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"I'm going to juvie."
That thought had haunted him since his meeting with the headmaster. Apparently mondo was skipping class too often and failing too many of his classes and the school board was losing faith in his ultimate. The only reason he hadn't gone already was because he got accepted, but now he fucked. Mondo could not bring his grades up, not by himself. He might as well as chop off all his hair and ask officer Ishimaru to give him a whiffle.
Daiya was going to chew his ass out when the school called. He was surprised Daiya wasn't already up here, pulling his ear and telling him to stop fucking up. He thought about skipping. It wasn't like he was going to be able to fix the mess he was in. He'd be lucky to get a D if he started going to class now. Class or not, mondo wasn't going to spend the last days he had at hope's peak in history.
Mondo went to the rooftop. No one was up there during class and if they were, they knew better than to stick around when mondo showed up. He reached into his pocket and grabbed his cigarettes. He'd been trying to cut back. Not by his own choice, Daiya had quit and Mondo couldn't bum cigarettes off of him anymore. He was down to his last carton. He grabbed his lighter, watching the flame burn for a minute before lighting his cigarette. He took a long drag, leaning over the railing and for a minute everything was fine. Like everything that had happened didn't matter so much anymore.
"-LLO!" GODDAMN IT. Of course, mondo couldn't have this. The fucking hall monitor was walking towards him. "Put that out!" Kiyotaka pointed at him; his face was scrunch. Mondo snorted. "Listen, m not really in the mood for yer shit." Kiyotaka reached for it. "Seriously! Stop fucking with me!" Kiyotaka pouted, the area between his brows was so scrunched mondo thought his eyebrows were about to touch. "There is no reason for you to be smoking, nor is there a Reason to be skipping class!" Kiyotaka tried to grab it again, and Mondo shoved him. "Well maybe I got a fucking reason! Just get off my nuts!" Mondo put the cigarette between his lips, only for his face to be drenched in water. He wiped the water from his face, staring at the smudges on his hands. His hair dropped slightly. His makeup was ruined, his hair was ruined, and he couldn't even fucking smoke, what a waste. He saw kiyotaka putting away a water bottle. That was it, he was so fucking done with today.
"What the fuck!" Mondo picked kiyotaka up by the collar, they were close to the railing. "I could just throw him off..." Mondo shook that thought away, just because he was annoying didn't mean mondo deserved to throw the little shit off the roof. Kiyotaka's grip on the wrist mondo was holding him up with was bruising. Mondo had almost forgotten how strong kiyotaka was. "There is no smoking allowed on the premise." Mondo snarled. "It was one fucking smoke! I just got shit news and just need somethin." Mondo threw him to the ground lazily. No point in getting out another one, kiyotaka probably would have put that one out too. Kiyotaka didn't get up quite yet, looking at Mondo's face carefully. "Is this about you failing?" Mondo's neck snapped. "How the fuck do you know about that?" Mondo was standing over kiyotaka now. "It's not hard to see Owada. You don't come to class you and you don't turn in assignments." Kiyotaka started getting up. "And it's become an issue within the student council. Normally I'm not one for rumors, but I've been informed that you might not be attending class next semester." Mondo couldn't speak. His throat felt dry. "Shut the fuck up." Kiyotaka was trying to get away from mondo, slowly backing up. For every step kiyotaka took mondo followed. "If you just applied yourself you wouldn't be in this mess. You aren't stupid owada I know you aren't." Mondo didn't say anything. He felt the rage boil beneath his skin. His nose started to burn, but he refused to cry.
"Yeah? So what if I'm not. Aint no way I'm not flunking out. Bet every one of those student council pricks would like it if I was gone." Mondo grabbed kiyotaka's collar again. "So fucking what? Bet you're just overjoyed because I'll be in juvie. Just another fucking scumbag locked up, that's what you fucking want I know it is." Mondo looked at the railing again. "You're fucking stupid you know that right? Coming up here and spouting all that shit..." Mondo dragged kiyotaka, pushing his back against the rails. Kiyotaka's gaze didn't faulter. "I could kill you" Mondo's voice was dripping with malice. "The fuck could you do? I could just drop you over this fucking railing, and you couldn't stop-" kiyotaka interpreted him. "But you won't." Kiyotaka had let go of the railing and pushed against mondo. "The fuck you mean I won't?! I've done worse for less..." Kiyotaka grabbed Mondo's wrist. "I know you won't Owada. You're better than that. I know you like to think that you're tough, but I know you aren't." Mondo's grip loosened for a moment, enough so that kiyotaka could slip away. "You saying I'm weak?" Mondo had to readjust his hand, grabbing kiyotaka's shirt. "No, I'm just saying that you put up a front. I know you're squeamish, it's why you won't go down the same hallway as the nurses office, even if it's quicker." Mondo didn't know what to think he certianly didn't think anyone noticed him avoiding the nurses office. "You couldn't watch me go over the railing, the thought of my body hitting the concrete grosses you out." Mondo shivered, he couldn't control it. Mondo let go of kiyotaka, walking away from him.
"So what, why does that fucking matter?" Mondo fidgeted with the box in his pocket. Daiya would kick his ass if he knew mondo was still smoking. He felt his lips twitch, damn it. he decided to say fuck it. Hall monitor or not mondo needed it. He pulled out another cigarette and lit it. god that felt good.
this time Kiyotaka didn't put it out. Kiyotaka put a hand on Mondo's shoulder. "I wasn't aware that you could be facing jail time..." Mondo shrugged him off. "Not could be, I am. there is no fucking way i can get my grades up high enough to avoid it." Kiyotaka was significantly less annoying to mondo when he could smoke. "I'm sure that's not true!" mondo turned around. "Do you always gotta be so fucking annoying?!" Kiyotaka followed mondo despite his attempts to walk away from him. "Owada im sure your grades can't be that bad! I could tutor you." mondo scoffed. " They might as well send me off to juvie right now. I'd rather fucking die then spend any fucking time with you in an enclosed space." mondo dropped the cigarette bud in the ground, stomping it a few times before heading back inside the school. Kiyotaka was hot on his heels. "just buzz off!" mondo walked faster, but kiyotaka matched his pace. "Im serious mondo!" mondo? Since when were they on a first name basis? "It wouldn't have to be everyday! and it would only be an hour." mondo thought about it for a moment, one hour every few days and some class time or a shaved head. He winced, yeah being bald didn't suit him.
"Fucking fine, just get off my ass! I'll go to fucking tutoring."