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First Day for the Drakes (Closed)
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Post by Speed & Psych on Jul 18, 2022 3:45:07 GMT
Speed and Psych just looked at each other with concern when Kima admitted that she did get bullied. It was clearly affecting her self-esteem, much like how the bullying Speed received affected his. Speed placed a hand directly on Kima's shoulder and looked at her directly in the eyes. "When you get a free moment, show me exactly who's been bullying you."
"Hikaru, you surely cannot be suggesting to-"
"Relax, I won't do anything too crazy," Speed interrupted, mixing his cocky, care-free attitude with this sudden serious facade he had been putting on. "I just wanna be the one who stands up for the little guys, you know?" Speed knew all too well the consequences of just letting bullying like this happen... if he could spare Kima from even a little bit of the ongoing mental health issues that Speed was going through, he would do so in a heartbeat.
When Speed and Psych arrived in class, Speed was already noticing a couple of suspicious things, particularly this "Blaster" guy, who he heard tell Kima to call him Tamaki. Speed raised an eyebrow; was this guy for real? Was he one of the bullies that Kima was talking about earlier? Or was he actually a friend? He gave a look to his brother, who seemed to be having similar suspicions... this "Tamaki" would definitely be someone they would have to keep an eye on for later.
Before class could actually start, Psych couldn't help but overhear the comments coming from his classmates about him and Speed, particularly the fact that their holosuits made them look near identical. "Whoa, look at those two, I can't tell the difference between them!"
"Except for the part where one of them looks like a delinquent, while the others looks like a snob."
"Oh don't say that, they could hear you... besides, they look kinda cute, don't you think?"
"Why am I not surprised you jumped to that right away, Mio?"
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Post by ricochet9-Kima on Jul 18, 2022 4:15:15 GMT
Kima looked down at the ground before she looked back at Clayton and softly said "I've tried that growing up but it never helped. They never stopped and, if anything, the bullying would only get worse." Then she looked at the twins getting a bad feeling when Hikaru placed a hand on her shoulder and what do you know she was right. "I don't think that's a good idea, Hikaru. I-I wouldn't want you getting in trouble for me when we just met. Please listen to your brother." Kima said secretly grateful that he seemed to care which was more than she could say for many of her other peers growing up. She was glad Shillan wasn't there or things would of no doubt gotten ugly since the non vampiric Sangloupmon was like a protective older brother. "Well, Clayton, I know a little bit about America but not that much seeing as I haven't seen much of the country."
Blaster seemed to not notice the suspicious glares he was receiving from Speed and Psych but Kima noticed. They didn't know she was not only aware of digimon or her being a Xros General. Not only that they didn't know Blaster was a member of her army. Hell she didn't realize Speed and Psych were digimon or that Clayton was a Spirit Wielder. Then Blaster looked casually in their direction when he heard classmates speaking about the twins and then noticed the looks but who could blame them for being suspicious. Yet he would never harm Kima especially since she and Takoda were two of the people to help him when he was in a tough spot. He just turned back to his things deciding not to worry about the glares. For now he had to look out for Kima.
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Clayton Herron
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Post by Clayton Herron on Jul 18, 2022 7:47:21 GMT
Well that very much didn't sit right with the teen, just like Speed Clayton simply closed his eyes for a moment before adding onto the Holo-suited digimon's line. "Yeah, show me who they are too." It was pretty clear he was being a lot more serious than his laid-back attitude had been before, almost seeming a bit mad at the situation despite not knowing Kima that well. "People like that don't stop unless they learn exactly what behaving like that gets them, besides I have a spotless record on hand, chances are if these guys are really this bad they'll definitely get something way worse while I'll get a slap on the wrist, no biggie. If I explain it to my parents they'll understand." getting in trouble was something he really didn't seem too mad about.
"Oh, one thing you could also do is record them, video evidence is something no one can squirm their way out of no matter how hard they try. I don't mean to seem overbearing I just, I've had friends who've gone through something similar, and it can get real bad, real fast. it's something you need to nip in the bud as fast as possible." Clayton himself had never been bullied considering that if someone tried his baseball star sister would usually respond with a headbutt to whoever decided to do that to her younger brother, he didn't have that protection from Carol now but he could deliver his own headbutts just fine.
