Chapter 1: First Day and Bloody Lockers
TWs: Homophobia, Abuse and Bullying
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Note: All the references to the school will be in British terms as I am British and I don't know other school systems or terminology.
"Calm down, everybody," shouted Mr Davidson, as he started off his tutor class. "Now.." George started to say before he was interrupted by a tall, blonde kid in a red and white shirt, Tommy was his name.
"Yes Tommy?" George asked with an aggressive undertone to his voice, clearly annoyed at the kid.
"Who's that?" replied Tommy, pointing to a tall, brown haired man wearing a pair of glasses and a black and white mask, who was sitting on a chair next to the classroom door.
"Oh, that is Ranboo or to you guys he will be Mr Boo and he is the new maths teacher," answered George, finally going to start tutor group time to start off the school day. "Obviously today there is an assembly for the whole school so let's head to the hall" George finished, everyone in the tutor group now filing out of the classroom and heading downstairs to the hall that was on the other side of the school, from where George's history classroom was situated.
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It was about half way through the assembly before Ranboo was called up to the front of the hall to introduce himself to the entire school that consisted of about 500 students, to be honest it was a miracle that they could all fit into the small hall.
The only thing that Ranboo could feel in the moment was his anxiety kicking in, which was why he always wore the mask and glasses so nobody could see his face. He obviously knew that as a teacher he would have to talk in front of kids but not this many at a time.
"H..i." Ranboo managed to stutter out, leaving a lot of the kids confused as to how he was a teacher yet so nervous to talk. He did manage to push through it and talk probably, "I am Ranboo, or Mr Boo and yes I am American, I only recently moved here so I don't know much about the area. I only moved here because your great Principal, Phil over there was so generous to offer me the job as your new top set maths teacher. Lastly, if anyone asks me about why I am wearing glasses and a mask all the time, you will be punished by me cause it is none of your business" he finished earning a bit of a round of applause from the crowd of kids.
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The assembly was finally over and Ranboo headed to his new classroom to get his first ever lesson set up. He always wanted to be one of those teachers, who was nice to the kids that they were teaching and would make the lessons as fun as possible without being fired for it.
"So, first day teaching here, how are you feeling about it so far?" asked a man who was leaning against the door of the classroom, earning nothing but a confused look from Ranboo.
"Oh sorry, we haven't met, I'm Wilbur or Mr Soot whichever you prefer I'm the geography teacher. My classroom is just next door, so I thought I would come here and see if you needed any help with, well anything" said Mr Soot.
"I'm doing fine so far but I could use some help with these boxes," replied Ranboo, pointing to a big set of boxes set in the corner of the square shaped classroom.
As they got to work setting up the classroom with only a few minutes till the students would arrive, Wilbur spoke up "You know at lunchtime you should come to the staff room," pondered Will.
"Why?"
"Cause, me and some of the other teachers like George - the geography teacher, Clay - the pe teacher, Zak - the english teacher, Nick - the other pe teacher and the principal Phil all go in there and we play Minecraft together," said Wilbur bending up and down to pick up things from the boxes.
"So you just assuming that I play Minecraft on my spare time"
"Yes" replied Will with a smirk on his face.
"Well you would be correct, and I would love to," Ranboo said, causing laughs to escape both men but was quickly interrupted by the sound of the bell.
"Good luck," Wilbur said, starting to leave the classroom, before turning back around and saying "Wait, what year have you got first?".
"Year 9, Why?" Ranboo asked, confused.
"Okay, Good luck with Tommy and his friends" Will said, leaving without saying another word.
Ranboo tried to rack his brain to try to see if he knew this Tommy that Wilbur was going on about. Until it hit him. The loud kid from the tutor group. He was eventually snapped out of his thoughts by a shorter, brown haired kid wearing a bee backpack on his back.
"Hi Sir, I'm Toby but most people call me Tubbo" the kid said looking up to the teacher and offering a quick handshake that Ranboo accepted.
