HulianShipper99
*Before the world ended, it was just another school day.*
The hallways buzzed with half-awake students, lockers slammed shut, and the bell rang like it always did-too loud, too early.
Tendo and Leon were already at it before second period.
Not fighting. Not exactly. Just locked in that same daily routine of side-eyes and sharp words, like breathing meant proving the other one wrong. Who got to class first. Who answered faster. Who looked more bored while secretly watching.
They didn't hate each other. They just didn't know how to stop pushing.
Behind them, Kyle sat quietly, earbuds in, notebook open but untouched. He watched the exchange with that calm, unreadable expression-amused, but too cool to say anything. He and Tendo were always in sync, but he let the rivalry play out like a show he'd seen too many times.
Across the room, Dash slouched beside Leon, sketching something pointless on his desk and grinning like nothing in the world could touch him.
"Ten bucks says Tendo snaps before lunch," he murmured.
Leon didn't even blink. "Make it twenty. He's already twitching."
Tendo didn't look back. "You two are idiots."
Kyle sighed, barely glancing up. "One day you're all gonna kill each other."
They didn't know how true that would become.
Because a few hours later, the screaming would start.
And by sunset, everything would fall apart.
And those petty rivalries, those half-said words, those glances that meant too much-
They'd be the only things left to hold onto.
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And it was the last normal thing either of them would ever experience.