Next chapter. KhunBam implications. Don't like, don't read.
Key for this AU;
High school: Verdi, Ran, Anak, Beta, Miseng
University: Bam, Khun, Rak, Vespa, Endorsi, Ehwa, Hatz, Shibisu, Novic, Wangnan, on and on. You'll get the hang of it.
Adults: Jinsung, Lero-Ro, Quant, and probably much more.
"You two would look so cute together!" Verdi squealed, hugging Anak and Ran.
"What the hell is this?" Ran shoved the arm off him. "We just HAD to be paired together for the school project?"
"It's your fault that we had to come over to my apartment. I warned you about them." Anak sighed as Verdi pinched her cheeks.
"Anak! We're here!" She heard Shibisu call out from the entrance.
"Who invited you?" Anak sighed.
"Verdi said a boy was coming over, so I decided to come." Shibisu walked over to the living room.
"Why are YOU here?" Anak glared at Hatz.
"Shibisu here dragged me over after school." The black-haired boy sighed.
"How's high school?" Shibisu sat down and asked.
"You asked me that the last time you visited. Which was yesterday." Anak deadpanned. "Come on, let's go." She grabbed Ran's arm and their supplies, walking off to the dining room.
"Who are they?" Ran asked bluntly.
"I told you this when you said that we weren't heading to your house," Anak said. "We all live in the same apartment complex, and then Verdi realized she was in the same school as me, and somehow we ended up being 'friends'. You're lucky that only three of them are here."
"Oh! So that's Verdi." Ran said, cackling.
"What?"
"It's none of your business, let's just get to work." Ran continued.
"..." Anak rolled her eyes, grabbing the paint brush. "So which animal are we doing for the poster?"
"A fox. Duh." Ran said, reaching for the paint brush.
Anak just pulled it further back.
"Give. Me. The. Brush." Ran said.
"Not until you tell me what you were laughing about," Anak said, jumping up as Ran tried to attack her.
"No way." Ran said. "A.A. would kill me."
"You're afraid of someone?" Anak grinned. "I wonder what everyone will think when they find that out..."
"Give me the brush already, lizard." Ran made another grab for it.
"You were a bit short." Anak jumped onto a chair.
"I'm taller than you, lizard." Ran jumped after her. "Now give me the paint brush already, do you want us to fail?"
"I'll throw it out the window if you don't tell me." Anak dangled the paint brush.
"I'll just buy a new one to use."
"Come on, just tell me," Anak said, and then grinned. "Or you're too scared?"
"Fine! I am not scared of-of A.A." Ran sighed and sat down.
"Go on." Anak sat down.
"Since you know them, I'm sure you heard of the time your friend went to the party at A.A.'s house, right?" Ran asked.
"What?"
"So you don't," Ran muttered. "Anyways, I heard from Hachuling that Verdi was going around shipping everyone. And then you know, came upon A.A.'s group of people he hangs out with. Or more like the friends of his best friend. So then since Shibisu and Hatz were also his friends, they were also there. I'm guessing Verdi just tagged along."
"Oh. And somehow they left me out?" Anak fumed.
"Or that could have been the time when you broke your arm when we had the skateboarding incident." Ran said. "Which was the reason why I wasn't there. Anyways, Verdi decided that A.A. and his friend, Bam, looked adorable together and ended up trailing them around for the rest of the night, shipping them."
"And...?" Anak asked.
"Here's the thing. Since Hachuling, A.A. and I are all brothers, we share the same house. And then that day, Aguero stormed in, pink and fuming. I swear, I could hear him cursing from three floors up." Ran laughed.
"I still don't get why that's amusing."
"The best part is how he's demisexual. And essentially likes his friend." Ran grinned. "Of course, he doesn't know that said friend is bi. Since a bunch of his friends, who are females, like him, he always ruled the possibility out."
"So Verdi had shipped the right people. For once." Then realization struck her. "Wait. Bam? As in, the most athletic guy to ever go to our school? As in the twenty-fifth Bam? Or the guy Endorsi is friends with?"
