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[name] yawned as she trudged on her way to school, yoimiya alongside her. they had just visited the nearest boba tea store, [favorite boba flavor] for [name] and thai flavor for yoimiya.
"I'm soo tired," [name] yawned again, as yoimiya groaned in agreement.
"I don't wanna head to school today..." yoimiya muttered.
"for real," [name] replied. the two of them stopped at teyvat high, the place of their success yet mental downfall. they opened the door to the inazuma department, and there was a faint sound of music: a song that she liked, Do It All The Time.
yoimiya seemed to hear it too, as they stepped into the inazuman part of the school. in a group was sara, itto, ayato, thoma, and ayaka. "guys, what's going on?" she asked, as she and [name] approached their friends.
"hey, guys!" itto waved, inviting them into the little circle of friends. "by the way, something wild is about to happen."
"wait, what? why?" said [name]. she took notice that everyone was crowded in a huge circle with their phones out; they seemed to be... waiting for something to happen. the aura seemed to be pretty tense.
"don't ask, it'll happen soon. knowing what it is will spoil the fun," thoma shrugged, his phone also out. he was scrolling through Instagram and texting a friend of his from the liyue department. ayato nodded at this, taking a sip of his boba tea. ayaka had a cup of green tea in hand. since yoimiya and [name] both had boba, they used the advantage to sip it and opened their phones.
"[name], look! some news on Instagram, look at what they're posting!" yoimiya exclaimed in surprise, making the [hair color]-haired girl turn to her friend.
rising school conflict! scaramouche vs. venti; a new rivalry in hatred for each other.
below the headline, there was a photograph of scaramouche and venti, glaring daggers at eachother. but why? why the hell were they fighting, weren't the two usually pretty solid with eachother?
"honestly, it's crazy considering how solid they used to be," sara sighed, as itto jumped around the school in excitement.
"I know, right? it's kind of odd, I wonder what happened," said ayaka, flaunting her fan in front of her face. her school uniform was a little messier today, she probably left for school in excitement of the news; the girls in the friend group loved drama as long as it didn't involve them.
"although, venti is in the mondstadt department... how is he going to get here without getting caught by the teachers?" [name] slightly frowned.
"he has his ways, he's much more capable than most people would think from one of the cheeriest people at school," itto shrugged.
"well, that's true," [name] agreed. "venti can be scary or cold when he wants to." she plugged her wireless earbuds into her phone and started listening to [favorite music genre] music. the music rang in her ears gently, as it calmed her down for what was going to happen. why did the two hate eachother now? it honestly didn't really add up.
there was a loud knock on the inazuma department sliding door. someone in the huge crowd hesitantly let it slide open, and out stepped venti. [name]'s eyes widened.
venti looked tired and angry, and his usual uniform was replaced with a black oversized t-shirt along with olive green cargos and hiked up black socks and black-and-white Air Jordan's. why the hell wasn't he wearing the uniform? there were even fingerless black gloves on his hands, with spiked bracelets. yikes, he looked dangerous as f###. what did scaramouche even do to him?
"venti? what the hell happened?" [name] said, dashing up to him in panic. venti's skin brightened up a little bit at seeing her, as he gave her a weary hug.
"it's a private matter. listen [name], I'm so sorry for doing this. but I need to," he replied, giving her a long look.
"'private matter'? venti, you look like you're about to fight someone," said [name], as it suddenly hit her.
the angry venti. him out of dress code. the conflict between him and scaramouche. oh sh##, they were about to fight.
the door slid open again, but this time aggressively. scaramouche was wearing a sleeveless black turtleneck along with a white and blue coat and black shorts with socks and Air Jordan's. he also had fingerless black gloves with spiked bracelets. [name] went back to her friend group anxiously.
"guys, two of my friends are about to fight eachother," she whispered to them, having gone pale white.
"well, let them," itto shrugged.
"no, you idiot! one of them is probably going to kill the other! what am I supposed to do, whine and yell 'this isn't you uwu' like some sort of ninny?!" [name] whisper-yelled, making her other friends go pale as well.
"girl, you need to stop them before they get into serious bloodshed. they'll land eachother in the hospital," sara sweatdropped.
"you're right," [name] sighed. "but what the hell am I supposed to do? it's like some cliche romance movie where the girl steps in and tries to stop them by yelling, 'this isn't like you! you can change!' I don't want it to be like that, I want them to seriously stop fighting!"
her friends went quiet at that.
then it hit thoma. "I have an idea," he said, and he whispered something in [name]'s ear. her face lit up at that, and she nodded as the two of them grinned at eachother.
"are you going to tell us what he just said to you?" said ayato, sipping his boba tea.
"nah," [name] shrugged. "it'll blow if I tell anyone."
"whatever," said ayato, flipping her off. she returned the same gesture and waited for venti and scaramouche to start.
"3! 2! 1! FIGHT!!!!!!!!!" itto yelled, as the two of them charged at eachother. man, they could fight. they launched uppercuts, kicks, and they dodged eachother's attacks as they beat eachother up: scaramouche hit venti in the chin, venti hit scaramouche in the nose, and the two kept fighting without the least amount of mercy.
"damn, they really hate eachother now," [name] whispered. she was praying that the plan wasn't going to embarrass her.
[name] ran up to the two of them as they suddenly froze. "why the hell are you both fighting?"
venti stumbled over his words, "I, uh... uhm, I..."
the [hair color]-haired girl glared down at them and crossed her arms, making them both surrender to their knees. "this isn't a funny joke; venti, scaramouche, tell me why you both were fighting."
scaramouche was also at a loss for words. "it was... uhm, it was... about a post that venti made."
