Before Alfred could give his whole I'm the hero speech, Alejandro was already on his feet, shaking Alfred's hand eagerly. "Ah! Tu eres Americano, no?"

Alfred stumbled back and blinked a bit. "Uh..yeah, I'm from America! Are you from like, Mexico dude?" Alejandro nodded his head eagerly.

"Si, I am from Mexico!" He pulled a taco from his school bag, handing it to Alfred. "Taco, amigo?"

"Y-yeah, sure!" Alfred took it gratefully and stuffed it into his mouth. Alfred had to admit he was overtaken by Alejandro's overflow of energy.

"Do you like it?"

"Yeah, sure! Not like a taco bell taco, but still awesome!"

"Then we'll get along perfectly!" It was odd; it seemed his only requirement of friendship is that you liked tacos. Well, that wasn't his ONLY friendship requirement. You couldn't insult him AT ALL, so here is where Alfred came in.

"So, mi amigo, what's your name?"

"Alfred F Jones, also known as THE HERO!" Alfred flashed a thumbs up.

"Oh, Alfred! That's is a nice name! So Alfred, do you want to be my friend?" The Mexican asked cheerfully.

"Sorry dude. You kind of creep me out, speak Spanish, and smell." Well, that was extremely blunt, even for Alfred. Alejandro's smile slowly faded.

"Fine then, estupido." He huffed, and dragged his bags to an even farer side of the room. "My side. Your side." Alejandro pointed. Quite a sudden personality change.

Alfred failed to realize what he did wrong; he was just trying to be honest. Come on, after 10 minutes of arrival to school, his new roommate hates him. It's a new record. Maybe he could talk to the dorm manager to get him a new roommate? Maybe that British guy. He seemed nice enough; to Alfred of course. As Alejandro was sitting on his bed, pouting, Alfred got up to talk to the dorm management.

"Adios, estupido." Alejandro mumbled.

Arthur was on his way to meet with his online friend Kiku. They spoke online a couple of times, and Kiku mentioned that he was transferring to a high school in New York City, all the way from Japan. Arthur so happened to be going to the same school as Kiku, and he was rather happy to finally meet this interesting boy, when suddenly OOOF-

Arthur seemed to bump into someone. "Oh, my dearest apolog-" Arthur looked up. There stood Arthur's arch-enemy, Francis Bonnefoy. Francis was a transfer student from France, who came to London to study at Arthur's old elementary school. They ALWAYS fought, even over the most trivial things. But when middle school came, Arthur moved to New York City, and thought he would be rid of Francis and the rest of his old life for good.

Arthur was wrong.

Francis got a full paid scholarship to attend University of Science and World Studies-did I mention Arthur and Francis were also rivals in grades? Any who, there Francis stood, looking taller then ever. At one of his sides was a young man with such blonde hair it almost looked white, giving Arthur a cocky smirk. At the other was a young man with brown curly hair; he didn't seem to want any trouble, seeing as he was looking back every few seconds.

"Oi, Arthur, I didn't expect to see you here-wait, I did." He chuckled.

"What are you doing here frog?"

"Getting an education, short stuff."

And that was all it took for Arthur to swing at him. Francis quickly moved, and pushed Arthur into Gilbert, who pushed Arthur into a bystander, who just happened to be Alfred. Alfred stared down at Arthur, with a light blush on his face. Then marched over to Francis.

"Yo! Not cool, man!"

"And who do we have here?"

"I'm Alfred F Jones, also known as, THE HERO!"

"More like the zero." Gilbert commented and snickered.

"Hey! You shut your mouth before I shut it for ya!" Alfred held up his fists. Meanwhile, Arthur was fuming with a combination of anger and embarrassment.

"Aww, protecting your little boyfriend?" Gilbert teased.

Before Alfred could protest, Arthur quickly corrected Gilbert. "This boy here is absolutely NOT my boyfriend. What in the right mind would make you think that? I don't even know the man's bloody name!" He stomped to Francis and pointed a finger in his face. "And YOU? You git, did you just come to this school just to harass me? You are such a low life. I don't even know how to express my pity for you." And with that, Arthur walked off.

Alfred looked around, whoop, looks like no one needs protecting over here, he attempted to run off, until Francis grabbed him by his shirt collar.

"Do you even know the boy's name?" Francis said, referring to Arthur. Alfred shook his head.

"Ah, stupides.." Feeling bad, Francis released Alfred's collar. "I'll give you 5 seconds to run. 5..4...3..2.."

Alfred was out by 4.

Francis and Gilbert stood back, laughing at their accomplishment. Antonio was texting the little scrabble to everyone in his contacts, emphasizing every detail.

Antonio [5:45 pm]

'You know that Alfred kid? He just saved Arthur Kirkland's life! He knocked Francis and Gilbert right out!'

Sooner or later, gossip about Alfred started spreading. Murmurs of "That's the guy who beat up the Bad Friends Trio" and "Look! It's the tough kid!" was heard throughout the halls as Alfred walked by. Alejandro heard this and decided ask his cousin Antonio about it. Antonio new about all of the latest gossip in school, being one of the most popular guys.

"Entonces, Antonio, what is the big deal with Alfred?"

"You haven't heard? He saved a freshman from Francis and Gilbert! It was amazing! He stood up to them both!"

"That was seriously him? I wonder how he managed that…He's a complete idiot."

"Oh yeah, you room with him, right?"

"Si."

"Well, he's quickly becoming one of the most well known freshman in school! Be happy! And he doesn't look half bad, either!"

"What are you saying, primo? I'm not gay." Alejandro playfully punched Antonio.

"Right, of course you aren't."

The bell rang for their next class.

"I guess this is time to go to your next class, eh?" Antonio said, nonchalantly. Alejandro trotted off.

"AND DON"T FORGET, HE /DOES/ LOOK NICE." The outburst caused some folks to look up. Alejandro cringed.

When Alfred entered his dorm, Alejandro looked up.

"Estupido, is it true you defended the boy in my History class, como se dice…Arthur Kirkland?"

"Is that his name? Blonde hair, green eyes, eyebrows like a carpet?"

"Si."

"Then yeah, I did! My first act of heroism at school!" Alfred laughed, falling onto his bed.

"Hero. Right. Ok. Keep telling yourself that."

"Where'd you even hear this man? Am I really getting that popular so fast?"

"Antonio told me. He said you were amazing."

"Aha, finally someone who recognizes it!"

Alejandro just ignored him at this point, and left Alfred to rant about his self proclaimed 'amazingness', until he fell asleep.

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