Cancer Men

Chapter 1

"Shit shit shit, I'm going to be late again," you think as you climb up the stairs two steps at a time, "almost there almost there."

Rounding the corner, your sigh of relief is short-lived as you see your chemistry professor starting to close the door. Aw HELL no! There has to be at least a whole ass minute left before class starts

"Ah y/n what a pleasure to have you join us. A second later, and I would have had to lock you out." Saito, your professor, said with a tight smile as she paused, almost reluctantly, and allowed you in. "Tut tut. What a shame that would have been"

"I know, right...what a shame..." you gasp as you clutched at the growing stitch on your side. "I would have been locked out of a class I pay nearly 30k in tuition for because I came in almost a minute before the bell rang."

"Actually, it's 45 seconds now, but who's counting," she replied as she smoothed out nonexistent creases from her blouse. "Now, I suggest you take your new seat. That is unless you want to be more of a distraction and wait until there are merely a few seconds left?"

"Sure thing I can-WAIT, new seats?" you exclaim as you glanced around the classroom.

Sighing, Professor Saito said exasperated, "Yes, new seats Y/n. You really need to get a hold of yourself. Aren't you a junior already? I hope you don't need me to hold your hand like a child and walk you to your seat now?"

As a flash of heat started to creep up to the back of your ears, you bit the inside of your cheek before replying in an overly sweet tone, "Of course not, professor! I'm not as incompetent as you seem to think I am. But seeing as I'm not a mind reader yet, could you just tell me where you assigned me to? Then I can stop being a... what was it? A distraction?"

Narrowing her eyes at you, she brusquely said, "back table with Shitsuko and Kyotani," before turning her back to you and walking towards her desk "try not to get lost now would you"

Yeeesh no wonder you're divorced, you thought as you walked away from her. I'm sure that the only reason why they haven't fired your ass is because you're tenured-

"Pssst, hey! L/n! Over here," a voice called out to you amongst the renewed conversations.

Craning your neck around, you saw one of your new group members waving you down towards them while the other sat slumped in his seat, legs slightly spread apart.

"Hi, I'm l/n f/n. Nice to meet you," you said as you pull out the only other empty seat, and began taking out your things.

"Hi, L/n! I'm Shitsukoi Yatsu, but you can just call me Yatsu'' the boy said to you with a shy smile. Looking down at his wringing hands, he said quietly, "I'm so sorry that you got paired up with me L/n. I know that I wouldn't have been your first choice if you had to choose."

"Noo, haha, I'm sure that we'll work together just fine! And you don't have to be so formal, just call me Y/n" you replied reassuringly.

"You think so! That's great!" Looking at the boy who sat directly across from you, he said "Did you hear her, Kyotani? She introduced herself to us just now."

With his arms were crossed over his chest and an open notebook haphazardly laid over his reclined face, he snapped at him, "And? What the fuck do you want me to do? Give her a fucking award for saying her name? Praise her or something? Don't fucking talk to me if you're just doing to say dumb shit."

Jesus Christ, someone missed nap time you thought. Leaning left towards Yatsu, you whisper, "It's okay, Yatsu, just leave it like that. He doesn't have to say anything if he doesn't want to. Thank you though"