+Day One+
Classes began smoothly. The morning assembly went well. Apollon, Balder, Thor, and Tsukito kept Ceresei and Freya busy with classwork. The two girls were basically tutors. Ane and Fe were in charge of gathering Hades, Takeru, Dionysus, and Loki who were ditching their classes. "So how are we going to bring them back to the classroom? They don't seem thrilled." Ane said as she and Fu were walking around the Academy. The weather was nice and that meant the men were out and about. "Loki, he hates his buddy getting close to Ceres. Trick him. As for the others...we need to be forceful." Fu said. The first god they encountered was Takeru.
He was sleeping under a tree. Problem was that someone drew on his face. "SO one is here..." Ane sighs as she and Fu approach the sleeping god. Ane observes the doodles on Takeru's face and tries not to laugh. Fu holds her snickers back and clears her throat. Takeru slowly opens his eyes and sees Fu and Ane watching him. He immediately sits up and glares at them. "What do you two want?" Takeru questions.
"O-Oh well. Uh, you need to attend class or else you won't be able to graduate." Fu said as she struggles to keep her composure. "Tch. I'm not going. Go bother someone else." Takeru refused to move. He sees Ane slightly shaking. He could tell she had been laughing. "What is your problem?" Takeru asks. Ane takes her cell phone out and takes a picture to show him. Takeru gasps as he realized his face was marked up. "Who did this!?" He raises his voice.
Fu waves her hands dismissively. "It's not us. We were told to find you." Fu stated. A laugh could be heard from above and Loki appears to be sitting on a tree branch. "Ha ha! You are an easy one Takeru! What should I try next?" Loki says with a grin on his face. Takeru immediately stands up and glares at Loki. "You bastard! I'll get you for this!" Takeru said in anger. Loki continues to laugh. Fu glances at Takeru. "Psst. I can get even for you." Fu whispers to him. Takeru looks at Fu in curiosity.
"Hey Loki," Fu calls out to him. Loki stops laughing, "Yeah?" "Your friend Balder is getting awfully close to Ceresei. She's alone with him...in the classroom. Right. Now." Fu said. Loki's mischievous attitude changed to one of irritation. He was not smirking anymore. Loki leaps down and lands on his feet. He casually strolls over to Fu. "Where are they?" Loki asks. "In the classroom." Fu answers and Loki runs off.
Takeru and Ane watch Loki disappear. "Well, he's mad," Ane said. Takeru nods. Fu grins and places her hands on her hips, "Two down. Two to go. Hey, Takeru can you tell me where Dionysus might be? I also need to find Hades too. We got to get them." Takeru takes a moment to think. Both Greek Gods were wandering around. "Hades is possibly alone somewhere and the other one is probably making wine," Takeru says.
Fu nods and she was about to leave Takeru alone until Ane hands him a cloth. He needed to wipe his face clean. "I will go back to class. And thanks." Takeru said as he takes the cloth and wipes his face clean. "Thank you. We do not need Thoth scaring us...again. We will see you after retrieving the others." Ane said. Takeru nods and Ane and Fu leave. The two girls walk around the academy and approach the greenhouse. It had taken them a bit of time to locate Dionysus who had been collecting grapes off of the vines.
He had been filling his basket. The man was singing to himself. Ane and Fu approach Dionysus. "Hey, you should join the others in the class. Apollon needs you there." Fu said as Dionysus continues to pick grapes. The smiling god looks at Fu and stops picking the fruit. "Hearing Thoth lecture can be rather boring and I prefer to listen to music. I can't make wine, but I can make juice." Dionysus explains. "Thoth is boring. I can't even lie..." Ane agrees and focuses on Dionysus. "Okay yes. Thoth is boring, but you and the others ditching class screw us all over. Besides, if you don't understand the work then we can tutor you. Unless you can't handle a human's teaching skills." Fu spoke.
"It would be disappointing to see you fail. Apollon would be sad." Ane adds. "Okay, I will go because I don't want to fail. You girls are convincing." Dionysus sighs as he did not want to be guilt-tripped any further. "Bring your grapes with you too. Oh, where is Hades?" Fu asked. Dionysus folds his arms in front of his chest. He was not exactly sure where his uncle was. The man was basically an enigma towards everyone. Dionysus tried to figure out the possible locations.
"The library or the astronomy club room. You should be able to find him in either place." Dionysus answers. "Ane, you go to the astronomy club and I will head to the library." Fu said, "Thanks, Dionysus. I will see you in class once we retrieve Hades."
The girls then split up to locate the god of the underworld. Ane had checked the club rooms until she came across Hades who had been adjusting his telescope in silence. Ane stands in front of the door watching him.
"Hey..." She spoke causing the man to become startled. Hades quickly looks at her before going back to adjusting his telescope. "You should not be near me," Hades said without giving Ane a glance. He did not intend to be around anyone. Especially when he could be the cause of misfortune. "Well, I was sent here to find you. You...don't like being near others, huh?" Ane said quietly. Hades continues to adjust his telescope then stops.
