English Class – 1


"Alright, Mr. Captor, you're up."
Sollux approaches the front of the room slowly with a frown across his face and bags under his eyes. It is much too obvious that he did the whole assignment in one night. He opens his mouth to speak and spits out words completely impossible to understand due to speaking as fast as possible to get over with it.
His body stiffens up completely as he observes his current girlfriend, Feferi, and his ex-girlfriend, Aradia, start giggling about something. His eyes dart around nervously as he completely forgot where he was in his speech. He looks at his teacher and he raises his eyebrow in reply.
"Mr. Captor?"
Sollux fiddles with his thumbs awkwardly and begins speaking again as if anyone could understand him in the first place. He goes over the subjects that he already spoke of briefly and steps back to his seat without being excused from the front of the room.
"Ms. Peixes, it's your turn."
Feferi smiles and straightens her skirt. She cheerfully walks to the front of the class and clears her throat. Unlike Sollux, she speaks clearly and confidently. The teacher and entire class listen carefully and some even sit up. A few of the kids giggle at her references to the book and a few roll their eyes over the lame jokes.
Everyone claps for Feferi when she finishes and she follows the claps with a curtsy. She glances at Sollux as she walks back to her seat next to Aradia and waves at him. He waves back as he tries to keep himself from blushing.
Aradia says something that is too quiet for Sollux to hear and Feferi starts laughing at whatever she said. The two both look at Sollux and start laughing again. Sollux begins tensing up yet again and glares at they from behind his glasses.
Sollux waits what seems like hours for class to end and attempts to get out of the room as fast as possible. He sighs as he barricades himself inside a crowd of bustling kids and quickly takes a left down a hallway that almost no one is in. He rushes to the doors with a plan of skipping the rest of the day.
"Sollux! Wait!" A voice calls out to him right before he opens the door.
He turns around to see Feferi and Aradia. Feferi looks extremely concerned, yet Aradia looks much too used to this behavior. "What?" He snaps at the two.
"I thought I told you to stop doing this." Feferi mumbles sadly.
"He ALWAYS does this." Aradia rolls her eyes at Feferi and crosses her arms while glaring at Sollux.
Sollux walks out the door and Feferi reaches out. "Sollux…!" She turns to Aradia and stomps her foot angrily. "I'm so sick of him skipping! What even is his problem?!"
Aradia shrugs and checks her watch. "We better go. Forget about him."
"Alright…" Feferi sighs.


AN: Sorry about this chapter being so short!