Fate Solicitude (Artoria Pendragon x Reader) (Saber x Reader)

No Safezone In War [6]

Ezra: So you're doing dodgeball again this year, right?

Y/N: Well...

Nina: We're short members now since the Seniors are gone...

Y/N: Any Freshmen interested?

Nina: Maybe. We haven't really scouted yet.

Kam: The point was to see who from last year was coming back so we know how hard we have to recruit.

Ezra, Nina, and Kam were 3 friends of mine who were also in the same grade as I was. School had started back up around a week ago and things were going smoothly. I was a part of a dodgeball club that competed with clubs from other schools. We were always pretty good, but with the Senior members graduating, the club didn't qualify for official tournaments anymore.

Y/N: I mean... Yeah, I'm in, but don't expect me to help recruit. That sounds like a hassle.

Ezra decided he'd piggyback off my comment.

Ezra: Same! I don't think I want to recruit either.

Kam: Lazies...

Nina: Recruit or don't recruit. We're just taking a headcount right now.

Y/N: Well, with the 4 Seniors gone, that leaves us 4 and... Is Reggie playing?

Nina: He said to put him on the list, but if anything comes up he'll have to pull out.

Ezra: We have 4, potentially 5 with 'Reg. We need a minimum of 6, so I guess we'll look into the Freshman.

Kam: "We'll"?

Ezra: You'll.

Nina: Alright, sorry to hold you up. I'm gonna get going now. Later.

Kam: Yup. I've got to run too. I'll catch y'all tomorrow.

Nina and Kam headed off. Me and Ezra walked the halls to go down to the main corridor. School had ended and I had a meeting with Ezra and my Guidance Counselor to talk logistics on the Anime Club. Ezra was a big guy. You'd have no clue he co-led the Anime Club with me.

Ezra: You know what I've noticed?

Y/N: What's that?

Ezra: The Freshman Class is huge... I mean, the school's always been pretty big, but damn...

Y/N: I thought that same thing earlier. Might be a good amount of transfers too-

As I was talking, a group of guys walked by and one of them collided shoulders with Ezra. Ezra looked back and got ready to apologize before realizing who it was. Emmanuel and some of his friends. Ezra and Emmanual were always butting heads over anything possible.

Ezra: Watch yourself, "Manny."

Emmanuel hated being called that nickname because he thought it was condescending, which it was when Ezra used it.

Emmanuel: You bumped into me, buddy...

Ezra: Uh-huh...

Ezra and Emmanuel became background noise as I locked eyes with one of the boys that were with him. He had long, messy black hair that dropped to his shoulders. It was tied up in a ponytail. He stared at me and I stared back. He had heterochromatic eyes, one a light-brown and the other one a silverish-gray.

**A Freshman? I've never seen somebody like him before at this school... Why's he staring at me?**

I came back to Earth just in time to see Emmanuel moving towards me and Ezra. I don't know what was said between the two, but Emmanuel looked ready to fight.