The next day.
"Yo! Good morning." (Madelyn)
Leonz did not look up from where he was sitting.
Leonz was slouched over his desk, his face buried in his arms.
Madelyn paced around him, observing him.
"Whatcha doing?" (Madelyn)
"Being depressed." (Leonz)
Leonz spoke from where he was, his voice muffled.
"What happened?" (Madelyn)
"Nothing happened." (Leonz)
"Wait, how can you be depressed over nothing? Doesn't that make you not depressed?" (Madelyn)
Leonz let out a long sigh.
Madelyn poked his head several times.
"Are ya really depressed?" (Madelyn)
Leonz sat straight up, frowning. He sighed.
"My best friend ain't coming to this school anymore. Now I'm here, all alone, without any friends. That's depressing as hell." (Leonz)
"Wait, so something did happen." (Madelyn)
"Of course something happened. No one gets depressed for no reason!" (Leonz)
"You'd be surprised." (Madelyn)
Leonz shrugged, not caring about whatever their talk about depression was.
"But you have friends other than that guy, right? Like…" (Madelyn)
Madelyn stared at the ceiling.
"Me… and… the No. 1 guy. Yeah, we count as friends, right?" (Madelyn)
"That was a long pause there." (Leonz)
"I was trying to think about any other friends you might have that I also knew about. Apparently you don't." (Madelyn)
"Well I'm sorry, not like you're doing much better yourself." (Leonz)
Madelyn put her hands proudly on her hips.
"Ha! That's where I got you beat! I became friends with two members of the Girls Basketball Team, so technically I got one more friends than you." (Madelyn)
"I don't even know if Asher is my friend." (Leonz)
"Who's Asher?" (Madelyn)
"He's the No. 1 guy, like, in the Basketball sense, not the homoerotic sense." (Leonz)
"I'm not sure why you had to mention the homoeroticism, but oookaaayyy." (Madelyn)
Madelyn took a seat beside Leonz.
Because of their register numbers and also several complaints about their heights, they were shifted to the back and coincidentally beside each other.
"I've got more friends in the school outside of Asher." (Leonz)
"Really? Name them." (Madelyn)
"There's… Joseph Quinn, y'know, the captain of the Boys Team." (Leonz)
"Huuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhh. Any evidence?" (Madelyn)
"Trust me bro. But the same could be said about your friends. Where's the evidence?" (Leonz)
Madelyn cracked a grin.
"I thought this would happen, so I took a selfie with them." (Madelyn)
Madelyn pulled her phone out and swiped through several kitten pictures before arriving at a selfie with three figures. There were two girls behind Madelyn, all of them smiling for the camera.
"I see you like kittens." (Leonz)
"I mean, they're cute. It's a nice break from staring at balls all day." (Madelyn)
"Phrasing." (Leonz)
Madelyn turned her phone off before looking around. Leonz tried to move, his body still sore from the previous training.
"You wanna go to another class for the break?" (Madelyn)
"Why?" (Leonz)
"We gotta confirm whether Ash is your friend." (Madelyn)
"You mean Asher?" (Leonz)
"Yeah, whatever." (Madelyn)
"I don't mind, but I'm not sure if he would like it though." (Leonz)
"Who cares? Bet he's all alone during breaks anyway." (Madelyn)
"True, I can see that. It would somehow feel weird to think of Asher being a social guy." (Leonz)
"Yeah, so we go invade his class later." (Madelyn)
"I'm down." (Leonz)
Class started.
The break began.
Madelyn and Leonz walked out of class, walking through the hallway where the other freshmen were also walking.
"Speaking of Ash-ter, do you know what class he's from?" (Madelyn)
"No idea. But he probably got through using the Sports Offer, so surely not too high of a class." (Leonz)
Zodiac Academy ranks classes by the student's middle school grades.
Leonz and Madelyn both did below average, so they ended up in the last class.
"If our class, 1-7 is the worst class, that must mean he's in class 1-6, right?" (Madelyn)
"Probably." (Leonz)
They approached someone random.
"Hello there, just curious about something." (Madelyn)
"We're looking for this guy. Real tall, probably around two metres? Wears glasses and looks real moody with longish hair." (Leonz)
"And he's an asshole to back it up." (Madelyn)
"He's probably really quiet and doesn't talk much?" (Leonz)
The guy they approached blinked a few times, not sure what he was just told. He shook his head and walked away.
"The hell?" (Madelyn)
They approached another person.
"Hey there, we're looking for some jackass, have you seen him?" (Madelyn)
"He's two metres tall, maybe a centimetre taller. Longish hair, glasses, looks depressed all the time?" (Leonz)
"Speaks like a pompous prick." (Madelyn)
"His name sounds rich too." (Leonz)
The girl they had approached gave a similar reaction to the guy, shaking her head, confused. She walked away soon after.
