Cangrejo I

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December 1, 2018.

"Merry 24 days till Christmas, Vick!" shouts Ysobel.

"Is that really how you celebrate Christmas, Yso? You need to level up!" shouts Orelya.

"What?"

Orelya inhales. "THE FIRST THING ON CHRISTMAS THAT'S SUCH A PAIN TO ME IS FINDING A CHRISTMAS TREE! THE SECOND THING ON CHRISTMAS THAT'S SUCH A PAIN TO ME IS RIGGING UP THE LIGHTS AND FINDING A CHRISTMAS TREE! THE THIRD THING ON CHRISTMAS THAT'S SUCH A PAIN TO ME IS HANGOVERS, RIGGING UP THE LIGHTS, AND FINDING A CHRISTMAS TREE! THE FOURTH THING ON CHRISTMAS THAT'S SUCH A PAIN TO ME IS WRITING CHRISTMAS CARDS, HANGOVERS, RIGGING UP THE LIGHTS, AND FINDING A CHRISTMAS TREE! THE FIFTH THING ON CHRISTMAS THAT'S SUCH A PAIN TO ME IS FIVE MONTHS OF BILLS, WRITING CHRISTMAS CARDS, HANGOVERS, RIGGING UP THE LIGHTS, AND FINDING A CHRISTMAS TREE! THE SIXTH THING ON CHRISTMAS THAT'S SUCH A PAIN TO ME IS MEETING MY MUM'S IN-LAWS, FIVE MONTHS OF BILLS, WRITING CHRISTMAS CARDS, HANGOVERS, RIGGING UP THE LIGHTS, AND FINDING A CHRISTMAS TREE! THE SEVENTH THING ON CHRISTMAS THAT'S SUCH A PAIN TO ME IS GIFTING TO CHARITIES, MEETING MY MUM'S IN-LAWS, FIVE MONTHS OF BILLS, WRITING CHRISTMAS CARDS, HANGOVERS, RIGGING UP THE LIGHTS AND FINDING A CHRISTMAS TREE! THE EIGHTH THING ON CHRISTMAS THAT'S SUCH A PAIN TO ME IS REALLY BRATTY SIBLINGS, GIFTING TO CHARITIES, MEETING MY MUM'S IN-LAWS, FIVE MONTHS OF BILLS, WRITING CHRISTMAS CARDS, HANGOVERS, RIGGING UP THE LIGHTS AND FINDING A CHRISTMAS TREE! THE NINTH THING ON CHRISTMAS THAT'S SUCH A PAIN TO ME IS FINDING PARKING SPACES, REALLY BRATTY SIBLINGS, GIFTING TO CHARITIES, MEETING MY MUM'S IN-LAWS, FIVE MONTHS OF BILLS, WRITING CHRISTMAS CARDS, HANGOVERS, RIGGING UP THE LIGHTS, AND FINDING A CHRISTMAS TREE! THE TENTH THING ON CHRISTMAS THAT'S SUCH A PAIN TO ME IS BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED, FINDING PARKING SPACES, REALLY BRATTY SIBLINGS, GIFTING TO CHARITIES, MEETING MY MUM'S IN-LAWS, FIVE MONTHS OF BILLS, WRITING CHRISTMAS CARDS, HANGOVERS, RIGGING UP THE LIGHTS, AND FINDING A CHRISTMAS TREE! THE ELEVENTH THING ON CHRISTMAS THAT'S SUCH A PAIN TO ME IS OLD TV SPECIALS, BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED, FINDING PARKING SPACES, REALLY BRATTY SIBLINGS, GIFTING TO CHARITIES, MEETING MY MUM'S IN-LAWS, FIVE MONTHS OF BILLS, WRITING CHRISTMAS CARDS, HANGOVERS, RIGGING UP THE LIGHTS, AND FINDING A CHRISTMAS TREE! THE TWELFTH THING ON CHRISTMAS THAT'S SUCH A PAIN TO ME IS SINGING CHRISTMAS CAROLS, OLD TV SPECIALS, BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED, FINDING PARKING SPACES, REALLY BRATTY SIBLINGS, GIFTING TO CHARITIES, MEETING MY MUM'S IN-LAWS, FIVE MONTHS OF BILLS, WRITING CHRISTMAS CARDS, HANGOVERS, RIGGING UP THE LIGHTS, AND FINDING A CHRISTMAS TREE!"

Vick claps. "THE THIRTEENTH THING ON CHRISTMAS THAT'S SUCH A PAIN TO ME IS GIVING ORELYA CHILL PILLS!"

"I didn't know you got hangovers, Orelya," remarks Ysobel. "You must be getting old."

"Aren't your mum's in-laws just your dad's close family?" asks Sandee.

"You pay for bills at home? Wow, ang sipag!" applauds Nicole. "Charot."

"And it's surprising that you have trouble finding parking spaces. I'd expected that you'd have trouble finding yourself a driver's license forgery, but I guess that's no problem for you," Sandee states.

Orelya smirks. "Oh, shata-"

"No, you shatap," interrupts the girl whose surname regrettably should've been Zuckerberg thanks to her presented quirk in Boku no SportsFest Academia. "Shatap, boi. Shatap."

"Why should I-"

"Shatap."

Yare yare daze.

"Yo, yo!" shouts Ann, entering the classroom. "Cheerdance sign-ups were posted just now!"

"For SportsFest?" asks Orelya. "Where?"

"Downstairs! You have the whole week to decide, sir Grian said!"

"Are you joining, Ann?" asks Teresa.

"Yesn't."

"Why?"

"All that work only for someone to fall and we lose, man. And Chinny the cheerdance captain graduated, so I don't know. But yeah, it was fun."

"I don't care, the winners lose and the losers win. Let's head downstairs!" shouts Teresa.

Cangrejo won.

They go down to the first floor.

"Yo, yo, what's this?" asks a short, chubby girl next to April.

"SportsFest," April answers nihilistically.

"Who's your girlfriend?" asks Ann.

"Boi," she says, pointing her open hands in her direction.

"Well, we actually knew each other before I came here to participate in weird sh-"

"My name is Theodoradosia Pauline G. Cantrell. You can call me Theo."

Yeah, I'll definitely remember that.

"Alright... And your house?"

"Navio."

"Welp, good luck," says Ann.

"Are you going to cheerdance?" asks Vick.

"Nah, I'd prefer volleyball," says Theo. "And swimming, if there is."

"That shit? Nope," says April.

"How old are you, April? No swearing on my Christian SportsFest server!" Ann scolds.

"Are you gonna do cheerdance?"

Ann stares at the sign-up sheet. "Yeah, sure. Why not. I can slash out anytime."

Hana walks close to them. "Oh, hi, Ann! I see you've signed up for cheerdance," she says.

"You're Campana's cheerdance captain, right?"

"Yep!"

"Damn, classes are about to start. Oh, well, it's not like the hall monitors can stop all of us even after the bell rings," says Ann, looking at the large number of students crowding around the sign up sheets.

"You could say that again when we all start storming Area 69," remarks Theo.

"Yeah, I'll head back up," sighs Vick, turning back to the stairs.

Yare yare daze.

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