Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters or the Mother series. They belong to Nintendo and Shigesato Itoi.
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The faces seemed to flash by him as he rushed through all the obstacles in the crowded hallway. Ness wondered why they were still standing around and talking; after all, forth period started in nearly a minute! He normally arrived to each of his classes early, but there was an Art Club meeting during break today. The art room was practically on the other side of the planet, he thought.
As soon as he heard the bell make it's irritable screech, Ness was in the doorway of his math class. He and Ninten shared this class and sat 3 seats away. Ness never knew the exact reasons for Ninten taking an honors math class, seeing as school isn't his strong point, but he wasn't going to question it.
"Hey, Ness. Cutting it a bit close there, I see. Did you finally learn to loosen up a bit or what?" Ninten grinned as he poked fun at Ness. Ninten was very aware that Ness probably wouldn't change his uptight attitude about school anytime soon. He couldn't help it, it was just how Ness worked.
"Hah, no. The Art Club meeting ran a little late. It doesn't matter now. I'm here, and I'm on time." Ness sat down and took out his math book and the teacher began the lesson soon afterwords.
"Well, you see the hypotenuse can be found by..." The teacher began. Ness found himself not paying attention; he was thinking about his busy schedule this week. He has a baseball game on Thursday. He had practices on each day of the week. Art Club has a event at the museum on Friday. Green Club is having a school clean up day on Tuesday. He has three tests on Friday, and two projects are due this Wednesday. It felt like he had put too much steak on his plate. Ness thought this was a perfect analogy because he loves steak and also enjoys all of the clubs and teams he is on, but he couldn't handle it all! Oh cra—
Ness was pulled out of his inner monologue by a crumpled-up ball of paper colliding with the back of his head. He looked back and saw Ninten motioning him to uncrumple the paper and read it.
How did the teacher not see that?
Turning around and rolling his eyes, Ness straightened out the paper and read Ninten's scrawled handwriting.
You ok? You look... uh..troubled.
Concerned with not interrupting class to answer, Ness slowly put his right hand in the "thumbs-up" position to answer Ninten. He figures that he received the response since Ninten wasn't paying attention in the first place. It baffled Ness that his friend could tell something was bothering him from behind him, but maybe Ninten was more observant than he lets on.
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The school day was nearing it's end, and Ness and Lucas were working on a partner activity in biology. They finished quickly because of Lucas's fast writing. They always finished fast whenever they were partners, which is why they always picked each other.
"So, what are you doing this weekend?" Ness questioned his friend.
"Well, I'm not sure," Lucas paused, deep in thought, "It's only Monday. I can't really tell you. The weekend seems just too far away!" Ness nodded in agreement.
"I'm a little overwhelmed this week. I can't wait for the weekend, y'know? There's so many things I have to do this week, and it's just so... Stressful." Ness always had a busy week, but this one in particular had to be one of the more eventful ones.
"Umm... I'm not trying to... make you quit anything...but... Have you ever considered dropping a club? You are always frantically trying to keep up with your activities, and I just think it would be better if you didn't have as much to worry about."
"Well, my mom said that doing extra-curricular activities looks good on college applications."
"College? Ness, I don't think your mom meant 'join every club ever'! Plus, we are in middle school. You know colleges don't really look at much of what you did in middle school."
"You're probably right. I shouldn't worry that much about college anyway, I mean, hey! We aren't anywhere close to college yet. But still... I feel kinda bad for quitting a club." Ness was going to have a hard time picking which one to quit; he already knew. But Lucas was right, overwhelming yourself with activities was not good for anybody. They sat quietly together for a moment while they both pondered over the matter. The final bell chimed right as Ness opened his mouth to speak, and he just politely smiled and said goodbye to Lucas instead of his original thought.
"Baseball practice tonight, and no homework," he recited to himself one last time before exiting the school building.
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A/N: So this is the first thing I've ever posted on here! I hoped you enjoyed it. I am still not used to how the formatting works on here. I can't figure out how to make break lines. Anyway, I think the next chapter will center around Claus. ALSO, If you seen any grammatical or spelling errors, please notify me! I don't have a beta and I check all my writing myself, so there may be mistakes somewhere. Thank you for reading!