"Great to meet you Tubbo, can you go take a seat for me please whilst we wait for everyone else to arrive" Ranboo replied, Tubbo nodding happily and going to find a seat.
Eventually, most of the class arved including Tommy, who went to sit next to Tubbo, "they must be friends" Ranboo thought.
He proceeded to start the lesson. Tommy and Tubbo instantly messing around.
"Hi I'm Mr Boo"
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2 classes and one free period with no lesson later and it was lunchtime and Ranboo was starving.
Heading to the cafeteria he was greeted by some of the teachers and even some students including Tubbo and Tommy who wanted to ask something about the homework he had given them. "I can't do anything about it, it's my job, I was told to give you guys homework so I did, and I'm sorry cause I didn't want to"
As he lined up to get some lunch so he could head to the staff room to meet up with Wilbur, he was questioned by one of the ladies behind the counter.
"How was your first morning on the job?" to which he replied with a simple "stressful".
After he got his food, which was just a simple chicken and lettuce baguette, he walked towards the staff room.
As he rounded the corner leading to the lockers he saw that there was a kid, who looked to be covered in bruises, being beaten up by two bigger kids, who as soon as they noticed Ranboo, squirmed away.
Ranboo ran over to the kid who looked virtually unconscious on the floor and blood dripping from his face and the back of his head, getting all over the lockers set behind him.
"Don't worry dude, I'm going to get some help, just try to stay awake" assured Ranboo, legging it towards the staff room to find someone who could help.
After a few seconds he had reached the staff room, pushing the door. The other staff in there noticed immediately that he had blood on his hands. He told them to follow him, everyone running at the fastest pace they could until they reached the kid who was now passed out on the floor.
Wilbur tried to calm down Ranboo, who was clearly having a panic attack because of the whole situation.
"Hey mate, what happened?" Wilbur asked Ranboo.
"Well, after I had some food I was coming to meet you guys in the staff room but on the way I saw two kids just beating him up so I tried to help him but I wasn't sure what to do so I came and got you guys" answered Ranboo, heavily breathing throughout.
"Okay" Wilbur said, pulling Ranboo into a hug.
"Who is he anyway, why were they beating him up?" questioned Ranboo releasing from the hug.
"Freddie, or what his friends Tommy and Tubbo call him, Badlinu, he gets picked on a lot because a lot of people think he is gay. It's very dark, he talks to George a lot about it and that he gets abused by his father for not being tough enough, it's sad" replied Wilbur.
"Why does he talk to George about it?"
"Oh, you don't know, '' Wilbur wondered, Ranboo shaking his head in response.
"George is gay, he came out on twitter to the entire school, it was quite funny actually but I dont understand why people brutalise Freddie for it but nothing apart some whispers and rumors like that he and Clay are dating to George!" Wilbur rambled on, Ranboo looking confused after he was finished.
"Wait, so George and Clay are dating?" Ranboo asked, earning a very quick "No" in response by George, who was helping Clay and Phil stop the blood.
"Okay, but have you guys tried to stop the bullying or the abuse?" asked Ranboo.
"We can't do anything, the main kids that do the bullying have rich parents so we can't punish them or we will be sued and there is not enough evidence to put him away" said the principal.
"Surely the amount of bruises and scars he has is enough proof to do something" he answered back.
"When we tried to get the police involved they claimed that the bruises and scars could have been caused by anything and not necessarily his dad and the kids that have been bullying him, I'm sorry Ranboo but this world is a fucked up place and from the looks of it, it will always be".
At this point there was a huge crowd of kids watching the commotion. "Hey, everyone go back to having lunch okay, we have got this sorted" shouted Wilbur going towards the kids.
"But Sir, lunch is over, it's time for class" replied a year 11 kid called Dave from inside the crowd.
The teachers all looked at each other confused, they must have not heard the bell.
The principal, Phil, proceeded to announce that lunch had been extended for today only.
