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Beep. Beep. Beep.
Judelow groaned as he reached to turn off his dumb alarm, hand trying to locate his phone. Jude stood up, stretching as he yawned. He looked at the time on his phone:
7:02
This was alright. His classes start at 8, no big deal. He quickly washed himself up, changed into his signature vibrant coat and then ran into his roomate Parker at the table.
Parker is Judes childhood friend. He’s majoring in engineering, and on top of that hes a pretty decent roomate.
“No way, you woke up surprisingly early today.” Parker grinned, not looking up from his assignment. “Says the one who woke up at five because he didnt finish his assignment.” Jude scoffed in retaliation, but there was no real heat in it. “You didnt finish it either.” Parker shot back. Jude just rolled his eyes as he tied a bow around one of his bunny ears. “Who cares?”
“Mrs. Bridgeton, our teacher.”
Jude shot him a nasty look. “Mrs. Bridgeton is like, the nicest teacher around.”
Parker just chuckled at that, trying to force the last bits of ink out of his pen. “Sure, whatever floats your boat. Hows that cafe job going for you?”
Riiighhtt.. Just a few days ago, Judelow had took up the job of a barista for this cat cafe nearby campus to help with his family’s finances. He had his first shift yesterday, and it was… rather decent.
“Mmm.. it was okay.” He recalled, tying his shoelaces. “The cats are hella adorable. But bro, the customers are pure evil. Some weird karen started screaming her ass off because i forgot ONE pump of vanilla. How do you even notice that shit?” Parker started laughing.
“Dude, vanilla gives it all the flavour,” he giggled like some kid. “Of course she’d notice.”
“Yeah sure, if your a deranged nuisance who loves to be miserable you’d notice.” Jude scoffed. “Anyway, I gotta head out now. If im late again, Mr. Thompson’s gonna call me for every question again. See you around!”
“Wait- you didnt eat breakfast!”
Jude dashed out of the door, ignoring Parkers raised brow and waved him goodbye anyway.
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“Judelow Sasso, do you want to fail?”
Jude was in class while Ms. Bridgeton was scolding him for not finishing the assignment. So much for being the nicest teacher around. He could already feel Parker’s laughing and his “I told you so”.
He just endured it. He couldnt talk back if he wanted to anyway. He had both a reputation andscholarship to maintain. After all, he could probably pull some devious prank on her later for revenge, anonymous of course. He’d probably end up telling Parker tho.
The second Mr. Thompson turned around, Jude felt a tap on his shoulder. God, who is it now? He turned around and came face to face with an almost pitch black skinned boy with a crown on top of his head. The guy had no pupil, and his eyes seemed to be glowing. You could also see that he had horns if you looked closely enough.
Tai.
Jude could already feel the teasing coming.. 3.. 2.. 1..
“Jude-“ Tai was holding back his laugh. “Theres no way you didn’t finish that on time! What happened to our genius classmate?” He snickered. Jude groaned, ear twitching in fustration. Even tho it was no big deal, Tai wouldn’t miss an opportunity to laugh about someone or something. Especially if it was Judelow.
“Its not even that big of a deal, Tai. I got busy.” The bunny replied, glaring at him.
“Ooohh~ what could you possibly be busy with? Obsessing over N.K.D?” Tai smirked, basking in the ragebait.
Jude raised an eyebrow at that. “No?- I was drained from my shift at the cafe. God forbid im employed, unlike someone,” he shot back. He knew Tai was somewhat of a loser, unemployed and most likely gamed 24/7. This was mainly because he was a spoiled, entitled brat with incredibly wealthy parents.
Tai’s brow furrowed, indicating he was started to get pissed off. He was literally the one that started this, why was he pissed off-
Jude’s thoughts were cut-off when his seatmate, Noob, elbowed him hard. Jude winced in pain. “Ow- Noob, what the fuck was that for-“ He quickly shut up when he saw Mr. Thompson glaring at him and Tai. Oookay.. Thats my sign to shut the hell up.
Jude tried to pay attention to what the professor was blabbing about, but the words literally blurred infront of his eyes. Its not like his vision was bad or anything- he was just.. unfocused. And then his thoughts wandered off back to the small bickering he and Tai just had where the voidling had mentioned: N.K.D.
N.K.D. was some villaineir group, name standing for No Kill Cooldown. It consisted of 4 members, preferably accompanied with their sidekicks. There was Eclipse, whose sidekick was known by Luminary. Mimic was accompanied by Explosion (Jude thought these names were absolutely buttcheeks), Blaze, who was accompanied by Helianthus. Then there was Conexion, whom is apparently an incredibly skilled swordmaster. However, the odd thing about him was that he was the only one without a sidekick. No one really knew why.