"I bring misery. I do not want to see anyone suffer because of my presence. Please do not waste your time dealing with me." He said. "You say that but I know none of us think that way. We are here to graduate and I know with you being around would make everyone happy." Ane said. Hades looks at the girl. His eyes narrow as if he was expecting Ane to deceive him. The tension soon disappears and he lets out a tired sigh.
"I am not trying to pester you, but please consider this. It is something that we humans do, but you might learn something." Ane said. "...I will join you. Just keep your distance away from me." Hades said as he made his decision. Ane smiles at his answer then leave him alone. Personally, Ane was glad to be able to get Hades to join the rest of the gods.
It was the second half of the third out of five classes. The class was on a lunch break. Loki and Ceresei were staring each other down. Loki had an angry expression on his face while Ceresei was not in the mood to deal with the drama. Apollon and Dionysus along with Balder and Thor watch the two stare each other down. Tsukito and Takeru were busy eating ramen and bread. Freya was trying to keep Loki and Ceresei calm without making a scene.
"So what were you doing with Balder?" Loki questions Ceresei. Ceresei's eyes never left Loki's.
"Helping him and Thor study. Unlike you, I prefer to attend class and prefer to graduate." Ceresei answers.
"So it was your idea?" Loki asks another question.
"No. It was Balder's idea. At least he is trying." Ceresei answers again.
Loki narrows his eyes more, "Really?"
Balder steps in between the two and places his hand on Ceresei's shoulder. "Yes. This is new to us so I asked her for help, Miss Freya was showing us how to take notes as well." Balder explains as he did not want either two to get into it. Freya looks at Loki who had glanced at her. Freya sighs and shrugs her shoulders, "I am good at taking notes." Loki turns back to Ceresei and Balder.
"Come now Loki-Loki. Stop giving Sei-san a hard time and let her help Bal-Bal. Sei-san is doing her best." Apollon said as he walks over to him. "I enjoy having her and the other girls here," Balder says as he does not remove his hand from Ceresei's shoulder. Ceresei glances at Balder's hand then looks back at Loki.
"I think he gets the point. Now I need to eat." Ceresei said as she felt her stomach growl. Her stomach growling caught everyone's attention. Ceresei glances away in awkward embarrassment and she sits down in her seat. "I will get you something to eat," Apollon said as he saw Ceresei in slight distress. Ceresei nods and Apollon leaves the classroom. Dionysus was taking a nap at his desk. Loki scoffs and takes a seat at his desk. Fu met up with Apollon as he was heading to the cafeteria.
"So how is everyone doing in there?" Fu asks as she walks with Apollon. She had expected something to occur with the information she had given Loki in order to make him go to class. "Well Loki and Sei-san are not getting along, but that will change," Apollon says with a smile. The two students converse until they see Ane and Hades walking towards them.
"Hey, you found him. Okay cool, you guys want to bring some lunch back to the classroom? Ceresei is hungry and I don't want to piss her off just yet." Fu said to Ane and Hades. Hades stood a good distance away from the girls. "I'll...head to the classroom." He answers. "Okay...Come with us, Ane. We need extra hands." Apollon said. Ane nods and Hades walks past them in silence. Apollon, Fu, and Ane make it to the cafeteria and start gathering the lunches.
Ane held various kinds of steamed buns in her arms. Fu carried the bread loaves and ramen bowls. "Fu-Fu, you aren't having trouble carrying that?" Apollon questions as they leave the cafeteria. "No, and why are you calling me that?" Fu answers with slight annoyance. The nickname sounded as if it belonged to a dog. "Oh well, it kind of suits you," Apollon says cheerfully. "Fuck no. Don't call me that." Fu said. Ane chuckles as she could tell Fu was not happy with the new nickname.
"Anyway, you seem to like Ceresei. Do you think she's attractive or something?" Fu smirks as she changes the subject. Apollon blinks as he tries to answer the question. "Sei-san is a cute girl. I can say I love her." He answers. Fu almost stumbles but she catches herself. Ane coughs and walks faster trying to not listen to the rest of the conversation. It was getting too weird for her. "God...you and Balder are complicated. Wait, you don't actually love Ceresei like a lover, right?" Fu spoke after she clears her throat.
"Ah, I can't say.." Apollon's cheerfulness faded for now. Fu gasps and shakes her head, "I-I'm only joking! This isn't anything serious, I swear!" She did not need to see this god depressed. Especially about this conversation. "Anyway, hurry up and feed everyone. I know Ceresei won't hold back if she and Loki are still arguing." Fu said trying to cheer him up.
The two soon enter the classroom to see Ceresei and everyone else sitting at their desks. Ceresei glances at Apollon who was looking slightly depressed. "Hey Apollon, are you okay?" She asks as she notices Fu. Fu tries to tiptoe over to Freya and Ane. "Hold it shit starter..." Ceresei spoke with a crooked grin. Fu starts to whistle and passes the food around.
