I might change that cover... I don't know. Just enjoy the story for now.
Disclaimer: I tried to get the rights to Star Fox, but Wolf said that he can't let me do that. Also, Eleanor belongs to Stuffy Puppy.
"Ay wake up." Marcus stirred in his bed after hearing the voice of his roommate.
"Five more minutes..." He muttered.
"Are yew always this lazy?" Keith pulled the covers off the fox and gained a groan of annoyance from him. 'That's a typical teenager attitude.'
"Fine, I'll get up." Marcus rubbed the sleep out of his eyes and looked at the clock. 5:34, classes won't begin until 7:50. "So what's for breakfast?"
"You wake up, an' the first thing on yer mind is food? Sheesh kid, you really love to eat." Keith laughed as he walked over to grab his wallet.
"You shouldn't be calling me kid." Marcus yawned and started to dress for the day.
"Yer younger than me, therefore I can call ya kid." The human spat back. Marcus sighed and stretched out his limbs.
"Whatever, but still, what're we gonna eat?" The human gave a toothy smile.
"I'm thinkin' pancakes." Marcus smiled, so far he was loving his roommate. His cheerful attitude would brighten any dull day.
While they were enjoying their breakfast, Marcus got curious.
"So how did you get those scars on your face?" He asked as he spread more syrup on his last pancake.
"Well, the first one I got was this one." He pointed at his split lip. "I was tryin' to juggle knifes, I was doin' ok 'til I sneezed." Upon hearing his misfortune, the fox began laughing. "Then I got these two after a fight with a bear at a club, but I did kick his ass." Keith indicated towards two cuts on his chin. "And then finally these two, when I was tunin' one of my old guitars, the string broke off and cut me across my nose, I put in another string, but then a different string broke and cut mah nose again." Marcus was completely entertained by the stories, he couldn't stop smiling.
"Wow, you have the worse luck."
"Not really, I have the best luck, doctors are shocked that I'm still alive after all I've been through." Keith was convinced that he was immortal. "What doesn't kill ya makes ya stronger."
"Words of wisdom. Oh hey, we should head back, classes start in 30 minutes." Marcus noticed as he looked at the time. Keith said nothing, left a tip, paid the bill and drove them back to the academy.
"See ya back at the at the dorm tonight, I forgot ta mention that I have a date with mah girlfriend." Keith began walking in the opposite direction.
"Yeah, see you then." Marcus waved and walked towards his combat class. On his way, he was pushed into the wall.
"Get a load of the pipsqueak, what's a baby doing here?" A large tiger teased. Many other people began to gather around the young fox. Marcus began to feel threatened and embarrassed by how many people were laughing at him. He started to shrink from the spot he was at. He felt someone have the nerve to throw a punch against his jawline. "You belong here, baby. No matter how famous you're family is, you won't be anything!" The same tiger yelled. The crowd began to decrease in number, returning to their original paths. Marcus rubbed his throbbing jaw, he could taste the blood. But he held back the tears. He already knew if he cried they would be back and do it again. He's already suffered this same treatment before, but he still hated that they would never let up no matter what he did. Yet he knew part of it was his fault, he never spoke a word of this to anyone, not even his parents. Ignoring his pain, Marcus got up and spat out the blood and spit from his mouth. And continued to his class.
After classes, Marcus suffered one more bit of bullying from more bullies, this time they kicked him in the ribs and stepped on his tail. He was glad to be back in his dorm room alone. But he didn't know how he was going to explain to Keith about his bruises. He jumped into his bed and closed his eyes, letting himself fall asleep for a short time. When he woke up, he decided to listen to music to pass the time. He put his headphones on and blasted his favorite song. Music always calmed his nerves, no matter what crap he had gone through, just one good song would make all that disappear. But it was only a temporary numb, he knew that the next day it would still be the same. And he would just go back in the same position in his bed listening to music, rinse, lather, repeat.
Keith smiled as he watched his favorite panther neko walk up to his car and entered the passenger seat. Her long flowing hair, complemented by the smoothness of her skin tone. And her ears made her seem even prettier.
"I swear Eleanor, yew get even more beautiful every time I see yew." Keith shared his thoughts with her. She smiled and gave him a kiss on the cheek.
"So we're are we going today?"
"A nice moonlight dinner for mah sweet girl."
"Dinner... oh no, my brother wants me back before night.." Eleanor frowned and felt bad.
"Your brother still doesn't like me?" Keith sighed and wondered for the reasons.
