The boys were met with a classroom full of girls, all of them staring at Clarence, Jeff, Sumo, Belson and Haru, some in shock, while others with confusion and curiosity. Fortunately for them, though, Ms. Baker managed to get the girls attention by clapping her hands.
"Alright girls. I have an announcement: today we'll be having 5 new students joining with us."
"New students!?" The girls cried in unison, confused by this unexpected announcement.
"That's right; the principal came with the decision of making this school co-ed, where girls and boys can attend together. She wasn't so sure if it would suit everyone's best interests, so we came up with an idea of selecting a few boys to attend here and see if the school can handle them," Ms. Baker explained.
While the students were paying attention to Ms. Baker, the boys were staring at their new classmates; Clarence, Jeff and Sumo were quite nervous, sweating rather profusely, while Belson and Haru was mostly indifferent to this, the former leaning on the teacher's desk, while the latter was calm as a cucumber still listening to the teacher's announcement.
"Psst. Hey, Sumo, Jeff." Clarence whispered to his friends.
"Yeah Clarence?" Sumo was the first to respond.
"Do you think we can survive a mission like this?" Clarence asked with uncertainty.
"Of course we can," Jeff answered with confidence "Besides, we might find something worth while to do here."
"Okay class! Now that we got everything cleared up, please treat these boys with respect," Ms. Baker said with a smile, before turning to the boys. "Alright boys, you can pick whatever empty seat you like."
The boys nodded their heads and each of them pick out their seats; Since Clarence, Jeff and Sumo wanted to be together, they sat in the back of the classroom. Beslon, wanted to be away from the the other boys, sat on far left in the middle row. As for Haru, he sat next in the front row at the far right.
With the boys now seated in their desk, class was finally starting at last. For the most part, Ms. Baker, though very talkative, was a really nice teacher who was very patient and loved to help her students whenever they needed. Clarence was falling asleep in today's lessons, while Jeff and Haru managed to breeze through their school works just fine, with Sumo and Belson not putting any efforts at the slightest.
A couple of hours passed on by in quick succession and the bell rang for recess.
"Alright class! It's time for recess!" Ms. Baker declared.
All the girls cheered with excitement and hurried outside to have fun, with the boys being the only ones left behind. Clarence got up from his chair and quickly sprinted toward Haru's desk, who is currently digging his backpack looking for something.
"Hey Haru!" Clarence shouted with optimistic.
"Hey Clarence," Haru replied, with his eyes still locked to his backpack. "What do you need?"
"Um..I want you to come and hang out with us," Clarence replied nervously.
"Sure, but you guys should be fine on your own," Haru nodded his head. "Then again, we're new around here, so sticking together would be a good idea."
"Awesome!" Clarence was ecstatic to hear Haru's answer.
Suddenly, Ms. Baker snapped her fingers and turned to the boys as if she almost forgotten something very important to tell them.
"Boys, since it is now recess, It would be a good time to give you a tour of the school."
"Yeah, that would be nice," Jeff agreed.
"Excellent!" Ms. Baker clapped her hands and she, along the boys, left the classroom and walked around the school. First, she showed them where the other classrooms are, as well as specifically describing the activities in each room, such as art, science and even home economics, much to their shock. As they learn more about the school, each of the boys realized that despite being an elementary school, this place was quite huge...too huge for them!
After more than fifteen minutes, the boys finally arrived at the playground with Ms. Baker, signaling the end of the tour they had took not so long ago.
"That's concludes the tour boys. Now, any questions?"
None of the boys had any questions to ask ,so Ms. Baker simply let them go to enjoy recess. Normally, this wouldn't be a problem, but there was one: all of the boys, with the exception of Haru, were shy around girls and being surrounded in a playground full of them proved to be quite a challenge.
"Oh no, what do we do?!" Clarence panicked.
"Calm down, Clarence. Just take a deep breath and let it out," Jeff tried to calm his friend down, causing Haru to take notice..
"What's going with him?" Haru asked, prompting Sumo to speak up.
"Clarence is afraid of girls," Sumo's blunt answer caught Haru by surprise.
"Wait, really?" he asked, before letting out a chuckle. "So that would explain why he was acting so weird in class."