Clayton didn't have any unique dialogue for class at the moment, even his spirit seemed weirdly quiet at the moment, as if he was mulling something over about what Clayton had said. He did overhear some others talking about the twins nearby though, but he didn't really have a comment on that. Considering it was class Clay figured it was probably best to remain silent unless spoken to, though some of his desk neighbors did greet him as usual.
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Post by Speed & Psych on Jul 19, 2022 3:46:58 GMT
Speed felt his digicore sink when he heard Kima say that telling the adults about her bullying just seemed to make it worse. In Speed's experience, it truly did most of the time. If the bullies were told off, they'd just get angry and take out their anger on their poor victims, resulting in things getting even more violent. But when Hikaru asked Kima to show him where her bullies were, Kima declined, saying she didn't want him to get into trouble for her. "I don't care if I get in trouble or not. Kima, listen to me: if you keep letting these jerks push you around like that, nothing's going to change and nothing's going to get better."
"Despite my brother's willingness to jump in head-first, I have to agree with him to an extent," Psych added on. "You cannot simply just stand there and take it, or avoid the issue altogether."
"You'll just feel worse and worse about yourself the longer this goes on. I'm not taking no as an answer to this, Kima, whether you like it or not." That's Speed for you... always wanting to jump in without thinking to solve other people's problems, especially a problem that resonated with him as closely as this did.
"Video evidence is a good idea," Psych said, giving Clayton a smile as he looked at his classmate. "You should consider placing a small camera on your person... if these bullies do come, it'll all be caught on video."
In the classroom, Speed noticed the pretty boy Tamaki look over at him, before turning back to focus on his own things. Speed let out a sigh; maybe he was just picking up this overly-suspicious behavior from his brother. Maybe he was just overthinking things. Still, there was one way he could figure it out. He got up from his seat and walked over to Kima and Tamaki, focusing his attention more on the latter rather than the former. "Hey there! Sorry about the stink-eye back there... Kima was just uh, telling me about some unsavory characters and I thought you may have been one of them. I'm Ito Hikaru, by the way. You a friend of Kima's or something?"
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Post by ricochet9-Kima on Jul 19, 2022 6:46:49 GMT
Kima looked at the ground and sighed somewhat in frustration as it seemed they weren't willing to let things go but still she had to try. "I tried to stand up for myself when I was younger but they wouldn't stop. At first I was just bullied for being different but then they continued to become worse and nothing I did made them stop." She then felt tears begin to form in her eyes before she said "I..I know you're right but I don't want to sink to their level or hurt anyone just to make the bullying stop. What should I do?"
Lifting her head she wiped her eyes when she heard Clayton suggest video recording before she asked "Video recording? I don't know...I mean I have tried everything else. Are you guys sure that would even help?"
When Speed got up Blaster followed his movements until the disguised Speedramon reached his desk before apologizing for his behavior. Blaster smiled before he said "Nah, man, don't worry about it. I'm a friend of Kima and would never think of hurting her. She's a good and kind hearted person so it's awful that she has been bullied for most of her life. All for bein a bit different too. Like before ya can call me Tamaki."
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Clayton Herron
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Even if you're weak struggle.
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Post by Clayton Herron on Jul 21, 2022 9:53:52 GMT
Clayton had to admit he felt a little bit bad, he was in a similar situation to Kima looking like an American and all that but thankfully he always had his sister around to keep stuff like that at bay, one people's elbow at a time. "It's not really sinking to their level, that mentality is what makes it keep happening, gotta show them they can't get away with stuff like that." Clayton sighed and then backed off, his cool head taking over for a moment. "Though you're right, fists won't solve anything, I let my emotions get the better of me. Hate to admit it but they might even make things worse. If we beat the tar out of them then they'll just take it out on Kima when we're not there, can't be everywhere at once." He was so caught up in the moment that part slipped his mind.
"It's better than sitting around doing nothing, you never know until you try. I refuse to believe this isn't something that can't be solved with hopefully less violent methods." If the video recording worked great, if not there was always another way. There had to be.
