Eren looked up to the school's main building in awe. He broke his gaze from the towering building to all the other separate buildings that sat behind it. Mikasa came up behind him and said, "Impressive, isn't it?" All the brunette could do was nod and took a moment to compose himself before saying, "Mikasa, when you said you went to 'a pretty nice school', how did you fail to mention the part where it was freaking amazing?! It looks like one of those schools for rich kids!"
She chuckled as she began to walk up the stairs to the school. "Well, it's not exactly a school for rich kids, but it is prestigious." Eren followed her to the door and entered after holding the door open for her. "I just feel bad for leaving Armin at my old school by himself; I hope he's doing okay."
"Eren, I'm sure he'll be fine, besides, he told you that you transferring would be for the best." Eren rolled his eyes, knowing where this conversation was heading, and replied, "I know, 'Kasa."
"And he's right.
"I know."
"Eren, you need to start over and actually focus on your work. You're a sophomore for Pete's sake!"
"I know! 'Kasa, I promised that I would focus on my grades and that's what I'm going to do! *Sigh*, you don't have to act like my mom all the time…"
Mikasa seemed to sadden and said, "Sorry, Eren." She led him to the principal's office and they both walked in.
The man (or woman, Eren couldn't tell) was casually talking to what Eren assumed to be a freshman. The man/woman noticed them, and in a flash, was standing in front of them. (S)He had Eren's hand in an iron grip and was shaking it so hard, Eren thought he would fall over. Mikasa chuckled and the man/woman said, "You must be Eren! I'm Principal Hanji and welcome to Trost High! So, let's see…" (S)He rummaged through some papers on the desk until (s)he found Eren's file.
"You transferred from Shiganshina High with… Oh my…" The room was silent for a moment and Eren could feel the sweat build up on his brow at the thought of what was coming next. He knew that if his terrible grades came up, and that the only reason he passed freshman year was his father's fame in the doctoring industry, that he would surely be looked down upon by not only the kids in this school, but the principal!
Before he could blink, Hanji was squealing and jumping up in the air. The other student that was in there didn't seem the slightest bit concerned; neither did Mikasa, and frankly, that worried Eren. Hanji cut off his train of thought by shouting, "Oh my! You are truly something, a specimen even! It says here that you got into thirteen fights the first semester of the school year! Ha!" (S)He took a moment to calm down before saying, "Well, even though I probably shouldn't allow you to even be here, I am."
Eren's jaw dropped and replied, "But, my record-"Hanji cut him off.
"Is amazing and so interesting! Oh, Levi, look at him, all confused; I could just eat him up!" The guy I presumed to be Levi simply 'tsk'ed, and rolled his eyes. "Hanji, shouldn't we be telling him why I'm here?"
(S)He gave this some thought and said, "Oh, you're right! Eren, this is Levi; he's going to be your guide for the day and is just going to show you around. If you need to know where any of your classes are, don't hesitate to ask him!"
Eren thought about what the principal had said, and replied, "Um, thanks, but wouldn't it be better for Mikasa to show me around instead of a freshman?"
The room was silent once more, until Hanji busted out laughing and Levi growled at him. When Hanji was able to speak again, (s)he said, " O-Oh, Eren! You are too funny! First off, Levi is a junior, and secondly, your friend seems to have left you."
Before Eren could have any time to be embarrassed about confusing a junior with a freshman, he was stuck with the problem of finding out where the heck Mikasa went to. Before he could go looking for her, Levi walked over and pulled him by the arm.
"Whatever you stupid brat; let's just get on with getting you to your first class…"
No reply.
Levi grew aggravated.
"Which is?"
Eren snapped out of his daze as he was dragged out of Hanji's room, and replied, "Oh, uh, Math two, I think…" Levi gave him a look. "You think? You really are a brat." Eren refrained from speaking and told himself the same thing he always told himself when he got mad. 'Is this going to have any effect on you in the long run? No. So just deal with it.'
The trip was silent, the only noise being that of the students who were also trying to get to their morning classes. The brunette tried to start up a conversation with, "So, is Principal Hanji a guy or a girl?"
Levi gave a small chuckle, though, Eren could tell there wasn't any humor behind it, and said, "Look, if you ever find out, you come and tell me. I just usually refer to them with gender neutral pronouns." Eren gave a small, "Oh.", and the remaining part of the trip was in silence.
That was when Eren started to hear the whispers. Whispers ranging from, "Can you believe that dweeb is hanging out with Levi!? I would be much better than him!" to, "Oh, I'm so jealous! That new guy is so lucky; I wish that was me!" Honestly, Eren didn't see the big deal. In fact, Levi seemed like a jerk.
The taller of the two almost ran into the shorter as they came to a stop in front of a classroom. 'Well, at least we didn't have to go to one of the other buildings… yet.' He thought as Levi left him in favor of his own classroom. Even though he wasn't walking with him anymore, Eren could still hear the whispers about how either they hated Eren for walking with Levi, or praised him for even getting the latter to look at him.
Eren shook it off and headed into the classroom to start the day.
-Linebreak-
Once lunch time rolled around, Eren was exhausted! Apparently, actually paying attention in class and doing work was some hard work! He slumped into the chair next to Mikasa, who was sitting by herself, and banged his head against the table, narrowly missing his food.
Mikasa didn't bother to look at him as she continued eating and asked, "What's with you? And don't tell me it's because you have to sit next to me, because I could be sitting with other people, but I chose to sit with you because it's your first day."
Eren sighed, and replied, "It's not you, 'Kasa; today was just so tiring and it's only half-way done! And, it doesn't help that I keep hearing everyone talk about me and Levi."
"You and Levi?"
"Yeah, he's supposed to show me around today, and I keep hearing everyone talk about us." Mikasa continued eating and calmly said, "Oh, that's probably because everybody wants to sleep with him because he's a virgin."
Eren almost spit out his drink and turned to her in shock. "What!?" She sighed. "Okay, look, there's this thing where practically every gay guy and straight girl wants to be his first, because word got out that he's a virgin. Heck, even people who say they don't swing that way still flirt with him. The only reason it's so big, is because around here, finding a virgin is like finding a gold mine. No one even knows if it's true or not, they just go with it."
Eren was astounded to hear this. "What the hell!? Does he know about this?!" Mikasa gave a chuckle and said, "Of course he does, his friends are the ones that came up with the rules."
"Rules?"
"Yeah, so, the rules are that it doesn't have to be your first time, just his. Also, it can't be forced; he has to consent. If word gets out that it's forced, not only will you go to jail, but if you get out, everyone here will probably kill you. Lastly, and probably the worst is that once you do 'do the do', he has to agree that you did it."
Eren was shocked and asked, "Wait, so you mean to tell me that there is no other virgin at this school? I mean, come on, there has to be at least one." Mikasa gave him a serious look and said, "Well, you know I'm not, courtesy of that friend of yours. Are you?"
Eren hesitated before honestly answering, "No."
She smiled and said, "So, no one other than him is a virgin. Now shut up and eat."
Eren complied, but, now that he thought about it, if being a virgin meant you were like a science specimen to everyone, then maybe transferring here wasn't a good idea…
-End of chapter one-
A/N: Okay, so I know that I shouldn't be typing this, but this plot bunny would NOT go away! I will get to work on my other stories ASAP, which probably means after school ends, because I have a project and testing coming up… Anyway, everyone, sing it with me ~Exposition, Exposition, I had to tell it someway~. Also, whoever can guess the 'friend' that took Mikasa's V-card will get a cookie! And YES, Eren is not the innocent baby in this one! Whoop whoop! And don't worry; Armin will come in real soon. \(^3^)/
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