Chapter 11
Mondays sucked. They always did, but that didn't stop Link from groaning as his alarm went off. The day before was nice, and he got to spend most of the afternoon and the entire night to himself, but it still wasn't enough alone time. He wasn't ready for Axel banging on his door, telling him it was time to go.
He wasn't ready to face Zelda.
But he had to, and he sure as hell wasn't going to skip. He wanted to, be he also didn't want to flunk out. Even if he wasn't returning to Earth once he had the chance to leave, he wanted to at least a non-failure in this world.
Gods, he wasn't ready.
He got to school and went to homeroom. Shit, Zelda was already there. She gave him a quick wave when he sat down.
"Hey, Link, enjoy the party?"
He shrugged. It was… a thing that happened.
"I figured that was the case since you left early." She shrugged and got on her phone. "Me and Urbosa went to this place called MTT-Brand Burger Emporium. Have I told you about Mettaton? He's wild, man."
Link already knew, but he let her talk. Apparently, they had a similar experience.
After a couple minutes, Peach and Daisy walked in. "Hey, Link! Hey, Zelda!" Peach smiled as she walked by. Zelda's face flashed with an emotion Link didn't quite recognize, but quickly returned to normal.
"Oh, hey, did I tell you I'm running for Student Council President?" Zelda asked after Peach passed by.
Link nodded. He was pretty sure she mentioned it, at least. It sounded right.
"Yeah, it's going to be great! Urbosa's hoping to be my Vice President, so we're going to design posters tonight and hang them around school tomorrow." She grinned. "Have you met Urbosa yet, by the way? She's super cool."
Link hadn't properly met Urbosa, but he knew enough about her. Usually, he'd be fine with her, but after the party… he wasn't sure if he really wanted to talk to the girl the girl he liked liked. Man, that was a weird phrase. He shrugged.
"You'll vote for us, right Link?"
He nodded. Despite the awkwardness of it all, he figured they'd be good candidates. And besides, Zelda was still his friend, even if she was probably a little mad at him for ditching her. He just hoped it wouldn't come back to bite him.
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Larxene had a great time at the party. You see, she had an eye for when things were about to happen, and she always just happened to have her phone on her. She had quite a few innocent shots of people just having fun (a few asked her to take pictures of them, which was a bit annoying, but oh well, drunk pictures), but she also had a few more, let's say, useful shots.
She managed to get video of Peach falling into the pool, including Marth saving her and her throwing up afterwards. It had woo purposes, really: it could show how much of a disaster Peach was, or, if they needed to make Marth look good, it was a prime example of his heroic nature. The second one was much less likely, but it could still be useful.
She got a few shots of Zelda being drunk, which, while not particularly incriminating, could damage her a bit. Zelda could be a threat, since she was friends with the heroiest hero of them all, Link.
Speaking of Link, oh boy did she had dirt on him. Larxene had just gone outside for a bit of a breather, when on the dock, she happened upon two lovebirds smoking pot. They were a bit far away, but once she used her phone's camera to zoom in, she realized it was Link and Peach. Perfect. When they started stripping down, she cackled in delight.
She and Marluxia weren't planning on using those photos just yet. After all, they didn't have the following they'd need. At the moment, their Ninten Academy Memes page on Instagram didn't have a whole lot of followers, but eventually it would. Once they had a platform, they could change from just innocent enough memes to thinly veiled gossip, and they could cause some havoc.
It would help if that Stahl guy would submit better memes. Jeez, why'd he have to be so PG all the time? Link himself had submitted a couple passable ones, but the best ones came from Axel and Demyx.
She couldn't wait until Marluxia was ready to move on with their plan. While she knew it would take time, she was already itching to start.
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Axel Reese was always a mess and a half, but first period history class? He may as well have been two whole messes. His rowmates Rosalina and Sidon were no help, either. Rosalina was always staring off into space, and Sidon (who, fun fact, shared every class with him) was either taking notes on his tablet, or, more likely, chatting on it. Mr Lowell didn't seem to notice, since luckily, they were all in the back row. It helped that Sidon would occassionally ask a not stupid question, just enought to satify their teacher.
He already couldn't wait to go home and get blazed off his ass with Demyx. They didn't officially live together, but they may as well have. It was nice to have found a smoking buddy so fast.
Eh, fuck it, it was time to get on the chatroom.
Demyx H: axel help
Axel R: ?
Demyx H: i'm stuck in math and suzies beign a bitch
Jeremy S: ITS TRUE
[Console]: Welcome Peach T to the chat!
Axel R: rip in pieces
Peach T: histroy with mr shephard for me
Ren A: same
Ike G: ms sheikah's english class
Demyx H: damn does ayone have anything interesting?