"Yeah," Jeff sighed.
"Wait a minute, why aren't you worried, Haru?" Clarence asked in slight awe that his friend is not nervous as he is, as Haru arched an eyebrow.
"It's because I'm not shy towards girls," he answered, caught the attention of Belson.
"No way! You're such a bad liar and you know it," Haru, however, ignored Belson's remark.
"Whatever, If you guys need me, I'll be in the grass area," Haru then walked towards the grass area. Clarence, Sumo and Jeff, though, decided to tag along with Haru, as being without someone who can handle girls was not a good idea. Belson, however, decided to sat down on a nearby bench, isolating himself from the rest and playing his portable video game system he brought, not wanting to be bothered at the slightest.
As Clarence, Jeff and Sumo were walking through the playground following Haru, it didn't take them long for their mere presence to get notice, however, as the girls immediately stopped what they were doing and focus all of their attention on the new students.
"Oh my gosh! So the rumors are true! Boys are attending here!"
"Wait, I thought this was a girls only school!"
"There must be a reason for these boys to attend a school like this."
"Whatever! It must be important if the principal is letting these nasty boys attending here."
The amount of publicity that the boys were receiving from the girls were starting to crawl under their skin. Although Haru's wasn't as crippling as Clarence, Sumo and Jeff, even he knew this was starting to get a bit uncomfortable for him; eventually, though, they finally made it to the grass area, much to their relief, now that they were far away from the girls, at least for the moment.
"Whew!" Clarence wiped his forehead, removing whatever sweat he had on him.
"Finally, we're in the clear!" Sumo cheered.
"Oh come on, you two," Jeff said, slightly annoyed. "Both of you are over exaggerating about this!" Sumo rolled his eyes in response before facing Haru.
"Dude, how can you be so calm like that?"
"No kidding!" Clarence looked at Haru in awe. "It's like you're the bravest boy I know!"
"Really guys?" Haru gave the three boys a slight annoyed look as he sat down to rest. "It's sounds like you two are terrified of girls. There's nothing to be afraid of; they aren't so sca-" He was interrupted by a girl's voice.
"Hey You! BOYS!"
Haru, Clarence, Sumo and Jeff turned around and saw three girls coming towards them. Almost instantly, Clarence and Sumo panicked, Jeff was tidying himself up and Haru just shook his head in disbelief from their reactions.
"Hi, I take you are the boys attending here., A girl named Courtlin spoke curiously.
"Y-yeah thats right," Jeff spoke, trying to keep a good impression for the three girls.
"Well, my friends and I wanted to welcome you guys here and I understand the situation you're in is making you boys feeling nervous," Courtlin continued.
"Not me," Haru said otherwise, before rubbing the back of his head. "But I will admit that it's rather intimidating for me."
"I see. Well, you can rest easy boys, cause I hope we can all be friends," Courtlin assured them and clapped her hands with happiness. "Oh, I almost forgot! These are my friends Kimby and Malessica."
"H-Hi..." Kimby shyly greeted them, rubbing her long brown hair.
"Hello there. Never thought this would happen, but I do hope we can be friends," Malessica spoke with a smile on her face.
"Nice to meet you three," Haru was the first to greet them. "I'm Haru and these are Clarence, Jeff and Sumo."
"We know because we are your classmates!" Courtlin then chuckled.
"Really? I never see you guys," Haru pointed out.
"That's because we sit in the back," Malessica explained.
"Oh, that makes sense then," Haru scratched his cheek with his finger. "Anyway, aside from introducing yourselves, what brings you girls here?"
"We wanted to see if you want to play and hang out with us," Courtlin replied with a smile.
"Sure, I don't mind at all," Haru then faced the boys, still sweating and grinning like idiotic sheeps. "Clarence, Sumo and Jeff, would like to join us?"
"Um…well..." Clarence stuttered a bit.
"YES!" Jeff shouted hastily, quickly finishing his friend's sentence.
"Cool!" Courtlin smiled brightly and soon, the boys were starting hang out with her and her friends.
For the next fifteen minutes, Haru and Jeff played with their new friends and they were having a blast, to much shock for most of the girls passing by. Clarence and Sumo, though, were sitting in the sidelines, looking at Haru and Jeff playing.