Ceresei glares at the girl then turn her attention back to Apollon. Apollon sits at his desk which was next to Ceresei's. "Ah, I am fine Sei-san. Please do not worry about me. I was just spacing out." He offers the girl some bread. Ceresei politely takes it and unwraps the bread to begin eating it. Apollon stares at his bread.
Everyone else was eating their food. Cersei looks at Apollon and she takes a hold of the bread and unwraps it. "Come on. Talk to me." Ceresei said and hands him his bread. "Fu-Fu just asked what I thought about you." Apollon answers and he then takes a bite out of his bread. Ceresei sighs in slight awkwardness and tries to smile. "Don't worry about it. But I do intend to throttle her later today." Ceresei said.
"Sei-san. Thank you." Apollon smiles. The two students ate lunch in silence. Apollon was now back to normal. Ceresei was content. "Miss Ceresei, would you like some ramen?" Balder asks as he was enjoying the shredded beef in his bowl. Ceresei turns around and looks down at his bowl. It was mostly meat. "I-I think I'm good. How can you eat all of that?" Ceresei says the amount of meat was overwhelming. Balder smiles as he picks out a piece of beef with his chopsticks and places it towards Ceresei.
"Just try it." He insists. Ceresei gave up and opens her mouth. Balder places the piece of beef in Ceresei's mouth and Ceresei closes her mouth. Balder pulls his chopsticks away and Ceresei begins to chew food. She finishes chewing and swallows it. "What do you think?" Balder asks. Ceresei nods, "It's not bad." Thor and Loki watch their friend. "He's interested," Thor said. Loki narrows his eyes, "Too interested. She might be a witch."
"Poor fire crotch. Don't you seem jealous? Ceresei is not trying anything...unlike your friend here. It is obvious." Fu snickers as she slurps up her ramen. Loki glances at the green-haired girl. "She is not a witch," Fu said after swallowing her food. "Ceresei is only a nice girl. She isn't obsessing over anyone." Thor said as he takes a bite out of his bread. "Don't dwell fire boy. After this charade is over then your friend won't be able to see us again." Fu said as she has a calm expression on her face.
Loki scoffs and turns away. Soon lunch period ended with him watching Thoth read from his book as Freya and Ane were taking notes. The majority of the gods were paying attention. Tsukito was taking notes while Takeru and Apollon were listening. Balder and Thor were reading the textbooks. Loki was getting bored. Hades was reading his book while Dionysus was taking a nap. The rest of the school day ended normally except each student was introduced to the after clubs.
"I will join the garden club. And the art club..." Ceresei said as she was looking at the list of available clubs on a sheet of paper. "I can join the home ec. club. Free food to make." Fu said in amusement. "I can join the kendo club. I need to be more active." Ane said. Freya crosses her arms as she was not sure which club she could join. "I want...to try...Archery?" Freya spoke up. All the girls looked at her. "Can you even shoot an arrow? You look more like a bookworm to me." Ceresei said in surprise. Fu chuckles.
"S-Shut up. I want to do something different." Freya stammers as her face puff up. She was embarrassed. "As long as you are careful," Ceresei said. "You girls decided which clubs you are going to join?" Apollon asked. "Still looking." Fu answers. "Well, you all should join the student council. You, girls, are representatives of the humans so you can help me with the events and field trips." Apollon says with a smile. "..." Ceresei and Fu stare at Freya and Ane.
The look Ceresei had on her face was dull while Fu looked devious. "Stop. Now. If we do it then you must do it too." Ane said. Ceresei's dull expression turns into irritation. Fu's devious expression changes to vengeful. "Fine. We will join you Apollon. Because I am the one as the main leader, I will be your assistant." Ceresei spoke in a monotone voice. Apollon gets excited and takes Ceresei's free hand in gratitude.
"You can join the tennis club if you want to." He suggests. Ceresei's eyebrow twitched comically. She was not one to be actively involved in sports. The idea of her running was not amusing. "We will not go that far. I will just help you." Ceresei said trying to keep a straight face. "Oh, we should start planning these events. Let's get started!" Apollon pulls Ceresei to stand up and he takes Ceresei out of the classroom.
Ane and Fu do not stop Apollon. "So...back to these clubs," Ane said as she focuses on the sheet of paper. "You aren't going after her?" Tsukito asks Freya. Freya looks at Tsukito. "I don't think we even can. Apollon seems determined. Maybe we should go with them." She answers. Freya and Tsukito leave the classroom. Takeru walks over to Ane and Fu. "So you two going to join them or what?" Takeru questions.
"What? It is not our responsibility." Ane said. Takeru narrows his eyes as he stares at Ane and Fu. Fu groans and she then heads out the door. Ane follows her with Takeru by her side. The souls were admiring Balder as he. Loki and Thor walk down the hallway. "The first day of classes was pretty interesting. This isn't so bad." Balder said as he ignores the students who were staring at him. Loki yawns as he stretches his arms.
"It is okay," Loki says. "We do learn a lot about the humans in there," Thor adds. "Indeed. Learning about their culture is something different. I should ask the girls about what else humans do now." Balder said in enthusiasm. In truth, he wanted to learn from Ceresei. He was interested in knowing more about her.