Hermit Highschool AU (with Angst! waaooo!)

Chap 6. Tango

Tango Headcannon (literally): when he gets excited, his hair flickers, when he gets wet, his hair sizzles, and when he's angry, his hair flares. I also love the idea that his hair has like, a mind of its own? And maybe his skin is hot to the touch except when he lets his guard down (which is never since he is an angy boi) and that's why he wears gloves, so he doesn't set anything on fire. 

Also I like to think he's clumsy 😂 

1st Person POV: Tango!

I was terrified heading into the hallways of sophomore year. We weren't the babies anymore, me and my friends, but we weren't out of the hot water either. I was dwarfed in comparison to some of the monsters that towered around me. I flicked my tail nervously, holding it high so it didn't get stepped on in the chaos. 

"Hey does anyone have any marshmallows? Because the portable campfire is here!" I looked up nervously to see a tall boy with a messy buzz cut towering over me. I'd never seen him before, but I had heard that quip far too many times. 

"Leave me alone," I snarled, baring my teeth. My hair flared up slightly, and my tail tensed. I muscled through the crowd, trying to find my locker, or better yet one of my friends. 

"Hey! Tango!" I wheeled around, expecting to see another sneering bully, but I was in luck. It was just my friend BDubs, who was a freshman this year. Being a nether demon, I was built small and skinny, but BDubs barely came up past my shoulder. Even though it was only September, BDubs was buried in a thick, fuzzy green hoody. His curly hair was stuffed under the hood, and most of his face was covered, but his huge eyes and contagious smile still shone through. 

I switch to third person here... why am I like this

"Finally out of the kittie pond Bdubs! Where's your locker?" Tango queried with a grin. 

"Nearby, somewhere," BDubs waved his arm in a vague circle. 

"Mine's riiiight... aha! Here it is!" Tango spotted his locker and waved goodbye to BDubs, promising to see him during their shared lunch block. 

"Hey! It's little Mr. Hotstuff!" A taunting voice called from somewhere in the crowd. Tango wheeled around, trying to pinpoint the voice, before turning back in the direction of his locker.

Another voice, this one more familiar, jumped in. "Go back to the nether where you belong, demon-spawn!" Tango turned around with a roar, baring his pointed teeth and stretching out his bat-wings to their full extent. He reeled, catching a blow to the chest. When his vision cleared, he recognized the same jerkwad as before, looking more ginormous than ever. 

Aaaaand back to first person.... It was so late at night when I wrote this im sorry

"At least my mother wasn't a giant!" I spat back, which earned me another shove. This time, I was headed straight for the locker next to mine, where a tall, unfamiliar boy was sorting out his stuff. I slammed into him with a thump, and we both kind of crumbled into his locker. 

"Hey! Gerruph Me!" he shouted, his voice muffled. 

"Sorry," I whimpered, struggling out of the locker and giving Mr. Giant the hairy eyeball. He smirked and turned away, and the crowd dispersed. 

"What was that about anyways?" The boy was taller than I expected, with stark white hair and different colored eyes. He was wearing a black mask, and his glare was made exceptionally intimidating by the fact that one of his eyebrows was partially missing and his red eye had a giant scar through the eyelid. 

"This kid shoved me," I mumbled, vaguely aware of my hair shrinking back, embarrassed. "I'm Tango by the way." 

"Etho." The kid extended a cautious hand, which I shook. 

"So Etho..." I turned to my locker and punched in the code '07871.' "What class do you have first?" Etho looked at the back of his locker, where he seemed to have his schedule posted. Homeroom with Mr. Kinney-"

"Same!"

"Then double AP science..." 

"First thing on a Monday? Cruel!" He grunted in response.

"Then AP History, P.E, AP Redstone, and Lunch."

I doubled checked my schedule eagerly. 

"Hey, we have History and Redstone together! And My friend BDubs shares our lunch block. We can meet up with him then, I'm SURE you'll LOVE each other!" Etho's ears turned slightly pink, and I twitched my sharp elf ears, confused.

"Anyways, we'd better get to homeroom! We don't want to be late!" And with that, I took off, weaving through the throngs of kids.