"yea, and it's your fault for getting angry in the first place," venti scoffed at him.
"can you both tell me what happened?" [name] said, still looking for answers. venti and scaramouche guiltily looked at eachother.
"you tell her!" scaramouche whispered, as venti shook his head, "no, you caused the drama in the first place!"
"okay, I'll do it," scaramouche grumbled. "so a few days ago, venti made a post on Instagram about you and venti wearing matching promise rings."
"...and you're fighting because of that?" [name] said in disapproval.
"that's not the full story, dumba##," venti deadpanned. "scaramouche saw that we were wearing our promise rings on our ring finger, which indicates that we're married and that mushroom man apparently got a little jealous because of that and said that he was 'just worried about his friend'," he said with sarcasm at the last sentence.
[name] just stared at the both of them. "that's the reason? scaramouche, did you read the f##ing description?"
"...no," scaramouche admitted. "what's that got to do with the fight?"
"read it," venti insisted. scaramouche sighed and pulled out his phone. the girl took notice that the phone case was a black self-charging one with tiny realistic purple streaks of lightning. scaramouche read the description and suddenly went white as he looked at venti nervously, a cold bead of sweat rolling down his cheek.
[GUYS I TRIED MY BEST TO MAKE IT LOOK REAL 😭; CREDITS TO THE TEMPLATE MAKER!!]
"not a couple... it's friends no matter the finger it's on..." scaramouche whispered to himself, then stared at venti and [name] awkwardly. "uh..."
both [name] and venti were glaring daggers at him as everyone stared at them. people started whispering about things such as 'scaramouche actually worries about someone?' and other sh##. [name]'s friends were just there, laughing so badly that itto started choking on air and ayato had to pat his back so that his friend could stop coughing.
"sorry." scaramouche scowled at venti. "but the thing is, you both really seem like a couple, no matter what you two do."
"the ring finger thing was for fun, ever heard of platonic marriage? listen dude, it's just some promise rings, not some wedding rings," [name] sighed, facepalming. "scaramouche, you didn't need to fight venti for that."
"yea, but like... you're my f##ing friend, okay? I'm not completely heartless or something," he said, rolling his eyes to cover his nervousness. why the hell are you falling for this girl? you're supposed to like [online name]!
but then again... they could be the same person. oh, I need to stop thinking about that, sh##.
"oh... well, sorry for making you 'worried' my dear friend!" venti exclaimed, bowing down to scaramouche as he giggled at his own actions.
"whatever," scaramouche sighed. "I guess I'll forgive you. but next time you pull something off like that, I'll have your head in a lock." he gave venti a death stare.
venti nodded cheerfully and took [name]'s hand, as she turned to him in surprise. she awkwardly waved goodbye to her friends since she was getting dragged, and they waved back as her friends turned to eachother and laughed at the two.
"listen, I feel like they're going to be a couple in the future," yoimiya sweatdropped.
"that's true, venti treats her like they're together. promise rings on the ring finger? come on, even the closest of friends might not be comfortable enough to pull that trick off," sara agreed. itto was in the corner, laughing hysterically at the angry short mushroom man who had just tried to fight a person with the name of a Starbucks drink size. or any other café, in that case.
"so true though. ah, I still have my boba tea!" ayato exclaimed happily, taking a sip of it. thoma and ayaka facepalmed at that.
suddenly, a student with long peach hair faded to baby blue in twintails rushed through the department door. "has everyone seen scaramouche and venti?"
"it's sangonomiya kokomi!" someone exclaimed.
"well, scaramouche and venti just stopped fighting, [name] stopped them from doing so," another kid shrugged.
"I'm glad she did. I like fights but I'm kind of sensitive to seeing brutally beaten-up people and blood," said a kid, shivering.
"oh, okay. at least [name] stopped it. alright everyone, I'll see you!" kokomi disappeared down the hall, as everyone started whispering about the fight details.
"about an Instagram post?" someone whispered.
"I know, right?" said someone else. "that was crazy."
"it was a whole other ride than the other fights at this school," another agreed.
"even the kaeya and diluc fight was less intense. we all know how scaramouche is!"
meanwhile, [name] and venti were taking a walk down the hallway. "that was crazy, venti," she said.
"come on, did you really expect me to show up as a punching bag?" venti rolled his eyes playfully.
"I mean, I guess not," [name] sweatdropped. "I'm glad I intervened in time, otherwise you two would be in the emergency room right now." it was true, scaramouche was a brutal fighter and venti was way tougher than he looked or acted.
"yea, yea, whatever," venti sighed. "you know, I was actually going to land in the hospital if it meant defending your reputation."
[name] froze. "what?"
venti realized what he said. "oh, forget about it." his ear tips went slightly pink, so nearly unnoticeable if you weren't standing near him. [name] noticed though.
"mhm," [name] said, half sarcastically. "but, thank you."
venti went pink again, and he nodded as he turned to her. "sorry [name], I have to go to my first period now. I skipped homeroom to fight."
"oh, okay then. see you!" [name] exclaimed, waving.
"bye!" venti said, waving back. he dashed out of the inazuma department doors as he snuck his way to the mondstadt department, having to head past the liyue department first after the inazuma one. nonetheless whether you knew it or not, he was extremely sneaky. before he headed out, though, he took her hand and kissed her ring finger close to where the promise ring was. [name] went pink at that.
"wow," she whispered to herself. then she headed to her first period class: language arts taught by yae miko, mrs. miko in that case (or mrs. raiden, considering she was married to scaramouche's mother).
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