"I hate my life." he sighed, slowly rising from his futon.
His respect for his old educators rose exponentially with his current routine. How the hell did they manage it?
***
Suicho gazed down the empty halls, relished in silence that had descended upon the halls. This was his only true peace, for he knew in a scant few hours these halls would be littered with disgruntled teachers, and even more so disgruntled kids, all cursing their existence and the distant dream that once was sleeping in late.
"Like I care." he chortled, lifting up his mop and strutting down the hall with a happy skip in his walk.
***
Ranma frowned, munching on his pencil as he stared at the board.
"Noun.
1. The part of speech that is used to name a person, place, thing, quality, or action and can function as the subject or object of a verb, the object of a preposition, or an appositive.
2. Any of the words belonging to this part of speech, such as neighbor, window, happiness, or negotiation. "
He nodded to himself slowly. It made sense.. sorta. It had been over a week since he started, and while he had been ecstatic about his sudden understanding of the language, he realized, quite to his dismay, that he may understand it for the most part, but describing it was a whole other field.
He turned to the class, "As you can tell from the definition, a noun is used to name a person, place, thing, quality, as well as an action. For instance." he slammed his first forward, "This action, used in English, would be.." he left it hanging, eyeing the class.
Todai, Sishiku was as smart as she was cute. Always paying attention, and generally always one of the few to raise her hand first. She, much to his dismay, seemed to have an overwhelming crush on his person.
He hated her guts. Thankfully, she seemed just as stumped as the rest of the class.
"I see." he sighed, looking thoroughly disappointed.
"To punch. As in, "Receiving a Punch."
Ranma blinked. "Uh.. correct, Miss.."
A blue haired girl, shy looking from the way she winced when the attention of the entire class focused on her, stood up and bowed politely, "Mizuno, Ami."
"Mizuno." he nodded with a smile, "As Ms. Mizuno explained, the action I took would be describe in English as 'A punch', or, "Receiving a punch." he gave the shy girl a wave, "Thank you Ami." totally missing the glare Todai shot the girl when he turned around to examined the board.
***
"Ah! My favorite time of the day!" the blonde odango'ed styled girl chirruped, holding a rather large bento to her chest as if it were a child, "Relaxing under the sun, surrounded by friends and loved ones, ahh.. the gift of teriyaki never held so much appeal!"
Makato rolled her eyes, a rather tall girl with brown hair tied back into a pony tail sighed jokingly "There she goes again."
"You have to admit. Anyone that stuck on food scares you." Minako chirruped, slowly digging into her own Bento.
"Pickeled Rice, Pickled pickles, wonderful ooey gooey sauce with just a tad of pudding.." Usagi droned on.
Makato huffed. Her friends.. honestly.
"Uh oh.. Todai syndicate bearing in, three o'clock." Minako hissed.
Makato blinked, before sighing miserably. The Todai syndicate was actually nothing more then three girls, at the head of course being Todai Shishiku, a girl, who on the surface was sweet and kid, but underneath was a total domineering bitch. She had most of the faculty wrapped around her little finger with that cute act, the student body knew better. Then there were her two cronies, Mitsuki Sanada, skinny little girl, completely submissive in all the ways that counted. She was the type of girl if you asked her to lie down on a bed of nails so you can step on you, she'd do it. The brains of the operation, while Shishiku was the front.
Last but not least, Akane Tsubasa, the muscle of the group. She put the ugly in fugly, the notable black sheep of the school. She made up for her looks by being unbelievably strong, and more then willing to crush some ones skull whenever her boss snapped her fingers.
"Miss Glutton, the airhead, and butch dyke number two." Shishiku giggled in disgust.
Akane chuckled, thought Mitsuki seemed to shrink in on herself instead, staring at the ground as shy as ever.
Makato sighed, stretch her arms a little, "To what do we owe the honor of your visit, Wicked Witch."
If Sishiku cared about that last snipe, she didn't show it, "Hmm.. where's the nerd? She's usually around you losers."
Usagi stopped eating, "Yeah.. where is Ami?"
Minako slurped the rest of her noodles, "Ami? Didn't she stay behind to talk with Mr. Saotome?"
Makato winced internally. Everyone in class knew Todai had a crush on the new teacher, heck, she had handed out pamphlets the other day proclaiming ownership over the new teacher. Ami had made a huge mistake by getting praise from the teacher earlier, and Minako just HAD to poke the fire by saying that, "Eer.. I don't think so. Didn't she have that meeting with Mr. Rumiko? About the upcoming test Friday?"
Mitsuki blinked, frowning curiously but saying nothing.
Usagi hmmed, shaking her head, "No, I'm sure she said she wanted to talk with Saotome-san."
Makato face palmed, missing the mad insane glare popping into existence on Todai's face.
***
"Don't you like to hang with your friends?" Ranma eyed the girl across his desk.
Ami blinked, the blushed shyly, "Yes.. I.. I just wanted to ask you something."
"Oh?"
Ami steeled herself. Oh, she hoped he said yes. She was so nervous, so ready to break away and run blushing like made. But she had to ask.. her future.. everything counted on it. "Mr.. Saotome?"
"Yeah?" he started shoving papers into a trash bag. Why was she so red in the face?
"Do.. you think.. " a subtle heat rose in her chest, eyes locked on his lips.. those thin, enticing lips.. "You could.." oh she was so embarrassed, "Give me a schedule for upcoming tests?" there, she said it.
Ranma blinked, then shrugged, "Sure." That was it? He felt oddly cheated.
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