Meanwhile in the FUTURE
Clayton noticed Ito get up and start walking towards Kima and the newcomer, well better go and see what this is about. Taking a step up Clayton managed to make it to the butt end of the conversation with a wave. "Hey, already making new friends?" Well the new guy was sociable Clay had to give him that. "Being the same is boring, different is definitely where it's at." Well that wasn't much to contribute but eh.
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Post by Speed & Psych on Aug 8, 2022 3:05:44 GMT
Speed could feel his fists clenching as Kima kept explaining how bad her bully situation was. In his opinion, he didn't find anything different about her at all, except for being a tad bit shy. Why were these humans targeting a lady like Kima, anyways?! "You can't just stand there and let them disrespect you like that," Speed said. "I don't care if you don't want me getting involved... if I see these bullies of yours, I'm going to set them straight. You have my word on that."
"Consider what Clayton said, however... we cannot use our fists to solve problems like this."
"Yeah yeah, I know, but still..."
Kima seemed to have doubts of the video recording. Doubts that Speed would try to make disappear by giving a confident smile towards Kima. "Trust me, it's hard to fight against recorded evidence. The trick is just to make sure that they don't know you're secretly recording the whole thing. That'll get their faces to go white in no time!"
Now in the classroom, Speed had walked over to "Tamaki", who did happen to be a friend of Kima's as well. And just like Speed, Psych and Clayton, he wasn't all too happy about that kind of treatment. "Yeah, my brother and I were bullied as kids too. But don't worry; I don't know Kima well but I do know that I can't sit by and let her take this kind of bullying anymore. Oh, and speaking of my brother..." Speed would refer over to his twin, who was reading something from a notebook by this point. "As you can tell, we look pretty identical. I bet you'll call me Kaoru or him Hikaru at some point today!"
Then Clayton walked over, asking if Speed was already making friends. "Sorta. Get this; this guy here is a friend of Kima's too. Looks like she isn't as alone as we thought she was." And about the "being different" thing... "What kind of different are we talkin' here? She did say her dad comes from America... is that why she's bullied?"
It wouldn't be long until the homeroom teacher came in after that, meaning that school was going to start session soon. If the group wanted to talk more, they'd have to wait until morning free time to be able to do so.
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Post by ricochet9-Kima on Aug 8, 2022 3:40:58 GMT
Kima began looking at her hands which were resting on her desk. Sure she knew the others were making some sense but she was not sure if recording them would do any good. Now matter what she did it never seemed to stop as the bullies would find other ways to get to her. She clenched her fists in her silence as tears started to flow down her cheeks in her frustration.
She now had no idea what to say so she sat there quietly clenching her fists and silently crying as Clayton and the twins discussed the situation at hand. Sure she might be a bit on the shy side but her biggest weakness was her lack of self confidence. While her partners said they could help her with that it seemed to be rent usunder everytime she came across her bullies.
Blaster looked serious for the first time he had in a long while but somehow kept his upbeat tone as he said "Yeah unfortunately there are people tha are picked on just for bein a bit different. Sure Kima is half Japanese but ta me I just see tha good person she is and don't see her as drastically different from other people. Bullies can be just ridiculous."
Though the homeroom teacher came in a short time later Kima seemed to barely notice. She was more aware of her surroundings then she appeared though.
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Clayton Herron
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Post by Clayton Herron on Aug 30, 2022 6:01:08 GMT
"Look I'm usually the first guy up to bat when it comes to stopping people like that, so sadly I know first-hand it'd just end up pissing them off more. I wanna help too but at the same time we could just end up making it way worse, it sucks trust me I know but this is sadly for the best." Clayton shook a bit with goosebumps as he said that though, that was probably word for word how his sister used to get him to not knock out the teeth of some middle schoolers.
"Also, interesting note. If you do get recorded evidence and the school still does nothing. Sue them. It's basically required to make this place as safe as possible so if they don't do anything just lay that on the table and I'm sure everything will go your way." The legal system was funny like that. "Just try to have faith, sometimes when things are bad the best thing to do is think positive." and if that doesn't work there was always plan B of Beating the tar outta them, which Clay was glad to know he'd at least have backup to do so, hell maybe some of the kendo club would help too!
