Metanoia ( 2doc )

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AN// Btw just wanted to clarify since the description says 'college au', it's not like what college is in the US since this is in the UK(think of the school in skins if ur confused lol)

M u r d o c ' s P O V

"I'm not someone you'd want to live with, 2D." Murdoc groaned as they entered the college. For Murdoc, it was way too early for both school and Stuart's nagging. Stuart on the other hand was exploding with energy. "We don't know that yet, so guess we just have to try!" Stuart grinned, bouncing after him.

Murdoc threw his head back in frustration, "How do I know you're not bluffing about these kids?" he said rubbing his eyes with his lower palms. "I swear, they're really good!"

Interrupted by the sound of the bell, Murdoc could finally 'escape'. "See you outside for lunch!" Murdoc smirked as he slipped around the corner to head to class. "This is not over! You'll give in soon enough!" he heard Stuart shouting after him, making him chuckle.

Finally, some peace and quiet, Murdoc thought to himself as he entered the classroom, sitting down at a desk. The other students were either on their phones, sleeping at their desks, or like the professor, not there yet. College professors really don't give a fuck,huh?

Weirdly, as the silence settled in, he felt like something was missing. As if he actually wanted Stuart's voice nagging him, not necessarily about him moving in. Stuart could honestly talk about anything, and meanwhile, Murdoc pretended to be annoyed or disinterested at times. When in fact, he loved listening to the bluejay's voice.

The idea of living with Stuart sounded like something close to heaven, which was saying a lot coming from a Satanist. But he couldn't leech off him, he had no money to pay rent, pay for food or any of the other basic necessities. He already felt pathetic enough that he had spent one night there.

Murdoc barely reacted to the slap on the shoulder as someone sat down next to him, "Mornin'." he just muttered automatically, still overthinking and analyzing his situation. "Where've you been? We tried calling you all weekend, wanker." Ace nudged Murdoc in the ribs, causing Murdoc to growl angrily. "Aww, you tiwed pwincess Muddie?" Snake cackled from the seat directly behind him, grabbing a hold of the back of his neck.

The unnecessary anger that filled Murdoc's whole body in situations like this felt like a dark cloud surrounding him, and normally he would have snapped. But somehow now, he didn't. He thought about how if he got in trouble they would've been sent to the principle's office, then he probably wouldn't get to see Stuart before the end of the day. For the first time, he had an actual reason to try to stay calm.

"I'm telling you guys this because you're my dear friends," grabbing Snake by the wrist and removing his hand, "I'll beat your face in so fucking hard that your noses wind up in those pea-sized brains of yours," he said in a disturbingly calm tone, causing both of their eyes to widen. Murdoc let go of Snake's wrist, turning back around to face the front of the classroom.

They stayed quiet for a moment, not wanting to piss off Murdoc even more. "What happened to your hand?" Ace said breaking the awkward silence. Murdoc couldn't be bothered, he just replied with a shrug and kept his gaze fixated at the blackboard.

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2D 12:16

Noods and Russel r on the grass, b there soon

Murdoc scanned the large park for Stuart's friends, feeling kind of shy about going up to them. Usually, he was the least shy person he knew and didn't give a singular fuck about what people thought about him. 'You better not screw him over!' It wasn't wild to assume that the girl, Noodle, wasn't especially fond of Murdoc.