pussycats. She was smiling and waving for Kevin to come to her. "I um, I have to go. I have something to do, but please don't be afraid to come up to me if you need anything."
"Thank you Keller." Fangs said to him, clapping his shoulder. Kevin smiled and walked over to Josie in the doorway. Fangs watched him leave and he pulled his bag up again. He pulled out his song journal and quickly wrote something inside. A song title that he thought would be good.
New Friends in New Places