Why you? - Eustass Kid X Reader

Chapter 3

Two more days. Just two more days and then the weekend is here. The comfort words of every week.

Right now, you are sitting in the art classroom. Drawing random shapes in your sketchbook, at the moment the main shape was a star. You didn't have any inspiration or anything else to do.

With some other students in the classroom, you waited to be given a new assignment. Which is given when every student finishes their last one. There are lots of them that are now working on it.

Professor Marco always gives you all an option to work on the project in your free time and then in the class you can just chill, be on your phone, read, study for exam, anything just not to disturb others in their work. Everyone pretty much decides to do their assignments in the class. It's much easier that way.

"Alright, everyone put down everything that you are working on right now and listen. I have a new assignment ready for you all."

Marco clapped his hands together, trying to get everyones attention. There is a new assignment? Already? That's unusual for Marco to give you a new job when others aren't finished yet with the last one. There is definitely a catch.

"So I know what you all are wondering. 'Why is he already assigning us with a new project?' There is a simple answer for that. Meeting new people"

That isn't a 'simple answer'. It just made everyone even more confused. It's written all over the faces in the classroom. Sudents looked around at each other to see if anyone understands what Marco is talking about. No one did.

"We have two more months until the end of the school year, so I decided to give you all an interesting task. This year's final assignment is called: 'A portrait of a stranger'. In this assignment, you will have to make a portrait of someone in this school who you usually don't know or don't hang out with. It can't be anyone who you are already friends with"

One of your worst nightmares. Assignment in which you have to interact with strangers. Just great. Well, you guess one bad grade won't ruin your life, probably. Because there is no way in hell that you will come to some stranger from school and ask them to be your model. Like 'hey will you be my model for a project even if we don't know each other'. Yeah, no thanks.

"To prevent from awkwardness or any tipe of embarrassment, I paired you all up with someone in this class to help each other find the models. This assignment is also, in some way, a social experiment to see how well students manage getting along with each other."

You can swear that you saw him looking at you while he was explaining his reasons of the project. That son of a bitch. Sorry Pops definitely didn't mean you. He knew that you would back out on this project so he used your weakness. Guilt in making someone else fail because of you. It wasn't enough for him to give you more challenging assignments, so others wouldn't think that he is going easy on you because he is your older brother, but he also used that as an advantage to try and get you to socialise more. You loved him with all your heart, but this was plain cruel. You'll get back on him.

"Now let's pair you all up and then we'll discuss the details"

He started to read out the names of the students that will be working together. There isn't anyone particularly that you wanted to be paired up with. Not any of your closest friends took this class so it was whatever. You were in good terms with everyone..

"And lastly. Y/n and Heat."

Except him. Out of all the classmates, he was the last person you would have expect to be paired with. You didn't knew him well. He was pretty quiet and only interacted with others if he had to. The only thing you knew about him was that he studied engineering technology and that he is one of Kid's closest friends.

"In this assignment you will have to, like I said, make a portrait of a stranger. It can be from any material and in any size. Just let your imagination run wild. This assignment will be your final project and it will be exhibited on the last day of school. It will also affect fifty percent of your grade so give it in your all. You will have to submit it before the final week of the school, which gives you a total of seven weeks. If you have any questions, feel free to ask."

Seven weeks is plenty of time but to meet a person in less than seven weeks. Oh hell no. You already hated this assignment. Sadly you couldn't back out because as much as you hated to interact with people,  especially strangers, you hated even more seeing someone get a bad grade because of you. You wouldn't forgive yourself if Heat failed this because of you. For fuck sake this assignment amounts fifty percent of your grade!

"This is all for today, if you have any more questions, you can email me or ask me next week in the class. Have fun the rest of the week. The class is dismissed"

You close your sketchbook, putting it back in your bag with the rest of the art supplies. As you were about to walk out of the class, you felt a light tap on your shoulder.

"Oh sorry, Heat, right?"

Of course you already knew who he was, but it would be creepy to just talk to him like you were some kind of old pals.

"Yeah, I wanted to talk with you about the project, if you have time now"

"Sorry, but I have another class in few minutes. Umm you can give me your number so we can arrange when to meet. Just text me when you are free next week so I can clear up my schedule."

He just nodded his head as he gave you his phone to dial your number in. After that, you gave him a quick goodbye, hurrying to your next class so you wouldn't be late.

You were the first one to arrive to the class. Oh well, so much about being late. Sitting at your usual spot, in the last row by the window, you waited for the beginning of the class and your dear friend Ace. Thinking about it now, working with Heat is going to be really awkward. Guy is alright but his personality seems just kinda cold.

Deep cough was heard, snapping you out of your thoughts and signalling to the students that the class has began. Math class. For many it was boring but when you have a good professor like Mr. Jimbe there is no better class than his. He always made sure that everyone can keep up and also gave tasks for homework that are almost the same as the one in exams. He was really patient with students that struggled with his subject, *cough*Ace*cough* and repeated himself as many times as needed.

When we are already talking about Ace. Where is he? He's probably ditching again, but he would let you know. Kid and Killer are also not here. This is maybe a coincidence, and you might just be paranoid, but this definitely is suspicious.

You'll find out later, now you have to focus on the lesson. Not worth falling a class if in the end there is nothing to worry about. Hopefully.

A/n: Chapter three done. Do you think Ace is planning something stupid again? Probably. No he definitely is.
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