FNF x Pico's School High School AU

The Day of the Field Trip

A week later, Pico, Nene, and students apart of the astronomy club that wanted to go on the field trip had their permission slips signed. After everyone had taken their slips to the front desk and the teacher had collected them, the astronomy club lined up outside the bus while the bus driver and teacher loaded the back of it with the students' luggage. The teacher had assigned seats, and sure enough, Pico and Nene were the ones to sit together. They spent that bus ride mainly talking and battling with Yu-Gi-Oh cards. After a while, they just sat in silence while Nene listened to music with earplugs and Pico stared out the window. 30 minutes in, Nene had fallen asleep. Her head landed on Pico's shoulder.

Pico noticed this, but decided to let her sleep. She was sitting by the aisle, and he didn't want her to lean into it and fall. They stayed like this for a while, until Pico felt himself dozing off. He swooned to the side and his chin landed on Nene's head. After a while, Nene woke up, and as soon as she saw how close she was to pico, she moved her head, but this caused Pico's sleeping head to land in her lap. She silently shrieked and tried to pull Pico off of her, but he was too heavy. 

"15 minutes 'til we reach our stop." Said the bus driver. Nene sighed.

"15 minutes isn't that bad... I can bear this for that long." She thought to herself. Nene looked down at Pico's sleeping face. "I've never seen him like this... He's so peaceful." Nene lifted her right hand from under Pico's arm. "Hmm..." She ran her fingers through his hair. "I always thought he gelled it... It's actually really soft." Nene said in a quiet tone. She didn't realize she had been touching Pico's hair for that long until the bus driver said they had reached the campsite. 

Nene stopped what she was doing and gently shook Pico awake. As the students left the bus, their astronomy club supervisor told them what to expect, the rules of the campsite they'd stay in, and what they would learn about. Nene was hardly paying attention. She felt an unexplainable wave of disappointment wash over her. 

"I kind of wish we stayed like that longer..." She thought. 

Before the club went into the space exploration center, the teacher told everyone who they would be sharing a tent with.

"...Nene will share one with Shyrell, and Pico will share with Uberfred." Said the teacher, finishing off his list. "I'll give you all 30 minutes to unpack your stuff." 30 minutes later, everyone was finished, and after that all students had to head to the bathrooms. After that, the real field trip begun. They were being taught about the distance between planets and the Sun, the different orbits that planets in the Solar System had, and other things that you could learn in any classroom. Nene, who was still only in this club because Pico was, started to regret having her parents sign her permission slip. She saw Pico all the time, so nothing out of the ordinary would happen if she went on a lousy field trip with him. She was alone with him, though, which was one thing that changed.

Still bored out of her mind, Nene stared at the ground as she walked along with the group. She hadn't been looking up for a minute, and when she did, she had no idea where they went. She looked all around her, but couldn't find them. Nene didn't know where to walk, either. Giving in, she decided to walk to a nearby bench, sit on it, and cry on it. Before she could even let out a whimper, someone grabbed her hand.

"There you are! Where did you go? We're on the top floor now!" Pico said, pulling her off the bench. He guided her to where the group was and they got caught up again. For the rest of the trip, they held hands. Nene didn't know whether Pico was still aware of it, but she decided not to tell him; she didn't mind.