Oh she had more friends neat, Clayton got there just in time to hear the reason why she was bullied. Which made Clayton cross his arms a bit confused. "Huh weird, I'm in the same boat but I- Oh wait yeah I remember why not. Baseball bat incident. I don't think anyone would want to mess with me after that." However before Clayton could give context it was time to sit back down and learn, sitting down in his main seat Clay got all his stuff ready.
'I shall be taking a short nap Clay, wake me when yee not be here anymore." The spirit said to the teen before he felt his presence fade, lucky dastard he gets to sleep while Clayton had to study. This was just unfair.
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Post by Speed & Psych on Sept 9, 2022 2:26:02 GMT
Speed couldn't help but blink in surprise when Tamaki said that the reason Kima was bullied was because she was half Japanese. "Half Japanese?" Speed asked out loud. He had been in the human world long enough to understand the concept of nationalities and stuff like that. If Kima was half Japanese, then what was the other half? American? And why would the other kids torture her for something as minor as that? "I don't get it..."
Then Clayton mentioned something about a baseball bat incident as to why no bullies messed with him for similar reasoning. Speed's eyes widened as he looked up at Clayton, he was sure as hell sweating bullets by this point. "B-Baseball bat incident?" Was this guy some kind of hidden delinquent?! And he seemed so nice to begin with!
There was no time to get context for that sadly, as now was the beginning of homeroom and the kids all had to go back to their seats. For the first four periods of the day, the classes went just about as well as you would expect them to. Sure, there was bound to be some unexpected moments and unwanted behavior from one or two students, but it was nothing that you wouldn't expect to see in school. And quite frankly... Speed was incredibly bored, opting to mess with his tie or look out the window and imagine himself fighting bad Digimon in the city.
Psych however was eating it all up like candy, listening intently and taking important notes whenever he could, not letting anything distract him. It was almost funny seeing two identical twins with two complete opposite reactions to school life. The first four periods of the school day would then go by before it was finally lunch time. Speed and Psych would find themselves finding an empty table in the cafeteria.
"Finally, I'm STARVING," Speed declared to his brother. Comparing their trays, Psych's was more in line with what you'd normally see a high school student eat, while Speed's was three times that in terms of quantity.
"Did you truly have to buy that much?" Psych asked as he sweatdropped, looking at his twin's meal. "I know we get paid thanks to AEGIS, but..."
"You know I gotta eat my fill, bro! It'll be fine, I promise."
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Post by ricochet9-Kima on Sept 9, 2022 3:45:21 GMT
"Look I appreciate you want to help but I don't know how much it would help." Kima said with a sad sigh causing Blaster to look over at his general. There was only so much he could do in the Human World but at least by sharing at least one class with Kima he could keep an eye on her. "I guess I could also try recording them for evidence but I don't know how much that would help either."
"Yeah? She's half Japanese? Why are ya so confused?" Blaster asked Speed with a perplexed look on his face. How could he not get it? Now Blaster was getting the suspicion something was odd about the two brothers but they seemed nice enough though.
Speed wasn't the only one surprised when Clay mentioned a baseball bat incident which seemed odd as the spirit wielder seemed so nice. Was it some strange misunderstanding or an incident involving bullying? Oh well that could wait for another time as homeroom was beginning. Kima remained quiet trying to not draw negative attention which was normal behavior from her whether she was studying or not. Meanwhile Speed wasn't the only one who was bored out of his mind as Blaster seemed to be moving his head to a song in his head while listening. A talent he had since he was younger but his bobbing head was barely noticeable.
Finally it was lunchtime and Kima packed her stuff up heading out of the classroom with Blaster not far behind though he made it look like he wasn't following her just going the same way. By the time they got to the lunchroom they went to get some food. Blaster had a large amount of food which while surprising it could be interpreted as him just having a higher metabolism than some kids.