"I can't believe what I'm seeing," Sumo spoke.
"Me either Sumo," Clarence agreed. "It's like they're pros or something."
After a long while, though, the bell rang and it was time to head back to class much to the disappointment of many. All the students walked back to their respective classrooms and upon walking back, Clarence heard his named being called.
"Clarence! Clarence!"
Unlike most times when girls called his name who tend to be unfamiliar or new to him this voice was very familiar to Clarence. He turned around and saw an old friend that it was unlikely to meet again especially in a place like this.
"Gasp! Amy! OMG! It's you Amy!"
Amy, a good friend of his before she had to move, was now running toward Clarence with a smile on her face.
"Clarence!" Amy huffed heavily from fatigue, before catching her breath and speaking up. "What are you doing here in an all girls school like this?"
Clarence smiled brightly. "If you must know, Amy, I'm on a mission to make this school a co-ed!" Amy gasped in shock but also in amusement.
"Oh! So that explains why the principal is allowing you to attend school here," Amy realized, before something else was bothering her. "Is it true that there are four other boys attending with you as well or are you the only one?"
"Nope," Clarence responded, shaking his head. "There are four other boys attending here. There's Sumo and Jeff, my two best friends in the whole world, then there's my good friend Belson and my new friend Haru, who his very cool and not afraid of girls." Amy couldn't help but giggled at the last statement.
"Wow, it looks like you guys are doing something very cool. I hope the principal would allow more boys to attend here in the future."
"Me too, so we can hang out each other more often now!" Clarence grinned.
"Anyway, we should head on to class," Amy said. "What teacher do you and the boys have?"
"We all have Ms. Baker," Clarence replied, causing Amy to frown a bit.
"Aw, I have a different teacher, so we aren't in the same class together. Still, I'll see you at lunch Clarence!" Amy said as she walked back to her class. "Introduced me to your new friends as well!"
Clarence waved back with a smile on his face. Despite the immense difficult task of having to be near girls all day...everyday...possibility for the whole school year, it was a good thing that there was at least a girl he knew very well was attending here alongside his friends. It would make school life for this optimistic boy a bit easier and bearable.
For the rest of the of the second half of class, the boys engaged in more schoolwork, but luckily for them and the girls, it was a lot more fun than it was in the morning. After the students finished their schoolwork, Ms. Baker took them to the art room to start art class. Courtlin and her friends decided to sit next to the boys and surprisingly, both parties enjoyed each other's company. Courtlin, Clarence, Sumo and Malessica were painting while Jeff, Haru and Kimby were drawing pictures using colored pencils and crayons, which made their experience on their first day much better.
It didn't took long the bell rang for lunch time; all the kids exited out of their respective clasrooms, their bellies crying and growling for food. The boys went to the cafeteria with much anticipation. Since Ms. Baker showed them around the school, they know where the cafeteria was...at least for Haru and Jeff that is.
When they arrived at their destination, it was already crowded with girls in quick succession, despite only a few minutes have passed. The boys quickly got in line and grabbing their trays. As they got closer each of them got a glimpse of what the lunch ladies severing and what they saw shocked them.
"Holy guacamole!" Haru shouted in surprise by the amount of girls that were taking up so many spaces in the cafeteria.
"Oh my gosh! They serving steak!" Clarence's eyes were sparkling with happiness at the sight.
"Not only that, but they're mashed potatoes and gravy, corn and sweet yams!" Jeff noted, while showing his approval of the food so far.
"But I don't see any desserts!" Sumo protested, folding his arms in disappointment.
"Wait, Alice said that's on Friday's Sumo," Haru pointed out. "Today it's Wednesday."
"So we only need to wait for one more day until we can get some sweets!" Jeff added.
"Sounds good to me," Sumo eventually agreed to this.
The boys quickly and eagerly got their lunches and drinks and sat on a nearby empty table.
"Whoo! Finally!" Belson sighed in relief. "Nice it's time to eat."
"I'm surprised you decided to sit with us, given how you hate everyone's guts." Haru mocked Belson, causing him to slam his fist on the table.
"Shut up," Was all Belson said before eating his food. Haru's response, however, only made him rather bold.