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It was the last class of the day, and what an eventful first day it had been for Ranboo. He was still thinking about what happened at lunch and what he had seen whilst the class he was teaching was doing a game of kahoot, a Minecraft one, as a treat for behaving well during the lesson. Ranboo just sat there thinking until the last question had ended and the game had been won by a kid who in the kahoot game called himself, Technoblade.
"Well down, Dave and well done everyone else, you can pack up your things and then you can leave if you would like to, there's only a couple of minutes left anyway" said Ranboo with an exhausted tone, standing up from his seat and stretching his arms out.
As everyone stood up and left they all said goodbye to Ranboo but one of them stayed behind.
"Are you okay, Sir?" asked Dave, seeing how out of it his teacher looked at the moment.
"Yeah, I'm fine, I'm just tired," replied Ranboo.
"Okay, sure, goodnight then Sir"
"Goodnight, kid"
As soon as Dave had left the room, Ranboo had his head in his hands, starting to regret that he took this job and leaving America, his home.
It got so bad that he was on the verge of tears but before they could start falling there was a knock at his classroom door. Ranboo looked up from his hands, not realising that he had taken his glasses off before and forgot to put them back on. At the door was Wilbur.
"Oh, I have never seen you without your glasses on," Ranboo then quickly realised and scrammed for his glasses.
"I'm sorry, I look like a mess, it's why I wear the mask and glasses, I am very anxious about the way I look, I have always been like that"
"I am sure you look fine, but right now, after what happened at lunch, I don't think you should be alone tonight, so do you want to hang out tonight?" asked Wilbur.
"Maybe another time, I'm very tired, I think I should just go back to my hotel and get some sleep ready for tomorrow," replied Ranboo, strapping a bag full of work to mark to his back and walking out of the classroom.
"Then sleep at mine, I've got a big place plus I have been looking for a roommate for a while now, preferably female but you will do I guess" Will said, watching Ranboo start to walk away towards the entrance of the school.
"No, I can't do that, plus I'm not gay so you cant have sex with me, I am assuming that that is the reason why you wanted a female roommate" replied Ranboo, starting to get a smile on his face.
"Fine, I promise I wont have sex with you but you cant go back to being alone in a hotel room after today" said Wilbur, starting to plead to Ranboo.
"Sure, whatever I guess but if you get on any of my nerves then I will not hesitate to leave" answered Ranboo. Will cheered.
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It was only a short drive to Wilbur's house, and he was not wrong, it was a big house. There was no way that he lived here alone and be able to afford it on a teachers salary.
"Soo, how exactly do you afford this?" Ranboo wondered.
"Well, in my spare time like during school holidays I stream and I am quite a big deal, that's why we play minecraft at lunch, we all stream the game together sometimes, Clay, probably being the most famous of all of us" Wilbur answered, looking over to Ranboo who was in disbelief over how the house looked. "Look, I told you I needed a roommate" Ranboo just nodded along.
"Did you ever want to do content creation or anything like that?" asked Wilbur as they were entering the house and setting their work bags down on the floor.
"Ehh, yes actually I've always wanted to do it but no one in my family could ever afford the things needed and becoming a teacher was sort of like my backup so I decided to go for that instead '' answered Ranboo.
"Well, why don't I buy you the stuff you need and then we can both stream?" asked Wilbur, already knowing the answer.
"Haha, no, we have only known each for a day, and things like that cost a lot of money, to be honest living together is already a big enough stretch" replied Ranboo, laughing to himself whilst saying it.
"Oh, come on, I have plenty of money that I don't need and you have always wanted to do it" Wilbur answered back, earning a quick glare and a "N-O is no!" from Ranboo.
"Where exactly am I sleeping?"
"In the guest room, just over there" Wilbur responded, pointing to a room down the hall.
"Cool, goodnight I guess".
As soon as the door had shut to the guest room, Wilbur ran up the stairs to his room, which was large with a king sized bed and a wardrobe and a long, curved desk that was carrying his computer.
"He's so going to hate me" Wilbur said to himself as he pulled up a computer store website.
The End of Chapter 1.