I wake up to the sound of something I could only equate to a wood chipper. When I slowly woke up, I could barely believe what was causing the noise. Before me was Ash and Pan having an eating competition with both of them inhaling pancakes. Right by them was Soos who was calmly drinking tea as he watched the carnage in front of him. He looked over towards me as I trudged forward. He slid a plate of food towards me, and In return I gave him a short nod in thanks. It would have been a great moment if the other people at this table weren't acting like a pair of garbage disposals. After five minutes of pure chaos before us, Pan beat Ash by eating thirty pancakes to her twenty-eight. The look of pride on his face was only managed by the horror on our faces. He was too busy beaming and poking Ash who had fallen into a food coma to notice us. It took a few moments for Ash to get back up and snap his finger, which got him to really calm down. "Hey do you guys know which class we have today," Ash asked us looking up from the groveling Faunus. "I believe that we have Professor Peaches class today," Susanoo said looking up from his book. Upon hearing her name Pan shot back up. "We have Peaches class today. Yes, I love her classes," he cheered as he began to fall back down. As we all looked down to find him stuck in patch of syrup. "Could on of you help me up? I'm kind of stuck," He said as Ash began to try to pull him up.It took us a good five minutes for us to get him unstuck. What the hell was in this syrup, super glue mixed with concrete? "Thanks guys can't believe that happened," Pan said as he tried to brush himself off only for him to get his hand stuck on his pant leg. Susanoo let loose one of the biggest sighs I have heard in a long time. At that Pan scurried off into the bathroom to get changed. Taking that as our cue the rest of us also got changed, and right before we were about to head out the door Ash hollered at Pan. "Hey we're going to class. We'll meet you there okay." The response she got was a big thumbs up from the bathroom.
She nodded to herself and the three of us began to walk down to the main lecture halls. "Hey Soos, thanks again for making breakfast. It's really great of you to make it everyday, but I have to ask why do you keep making it for us? I'm not complaining or anything, I just really want to know," Ash asked as both she and I look at Susanoo. Soos gave us a side glance when he responded. "I do what I have always had to do. It's best to continue my duty for when I return." We didn't have enough time to ask for clarification before Pan bowled into us. We picked ourselves up and went into the classroom as Pan apologized to us for what just happened. It took five minutes after we sat down for the Prof to come in. "Hello class, I am so sorry for being late. I accidently overslept," she said as she began to chuckle behind her hand. As she began the lesson I started to drift off to the boring lesson, and I began to dream about a Beowulf doing the tango with an Ursa. Not the worst dream I've ever had, but was one of the weirdest during my time here. My daydream had shifted over to getting fed a giant stack of pancakes by Cherry before I was brought out of it by Pan jabbing my side with a pencil. "Mate, this stuff is important. Try to stay awake," he whispered as he finished his page of notes. "I know dude, just can't seem to focus," I whisper back as I stifle a yawn. "And besides even if I can't stay awake, I can always just copy your notes," I respond as I rub my eyes. He chuckles at that last bit. "Yeah but it's gonna cost you though." We both start to laugh at that, but our laughter is cut short by a pencil that had just embedded itself into the wall behind us. "If you boys are finished, you should really start paying attention," She says as Pan and I both nod furiously. "Good choice," she says as she returns to the lesson. I look over to the pencil, and I try to pull the pencil out from the wall. The thing would not budge, and upon realizing how deep it was in the wall I immediately stop fidgeting with it. This woman is starting to fright me, but as I look over to see Pan with a huge grin plastered on his face as she talks. Great, he has a crush on the teacher. I smile as I recline in my chair. "Alright class, which one of you can tell me how you can tell the difference between Buckeye and Chestnuts," Professor Peach asked us. Pan's arm shot up like a rocket as soon a she asked. "Buckeye lacks the barbs that Chestnuts do," Pan proclaimed. "Correct again Mr. Voskos. Yes, one of the biggest differences between edible and non-edible plants are usually the smaller differences. This will all be on necessary information for our outing next week, so if you can't tell the differences you might not survive it," Peach said with an off putting smile. The entire class continued like this; whenever Peach asked a question to the class, Pan would almost always answer it if it were about plants. His knowledge of the stuff is astounding. Once class ended Peach waved us off by telling us to prepare ourselves for the expedition. Pan was shaking with excitement. "I can't wait for next week guys. It's going to be so cool," He proclaimed as the three of us trudged along. Susanoo had, of course, gone off on his own.