Jude scoffed at the fact that Tai mentioned his so-called ‘obsession’ with them. Literally, he wasnt obsessed, just curious. They were just another distraction in his day he only paid attention to when he needed entertainment.
Still.. they were interesting. But he would never admit that fact. He doesn’t even know how Tai found out he watched them in his free time. Stalker much.
Its just a small side interest. Thats all it’ll ever be.
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The second he heard the bell rang, he bolted out of the classroom. He didn’t learn anything from the lecture, thanks to Tai. And his unfocused brain.
Jude groaned as his plopped down on a beanbag in the library, taking out his unfinished homework. He was just about to start answering them when he heard a familiar voice behind him.
“Judelow!”
Bro, who is it now?
His mood quickly brightened when he realized it was Parker, letting his shoulders relax. Parker sat down across from him.
“Tai told me what happened today in your lecture,” Parker started. Dumb Tai. “I told you so, man. Bro- atleast let me help out with the work, i know the answers anyway.”
Jude just sat there with an unamused look on his face. “And he told the whole school too, didnt he?”
“Most likely. You know Tai. Hes just an average spoilt kid. Wait- you seriously dont know the answer to this?” Parker said sarcastically with a big grin on his face.
“Broooo.. I haven’t eaten all day, of course I wouldnt know the answer. I cant answer on an empty stomach. Literally all my motivation comes from food.” Jude replied, ears drooping down.
Jude hated his bunny ears. Not that they gave him a hard time, it was just.. extra reactive. You could tell his mood just by the way they perked up when he was flustered or embarrassed. Or when they drooped low which usually meant he was tired or fed up.. yeah. Fuck them.
And to make matters worse, they were super sensitive. So he allowed absolutely NO ONE to touch them or rub them. The last time he let someone touch them was months ago, and it was for a dare. The same went with his fluffy bunny tail.
His tail really pissed him off sometimes. It was just as reactive and sensitive as his ears, and it was a struggle finding clothes that had a hole in the bottom for it to peek free. Most of his clothes were custom-made.
Parkers ballpen finally flew across the last question. “Are you still running for school president?”
Jude nodded. “Yeah. But its a pain in ass since my biggest competitor is Tai.”
“Tais running? And your seriously having a rivalry with him? Dude- that guy is literally a lost cause, no way.” Parker responded.
Jude rolled his eyes. “You dont get it, bro. He’s surprisingly smart for his arrogant attitude. And hes throwing parties left and right to get people to vote for him.”
“Then bite back?”
Both Parker and Jude turned her heads around at the voice. Behind them, there was a guy with purple hair and horns sticking out of his head. The guys tail wagged aggressively behind him.
“Wemmbu?” Parker yelped, obviously not expecting him. “Eavesdropping again?”
Wemmbu chuckled, crossing his arms. “I cant help it. Eggs in the bathroom and your conversation was intriguing.” He approached them and sat down beside the two.
“What do you mean by, ‘bite back’?” Parker asked.
Jude smirked at that, ears perking up. “Oohhh.. i know what you mean. Stuff his locker with glitter? Or dump a whole bucket of water on him? Or we can be more devious and take his laptops USB drive. Or- or…” Jude was about to start rambling about his one ballizion ideas when he saw both Wemmbu and Parker staring at him like he just murdered someones bloodline.
“Aint no way-“ Wemmbu started wheezing. “Dawg, what are you doing in your free time? I mean like, the biting back where you do something even better to get your votes back.”
Oh. Oh.
Alright- it was completely his fault for him to start blurting out his wretched ideas one by one. But can you really blame him? Trapping people and playing pranks on them was his special, hidden talent.
A talent that should’ve stayed hidden, whatever Parker said. Jude didn’t think that meant something good.
“Right, right. I didnt even mean to say that.” Jude lied on the spot, but his ears— which were flopping around — kind of gave away the whole fabrication. Not like anyone was gonna believe him anyway, he could tell by the way Wemmbu looked at him.
Jude ransacked his head, trying to find ideas that could compete with Tai. The downside is that Tai had money while Jude was literally broke. But again, Tai was a complete idiot while Jude was definitely gifted with intelligence.
“Yo, i would love to continue this conversation but we should lowkey get to our respective courses now. I think were gonna be late.” Parker suddenly interrupted the silence, glancing at his watch. It was infact 2 minutes before their lectures started.
Wemmbu groaned while Jude gave a quick nod. The last thing Jude heard while walking away was Wemmbu grumbling something along the lines of, ‘Fuck class.’