[Welcome to Badger High!] (Ace Attorney AU)

[Free Period] - 📒

"Hey demons, it's ya boi-"/ref

anyway, woah something actually sorta related to the story

the only note for this chapter is that in this school, they have lunch and then a sort of recess called "free period" where the students get to do whatever until it ends- except go outside, or in any of the classrooms. They can study, talk amongst themselves, or do any assignments they need to catch up on- As some examples.

"Clay, look! It's Klavier-!" Apollo whisper-yelled into his best friend's ear. It was indeed, Klavier, walking down the school hallway. Klavier was pretty popular, dare say the most popular in the highschool. He was the son of a once-famous late rockstar, he was cool, attractive by most people's standards, and charismatic, and he was the president of the music club- His grand ambition being tied to music, to follow in his father's path to become a rockstar aswell. The raven-haired boy's gaze fell onto the blonde, who made notice of the two staring at him. He smiled and waved at the two, being the outgoing and friendly guy he was. Apollo nearly had a heart attack as his cheeks flushed and he turned to Clay again for guidance, as if he thought he could make Apollo suddenly the god of charisma and charm. "Dude!!! He just waved at us what do I do!?" He whisper-exclaimed once more.

Clay put his hand on Apollo's shoulder. "'Pollo, my guy, calm down- You're fine! Breathe, dude. All he did was smile and wave, so maybe you should do the same back-"

"Yeah, okay, I'm fine! You're right." Apollo turned back around to where Klav was standing. And as if on some sort of messed up timing, someone else approached the blonde and engaged in conversation with him, stealing away his attention- And Apollo's chance to finally say hi to the guy.

"Well, what now?? I can't go and interrupt their conversation just to say 'hi'- Like some annoying douchebag." Apollo turned back to Clay, expression asking for his help and imput on the matter again.

"You wouldn't be a douchebag for doing that- But, you could wait for them to finish talking? If their conversation doesn't drag on throughout the whole free period..." Clay looked up thoughtfully, placing his cheek in the palm of his right hand as his elbow was supported by the palm of his left hand.

"Ugh, he's not even in my next two classes- So I couldn't even try to talk to him for even longer then..." Apollo groaned, burying his face in his hands "Why is trying to talk to your crush so harrrd..."

Clay looked down at the brunette sympathetically, letting his arms fall back to his sides. "I'm sure you'll get a chance to talk to him at some point- You just need to be patient, and to not give up." The taller one smiled reassuringly down at the shorter. Apollo peeked out from between his hands, removing them as he looked at Clay. A smile slowly painted Apollo's features aswell, Clay's gaze becoming even softer and his smile wider than it had before as he saw his best friend smile back.

"Thanks, man- You always know how to cheer me up and remind me to keep going. You're a really great best friend." He complimented with complete sincerity and gratitude. Apollo then grinned and crossed his arms.

Clay slid a hand into his pocket and scratched the back of his neck. He grinned back bashfully, his eyes closed. "No problem, 'Pollo!" He paused mid-sentence as he opened his eyes, looking over to the side. He was still smiling, but you could vaguely see some sort of pain in his eyes. "That's what friends are for anyways."

Apollo raised a brow at the peculiar look in Clay's eyes, but before he could comment on it, the sound of footsteps and a familiar voice could be heard approaching and becoming louder. Apollo's head whipped around behind himself, as a small part of him hoping it was Klavier was disappointed. Though most of him was happy to see this not-Klavier.