fight or flight [ brance ]

003

"you were off with someone i don't know"

—bruce yamada

"is this seat taken?", i turn to see vance hopper, standing next to me

"a-are you talking to me?" i stutter out

why the hell am i stuttering?

"yeah i am dipshit. who else would i be talking to?" he snaps back

rude

"oh yeah uh, it's not taken" i let out a nervous laugh

why am i being so awkward, oh my god bruce

"cool" he responds and sits down, it was kinda awkward until the bell rung. it was silent, but like, not the good silent like it was with kei, bad awkward loud silence

the teacher soon comes in and introduces himself "hello as some of you know i am mr.mesh. i recognize some of you and i believe i had some of your older siblings" he pauses to look around "oh.. vance, are you victor hoppers brother?" mr.mesh's reaction went straight to a sad pitiful look. i turn to vance and he looks not mad, but, sad. as if the question hit a nerve

"yeah.." he sighs out and the class soon fills with whispers "i'm so sorry" mr.mesh says

sorry? why is he sorry?

"it's whatever" vance looks down at his feet

mr.mesh nods, "i hope you like your current seat partners because they will be your seat partner for the rest of the year. if it ever gets to loud i will assign you with someone so i hope you made the right choice, the smart wise choice" he smiles "get to know who your sitting next to" mr.mesh goes to sit at his desk.

i turn to vance who is still looking at the ground

"so.. vance hopper?" i ask and he looks up at me "yeah. what's it to you?" he snarks "just trying to make friends i guess" i respond fidgeting with my fingers "well i don't wanna be your fucking friend" he rudely responded

wow, so nice

"oh sorry.." i mumble and look away

it was silent for a little

"vance, bruce, your suppose to be talking to eachother, not sitting in silence and starring off into space. start communicating or this year is gonna be hard" he smiles and continues doing something on his computer

"what's your name?" vance asks turning to me and i turn to him "bruce, bruce yamada" i feel myself biting my lower lip "what'd you move to this shit hole?"

"my dad he uh, got a job here so.." i trailed on not knowing what more to say "where'd you move from" he looked at the wall instead of me "texas" "ew why did you even live in texas?" he scoffed "i don't know, but it was hell. kept getting called the guy from squid games" i let out a laugh

stop over sharing

"oh." i can tell he didn't know how to respond

soon enough the bell rings and before i can say bye to vance he runs out.

break went by quickly and now i'm off to english

—

i walked to class and sit down, this girl sits next to me since it was the only other seat open

she turns to me with a smile "hey, your the new kid right?"

new kid?

"uh yeah i am! whats your name" "donna, my name is donna. what's yours?" she asks with excitement in her voice "i'm bruce yamada"

"well it's nice to meet you bruce yamada. made any friends yet?" she questions "4 billy, griffin, kei and finney" i respond with a smile "oh! i love finney, billy, and griffin. they're the best. you should hang out with us at lunch. we hang out with a couple other people" "i'd love to!" i respond

donna seems sweet

the teacher soon speaks and class begins