(DISCONTINUED)American Boy || Platonic Beeduo Highschool AU

7: Group Project

a/n hey, so since school is starting soon I might update less frequently as it's stressing me out a bit. sorry about that.

anyways, enjoy chapter 7 :))

TW/CWs: Small amount of bullying

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After literature class, Ranboo and Tubbo had history. They walked into the classroom together, and Ranboo was surprised to see the familiar face of Techno in the back of the room.

The pink haired boy had been mostly quiet for the time that Ranboo had known him, but nodded hello at the duo once he spotted them. Ranboo and Tubbo sat near the quiet reader; besides them, the class only had a few students talking quietly. They were pretty early.

Tubbo took out his piece of scrap paper from homeroom and continued his doodling. Techno looked over at the paper, and his eyebrows scrunched in confusion when he saw his own face.

"Is that me?" the pinkette asked, turning to Tubbo. The smaller boy's eyes widened.

"Uh, no? Well maybe- um, I mean, it's not-"

"It looks good," Techno said simply, and promptly went back to his book.

Tubbo blinked, and returned his attention to his drawing. Ranboo couldn't help but notice a small smile growing on the boy's face at the compliment.

Ranboo made the mistake of looking at the door at the exact second Dream walked in.

How bad is my luck? Ranboo thought miserably. Luckily, Dream was alone. His friends must have different classes. Dream's eyes met Ranboo's, and the blonde grinned wickedly.

Ranboo quickly broke eye contact and looked at the floor.

Please don't come over here.

Please don't come over here.

Please don't come over-

"Hey, it's the new kid," Dream chuckled, standing next to him. Ranboo ignored him and didn't look up from the floor.

"Leave him alone, prick," Tubbo said coldly. Ranboo looked up, shooting a quick smile of gratitude at his friend.

Dream scoffed.

"Lighten up," the blonde said, roughly shoving Ranboo's shoulder and making the tall boy flinch.

"It was just a joke," Ranboo could practically hear Dream smirking.

"Dream, cut it out," Ranboo's eyes darted over to Techno, who had an eyebrow raised at Dream. More kids were starting to come into the class. Dream's eyes darted around nervously.

"...whatever," Dream mumbled, taking a seat on the other end of the classroom. Techno looked back to his book. Ranboo was surprised.

He hadn't spoken a word to Techno besides an awkward hello at lunch, which was when he realized the pinkette wasn't fond of conversation. Why would he stick up for him?

Before he could thank Techno, the teacher began to talk to the class.

"Hello class, I'm Mrs. Kennedy, and the first thing we are doing this year is a project on Greek mythology, and you can either work by yourself or in a group of two. I'll give you guys a minute to decide," she said. 

Ranboo automatically assumed he would be working alone.

No one would want to work with the new kid, let alone the weird eyed, tall, American new kid.

Tubbo will probably be with Techno.

It's fine, I've always worked well by myself anyways.

Ranboo felt Tubbo poke him, and looked at the brunette boy.

"Wanna work together bossman?" Ranboo blinked. Huh?

"I thought you were working with Techno?" the tall boy asked. Tubbo shook his head.

"Nah, Techno usually works alone. But it's ok if you don't want to," Tubbo said, looking dejected.

"No, I'd love to!" Ranboo said, smiling. Tubbo's face lit up.

"Here, I'll give you my number so we can figure out times to meet up and work on it," Tubbo said, scribbling his number down on a piece of paper and handing it to Ranboo.

"Thanks," Ranboo said and slipped it into his pocket before turning back to the teacher, who began to further explain the project.

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Words: 612

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