No One's Perfect (A Zodiac Story)

Color Coding

Leo

We walked into the classroom, and I surveyed the surroundings. It was a typical classroom setting, with every two desks put together and spaces in between the pairs. There was also a few cheesy posters on the walls, and a whiteboard at the front of the room. But what most interested me was the desks. The fact that they were put together like this must mean that we were to pair up. I looked at the people around me. So far, the only people I had gotten to know was Sagittarius, who I chatted with at breakfast, and Libra, my roommate. I also knew the names of the people who I played monopoly with, but I didn't know them quite as well. 

Suddenly, the same man from breakfast appeared at the front of the room. I didn't even notice him, until he clapped his hands to get our attention. 

"Hello, my name is Orion. You may recognize me from before, at breakfast. I'm the teacher here, and I teach all the subjects. After all, you are skipping school and the law requires you to at least have some sort of education." He said. "Now, you all have assigned seats in this class." 

No one complained, which wasn't that surprising since we didn't even really know each other. 

"Now, the desks in the first row, to the left, are empty. Next one to the right is Cygnus and Pyxis. After that's Gemini and Scorpio. And on the very right of the first row is Virgo and Pisces. Second row, to the very left, Aquarius and Libra. Moving right one, Leo and Capricorn. Next to them's Aries and Sagittarius. And lastly in the back right is Taurus and Cancer." He directed. 

Capricorn. Hm... she was that girl with the glasses, right? My thoughts were confirmed when she sat down next to me. 

 "Hi," I started. She just glanced over at me. 

Playing the cold card, huh?  My thoughts were disrupted as Orion spoke up again. 

"Now, we are going to have classes. Classes are math, language arts, science, and history. Each class is 45 minutes long, and after your first two classes you will have a 30 minute break. The classes were just listed in order. Now, I will pass out some folders and pencils. Label each one with a class." Orion finished, starting to move around the room and handing stuff out. 

He handed me a red, blue, green, and purple folder, along with some pencils. Capricorn took a pencil and began to write MATH in big letter on the red folder. 

"What are you doing!" I whisper-yelled as to not attract attention. Capricorn looked over at me, her hand frozen halfway on the letter T. 

"What do you mean, 'what are you doing'"? she asked coldly. 

"Why are you writing math on the red folder!?" I exclaimed, pointing at the said object. Capricorn tilted her head in confusion. 

"Math is a red subject." 

"What!? Math is such a blue subject."

Capricorn narrowed her eyes. "You take that back. Math is, and will always be, a red subject." 

"No, math is a blue subject."

By now, we had started to attract the attention of the people around us.  

"What do you mean, idiot? Red is the only color for math!" Aries yelled. 

"Okay, I have to agree with Leo. It's blue." Libra piped up.

"Yes!" I cheered, holding out my fist. Libra put his hand out and we bumped fists. 

Sagittarius poked her head out from behind Aries. "Are you guys stupid? Math is red." 

Aries flashed Sagittarius a grin. 

By now, the whole class was listening to the conversation, and was starting to partake in it. 

"Math is a blue subject!"

"Math is so red,"

"It's blue!" 

"No way, red!" 

"BLUE!" 

"RED!" 

"CLASS!" Orion shouted, effectively silencing us. "We will not talk about this anymore. You are free to label your folder however you wish-"

"Red" Sagittarius hissed quietly, heard by everyone but Orion.

"-, so don't continue this argument." 

Everyone gave each other suspicious glares and turned back to their folders, making a show of which color they were supporting. I proudly held my blue folder out in front of me, MATH scrawled in big letters on top. 

Capricorn just looked over at my folder and just gave an angry huff.

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Math is a BLUE subject and I will personally fight anyone who says otherwise.