hopes peak's anime club

not alone anymore

The bell finally rang for the last time in the day, signifying freedom for all students....at least until the next day. Rantaro calmly made his way down the hallway towards the exit of the school when a bright poster caught his eye. He walked closer to inspect the poster "Join the anime club! Meetings before and after school in room 53!" It read. Rantaro shifted his gaze from the poster to the tiled floor as he thought to himself "the anime club huh...." Maybe joining a club would allow him to make at least one friend before the year was over. He briefly debated just ignoring the whole idea of joining a club before he turned on his heel and started walking towards the classroom.

"Fifty one....fifty two....fifty three" Rantaro mumbled as he looked at the numbers on the plaque next to each classroom door. The greenette took in a deep breath, grabbed the cold, silver handle and pulled the door open. he was met with a brightly decorated classroom. Anime figures decorated the window sills, posters of various different animes were on the wall and the chalk board was decorated with cute drawings of anime characters. All eyes were on him when he entered.

He saw a short boy who was sitting on a table, a boy reading manga on the floor, and a....robot was adjusting the figures. "Um...hi?" Rantaro said nervously to break the silence that surrounded them. The robot was the first to approach him "hello! I am-" He was interrupted by a harsh push to the side given by the short boy who was previously sitting on the table "Hey! I'm kokichi ouma, the leader of this club and soon the world" He greeted with a cocky smile.

"Uh....hey I-i was looking to join your club if that's possible" the now agitated robot glared at the grape haired boy before saying "you really want to join? We haven't had a newcomer in awhile" Rantaro looked down at his shoes. "uh....Yeah" Kokichi suddenly got closer to him, inspecting the greenette's appearance closely making rantaro very uncomfortable "hmmm....we could use some eye candy like you in our club....alright you're in"

Just then the door opened with a burst and yet another boy came tumbling into the club room. Rantaro turned to face the door and was surprised to see the same boy from earlier breathing heavily as he stood in the doorway. Kokichi groaned "s....sorry I'm late" The boy apologized with a breathy voice "at least knock before you do that" The manga reader mumbled "that's day fifteen shu...." The club leader scolded as he crossed his arms "how do you manage to be late every single day" "Sorry I just fell asleep in class and nobody woke me up" Kokichi sighed "you're lucky I'm a forgiving leader any other club would've kicked you out"

The robot sighed "kokichi you and I both know that without shuichi our club wouldn't be allowed to operate" 'So shuichi must be his name' shuichi's eyes then fell upon Rantaro. He recognized him from earlier that day which immediately made the boy nervous, too nervous to speak "oh it's you I didn't think I'd see you again so soon" Shuichi just quietly nodded as he pulled his hat so the rim covered his eyes. Rantaro was confused by that action "don't mind him he just does that when he gets nervous" The robot explained "I remember he used to pretend to be mute in middle school...unfortunately for him the teachers didn't buy it here"

"It took you so long to get here that the meeting is almost over" Kokichi informed "Really!?" "No" The robot boy said as he nudged kokichi. The boy threw himself on the dirty floor and burst into tears "WAAAAAA HE HIT MEEEEEEEEE"

Rantaro was regretting his decision already.