Five's a Handful

Class of Misfits

Looking at holoprojectors all day was a pain in the ass for any student. Especially for one who had already gone over the material for his classes thirty times at least out of sheer unfiltered boredom. Such was the case for the main character of this story, Y/n L/n.

Y/n wasn't anything special by any means. His brother was in the military, fighting in the second Korean war. Kenta was safe though, he and Y/n video called one another every week and the most recent one brought news that Sariwo and Nampo had been taken by allies, meaning that potentially the war could come to an end. Though British and American reinforcements were expected following the end of the Chinese war.

Y/n slowly faded in and out of sleep as the teacher droned on, making him realise how much he had neglected his own sleep schedule. Not that he had one to begin with.

In order to distract himself from his desire for sleep, he leaned back and swung on his seat. The teacher saw this, but also saw the bags under Y/n's eyes. So, being the dickbag he was, he decided to point it out.

Teacher: "I assume you have a good reason for having the need to swing on your seat to alleviate your tiredness, Y/n?"

Y/n: "Yeah, it's called being worried about my brother. Not that you'd know what that's like since you decided to pussy out of fighting and instead hang around here like a bad smell."

A few of Y/n's fellow students snickered in amusement at the comment while the teacher could do nothing but seethe at the front of the class. A lot of students were in a similar boat where they had siblings or other relatives in the conflict. As such they were given support to handle the stress. This extended to bereavement in case said relative was killed.

Thankfully Kenta hadn't fallen to the enemy. The only time Y/n's family got really scared was when they didn't hear from him for two weeks. However he re established connection and showed that he had lost one of his legs, having it replaced by a mechanically enhanced prosthetic, which had become the norm for both military and civilian procedures after the uprising of the USFA in America.

Thankfully due to the Brits and Canadians, that whole situation was quelled and Texas was turned into a penitentiary state.

Anyway, back in the present, the teacher turned back to his board and started calling out easy questions to gauge his classes engagement thus far.

Teacher: "Alright, can anyone tell me the full name of the USFA?"

One of the nerdy guys at the back of the room, Ieyasu Takarada, immediately put his hand up.

Teacher: "Takarada."

Ieyasu: "United States of Fascist America."

Teacher: "Correct. Can anyone tell me the name of the operation which knocked them out of power?"

The teacher only saw Takarada's hand up and instead chose someone who wasn't paying attention. A tanned girl at the back of the class who was more interested in her phone than the class.