translation? - byler

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The next day, everyone had showed up at Max and Mikes locker since they didn't enter the school together. Dustin was on his phone doing who knows what.

Max and Mike were fussing about how Mikes backpack hit her. Lucas and El were just watching while muttering things to each other.

Lucas and El shared a look, silently acknowledging Max and Mike's usual squabble. El's smirk hinted at her amusement, while Lucas, accustomed to the routine, rolled his eyes in mock exasperation.

Dustin, sensing the need to break the tension, glanced up from his phone, adding his own quip to the mix, momentarily lightening the mood.

The school doors opened and the brunette, William, quietly made his way through the bustling locker corridor, his gaze fixed on the floor. He aimed to keep a low profile, preferring to avoid drawing any unnecessary attention to himself.

Mike shifted his gaze away from Max but caught sight of William amidst the bustling hallway. Ignoring the urge to acknowledge him, he returned to the ongoing banter with the redhead.

Meanwhile, Dustin, who also happened to notice William walking down the hallway with his phone in hand. With a silent victory motion, he pocketed his phone, ready to join the conversation.

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William turned on his phone as he got a notification, "Instagram" He furrowed his eyebrows and unlocked his phone, instantly entering the app.

It was a notification of someone following him and a direct message request from someone named, 'du$t.bunny'. William furrowed his eyebrows as he clicked on it. It read,

"Hi! My name is Dustin"

William blinked and frowned. He copied the message and went onto google. He searched up something and stayed there for a bit. Once he got what he wanted, he went back to instagram and replied to the message.

He didn't get a reply for a bit but when he did, he had to go to google again. They both had a conversation for a bit until the class bell rang. William put his phone in his back pocket and started walking to first period.

Once he got there he sat in his seat and rested his elbows on his desk, putting his face in his hands for a bit until he heard heels clacking against the floor and looked up at the teacher. She had some papers in her hands, which she set down on her desk. 

She looked up and smiled at him, he smiled back at her. He looked away once a ravenette entered the room and sat down in the seat next to him, same boy from yesterday. 

William avoided eye contact with the boy, he felt his glances at him, not anting to make it awkward between them. More people started gathering up in the classroom and taking their seats around the room.

Once the clock hit 7:45 the lesson started. "Good morning, kids! How're you all feeling today? Good I hope?" 

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After the class ended, Mike picked his backpack up off the floor from under his desk, putting it on his shoulder and getting out of his chair to leave, the brunette beside him was still gathering his things. 

Mike saw his pencil roll off the desk, he figured he would realize his pencil fell but he didn't. Once he did he looked in his bag and on the desk for it. 

Mike bent down, reaching his hand under the desk and grabbing the pencil. He got up and tapped the boy on the shoulder. The brunette turned to Mike.

"Here," Mike handed him the wooden pencil. As he did so, Mikes hand grazed the boys hand. A faint blush appeared on the boys cheeks as he took the pencil gratefully. 

He nodded at Mike and stuffed the pencil into his backpack. He was quick to leave the classroom. Mike just shrugged at the boys quickness and left the room himself.

Mike saw Lucas walking out of his class. He walked over to him, patting his shoulder to get his attention. Lucas turned to him, "Oh, hey man." Lucas fixed his backpack and put his arm around Mikes shoulder as they started to walk down the hallway to their lockers.

"Hey, how was first period? Sorry." Mike muttered as they pushed past some people in the hallway. Lucas shrugged.

"It was alright, I mean it was boring but it was alright." Lucas answered, he took an clementine out of his backpack. Mike looked at him and furrowed his eyes. 

"What the- where the hell did you get that?" Mike pointed at it. Lucas peeled it as they got to his locker. 

"I took it from Erica's lunchbox and put celery in there instead." Lucas chuckled as he did his locker code. He opened the metal door and looked at his textbooks, he grabbed one of them and took his backpack off.

"Ah, alright. She'll kill you. I'm gonna go to my locker." Mike turned around and went to his locker after Lucas nodded. He did his locker code as Max walked up to him, staring at him. Mike looked at her and slowly turned back to his locker. 

He pulled open the metal door. Just as he did so Max shut it again. Mike snapped his head over to her. "Max, what the hell?" He looked at her irritated.

"What did I do?" Max tilted her head with a slight grin. She didn't let him respond as she began to do her own locker code. "Anyway, I saw someone wiping their boogers on the window in class and licking their finger." Max said randomly.

Mike scrunched his face up. "Why would you ever think I would want to hear some shit like that..?" Mike watched the redhead open her locker. He slammed it shut once she opened it. "Payback." He said and opened his locker again, quickly grabbing a textbok for his next class before Max could shut it.

"Whatever, hoe. And you'd like to hear it because I know you'd do it. You're weird like that." Max shoved him. Mike rolled his eyes and turned around. 

He saw the brunette from class sitting on the floor on his phone. He stared at him for a bit before Max snapped her fingers in front of Mikes face and pinched his arm. 

"Dude, you're not listening. Stop gawking at the new kid and listen." The redhead shut her locker and leaned on it, resting her food on the locker below hers. Mike turned to her and shook his head.

"I wasn't "gawking" I was just staring.. Different things. You should know the difference since your soo smart." Mike closed his locker. 

"You very much were gawking. Plus I already know i'm smart, unlike you. You're the living definition of stupid." Max walked away, not giving Mike the last word. 

He rolled his eyes and glanced at the brunette before going back over to Lucas.

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