Ch.55 - Friday Night in No-Name..... feat. a Baby?

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Over the rest of the week, everyone was started to get settled into their place.

Balin was getting back into his five-day school routine at No-Name Town, while business at I.M.P has hit a peak with how efficient Neptune and Marijiana have already proven to be as new employees since their first mission.

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AT SCHOOL...

Balin began every school day getting dropped off by Loona, who secretly gave him a kiss on the cheek for good luck every time before walking down to the courtyard.

During lunch time, because it lasted an hour long, a lot of kids gathered around he and Matt's hangout spot to hear the boy's tragic story and his friendship adventures with Loona since then. ...A hundred times it was told as of that week.

Recess time proved different as the two boys and their friends played a different sport at the court near the playground.

As for his five classes a day, he was already getting good marks in Maths, English, and his other elected courses:

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PERFORMING ARTS:
As teased by Matt, Balin loved to perform. So choosing Drama and Music as his favourite arts, he got to learn to tap into both sides of himself with confidence like he always wanted to, as long as some of the classes were away from his crush since he didn't want her to hear his beautiful singing voice just yet.

But whatever performance workshops the class had to do, Balin rehearsed in the back area of the classroom where he used to his lunch everyday before, but still performed outstandingly.

SPORTS & RECREATION STUDIES:
He also found his strength after meeting Loona when she chased him through the school. So with the thought of that AND his swimming lesson days as a post-toddler, he chose this course based not only off his love of sports with his friends, but also as a way of pretending to work with I.M.P in the future.

ITALIAN (BEGINNERS):
Italy was one of Balin's favourite countries and languages, but he didn't know a lot about it yet. So whenever Loona brought him to the office after school, Moxxie would sit with him and help him with this homework, teaching him the different dialect he once used, being born and raised into a Mafia family back in the day.

Loona would often look up from her phone or magazine, secretly pleased at how well Fatty was influencing him.

SCIENCE:
Thanks to his love of space from Stolas, Balin had really gotten into science. Picking this class, he knew he wasn't learning ALL about space and its stars, yet, but because he read the shit-ton of astrology books in his library, it was close enough.

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Sometimes after getting picked up by Loona, Balin would visit Stolas' mansion to have some after-school tutoring from the Goetia prince and his daughter. Again, he may have been in danger from his ex, but that didn't mean he couldn't spend some free time with the little human.

THAT FRIDAY...

3:15PM.

The final bell of the school day rang, and the little boy ran out of the school saying goodbye to Matt, before running up to Loona AND to his surprise, another human who stood right next to her, wearing nearly the same clothes as Stolas.

"Oh. Hello, sir." said the boy kindly, even though he was like a stranger. "What's your name?"

"Balin, it's me." said the gentleman in a British accent. "It's Mr. Stolas."

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