on the first day of school, a teacher said to me | open

The first weekend of the dvhool year. The first chance to have full reign of the school and to indulge in his instincts to fully explore the place. Okay, there was always the night time, but for once, he actually had to use those hours for sleeping. U.A. wouldn't let him slack off... at least not only a week into the new year, anyway. And if he was being completly honest, he really needed to get back into the habit of studying regularly anyway. But that was for later.

More than just getting acquainted with the scentscape of the school, was the need to figure out shortcuts for getting from place to place. U.A. was a much larger campus than he had been expecting, and any corners he could cut would be a valuable way to save time. Hence, he was poking down all of the odd, random corridors and hallways, making note of entrances, exits, and windows.

... which was how he had turned the corner to find himself face to wall with a... he squinted a little, not quite sure what he was seeing. Some kind of wall? Made of furniture? A furniturewall? Furniture barricade? Those weren't things. Like a...

Realization hit the cat and he dove back behind the corner as he finally noticed Sunspot holding an armful of pillows, and the right phrase came to mind. Pillow fort. A pillow crashed into the ground right behind him, and he yanked his tail in reflexively to keep it safe. He peered the down the hall in the other direction. Nope, nothing there. Why was there only a single pillow fort? Better question, why was there a pillow fort at all?

Isamu leaned close to the corner he waws hiding behind, trying to take a peek without getting beaned by another projectile. "Ah... Sunstorm-sensei? May I ask why you've built a pillow fort in the hallway?"

Happy Little Pill - Troye Sivan

Daiki tapped the song on his music app, starting the song. It was a nice day out, a bright blue sky with rolling clouds that were pleasing to the eye. It kept the smile on his face during his calm and relaxed paces down the UA hallway. It was a bit of free time he had to spend however he saw fit, and he pondered doing some training. Though training unnecessarily hard is cause for injury and overworking of the unhealthy kind. He'd been through that in Junior High, and had no need for actually getting into the deceptively unhealthy state again; even if he performed pretty well. The school is built to nurture quirks was what he thought, so following the road they laid out was what he convinced himself he would be best doing.

There were a few places in the school that didn't see much foot traffic, and honestly he was in the mood to just have some peace and quiet alone. It wasn't like he was upset or anything, just space to think about the future and dreams is a nice and generally underestimated thing. Hands in his pockets, he wandered up two flights of stairs leading up a single floor. Looking left and right, he wondered which way might be best to check out first. A couple students appeared to be going about their own days, the area he was in still being somewhere that saw a lot of activity; relatively speaking. He figured he would head to the right. Contrary to his conscience, he all too regularly found his attention looking out the hallway windows and towards the sky. A starry night sky is something he could really go for right now. A night sky was one of three things that each person saw differently. It was either a dark emptiness that inspired wonder and awe, be it understandably because of the fact that outside of us there very well might be and is trillions of miles of nothing. Then there are those who believe it is akin to a sea filled with pearls. Endless opportunity, each star a jewel to only be admired in the moment. The final viewpoint is boring, the people who just don't care.

That's when he snapped out of his wandering mental state. His foot had stepped on something squishy, which caused him to blink. He looked downwards and saw... A pillow? What was a pillow doing here. The three others could see Daiki just completely unaware of them being there, leaning down to pick up the fluffy thing. He then looked up and in his peripheral vision saw Isamu. He then turned towards Isamu and blinked at his positioning, though looking at him caused him to notice Jun. He blinked, before finally... He saw the thing in the hallway. Was that a teacher? He squinted, tilting his head to the side.

He looked down at the pillow in his hand, and then back up towards the fort. Then to the pillow, then fort, pillow, fort. Who cares, just go! Before he fully thought it through, he raised the pillow up as a shield and started to sprint towards the fort. He was serious! Though his expression was everything but serious, a silly grin over his face.

This was a hostile takeover.