Peach T: if they did they wouldn't be here
[Console]: Welcome Kairi M to the chat!
Axel R: exactly
Demyx H: fair
Sidon S: like we're training to save the world
Peach T: mhm
[Console]: Welcome Lucina L to the chat!
Axel R: welcome welceom
Sidon S: why do we have to do boring stuff like history
Abigail C: i'd kill to be in a history class right now
Axel R: why?
Abigail C: better than english
Paya S: agreed
Peach T: okay but mrs shephard is cool
Sidon S: fair
Axel R: counterpoint
Axel R: Waluigi
Peach T: WHY?
Demyx H: gotta be better than mewtwo
Jeremy S: MEWTWO SUCKS
Kairi M: Can we all agree that Miss Mina is a treasure to be cherished?
Lucina L: agreed
Xion M: ^^
Demyx H: i like that we don't have to do much
Sidon S: Miss Alphys is also a bean
Peach T: she's so nervous though
Axel R: Waluigi's a bean too
Peach T: sTOP
Ren A: you're joking right
Axel R: duh, but it bothers peach when i say it
[Console]: Say goodbye to Xion M!
Peach T: rood
Demyx H: ye rude
Axel R: you're cute when you're mad
Peach T: Alex we aren't even in the same room
Peach T: Axel*
Axel R: :o are you cheatig on me?
Jeremy S: WAIT YOU GUYS ARE DATUNG?
Peach T: no
Axel R: nah but i'd tap
Demyx H: i'm right here axel
Axel R: it's okay i can handle both of you
[Console]: Welcome Aqua C to the chat!
Peach T: i dunno, can you handle this?
Aqua C: ...are you guy seriously arranging a threesome in the official school chatroom?
Axel R: yes
Demyx H: yes
Peach T: yes
Aqua C: Wow…
[Console]: Say goodbye to Aqua C!
Jeremy S: CAN I JOIN
Axel R: i mean sure we can make it an orgy
Jeremy S: I MEAN IM NOT READY FOR THE GAY SHIT
Demyx H: bruh
Axel R: then why did you ask to join the flaming bisexual orgy
Kairi M: are you guys being serious
Axel R: ye
Peach T: wait we are?
Demyx H: no idea
Sidon S: guyys stop being horny on main
Kairi M: ^^^
[Console]: Welcome Yuffie K to the chat!
Yuffie K: geez yall are horny as shit
[Console]: Welcome Haley C to the chat!
[Console]: Welcome Caeda M to the chat!
Ike G: agreed
Peach T: uh sorry guys
Axel R: it's not like there's any chance this chat is actually monitored
Axel R: they removed the fucking swear filter
Axel R: and scout literally asked if there would be cocaine at a party
Jeremy S: THERE WASN'T ANY THOUGH
Peach T: sweetie that's not the point
Kairi M: fair
Axel R: like honestly they'd send us all to therapy
Lucina L: oh my god i need to go
Ren A: ^^^
Axel R: but has anyone had a teacher talk to them about the chat?
Demyx H: nah
Jeremy S: NOPE
Kairi M: i guess not
Axel R: exactly
Axel R: so we can say whatever we want
Paya S: but not everyone wants to hear about your sex life
Axel R: like how Mr. Lowell is super fucking hot
Lucina L: yOU CANT SAY THAT
Ren A: i mean
Kairi M: ye i can see that
Peach T: he is tho
Demyx H: yee
Lucina L: HE'S MY FATHER
Axel R: Lucy's dad has got it going on~~~
Lucina L: STOP
[Console]: Say goodbye to Lucina L!
Paya S: axel why are you like this
Axel R: mom asked me that all the time ;)
Before Axel could reply, Mr. Lowell cleared his throat. Fuck. "It has come to my attention that my students have been saying some interesting things about our teachers." Wait, Lucina told her dad? What a buzzkill. "Since it's clear that it's a distaction, I'll no longer permit students to use their tablets during lectures."
Groans erupted from the room. What the hell was Lucina's problem, anyway? Axel looked at the clock, and it was almost time to go anyway. Fuck it, he was gonna ditch.
"Axel, where do you think you're going."
"Bathroom." He shoved open the door and left. Should he care about school? Probably. But he had other shit on his mind. He started wandering down the hall, but he heard footsteps behind him. Jeez, was Mr. Lowell following him?
He turned around. It was that Roxas kid. "Hey, Axel!"
"What's up, kid?"
"I dunno, you left and I was bored, anyway, so fuck it, right?" Roxas shrugged. "Besides, I think we have a lot to talk about."
