Chapter 2

"What did you do in the bathroom?" Hisoki asked, looking up from his book. He lays it in his lap, making sure to put the bookmark in. Harley looked at him, confused. "Um, what? I just used it." He muttered defensively. Hisoki frowned, shaking his head. He continued to his desk, kicking his legs aimlessly. "No, because it doesn't take someone forty minutes just to use the bathroom. You left at the beginning of class and came back towards the end. So, I asked again, ``What were you doing?"

The boy scoffs, crossing his arms defensively. "Why the hell would you want to know? Like I said, I was using the bathroom." Hisoki sucked in a breath, nodding. "Yeah, ok. Just don't take so long, alright?" He muttered. He wasn't going to get any answers out of this kid, so he just let him be. He hopped off his desk, walking behind the stunning wooden piece. "Do you think you would need a pass?" The professor asked, grabbing a pencil. "Yeah, my class is on the other side of the building." The kid grunted. 

Hisoki nodded quietly, grabbing the white sheet of paper. He scribbled the time and date, before handing it off to Harley. "Here you go. See you tomorrow." Hisoki said politely, sitting down in his seat. Harkley muttered "Boring." Before stepping out.

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Baker was proud of himself. He made a friend. The boy who sat beside him, Yoshi, that's his new friend. He promised himself that this year would be different. This year he wouldn't be quiet and antisocial. He's going to have friends. "Hey." He waved at Yoshi, sitting down next to him. Yoshi smiled. "Hi! You're a senior, right? Wow, you look so much younger!" He got that a lot from people, which was always kind of funny to him. 

Baker smiles and shrugs. He could feel a soft burn in his cheeks. Yoshi only laughs. "Aww, so cute!" He said happily. Wow, Yoshi seemed a lot nicer and extroverted than he could ever be. He waved someone over. Baker recognized the person, but wouldn't be able to know who they are. "Kai! Come over here!" Yoshi yelled, pulling at the boy's arm. Kai, that was his name. He waved at Baker, winking at him before turning to Yoshi. Whaaaaaa-

"Yes, Yoshi?" Kai asked his hands in his navy blue pockets. His uniform seemed so nice. Everyone around him was so out there, Baker wanted to be like that. He didn't want to be the basic nerd that he was. "Sit down," Yoshi muttered, pulling Kai into the seat beside him. "Ugh, we're having miso as soup," Kai muttered, looking up towards the school menu. Baker did the same, yeah they were. 

"Come on, I'm not going to eat that. Let's get snacks before we go to Hisoki's class." Yoshi grumbled, standing up from his seat. They all had the same senior school uniform, consisting of a white button-up, with a navy blue tie, and a yellow vest with a blue outline. Their pants were also blue. "They're going to know we are supposed to be at school," Baker says worriedly, however, Kai just waved him off. "We are allowed to do this, it's not like we have to eat at school. Come on." He says, getting out of his seat.

Baker looked at them unsure, but sighed and stood up as well. "Fine, let's go." He says. He didn't want to be caught. He knew that this was allowed by the school, but he was still worried. They walked down the white bricked halls, a Yokosa mural on the wall. Their school was very patriotic. As they stepped onto the concrete of the outside walls, a cool breeze approached them. It didn't winter, but that breeze sure did make it feel that way. 

"Wait!" A boy yelled from behind them. The three boys turned around and saw another boy, slightly taller than them, run up to them. Baker also recognized him from Hisoki's class. Wow, already he knows so many people. "You wanna come with?" Yoshi asks with a smile, and the boy, who was out of breath, nodded. "Yep!" 

"Fine, come on Wafi. But don't only talk about sex." Kai muttered, Wafi rolling his eyes. "Come on, you should know that's not all I do in my life," Wafi says with a chuckle, walking in pace with Baker. He wrapped his arm around the blond's shoulders. "Hey Baker, did you do the homework?" He asked, kicking a pebble. Yoshi and Kai were in front of them, talking. "Yeah, but barely. Most of the questions were either about your personality or how the world works." That earned a laugh out of Wafi. 

"Yeah, there were some hard questions on that paper. I'm glad I got through them. I think I had a quarter-life crisis though." Wafi says, causing Baker to roll his eyes. Maybe he might make some really good friends in this class. "Quarter-life crisis? You had a quarter-life crisis from questions like 'What color best resonate with your personality?'" Wafi nods, a serious expression on his face. What was happening? "Yes, I did." "You're an idiot." Wafi shrugs, walking slightly forward and tapping on Kai's shoulder. Kai turns his head to look at them. "What?" 

"I don't know. Baker tapped your shoulder." Baker's eyes went wide. No, he didn't! What- why would he say that?! "What's up?" Kai asks, looking towards the blond. "I- Wafi tapped your shoulder. Not me." He mumbles. Kai looks at Wafi with a dead look on his face, but before he could answer Yoshi gasps. 

"Oh my god, I heard that place was so good!" Tokyo is known for having tourists all around here, which means tourist attractions are all around as well. However, for most Japanese people, a simple convenience store would do us good. Yoshi walks up to the glass door, the doors opening at Yoshi's movement. 

"I've been friends with Yoshi for years, and I have never seen him so excited for anything besides stores like these." Baker scoffs, walking in after Kai. The store was nice, the isles stocked with colorful candy and snacks. Baker goes for the one thing that he will always like, strawberry gummies. "Let's get something quick, lunch is almost over and Hisoki would be pissed if we aren't in his class," Kai warns, already having an onigiri in his hands, as well as a Sprite. Wafi shrugs, grabbing a bag of shrimp chips. "I think he would be cool. He seems like a nice dude." Baker hums in agreement. 

"I feel like he is a nice teacher," Yoshi says, reaching down to grab a bag of chips. "And he's hot," Kai says, grabbing Baker's egg sandwich and strawberry gummies. He wasn't wrong, but not like Baker would ever say it out loud. 

Baker was always good about memorizing people's faces, maybe not their names, but faces definitely. He looked young, maybe even younger than some of the seniors at the school. With black, one side coiling into his face. A button nose and gold round glasses on the tip of his nose. His eyes, wide and filled with happiness. It seemed that he loved reading since he had multiple books on the desk. All of them in English. Baker could just imagine, Hisoki sitting alone on his bed, grading papers-

"Baker, are you good over there?" Yoshi asked, handing him a bag. "Oh, thanks." He mumbled. Wafi nudged him. He did not have a thing for teachers. "What happened to you? It's like your brain shut down for a moment." Kai nudged him with a smirk. "You were thinking about Hisoki, weren't you?" He teased, though Baker calmly shook his head. "Yeah, no." He says simply, taking his egg sandwich out of the plastic bag. "How much time do we have left?" Yoshi asks, looking over at Wafi, who had a watch. The tall boy looked at his watch, his eyes going wide. "Shit, we're late!" 

All four boys started running.