Blood Red Klance

The New Student

Chapter One: The New Student

Author's Note, briefly. This is the first fic I have planned out before writing, and also the first fic I have a set amount of chapters for. I have also, at the time of posting this, finished the other two chapters but will post each consecutive chapter a day after last so it makes sense to have author's notes. Enjoy!

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Keith walked into the small office of the school. He'd only been there for a week, but he knew he needed to go to school. Especially when he considered he'd already been accepted before he got to the small town. So he'd gotten out of bed this morning, gotten dressed, and made his way slowly to the school.

"Hello, I'm Keith Kogane, I'm new here." He said, walking up to a man at the front desk. The man looked up, eyes shining.

"Hello, young man! I work here at the school, have since it was first built," he smiled widely, orange mustache following. "I'll get your papers for you and call up a couple of students in the Student Council to show you around. You've shown up at a rather odd time, though." He glanced up at Keith with sparkling eyes, pulling out a piece of paper.

"Here, your schedule, young man!" He said, holding out the paper. "And remember to show up at 8 instead of 11 tomorrow, okay?" Keith took the paper from the man, nodding briefly in response to his reminder. He watched, for a moment, as he picked up a phone to call one of the classes to get Student Council members. At least, that's what Keith figured he was doing. He couldn't really tell.

He stopped staring at the man and his phone, turning to look around him for a chair. When he found one he walked over to it and sat down, messing with the paper in his hands. He counted the flips, imagining it was the knife he couldn't keep with him because of school rules. 1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9 bam. The door opened loudly, startling him. As he looked up, two kids around his age came staggering in. The first, who also fell because the second leaned on him, was long-legged with brown hair. The second was shorter, with blonde hair and iconic Harry Potter glasses. They looked ridiculous, stumbling in as if they had just come running through the halls.

The long-legged one looked around and stopped when his gaze rested on Keith. Keith, in turn, froze up. He didn't know how to talk to people. He'd rehearsed what he would say to the man at the front office for hours, and if it hadn't worked he wouldn't have known what to do. The boy smiled though and waved at him.

"Hey! It's Keith, right?" He said, tilting his head. As he got a nod from Keith he smiled and continued. "Sorry if we startled you, Keith. We're a bit of a mess. Anyway, I'm Lance and this is my friend Pidge. We're gonna show you around the school."

The second, Pidge, shot a glare at Lance. "I can introduce myself just fine, but whatever I guess." She pushed her glasses up and then turned her head to glance him over.

"Uh...yeah. I'm Keith. Nice to meet you..?" He said, standing up slowly. "Thanks for showing me around, I guess."

Pidge laughed, "I like you, not mean like you look. No offense, of course," she put her hand out, asking for a handshake. "I'm Pidge, it's nice to meet you, Keith. You don't have to worry about us, we don't bite."

Keith nodded, ignoring her comment. She'd probably hate herself if she knew anyway. He shook her hand, deciding he'd probably be able to tolerate her.

"Anyway," Lance said, putting emphasis on the first syllable. "We should get going if we want to eat lunch today. C'mon." He opened up the door, more gracefully this time, and stepped out, holding the door for the two of them. Yep, he's a complete nerd. It was Keith's first thought about the boy, and it appeared to be holding true.