Hey guys I got an idea for kind of a crazy AU and I kind of wanted to gauge interest. The classic "someone else's girl" prompt with someone I think we can all agree is a jerk, Metodey. It's a classic highschool gangster story with Byleth as his girlfriend who wants out, with Claude, Dimitri, and Edelgard centering as the main love interests trying to whisk her away. As its a highschool setting I figure Jeralt will be around but emotionally awkward and a little distant, but if you guys like a college setting more Byleth would still be rattled by his death years prior, that Metodey, very broadly, had a hand in so theres some drama that the three can uncover

Edelgard will be the strict leader of the disciplinary committee, Dimitri will be the kind and down to earth school prince, and Claude will be the school trouble maker and prankster. I you like this AU and want another character to appear as a main interest I'll leave an option in the poll, just let me know who you want to see and maybe how you want to see them

I'm also not sure who her friends should be, I figure she'll need about 4 characters to be her close friends they can be male or female, i'll leave a long list in the poll which I'll leave live for a while so check it out if you're interested

He had followed her all morning and her nerves were already wearing thin. The smug Metodey now stood leaned against her neighbor's locker and she struggled to enter her combination through his annoying jabs

"You know Byleth, the school dance is coming up. How about we make this thing official?"

Her locker finally opened and once it's door was a wall between them she released an annoyed sigh, she began to reach her hand in when it was abruptly slammed shut by Metodey's large white knuckles

"Don't ignore me babe, you know it makes me mad."

She shot him an ice cold glare and his grip relaxed

"Don't gimme that look…" His fingers moved carefully toward her chin but was caught in an instant by her hand which twisted his wrist painfully until his knees buckled and he was on the ground

"What is going on here?" A commanding female voice boomed from down the hall and Edelgard approached with her fellow committee members who looked none too pleased

Byleth reluctantly released his wrist as they drew near and her rubbed it with a satisfied face

"Byleth… did you get even hotter over the summer?" Metodey chuckled and his goons swarmed the other end of the hall

"Who wants to tell me what's going on here?" Edelgard sneered down at him as he rose to his feet

"Isn't it obvious lady? Just a little lovers spat." He grinned, moving to pull her closer but Caspar and Hubert moved between them

"You should be getting to class." El's voice was icey on the morning air but Metodey just gave a playful shrug and backed toward his group but not before casting Byleth a sultry wink

"Are you okay?" Edelgard moved to the shorter girl, looking her over for injury

"I'm fine, thanks for your help. He's just a pest." Byleth had turned back to her locker and reinput her combination

"That looked like it was getting pretty serious." Edelgard frowned

"I've dealt with much worse." She shrugged and retrieved her book before shutting her locker "Thats not to say I didn't appreciate you guys stepping in. I can have my teacher talk to you later right? To explain why I'm late?"

Edelgard gave a weak nod and her committee members collectively raised an eyebrow

"Great, see ya." She wondered off down the hall, rubbing sleep from her eyes

"Hubert? Who was that girl?"

He had noticed her last year, spending her lunches in the school garden, but to see her there again this year made Claude's heart quake with difficult emotions. On one hand she very clearly wanted to be left alone, but on the other the scene was so idyllic that he dared not interrupt her careful tending to various plants. However, his curiosity was absolutely peaked when the leader of the school gang had stomped angrily through the courtyard like someone owed him money, and he noticed her duck down behind the plant tables until the punk had definitely left

At first he thought she had in fact owed him money, but Metodey always wanted to be the one to find her, sending a goon wouldnt do and Claude knew he loved sending his goons out more than anything. Almost anything?

But it was here, surrounded by flowers that she was the happiest. It was there that he had witnessed her smile for the first time and immediately he was smitten

Learning who she was had been simple enough, Metodey was always whining about her, and Claude had made it his mission to cause whatever trouble necessary to give Byleth some peace. But on one occasion, after Metodey had wracked up enough detentions to get suspended, he had approached the greenhouse

"Hi, I dont mean to disturb you, but the view was so lovely I had to say something." He gave her a suave wink and she seemed to look him over for a moment

"Arent you the oatmeal guy?" He stumbled somewhat in confusion

"What?"

"The guy who put oatmeal in all the water displays, wasnt that you? Youre Claude, right?" She took a bite of her sandwich, looking up at him expectantly

"Oh... Yeah, that was me. Are you..." He tried to lean coolly against the glass but plants assaulted him from ever angle "Are you a fan?" He sputtered, swatting leaves away

Her laugh echoed through the small room and pierced his aching heart

"Not quite, I have some notes. Soggy oatmeal stinks! It was hard to even show up for those last few days." Her nose scrunched playfully but he was too busy swallowing a lump in his throat. His efforts to gain her reprieve almost meant he wouldnt have been able to see her

"It wont happen again." He nodded and she laughed again

"It was funny though."

Dimitri wasnt sure when he first noticed her, she was always there in the back of every school scene. At first he had thought her an aloof honor roller but during registration he had noticed her, huddled out in the rain under an overhang waiting for her ride. He had forgotten about her as he went inside and completed paperwork, but when she was still there, shrunken against the brick wall and soaking with rain, that was the first time he had wondered about her

He found himself looking for her at orientation and he gave a sigh of relief to see her among familiar faces, and thats when he truly saw it. He always figured Byleth and Metodey hung back because they were similarly disinterested in general events, but now that he found himself watching her he noticed that Metodey's eyes never left her for long, he saw him oust a junior from his seat so he could sit behind Byleth. Dimitri felt his jaw grit in frustration as the delinquent leaned into her ear and whispered but as the lights dimmed he was unable to see what happened

He spoke to a few of her old classmates who told him she was nice enough but her dad isnt around much, and last year when she had been partnered with Metodey he had driven away anyone who tried to talk to the late transfer student

It had only been a few days after commencement when Metodey and his gang approached the "king" of Garreg Maach and his adoring fans, where he was called out for staring at his girl

"She's not your girl." Dimitri had replied offhandedly and the gang members had to fight to hold Metodey back

"Leave her the fuck alone man." Metodey had spit before being dragged off

"Dimitri I'm so sorry," they all turned as they heard Byleth's flat voice as she approached "I didn't think he'd go so far…"

He grasped her hands in his, looking them over

"Are you okay?"