As for Kima, she had found her way to a fairly isolated table that was only occupied by Speed and Psych up until she quietly sat down only to spot familiar bullies out of the corner of her eye. They seemed to be fawning over a handsome red head with indifferent looking gold eyes. Why was she getting familiar vibes from him. Not only that, but the redhead had slightly more food than her.
Blaster still holding his tray, casually approached the redhead and said "Hey, Chaytan. I guess ya got another homeroom than I did. Met some interestin' folks there. How bout you?"
"Alas it was not as fascinating. I got stuck with these girls trying to flirt with me." Chaytan said flatly making his way past the girls to Blaster before passing an annoyed glare at the girls before walking off with Blaster. Blaster spotted Kima sitting alone and plopped down next to her with Chaytan sitting down quietly next to him.
Kima was surprised until Blaster, to her, said "Hey, Kima. Check it out. I found Chaytan wonderin' the lunch room tryin' ta ditch girls he found unimpressive."
"That's putting it mildly." Chaytan said glancing at the girls who took notice of Kima and seemed to be talking amongst themselves and looking unhappy that multiple attractive boys were sitting near their favorite victim.
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Clayton Herron
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Even if you're weak struggle.
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Post by Clayton Herron on Sept 16, 2022 8:23:00 GMT
"Anything is better than doing nothing right? Might as well at least try, if it works it works and if it doesn't then hey, can't really be much worse off right?" Maybe that was just his natural optimism talking, maybe that was just his fighter nature taking over but Clayton wasn't one to ever let the option of 'just do nothing' sit when there was still at least some option that could be taken.
Though after he said that he noticed Speed mentioning that they didn't understand, which made sense as Clay didn't understand too much either but the added part of questioning the lack of understanding from the newer party prompted Clayton to add his thoughts. "Pretty sure he's wondering 'why they care' honestly, I was wondering the same. Unless the bully's family is super old fashion or something it doesn't make too much sense to hyper focus on that." Then Clayton realized something and added. "Then again, it's probably girls that'll bullying her now that I think about it, maybe that's why it's different for me vs her." Oh right, no more time for exposition, it was class time. So ignoring all that boring class stuff because Clayton has a super duper memory and can memorize literally anything by just vaguely paying attention it was now time for lunch.
Now the only question was what to do during this time, he had his usual friends he hung out with during lunch, one of which was currently in the back of the cafeteria doing a handstand contest with another friend to see who could be in the position the longest, so in the prospect of not wanting to be risked with accidentally sitting next to the loser and getting hit Clayton decided to go for another table. Which got him some rude gestures from that group, but it all seemed to be in good fun as one chucked a muffin at him, catching it as he walked off.
Being the special snowflake, Clayton usually brought his own lunch to school, having skipped the part where he went and got it due to this post already being a bit long and it's 1 Am at the moment eventually Clayton laid eyes on the same people he ran into this morning, so deciding to follow up that attempt at friendship Clayton decided to grab a seat tossing his bag on the table in an open spot. "Hey, pretty sure my friend Jin over there is gonna accidentally fall on me if I sit over there so mind if I sit here." Mostly said in a joking tone as Clayton pointed over to one of the two handstand contestants, which one was Jin was a mystery, but they seemed to be really good at that.
"So, how's your first day? I can see you're already making excellent use of the amount of food they make around here." That was indeed a lot of food, here Clayton thought he ate a lot. Most of the stuff he seemed to have wasn't the largest but all of it was mostly stuff you'd eat to bulk up or get more energy like rice, deer god he seemed to have quite the amount of that stuff ready.
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Post by Speed & Psych on Sept 26, 2022 2:36:33 GMT
"No, it's not that," Speed said to Blaster. "I'm confused that she'd be picked on for something as stupid as that... yeah, basically what Clayton said." It felt like Primary Village all over again for him... where those kids picked on Speed and Psych because of their own weird abilities, these brats are picking on a poor girl because of her being mixed race. "Wait, what does it matter if the bullies or girls or not? Bullies are bullies at the end of the day, right?"
A few super interesting or super boring classes later, depending on what type of student's perspective you're looking from, now it was time for lunch. Once Speed and Psych sat down, Kima would join them shortly after, to which Speed decided to give her a decent welcome. "Ey, decided to sit with the twins today, huh? Don't worry, we'll protect ya from any nasty bullies," Speed would say before taking a bite of his tempura shrimp.