He told us that he was going to go train, but that wasn't all that surprising. The three of us continued to walk on, Pan continuing to gush about the outing. "Somebody has a crush on the teacher," Ash whimsically said. "I don't have one. That is that big, ok maybe it is but so what," Pan said defensively. Pan continued to yammer on about how he totally did not have a crush on the prof. So it came to a surprise when he suddenly stopped talking and let out what I can only describe as a donkey with a sore throat. He began to point to what was causing this reaction. In front of us was professor Peach talking with Doctor Oobleck. I couldn't really see what was freaking him out with this, until Oobleck leaned in and kissed Peach. It was actually kind of cute, but any cuteness was kind of put off by Pans gasping sounds. Ash broke his noise by patting him on the back. "Better luck next time, Casanova, "she said as Pan slumped over in defeat. "Come on man chin up dude. Who knows, maybe you'll get lucky and they'll break up," Ash gave me a side eyed look at that, and in return I shrugged. "Y'know what mates, I'm not going to let this get me down. You wanna know why, because I have hope in romance, and now that Peach is out of reach I can concentrate on my real one true love Ran," Pan exclaimed as he struck a pose. Both Ash and I let out a sigh at that part. As we walked back into our room I began to think about Pan's love life for whatever reason.I really hope that Pan had an actual chance with Ran. Huh, Ran and Pan, how did I never see the rhyme in that. I realized that I had been lost in thought as I realized a life changing revelations, Ash was reading over Pans notes and copying them down while Pan was explaining things to her. "Most of the fruit in the nearby forests is poisonous in large enough doses, so when you find bushels of red berries you can eat a few but don't go crazy," He explained, "However if you do eat too much you can create a quick remedy by crushing the roots into a powder that you can then mix into a drink." Pan nonchalantly explained to her ash began to furiously copy down his notes. At the speed she was doing it at I was surprised her notebook hadn't caught on fire. "Hey Pan, I'll trade you my Oobleck notes for your Peach," I say presenting my notebook over towards him. As soon as he heard the word Oobleck and notes, his head shot over to me with a predatory look in his eyes, he knows all to well that I rock in Oobleck class. The moment I had blinked my notebook had been switched with his. "Thanks Mate," He said as he and Ash began to copy down what I had written.
Ash had finished copying down her copy when she started to do start writing them down again. "What are you doing that for?" I ask as I look over her shoulder. "I'm making a copy for Susanoo. That way he will have no choice but to give us his Port notes," she replied with a devilish grin plastered onto her face. I begin to snicker at her face with Pan soon joining in, and Ash began to laugh too until all three of us were just bellowing with laughter. "Ah that was a good one," Pan said as he wiped at his eye. We all nod at that. Ash did have a point, and that point was that it is crazy that Soos can stay awake through Ports lessons. I mean it is literally impossible for anyone to sit through the whole class without falling asleep at least once. I need to learn how he does that. After we had all calmed down, we began to chat as we continued to copy down each other notes. We lost track of our surroundings as around an half hour later, we finally noticed Susanoo was in the room baking. When we looked over towards him stirring a bowl of batter, he looked up at us and gave a short wave before he returned to his task. "How the fuck did we not notice you come in?" Ash asked. Susanoo once again looked up at us and responded. "You weren't paying attention," he said as he did what he was here to do. "Are you sure you weren't being stealthy Mate," Pan chuckled out. Soos now looking miffed, responded once again. "I slammed the door when I came in. At no time was I trying to be "stealthy" as you so lovingly put it," He replied with a soft glare at us. "One more question pal," I call out towards him. In response Soos let out a defeated sigh, "Fine if you must." "Cool, why are you baking a cake?" I ask as I fold my arms behind my bed. "It's for my sisters birthday. I bake her a chocolate cake every year," Soos replied with an indifferent gaze, which now that I think about might just be his regular expression. "So are you going to go see her then," Ash asked. "Yes," Susanoo replied without looking up from his work. "Can we come too," Pan asked excitedly. "No," Pan looked crestfallen at this revelation. I thumped his back hoping to lighten his mood. Unfortunately I hit him off his chair and into the desk. Ash burst out laughing at that while I proceeded to blush; I need to remember my own strength. "Hey Susanoo can we borrow your Port notes," Ash asked while wiping a tear from her eye. Pan looked over and nodded as he washed off his hands. He walked over and handed his notebook over Ash, and in exchange Ash handed him his copies of their notes. He raised his eyebrow at her. "We're a team, and that means we stick together," Ash said as she began to copy down his notes at breakneck speeds. We went on like that for a little while longer as I began to feel my eyelids getting heavy, and I walked over to my bed yawning all the while, and drowning out what the other guys were saying. The smell of chocolate cake let me know that I was going to have some sweet dreams.