"It's not that he doesn't like you, it's just that he's really protective of me. And he just doesn't think you'll protect me as good as he does." The panther girl sighed and twirled a lock of her hair. "We could just hangout for a while... maybe show me your new dorm room?" She pleaded with happy eyes.
"Ya know I can't say no to that face." Keith smiled and began to drive back to the dorm. "Hey, and yew can meet mah new roommate Marcus, he's a nice kid so far."
The blue fox sighed in content as he felt the warm water rush down his tired muscles. A nice warm shower did wonders for his bruises. Marcus soaked in the water for a good five minutes before applying his shampoo and lathering his body. After feeling the water get cold, he shut off the shower and dried off his fur. He wrapped the towel around he waist and walked back to his room for a fresh set of clothes. He but on a new set of pants on, but put on a regular t-shirt. Just as he did, the door opened to reveal Keith and a woman with panther ears and a tail.
"Hey Keith, I thought you said you wouldn't be back until later." Marcus watched the two.
"There was a changed in plan, sorry, but this lil' lady is Eleanor, mah girlfriend." Said woman waved a bit.
"Hi, um... don't mind me asking, but do you dye your fur?" She was referring to his blue fur and white hair.
"Oh, no, I get it from my mother." It was at that moment that Eleanor remembered the only vixen in the Lylat system that has natural blue.
"Are you by any chance, Krystal's son?" she asked, eyes widening in anticipation.
"Yeah..." Marcus sighed and immediately regretted answering her.
"Babe, why didn't you tell me you were roommates with Fox McCloud's son!?" She squealed, practically shaking from excitement.
"Well, I didn't think it was such a big deal..."
"He's the son of Heroes, of course it's a big deal!" Marcus watched the couple in the mild argument awkwardly. He didn't like being labeled as Fox and Krystal McCloud's son, he had his own name... but not much to show for it yet. The two kept on with their slight bickering, but it was put to an end when a ringtone went off. Basing off the upbeat music, Marcus guessed that it was Eleanor's. His assumption was confirmed when the panther girl pulled out the source of the ringtone and took the call. She stepped outside to continue her conversation, leaving the human and fox alone in the room.
"Isn't she great?" Keith smiled as he asked Marcus.
"Yeah, she seems nice." The fox wondered if she always acted like this around Keith.
"So, do yew have a girlfriend?" The fox blushed at the thought of dating anyone.
"N-No..." The human noticed his strange behavior.
"Aw c'mon, yew can't tell me that no girl wants this cute face." He started to pinch his cheek in a teasing way. The fox winced at the pain, Keith was pinching the same cheek that was still tender from the earlier punch. Seeing the pain in his face, the human stopped. "Sorry, didn't mean ta pinch ya that hard." Marcus rubbed his cheek and tried to hide the pain. Keith began to noticed the sting in his roommate's face. "Are you alright?"
"Fine." Marcus spat back, his tone holding a bit of unintentional poison.
"You don't sound alright, did something happen?" Marcus was about to come clean and explain to him about the bullying, but he was saved or blocked by Eleanor walking back in, looking stressed out.
"I'm so sorry Keith, but Striker wants me back home now." The human sighed and walked towards her.
"Alright, I'll be back soon, 'kay Marcus." The fox nodded and watched as his roommate left. A part of him was relieved that he avoided telling him, but he still felt he needed to know.
Later that day, Keith came back around 7:30. Marcus was still contemplating on telling the truth, but he decided that he would, only if Keith would ask. But the human only sat on his bed with his hands holding his head. The position he was in was utterly depressing, completely unlike the happy jolly Keith he knew. curiosity got the best of the blue fox.
"Are you ok, Keith?" The human looked up at the fox, he blue eyes looking tired.
"Me an' Eleanor broke up..." He managed to speak.
"What, why?" Marcus was confused, they looked like they were doing fine.
"Her brother was going insane without havin' her by his side. So we both agreed that she needed to stay and look after him..." Keith looked back to the floor. "I'm gonna die alone, now." The fox couldn't stand seeing his smile fad into a frown. All he had known was the happy side of him, and seeing this depressed state he was in, Marcus wanted to make him smile.
"Don't think like that, you can't tell me no girl wants that cute face of yours?" The fox had paraphrased his roommate's own words. Relief washed over the fox when he heard a small chuckle from him.
"Wise words that came from a wise man." And in no time, his big goofy smile was back.
Well, this chapter took longer than I thought. I wanted to make it shorter, but I just couldn't... it was compelling me to make it longer. Anyways, a little question for everyone. Who do you think is falling for who. Keith loves Marcus or Marcus loves Keith? See ya guys next update.