It wouldn't be long before more would join the three of them; Tamaki, unfamiliar red-haired boy and then later Clayton, who mentioned something about one of his friends falling on top of him. "Greetings, Tamaki, Clayton..." Psych would say, before he laid eyes on the newcomer. "I don't believe I have met you before. Are you a friend of Kima's and Tamaki's, perhaps?"
"Well, then they must be good if they're friends with Kima," Speed would say, smiling at the newcomer. "I'm Hikaru Ito. Sitting next to me is my clone, who we just all call Kaoru for convenience's sake."
"He is kidding; we are simply twin brothers." Psych could tell that Chaytan was feeling annoyed due to recent events. He turned to look over where he came from, and there he saw a group of girls who all seemed to be glaring at their table specifically. Psych could immediately tell that those girls were more than likely Kima's bullies... he'd have to keep an eye on them.
Clayton asked the group how their first day was going, noticing at how some of the students were taking full advantage of the amount of food that the cafeteria workers made. "Haha, yup! It's hard to tell cuz I'm all slim, but I've always had a pretty high metabolism." Speed wasted no time chowing down on his food immediately after, while Psych ate at the speed of a normal person.
"Our days have been going swimmingly so far. I've been learning so much about all different kinds of subjects today, especially in science, although mathematics is my preferred class at the moment."
"Nerd," Speed joked as he playfully pushed his brother a little bit. "It's been pretty boring for me, but hey, this food makes sitting through it all very much worth it."
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Post by ricochet9-Kima on Sept 26, 2022 3:29:18 GMT
"Yeah I guess." Kima said not sounding all that confident while Clayton sounded optimistic. Sure Kima got they were trying to help but she was not feeling very confident anything done would do any good. Perhaps it was just the many years of bullying that made her feel so defeated.
Blaster looked over at Speed and Psych and said "I know it does sound stupid ta bully others for being different but that seems ta be an unfortunate part of life no matter where someone lives. Sucks that someone as kind as Kima is caught up in all that."
Kima looked at the others as it seemed most of them deduced her bullies were girls but other than that said nothing to confirm or deny such. What could she say anyway since they seemed to be determined to get involved with her issues? Other people have tried to stop the bullying as she was growing up but nothing ever helped.
Later in the lunch room Speed addressed her as she sat down saying he would protect her from her bullies. Yes at least for now that would be the case. Maybe she should consider sticking close to not just Blaster and Chaytan as long as she could but the others as well. "Thanks, Hikaru." she quietly said.
Chaytan wasn't the only one who say with them as Clayton came to sit with them too asking how their day was. "Mine was okay, I guess." Kima said. Blaster was just busy eating as it seemed he could pack away his fair share of calories himself. Sure Speed could still probably out eat the disguised Ballistamon but he wasn't competing with anyone.
Chaytan quirked a brow before he muttered "Tamaki?" At Blaster's nod Chaytan figured that Blaster was definitely using an alias as Blaster wasn't exactly a human name. At least Chaytan didn't have to worry about that having been given a name that was actually a human name in origin. Looking at the twins he then said "Yes I am a friend of Kima and Tamaki. My name is Chaytan." Then when Speed introduced himself as Hikaru and his brother as Kaoru, Chaytan said "Nice to meet all of you."
During the back and forth between the brothers Blaster chuckled before he decided to contribute to the conversation as he said "I don't know why but I am gettin' the vibe that Chaytan here is likely one of those nerdy types too."
"There is nothing wrong with wanting to learn many things. I'm sure you know that, Tamaki." Chaytan said in a way where he seemed faintly playfully poking at Blaster.
"Of course there's nothin' wrong with learnin'. Look at me for example. I developed a knack for buildin' electronics and fixin' things. I also have a knack for things like music though I don't play an instrument." Blaster said before going back to eating. "Anyway, Chaytan. You already have girls chasin' you and it's your first day. I get you're handsome but I can see how tha pushy ones are off puttin'." he then said as Chaytan shook his head and began eating.
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