FNF x Pico's School High School AU

Day 5

It was finally the day of the project. It was also the end of the first week of school. Every student had brought in different methods of protecting their egg. Darnell and Cassandra brought in a small box that had bubble wrap in it. 

"Okay, class. I'm taking attendance of pairs before we line up to go outside, so when I call your names, say 'Here', get your project and wait by the door." Ordered Ms. Hatsune. When everyone was lined up, they all went to the school roof. "Alright, everyone! One, two, THREE!" She counted down, and the students gently threw their experiments off the roof. Everyone headed to the front of the school to see if their plans worked. Boyfriend and Girlfriend's egg had landed graciously on the ground. Their egg reached the ground the slowest, but it paid off. Darnell and Cassandra's egg was also unharmed when they opened the box. They, too had used a parachute to be extra careful. When Nene and Pico checked on their egg, they found it had a small crack at the bottom, but shrugged it off.

"Thank God for completion grades." Pico said as he discovered the crack was bigger than it looked up close. Darnell walked up to Nene and Pico to look at their project.

"You should have listened to our suggestions." He said. "Me and Cass were, wait... I meant Cassandra!" He stuttered.

"Right..." Nene said.

"Me and her DEFINITELY did not bond while we worked on the project! And she TOTALLY did not open up to me about why she did what she did!" He lied.

"Riiight..." Pico said.

"And I ABSOLUTELY did not understand her point of view in that situation and where she was coming from! Just saying..." He went on.

"Rig--"SMACK!

Later that day, Pico, Nene, and Darnell were discussing what they should do later that afternoon.

"...And you don't get to pick, because you ditched me on Tuesday!" Pico said to Darnell. 

"Oh, whatever, man. You had fun with Nene that night, didn't you?" He asked. 

"Well-- eh..." Pico wanted to say something, but he blushed as he remembered having Nene in his arms while battling Boyfriend. Nene looked to the side. Darnell smirked and cupped his chin with his hand. 

"You two can't possibly expose me for bonding with a girl when you've been doing all this sneaking around." He teased.

"I would hardly call it sneaking. You didn't come with me, so Nene had to." Pico said. Suddenly, Boyfriend walked up to them. 

"Hey, Pico! I got these pictures from karaoke night and was wondering if you wanted to keep them!" He said. Boyfriend handed Pico some pictures of him and Nene, and one of them was of her in Pico's arms while he sang. 

"Yeah. Thanks." Pico said, taking the photos. Darnell pointed at the picture with a smug look on his face. 

"I didn't know you two had THAT kind of fun..." He said.

"Shut up." Pico said, still blushing. Nene was too flustered to even speak, however, she was making an embarrassed squealing noise. The trio decided to go to the movies. When the movie was over, Darnell walked home first, leaving Pico to walk Nene home.

"Uh, Pico?" Nene asked.

"Yeah?" Pico replied.

"About that hug... I'm sorry for making you uncomfortable the other day." She apologized.

"Oh, that?" Pico said. "I didn't feel uncomfortable... I just... It caught me off guard."

"Oh. Well, I'm sorry to have startled you." Nene said.

"You don't have to apologize! I just..." Pico didn't know what else to say, so he hugged her. "It was a lot of fun doing the project with you." He said. Nene felt her whole body heat up.

"Thanks! I had fun, too!" She said. Nene waved goodbye to Pico on her porch. As soon as she got to her room, she jumped onto her bed and squealed into her pillow. This time, it was a happy squealing noise.