"You didn't hear? We're getting a new foreign exchange student today! They say he's a celebrity in his home country! He's from Asia!" The girl squealed, practically out of breath from running after her friends. “Wait for me!” Another girl called out, far behind and left in the dust to catch up.Īrtemis tore his gaze away from his precious friend, raising an eyebrow as he stopped the last girl before she could run into the classroom. The other girl huffed, running after her friend inside the classroom. From inside, there was a buzz and the chatter was much louder than usual. ”Come on, come on! We have to get good seats for today!” A female classmate in first period rushed by the pair of best friends, urging her own friends to hurry their pace and catch up. Of course, (Y/n) didn’t know how he felt. Often (Y/n) would scoff at the remark and brush it off before continuing their work, while Artemis blushed and smiled at their words and playfully wrap an arm around his best friend. People often teased them, calling them a lovey dovey couple since they were seen together most of the day. (Y/n) walked through the hallways, accompanied by Artemis who always stuck close by. These days, (Y/n) is the shy and timid one who is very lonely while Artemis is the careless outgoing one who is so easy to get along with. Now, it seems to roles have been reversed. In the past, (Y/n) was the careless outgoing one who was easy to get along with while Artemis was the shy and timid one who was very lonely. It seemed so strange now, opposite of what things used to be like. “My best friend is one of the smartest students in the entire school!” ”Don’t stress~ Knowing you, you’ll pass with flying colors.” Arte assured as he carelessly tossed his textbook into his locker before shutting it, smiling lazily at his best friend as he stuffed his hands into his pockets. There’s still so much I didn’t get to look over and the exam is in second period.” They cursed underneath their breath as they closed the books and gathered their belongings to place into the backpack, “Ah, damn it. (Y/n) ignored him and focused, the bell rung loudly, interrupting their important study session. “You’re so diligent, Tesoro~” He cooed, smiling at them. Artemis was a different matter, his definition of studying was glancing at his notes for a second. (Y/n) wasn’t as naturally intelligent as Artemis, they had to make up for it with hard work and constant studying. ”I beg to differ.” They scoffed, reviewing all the lessons in the textbook and all their written pages of highlighted notes for the exam. “It’s alright if I fail, grades aren’t everything, you know.” Placing the heavy book aside, he folded his arms behind his head and leaned back against the lockers. But I just don’t feel like studying.” Artemis whined, closing his textbook as he shrugged. It’s not good to slack off, you know that.” (Y/n) scolded, frowning lightly at his usual laziness.
You should study and try harder, even if you have an A in the class. ”This is an exam, not just a regular test. “This lesson I don’t quite have down yet, and I don’t feel like studying anymore.”
“You don’t think this is going to be on the test, do you?” He asked with a slight eye roll, adding to his statement. When they were little and first met, the young child couldn’t quite pronounce his name right, so they simply called him Arte and the name stuck ever since. “Yeah, Arte?” Of course, they had their own nickname for him to. The young man pointed to a section in the text, “Hey, Tesoro,” Tesoro was a nickname he had chosen to call his dear friend, a title to signify how close they were and (Y/n) was fine with being referred to that by him. Artemis diligently looked through his own notes, eyebrows furrowed as he had difficulty understanding a certain lesson. (Y/n) sat on the floor in front of their locker beside with their close friend, flipping through pages of written notes. It seemed ever since that first meeting, Artemis and (Y/n) were always nearby together, with the boy following endlessly like a lost puppy.
Frightened and anxious, he isolated himself until a brave little child, (Y/n), approached the stranger and befriended him. Artemis Fumagalli.Īrtemis and (Y/n) had been close best friends ever since elementary school when he arrived from another country. All of it was a living hell, with only one friend who was the angel in this hell. The horrible people and hours wasted, the long lessons and mountains of homework. (Y/n) quite hated, no, loathed high school. All the boring educational horrors of school, people most despised, compacted into one building. Ninety more hearts until the two-thousand special!