Hello my name is Wally Wonks

The Feast

That evening

Jake waltzes into the main hall and spots both Wally and Lina at their separate tables, which were next to each other for some reason; everyone knows that the Octavinelle people and the Pomefiore are currently at a standoff (A2: totally didn't just make this shit up, also look we're in Harry Potter again A2)

Jake then walks up to the Pomefiore table and sits next to Lina. "Hoi, how long do we have 'till the feast begins?" he asks.

"Oh, you're on time for once. It begins in around 5 minutes, so get back to your table and wait patiently." Lina says sternly.

"Yeah, yeah, I promise I won't cause trouble," Jake says, getting up and moving to the Heartslabyul table.

Wally's POV

Wally, who is cripplingly avoidant of social interaction, had waited around until everyone had sat down so he would just take whatever seat was left, thereby eliminating the need for awkward pleasantries and "is this seat taken?" and the like. Because of this, he's ended up sitting next to Jade and Floyd, who had an empty seat next to them because all the other students are terrified of them. Wally waves at Jake, makes a constipated-looking grimace to express his feelings towards his seating situation, and points at his phone to signal to Jake that he should open WhatsApp.

Jake's POV

Jake had decided to sit on the seat that was directly facing Wally as he noticed that he was sitting next to the 2 eel-men and knows that it'd be nothing but trouble. Jake then notices that Wally has sent him a message on his phone, and that Wally looks like he's shitting bricks, so, fearing the worst, he opened WhatsApp.

Immediately, a message pops up from Wally. "HELP I CANT DO RHIS THEYRE TOO HOT ASDFGHJKLZVXBCN" followed by a spam of 17 stickers of that despairing 3d emoji turning to black dust. Jake looks up at Wally, who traces an imaginary tear down his face with his finger

Jake then smugly replies, "I thought you said you're only interested in their anatomy, what happened to that?"

Wally quickly types back, angling his phone away from the tweels so they can't see: "I am interested in their anatomy, just that now in addition to scientific curiosity there's another vested interest" He follows this up with a sticker of a cat doing the Roblox man face.

Jake replies, "mhm sure whatever you say, mr. eel lover. Why not try talking to them?"

Wally runs his hand through his hair depressedly, and when he comes back up Jake sees he's making the gigachad face. Wally then turns to Floyd and says awkwardly: "..hello..."

"Hey, Shrimpy," Floyd says back, grinning with sharp teeth. "You like swimming?"

Wally makes a strangled noise and stiffly turns away again, texting Jake: "talked to him, almost died, send help"

Jake sees the message and starts fearing the worst (even though he could just looked up and see that Wally is perfectly fine). He stands up and runs straight to Wally's side and saying "What happened?? Are you ok????" worriedly next to him.

Wally hisses, "Ey, spinnst du? Setz dich wieder hin! Alle staren uns an!!" (Hey, are you crazy? Sit back down! Everyone's staring at us!!)

"Du bist doch derjenige, der mir geschrieben hat, dass du fast gestorben bist!" Jake hisses back. "Mach das nicht!" (You're the one who texted me that you almost died! Don't do that!)

Wally replies through gritted teeth: "Boah, Alter, ich übertrieb doch natürlich! Dummkopf! Geh jetzt sofort wieder zurück, ich krieg ne Krise!" (Wow, dude, I was exaggerating, of course! Go back right now, I'm having a crisis!)

"Na gut, dann gehe ich jetzt!" (Fine, I'll go now then!) Jake says annoyed, while storming off back to his seat.

Wally stares at the spot Jake was, when suddenly, a voice piped up behind him, "Na, das war ja interessant." (Well, that was interesting.)