The Battles We Fight (Rascal x Reader)

Chapter 1 The New Kid

I woke up when it was just the break of dawn, I stretched and yawned as I got up. I wish I could sleep forever. We have a maths test in school today. I threw on some clothes, brushed my hair and went downstairs for breakfast.

Mum was there, making pancakes and humming. "Morning mum," I said as I sat down, mouth watering a little at the smell. "Good morning, I didn't hear you get up!" Mum was bringing a full plate of delicious pancakes "You're like a ninja" she put the plate in front of me as she gave me a little hug.

I wolfed down the breakfast then looked at the time "Crud! I'm late!" I stuffed my things into my bag and ran out the door.

When I ran into class, sitting in my seat was a new kid. I groaned, Not again! it happened last time, someone new sits in my seat and I don't have the confidence to tell them to move. The kid smiled and waved, he looked...odd, he had hair in a peculiar shape, a mask covering his eyes and a strange outfit. "Hi, my name's Rascal." he introduced himself, I just waved and tried to actually say hi.

At lunch, I walked over to my friend, Lucy, who was waving with both hands like a lunatic. I mentally facepalmed as I walked over "(Y/N)!!! Over here!" she yelled, despite me being about three metres away "Yes Lucy, I see you." I rolled my eyes. We were chatting away when Lucy pointed and yelled "New kid!", I tried to hide my face but it was too late, he was walking towards us. "Lucy!" I hissed, she just turned and grinned Yeah, thanks, now he thinks I'm an idiot. Just what I wanted I thought as I wondered why she's my friend Oh yeah, no one else liked me... Rascal was grinning as he came over to us, I couldn't understand why though, Lucy was a lunatic and I was practically invisible. "Hey, wait..." he looked at me, observing every detail of my face, I blushed and covered my face with my arms. "You're the girl from the start of the day!" I nodded slowly, he dropped into a bow and cheerily said: "I told you my name, what's yours?". 

I wasn't sure whether to answer or not or if I even could. On one hand, he might be nice and not like everyone else, in which case, it would be fine to tell him my name. On the other, he might be the same as everyone else and if I told him, he would spread even nastier rumours than the existing ones. I took the chance, he seemed nice anyway "(Y/N) a-and th-thi-this is L-" I started, "LUCY!!!" Lucy shouted with a huge grin, she pulled me into a one-armed hug. Rascal looked at the floor for a moment. He sat down, I had a freakout inside, one of the most sacred, unspoken rules of this school was that you never sit with someone unless invited.

I slowly warmed up to him and we were chatting when the bell went, Rascal's cool, not the person I would normally be friends with, but Lucy isn't really either. At the end of the day, I was walking out with Lucy and Rascal, talking until we parted. Then, I noticed we walked the same way, well, until he walked into an alley...that was a dead end. Curious, I followed him. When he got to the end though, he did something I'd never expect.

Next time

When he reached the end, he vanished! I watched him, he disappeared in a puff of...cards? Clearly, he was weirder than I could have ever imagined. I wondered if I was dreaming or getting lost in my imagination again.