A/N: Chapter 3 is here guys. Tell me if you see errors and I'll eventually get around to fixing the mistakes. This chapter is mainly in Cronus' perspective and is mainly a filler chapter to introduce him a little. This story will get better I swear. Please R&R.

DISCLAIMER: I don't own Homestuck.

School was never his thing. He could honestly say he hated the place and he didn't really like hating things. The school just had so many expectations to meet, and it was nothing like the one he had previously attended. Public school was definitely the shit, this place was for lack of a better term, a hell hole.

"Cronus Ampora if you don't get your grades up you are going to fail my class for this semester." Cronus stirred, at the bellowing stern voice of his teacher. He hoped she knew she was interrupting his afternoon nap. Letting out a grumble and rubbing his eyes,Cronus, sat up so he was properly looking at the towering woman before huffing and crossing his arms across his chest. "Do you hear me, Ampora?" She asked.

"Yeah yeah I hear ya." He mumbled before stretching, "I'll get them up before the end of the year. Enough to pass any way." The white t-shirt clad boy leisurely said as his lazy muscles stretched and his bones popped.

She couldn't stop the sigh as she shook her head and cocked her hip to the side placing her hands on her tiny waist, "Cronus you're not going to be able to pass the school year that way" she scolded giving him a stern look,"You're lucky to be passing my class and that's really saying something. I don't understand why you don't just do the work." She rambled. The tan boy just shrugged before standing and sliding his hands into the shallow pockets of his tight black jeans. "Cronus you're a smart kid, you really are, you just have to apply" she said with an authoritative karate chop motion to her own hand, now looking up at her student.

Cronus sighed and looked down at her, "Ms.H I'd love to stay and gab but I do have other classes." He replied seemingly ignoring her lecture. The old woman heaved a sigh and crossed her arms which earned her a small tug at the corner of the taller's lips.

"I Just worry dear." She said with a semi wrinkly smile as she looked past her thick moon shaped frames at the absconding Cronus.

" I know, but, hey I gotta go!" He announced with false urgency as he headed toward the door. "See you tomorrow, Ms.H." He exclaimed with a wave before striding out the door, leaving the woman to shake her head. Cronus really loved the old woman but, she worried way to much about everyone. Most of the other teachers just didn't give a shit, but sure as hell did. She was probably one of the only reasons he was passing this year.

Cronus' mind wandered as he walked down the hall way to his next class. Next was English, with no other than the man himself. Mr. English was okay, he was a younger guy who had had his share of adventures, but decided to settle down and get his degree in everything and yada yada. Cronus' eyes wandered to the people he passed, it seemed like everyone of them had rejected him in some way or another. It was weird though, he never really despised any of them, the only one he ever really had to keep his eyes out for was- "What the fuck you think you're doing?"

'Well, speak of the devil herself' Thought Cronus as he made his way down the hall. 'What's she going on about now?' Cronus' thoughts continued as he rounded the corner to see the loud mouth and this kid in a bright red sweater he'd never seen before. The kid was on the ground and she looked like she was getting ready to beat the shit out of him. Cronus watched the two from the corner, the sweater boy was scrambling to pick up papers he probably dropped and Meenah was still yelling. Cronus sighed deciding he should probably go help the poor dark headed soul. By the time he made it over it seemed like he was trying to politely get the hell out of there. The raven haired boy was almost there when the kid took a step back and slipped on a straggling paper.

On instinct Cronus hands shot from his pockets as he cleared the small distance in a few large steps as his elbows hooked under the sweater kids armpits before he could hit the ground. Cronus shot a cocky look at Meenah, it seemed he had saved the 'damsel' in distress from her evil grasps. "C'mon now Meenah. Ya gotta be nice to the new kids they don't know your rules." The words passed smoothly from his lips as the person in his arms struggled for freedom he soon obtained and began apologizing but Cronus quickly stopped him, "Eh, don't sweat it doll. Just saw Wicked Witch of the West Wing over here and decided to come help a cutie out."

The sweater clad boy flushed at the statement and soon began to object starting with something about his name but he was once again interrupted this time by Meenah, "You need to learn to stay outta my business Ampora!" Cronus rolled his eyes and opened his mouth to shoot another remark but she claimed they were lucky that she had to go to class, which earned her an eye roll as she trudged off, now in an utterly pissy mood.

Cronus watched her as she walked off giving him a look that could kill as he shot her a sarcastic smirk of victory. Cronus didn't understand why she always had to be a bitch. Sure her mom was super rich and owned a good piece of some cooking company, and happened to be the principle, but that was still no reason to be a bitch. Sometimes he wished he could clock her right in the nose and rip her face rings out, but that would ruin his fathers stupid business companionship or something utterly stupid like that.

As Cronus' attention was brought back to the formally assaulted sweater boy,as he cleared his throat, he heard him begin speaking,"As I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted by uhm... M- Meenah was it?" He said shifting the papers and offering you his hand, "My name is Kankri Vantas. I would be obliged if you only referred to me as such. I also would like to apologize for such an inconvenient display I seem to have caused and I greatly thank you for helping me out Mr. Ampora."

Cronus blinked his eyes as he continued to speak, before chuckling at the formality and taking his hand, You've got a big set of lungs don't ya doll." He smirked and continued, "Name's Cronus 'n no problem sweet cheeks."

He went to protest but stopped when the tardy bell chimed. " oh no I'm late for class-" he started and began mumbling under his breath as he began digging in the stack of papers. Cronus stood watching him as the last of the people in the hallway went their separate ways. Cronus thoughts went elsewhere as he watches the bit dig through the stack of papers. He was really cute, and he was so much shorter than himself and seemed to be proper beyond belief, but it really seemed to suite him. Cronus watched as he pulled out his schedule, and tilted it away as cronus tried to sneak a peak, and offered Kankri his help, which he quickly accepted. After he told you which class he had, you began your quest to get him there. His next class was Home Ec./Culinary. And lucky for him you did happen to know where that was. As much as Cronus hated to say it Kankri did strike him as the kind of guy to take Home Ec. with intentions of actually learning and not just to check out the girls. Cronus' hands found there way back to his pockets as he checked every few seconds to see if the small male was still behind him as he lead him down stairs. When they finally arrived at the room Kankri said his thanks and both makes said their good byes.

It wasn't until Kankri closed the wooden door behind that Cronus had the sudden realization that that New kid was probably the cutest person he had ever seen.

Cronus leaned on the wall a minute before a shark like grin spread across his face. He didn't know why but he suddenly felt happier than he had felt in a while. Pushing of the wall the tanned boy decided he'd just go by his class' later and get his assignments. Right now he wasn't going to let school ruin his mood.