Bungou Stray Dogs Oneshots!

Ranpoe- The New Student

Highschool! au where Ranpo is the top student in class and wants a worthy opponent. However things change when a new student arrives and a very important project needed to be done...

(Long story Part 1 I guess?)
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Ranpo confidently walked into his homeroom and sat in the front seat, as expected of this genius. Soon, waves of students entered, all greeting him before seating on their respected seats. "I suspect that this day will be normal once more... I really need to find an actual smart opponent!" he wailed to himself as the teacher walked in, "Alright class, we have a new student today and I believe that you all will find him lovely!" Ranpo's ears perked up, "Him?" Just then a long, lanky, slim boy walked in, he had bangs covering his eyes, a long black coat and a book in his hands, "Alighty! Introduce yourself!" the teacher smiled, "I-I-I'm Edgar All-Allan P-Poe," the boy stuttered, Ranpo immediately lost interest. But it clicked on him again when the boy sat next to him, despite all the other seats available, "What the heck?" h cursed mentally before the lesson began.

The bell dinged, and instantly everyone crowded around Poe, he screamed inside, "U-Uh" Ranpo looked at him, "Social anxious huh?" he smirked, he felt nice today. "Oh come on now everyone, if ya'll don't want to play turth or dare with me then leave Poe alone!" he threatened and everyone immediately backed away and out the door, "I'm Edogawa Ranpo! The number one student in this academy! Nice to meet you!" he grabbed Poe's hand and shook it aggressively and eagerly. "H-h-hello..." Poe shyly and desperately answered back, Ranpo laughed, "Come with me!" he dragged Poe out the door and he was struck in the face with crowds of students everywhere, looking at him, SINCE HE's NEW. Poe got a major panick attack with all eyes staring at him from right to left, up to down, all that! "Oh come on! Stop staring at POE!" Ranpo scolded everyone before dragging his 'friend' to a corner that Poe assumed that that's the place the genius spent his break.

"So... Where are you from?" Ranpo asked as he got comfortable next to the unbelievably nervous Poe, "N-North America," Poe replied before looking away. "North America? Cool! What do you like to do?" Ranpo continued, obviously interested in the brunette who was completely oblivious, "I like to write s-s-storues..." Ranpo frowned, stories? "Oh so do you write mystery novels?" he eagerly asked again making the taller flinch, "Ye-yes." Ranpo internally squealed, what a lucky day! "Can I read it???" Poe blushed crimson red, "Wh-why?" The genius sighed, realizing he was making the writer uncomfortable, "Sorry... I just wanted something to do..." Poe was struck with guilt, well until he realized that Ranpo's eyes were closed, "Are you're eyes always closed?" he blurted out, covering his mouth almost a milisecond after. "Yeah, well unless it is important and serious then I open them!" Ranpo responded, happy that he wasn't the one asking questions anymore, woo! "Oh o-ok... W-we should head back to class R-ranpo-san," Poe pointed out, noticing students entering their classrooms, "Yeah you're right come on!" Ranpo grabbed Poe's hand once more and raced back to the classroom, not caring if he bumped into strangers and teachers, how confident.

The whole class was silent during the lesson, well besides Ranpo who was occassionally correcting the teacher for any mistakes they made. "Ok class now since it is the end of the school year, for you're final project you have to write a narrative poem about Christmas! This has to be done in pairs so get together!" the teacher clapped their hands and almost everybody crowded around Ranpo, who just straightforwardly turned them down. Poe however was already thinking of the poem in his head, opening his notebook and jotting down notes, Ranpo, who was watching the other tugged his sleeve. "Yes R-ranpo-san?" Poe squeaked, trying to ignore everyone who was practically looking at him. "Be my partner?" Ranpo requested and all those eyes grew wide, even the teacher's, since Ranpo usually liked doing things by himself and always chose the smartest person in ths class as his partner (which was always him), so this was a total shock. "U-um... S-s-sure...?" Poe stuttered and Ranpo beamed in excitement, turning around to face the jaw-dropped crowd, "Sorry for that, but I already have a partner!" he announced, dismissing everyone out of his sight. "R-ranpo-san why on earth did you choose me?!" Poe whisper-shouted, causing the other to giggle, "I knew you liked writing and I saw you scribbling on your notebook, so I thought you were perfect as my partner!" Poe felt blood rushing to his face, he covered his mouth in embarassment as the end-of-day bell rang.