"So you know him?" Ran asked. "Now give the paint brush."
"Yes, I do. Endorsi talks about him all the time." Anak says. "I don't think she realizes he doesn't like her that way." She tossed Ran the brush, laughing at the memory of Endorsi.
"Wait. Actually, you paint, I'll do the research." Ran tossed the brush back.
"What? Why?" Anak caught it and then frowned.
"Do you want to research this? Besides, you'd probably mess it up, since you have the mentality of a lizard."
"What? Whatever, you can do the research, I'm sure your art skills are terrible anyways. Smug blue b-" Anak turned back around.
"Lizard, lizard, lizard." Ran chanted, cutting her off.
"Midget."
"Short dwarf."
"Bast-"
"Anak, no swearing!" Shibisu called from outside.
"Fine," Anak muttered. "Idiot."
"Ridiculous lizard."
"Why do you even call me a lizard?" She asked.
"No reason." Ran shrugged.
"Smug blue guy."
"Annoying lizard.
"Done." Ran said, printing out their information.
"About time. It's practically ten."
"It's your fault that we took so long." Ran glanced around at the mess. There were food wrappers everywhere, and somehow the furniture was scratched.
"That's not true!" Anak said, frowning.
"How cute!" The snap of a camera was heard. "You two already act like a married couple!"
"Anak, you aren't allowed to date until you're older," Shibisu added.
"We're working at your place for the report part of this," Anak said.
"Deal." Ran said. "Bye lizard."
"I'm not a lizard!" Anak yelled after him.
"Oi. Get in the car." Aguero ruffled his younger brother's hair.
"Stop doing that. It's annoying." Ran crossed his arms, sitting in the passenger seat.
"Then grow taller. So how was it, working with your girlfriend?" He grinned.
"She's not my girlfriend. And why are you the one who's picking me up?" Ran said, adjusting the radio.
"You two are partners for the project. As for your question, Hachuling was busy." Aguero swerved around another car.
"The teacher chose the partners. I was forced to work with her. Anyway, we're working on the project at our house tomorrow." He propped his feet on the dashboard.
"Get your feet off the dashboard, you'll mess it up." Aguero swatted his feet off with one hand.
"I bet you would let Bam do that," Ran muttered.
"He has better manners than you, he wouldn't do that," Aguero said, glaring at Ran.
"There was that time when he got drunk and you had to drive him home." Ran said.
"How-" He turned around at the red light.
"Hachuling." Ran cut in. "You're a bit biased, you know."
"What?"
"I could pester you asking to borrow twenty dollars for a year and you wouldn't give in. Meanwhile, if Bam asked you for a car you would probably buy one." Ran said, pulling out his phone.
"He wouldn't do that." He defended Bam.
"Whatever. Besides, we all know you have 'the hots' for him." Ran droned on.
"...You need to stop hanging around Hachuling and his weird friends." Aguero muttered.
"Doesn't make it any less true." Ran shrugged.
"We're here." Aguero opened the door to get out, then slammed it and locked the car.
"Why do you do that every time?" Ran asked, frowning and unlocked the door to get out.
"To annoy you. Now let's go." As they approached the front door, the sounds of laughter filled the air. "On second thought, let's go through the back door." Aguero backed towards the other door.
"Why? I'm too tired." Ran yawned.
"Prolonged human interaction."
So yep. This is going to be a continuous one-shot. Probably. Anyways, two updates in a day? Wow. That's a surprise. I actually thought this would take longer, but I kind of like this idea. So yeah. Pairings that may happen are RanxAnak and KhunxBam. Because those two ships are adorable. (To be honest, I ship Bam with so many people that it's almost comical.) There are other ships. I'll write those in future chapters. That may or may not be planned.
Comment your favorite line in this? Even though I'm pretty sure no one even reads this. Mine is probably the last line. And I still need to find a reason why Ran calls Anak 'lizard' in here.
This is also to make up for the really short chapter last time.