"What's wrong Belson? Don't tell me that you're only hanging with because deep down you're afraid of girls like your-" He was swiftly interrupted.
"It's not true and if you ever say that again I'll make yo-"
"What are you gonna do about it huh?!" Haru taunted Belson, clearly not being intimidated by him at the slightest.
But before things could get very nasty between Haru and Belson, all the tension cut through like a swift samurai sword in the form of Clarence's voice.
"Oh! Amy! Amy! Over here!" Clarence shouted, waving his hand to get Amy's attention, who was with Malessica, Courtlin and Kimby. As Clarence's friends came closer, Haru and Belson decided to form a truce to ignore one another at the moment.
"Hey Clarence!" Amy greeted. "These are you friends?"
Clarence nodded his head with a smile. "Yep! This is Jeff..."
"Hi," Jeff waved his hand.
"...Sumo..." Clarence continued.
"Hey," Sumo spoke with his mouth full of food, much to the disgust of Jeff.
"Oh come on Sumo don't' talk with your mouth full." Sumo only rolled his eyes.
"...Belson..." Belson only response is a wave in disinterest.
"And lastly my new best friend Haru!" Clarence finished.
"Hi there Amy," Haru smiled.
You got some awesome friends," Amy said, smiling back, as she and her friends sat down. "
"Thank you, Amy!" Clarence grinned brightly. "My new best friend is like the bravest kid I know!" This caused Amy to arch an eyebrow.
"Oh really now?"
Just then, the group an unfamiliar voice across the cafeteria, interrupting any conversation between the two groups.
"Where are they!? Where are the boys?!" Upon hearing the voice Amy sighed and shook her head.
"Oh great," Amy muttered in annoyance.
"Who is that yelling like a madman!?" Haru asked out loud. "Or Madwoman for that matter."
"That madwoman as you say is Chelsea," Kimby rubbing her hair.
"Chelsea?" Haru asked incredulously.
"She's a girl known for speaking her mind regardless how others may feel," Amy explained.
"Oh, is that so, huh?" Haru asked, until he found himself suddenly his face slammed and buried in his lunch without warning, as someone shoved his head down. That certain someone turns out to be none other than Chelsea, before she saw Belson, Jeff, Clarence and Sumo in front of her, gasping in shock upon seeing them.
"OMG! So it is true!" Despite being shocked, Chelsea let out a grin.
Clarence begin to feel nervous, while Sumo gritted his teeth for some reason.
"Uh…Hi!" Clarence meekly greeted himself, sweating profusely in the process.
"Hi there boys! I'm Chelsea," The girl continued to grin at the five boys.
"Uh.. Chelsea?" Courtlin asked.
"Hey Courtlin!" Chelsea smiled before forming a bit. "I heard there were five boys. How come I only see four?" She folded her arms.
"That's because you leaning on him!" Malessica panicked.
Chelsea only cocked an eyebrow, before being thrown off to the ground, as Haru got his face off from his lunch and turn to face Chelsea with the mashed potatoes and gravy sliding down his face.
"Oh! You were right! There are five boys!" Chelsea scratched her head sheepishly.
"Care to explain why did you shove my face down my lunch!?" a livid Haru demanded.
"I'm sorry; I got my excitement get the best of me," Chelsea apologized, before clearing her throat up. "I'm Chelsea. What's your name?"
Haru processed to wipe the mashed potatoes and gravy off his face and while he soften his facial gaze a bit but he still maintained his stern expression. "I'm Haru."
"Y-Yeah!" Clarence suddenly spoke. "Haru is, like, the most bravest kid I know!" This caused Chelsea to form a playful smirk on her face.
"Is that so, huh?" Haru turned to Clarence feeling very peeved of his new friend complimenting him for something that's not a big deal.
"Clarence, just stop. I don't need this much attention, okay?"
"B-but Haru-!" Clarence insisted, only to be shot down by his new best friend.
"No Clarence," Haru firmly ordered causing the optimistic boy sat back in his seat, looking down at the table sadly. But for Chelsea, this only garnered her interests.
"Wait, what was your friend talking about you being the bravest person he knows?" Chelsea questioned Haru.