"What d'ya mean his name sounds rich?" (Madelyn)
"Well, his name is Asher Monegotomy, don't know why, it sounds rich." (Leonz)
"His second name is Monego- what?" (Madelyn)
"Maybe I should try asking whether they recognise his name. Probably a better idea." (Leonz)
They approached another person.
"Hello, we're currently looking for someone. Do you recognise the name Asher Monegotomy?" (Leonz)
"Yeah, he's real tall, also looks like an asshole, figuratively, of course." (Madelyn)
"He wears glasses, looks depressed for no reason and has longish hair. Have you seen this man, and if you have, could you tell us his location?" (Leonz)
"Yeah, we need his coordinates, also your testament on where you last saw him." (Madelyn)
The guy they approached gave them a blank look.
"What?" (Guy)
"We're looking for a jackass, have you seen one?" (Madelyn)
"Tall guy, plays basketball." (Leonz)
"Aren't all basketball players tall in general?" (Guy)
"You'd be surprised." (Leonz)
"What was his name again?" (Guy)
"As-ter Money-go-to-me." (Madelyn)
"Asher Monegotomy." (Leonz)
"I never heard of him before." (Guy)
"Good, you should never have to meet such a jerk." (Madelyn)
The guy walked off more confused than ever.
Leonz scratched his head, wondering how they were going to find Asher's class at the rate they were going.
"Maybe if you didn't confuse them?" (Leonz)
"I am confusing nobody." (Madelyn)
Leonz looked as more people walked out the classes.
"I guess we can just walk and look inside? Eventually we'll have to come across the guy." (Leonz)
"Why didn't we do that from the start? We didn't need to go around interrogating people then." (Madelyn)
"We weren't interrogating anyone." (Leonz)
"Speak for yourself." (Madelyn)
They both started walking, staring into each class.
They walked past classes 1-6, 1-5 and 1-4 before Madelyn stopped.
"Surely he must have gone off." (Madelyn)
"We haven't even checked the rest of the classes." (Leonz)
"Why would someone that smart come to this school through the Sports Offer? Think about it." (Madelyn)
"What if he ain't an idiot?" (Leonz)
"I'd rather get piercings than know that guy's smarter than me." (Madelyn)
Leonz walked ahead, Madelyn eventually forced to follow, grumbling.
1-3, 1-2.
"No way." (Madelyn)
They looked into the class with some of the top scorers, class 1-1.
Leonz looked inside while Madelyn asked someone who was leaving the classroom.
"Hey, do you happen to have an asshole in your class?" (Madelyn)
The girl looked at Madelyn.
"What class are you from?" (Girl)
"1-7, why?" (Madelyn)
"I see, an idiot." (Girl)
"Very creative. Guess I found the asshole I was talking about. How's your day been?" (Madelyn)
Madelyn looked down to see what the girl was holding.
"Oh, you play the trumpet?" (Madelyn)
"Yes, I do." (Girl)
"Guess you're good at blowing instruments, but are you good at blowing other things? If ya catch my drift." (Madelyn)
Before the girl could fully register the joke, Leonz pointed inside the classroom.
"Hey! Found him." (Leonz)
"You've got to be kidding me!" (Madelyn)
"Wh-" (girl)
"No time for you, gotta go." (Madelyn)
Leonz and Madelyn walked into the class and walked straight towards Asher, who was seated at the far corner.
There was a commotion in the class, some people whispering about them.
Asher noticed the commotion and looked over.
"Hey." (Leonz)
"Wassup Jackass. Wait, hold on, I meant to say Jackal, sorry." (Madelyn)
"What is it?" (Asher)
In the background, there was some commotion.
"He speaks?" (Classmate)
"What the hell?" (Classmate)
"Is the world ending? Please, I'm too rich to die!" (Classmate)
Madelyn turned around after hearing the last line.
"Just cause your parents are rich ain't mean you are!" (Madelyn)
Leonz pointed at Madelyn, smiling sheepishly at Asher, who did not look entertained.
"I brought her along." (Leonz)
"Yeah you heard me Trumpet Girl! I would tell ya to suck it, but ya blow too much!" (Madelyn)
"What are y'all doing here?" (Asher)
"I'll tell you after I introduce you to her. She's Madelyn, Madelyn say hi." (Leonz)
"Fuck you!" (Madelyn)
Madelyn then turned around and smiled at Asher.
"Sup'" (Madelyn)
"I know, she's Kalakos." (Asher)
"Yeah, so we came here to talk to you, kinda." (Leonz)
"Yeah I bet you suck on **** you ****** ***** *****!" (Madelyn)
"Those are a lot of inappropriate words." (Leonz)
Asher stood up, which shut the class up. The guy started walking out, letting off a long sigh.
Leonz and Madelyn followed after, Madelyn pointing a middle finger to the Trumpet Girl on the way out.