They did. They really, really did. Their relationship was complicated in the other world. For most of the time they spent together, they weren't quite human, and didn't really have emotions. Except they did, sort of. Honestly, Axel couldn't make heads or tails of it.
"Yeah, let's walk."
"So, uh, me and Xion were wondering if you wanted to hang out sometime?" Right, Xion. He'd talked to her exactly once. Then again, she never approached him. "Maybe go to the pool or something?"
"Yeah, sure. My apartment complex has a pool, if you guys are broke like me." Axel shrugged.
He could feel the tension in the air. This should have been easy for him. He never had issues making friends, despite being an asshole.
"Why are you marked as a villian, anyway?" Roxas asked. "I read your file, and dude, you sacrificed yourself to save me. How isn't that a hero thing?"
"Beats me. I don't remember shit." He did, he remembered a lot. He remembered hurting his friends, killing people without a second thought. He could just snap his fingers, and bam, dead, burnt to ashes. "Probably cause I'm a dick."
Roxas didn't seem satisfied with that answer, but the bell rung. "Hey, Axel, wanna skip next class?"
"Do you even have to ask?"
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Peach hated math class. It wasn't that she was bad at it, either. She was actually really, really good at everything but calculus. For whatever reason, though, she was put in the Basic Math class. The only thing that saved her was that Mr. Waluigi put the homework assignment on the board, and he never assigned more than 20 problems, so she could knock them out then dick around. Seriously, why were they learning how to calculate slopes on a straight line? It was the easiest shit in the world. God damn. Even Daisy agreed it was easy.
Of course, that meant one thing. Time to dick around on the chatroom.
[Console]: Welcome Peach T to the chat!
Terra B: heyo
[Console]: Welcome Daisy S to the chat!
Peach T: hai
Midna K: honestly though, I can't wait to get back to battling.
Roy E: fucking same
Terra B: same, makes me feel strong
Link E: Terra you offered me a hug after you hit me in the face with your keyblade
[Console]: Welcome Sidon S to the chat!
Peach T: oh yo link
Link E: o/
Terra B: yeah, i felt so strong i was worried i hurt you
Hayner A: man i wish i was learning to fight
Sidon S: peripheral?
Hayner A: yeah
Abigail C: oof same
Alex M: same
Link E: rip
[Console]: Welcome Marth L to the chat!
[Console]: Welcome Ike G to the chat!
Shit. Why did all the boys she was somehow involved with have to be in the same chat? She hadn't talked to Ike or Marth since the party. Daisy had explained what happened, and fuck she embarassed herself. She'd been rejected before, but jeez. She took a moment to consider her options. She could ignore it, but she knew it would weigh on her until she dealt with it.
And so, she created a private group chat.
Peach T: So, I'm here to apologize for my actions at the party.
Peach T: While I was drunk, that was no excuse for harassing you guys.
Peach T: I'll understand if you guys don't want to talk to me after this, but I just needed to apologize.
Ike G: I mean, you were drunk. Like, really drunk.
Ike G: I've done stupid things too.
Marth L: To be honest, if I didn't have Ike and Lucina around, who knows if I would have been able to pace myself.
Peach T: It's still not an excuse…
Marth L: You certainly made my first party a night to remember.
Peach T: Wait, that wa your first? I'm so sorry…
Marth L: Apology accepted. Don't beat yourself up.
Ike G: Yeah, just don't get that drunk again and we're good.
Peach T: Wait, you guys are forgiving me that easily?
Marth L: I mean, holding a grudge would just make everything more awkward.
Ike G: Besides, aren't we supposed to be working together to save the world? As long as we learn from our mistakes, I think it's important to forgive each other.
Peach T: ...You know, I thought this would go way worse.
Peach T: I'm used to drama, I guess.
Marth L: I'm gonna get back to class, but I appreciate your apology.
Ike G: Same. See you at lunch?
Peach T: Sure :)
And just like that, everything was back to normal. Seriously, that was too easy. If some girl aggressively hit on her after being rejected, Peach wouldn't exactly be cool after two days. Ike and Marth were honestly too nice.
Well, it made life easier for her.
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A/N: So, uh, sorry this took three months. My keyboard is wonky, so my ability to write for long periods of time is a bit… not there. But hey, it's working during my state's lockdown, so silver linings to no longer having a job an my unemployment being denied. Oh well, life goes on. Please practice social distancing and wash your hands. Don't hoard toilet paper, hand sanitizer, or masks. Especially masks. Nurses need them more than you, I promise.
I love you all. Times are weird, but please stay safe. I'll try and work on updates more often, if for no other reason than to keep myself from going stir crazy.