"I-It's nothing. Don't mind him," he nervously shook his head.
But Chelsea is not taking no for an answer. "No I want to hear it! Besides I have my own stories to tell!"
"Oh no," Kimby sighed in worry.
For the rest of the lunch period, the boys had to bear the brunt of listening to Chelsea's countless amount of stories, some creepy and some even gross, much to the dismay for both the boys and Chelsea's friends alike. Even after the kids finished their food, Chelsea decided to tag along with them and continued on with her stories, all while playing on the playground, further annoying some of her friends. Finally, after what appears to be forever, the bell finally rang for class much to the dismay of many of the students since they still wanting to still play. But for the boys, it meant that they no longer need to listen to Chelsea gross stories, much to their relief.
"Whew!" Finally, I don't have to listen to that girl anymore!" Sumo smiled.
"I agree Sumo," Jeff said.
"Sheesh, if I had to listen Chelsea stories any more longer I would have gone completely insane!" Haru shouted in frustration.
"At least there's only one more subject until school is over!" Clarence said with happiness.
"That is true," Haru let out a relaxing sigh. "Can't wait to get home and relax."
"Finally, there's some good news," Belson muttered, still busy playing his handheld system.
The boys managed to get to class without much trouble class resume as they were. For the rest of the day Ms. Baker taught the class some english lessons and afterwards let the kids have free time or the rest of the class. Clarence, Jeff and Sumo decided to talk amongst themselves while Belson resume playing his handheld gaming system.
Haru, meanwhile, was sitting by himself, drawing on his notebook, before being confronted by a familiar girl.
"H-Hey Haru."
Haru looked up and the girl was none other than Kimby rubbing her hair.
"Oh, hey Kimby, did you need anything?" Haru asked, prompting Kimby to shake her head.
"N-no I was wondering if you want hang out with me and talk so we can know each other."
"Oh, sure Kimby," Haru let out a small yet innocent smile causing Kimby to blushed pink and rubbing her hair a bit faster.
"Um how was your first day here Haru?" Kimby asked starting at Haru's sea green eyes.
"Oh it was fine." Haru replied. "Aside from almost going crazy from Chelsea's creepy stories my first day here has been enjoyable."
"That's good to know Haru." Kimby smiled. "Hey If you like do you want to play after school?"
Haru then let out a frown. "Oh I'm sorry Kimby I'm gonna have to pass."
Kimby felt her little heart shot down. "O-oh. okay."
"I'm sorry Kimby, but I have to be somewhere after school but next time though." Haru try to reassure Kimby with some success as she began to form a small smile.
"Okay Haru. I'm looking forward to it."
It didn't take long for the final bell to ring and all the students ran out the front doors very thrilled that school is finally over. The boys exited the building with smiles on their faces.
"Wooo!" School is over!" Clarence shouted happily.
"Yes! Finally!" Sumo cheered. "Now we can go to the tree house and play!"
"Ahhh, It would give us a break from being surrounded by girls." Jeff agreed.
Clarence faced Belson and Haru. "Belson! Haru! Do you want to join with us?"
Jeff and Sumo frowned at the thought of Beslon being with them, but both of them were fine with Haru tagging along with them.
"As if! I rather play my games all day than hang out with you losers!" Belson shouted as he began to get inside his mother's car. "Later dweebs!"
"Bye Belson!" Clarence spoke in oblivion, waving at the car as Belson rode off, much to his friends' dismay. Clarence then turned to his new best friend. "Haru what about you?"
Haru shook his head. "Sorry guys I have to be somewhere now. I'll see you guys tomorrow!" Haru begin to run towards the other direction.
"Bye Haru!" Clarence Sumo and Jeff waved at Haru as he ran towards his destination leaving the trio alone walking home from school and as they walked they begin talking amongst themselves.
"Wow… the first day of class was actually rather fun." Jeff admitted.
"Pfft. It could have been better." Sumo said otherwise.
"Well...the first day of class was very awesome! I can't wait for a lot of adventures here!" Clarence shouted with much energy.
Jeff nodded his head, while Sumo only rolled his eyes, as they walked home, looking forward of whatever wacky adventures that they have in store for them this school year.