"Have you guys noticed something off about Chun Yan?" Gilbert said to his friends, casting a sideways glance at the next table. Chun Yan sat there alone, picking at her food. He noticed she seemed to have switched her uniform shirt to the next size up, and not that he'd have admitted to looking but her chest seemed even flatter than before under it. Her hair was shorter than ever, though still below her shoulders, pulled back in a simple ponytail. She wore no makeup; she hadn't ever worn much usually, but now she didn't even seem to have used chapstick.
"Hm, she looks sad," said Francis, idly poking his fork at his carrots.
"I know she's been hanging around Mr Long's office a lot," Antonio said. Mr Long, the student counsellor, was a close friend of Chun Yan's parents, and she was close enough with him that she'd always called him Uncle, but those students related to staff members tended to avoid them rather than seek them out, with the exception of Feliciano hanging off his Uncle Romulus at sports practice. Not many of the students liked Mr Long; he always had an odd scowl on his face, and smoked like a chimney. Chun Yan loved him very much, but didn't usually go to see him during the school day.
"Yeah," said Gilbert. "I'm just wondering about her, I've heard rumours going round. Vash said she asked him for tips on saving money, said she needed to save up for something important. And Liz said that Chun Yan was asking for help to bandage her chest up after cheerleading practice."
"Maybe she's joined a street-fighting gang? She is pretty big on that kung fu thing," Antonio suggested. The others laughed, before realising he was serious.
"... Yeah, that's not too likely, Toni. Maybe she's binding her tits because they got bigger and she's looking fat?"
"Of course you'd focus on her breasts, you crude little monster," said Francis, poking Gilbert. He thought for a moment, and his eyes widened. "Hiding breasts, needing money, looking depressed, seeing the counsellor? Oh mon dieu ... Chun Yan is pregnant."
Antonio and Gilbert blinked. "What?" Gilbert glanced over at Chun Yan. "No way!"
"Think about it!" Francis insisted. "She'd need money for the baby. She might be binding her chest because it's getting bigger. I saw her at cheerleading practice, and she was wearing shorts. Maybe she's trying to cover herself up more so nobody sees she's getting fat?"
Antonio frowned. "I don't know, the shorts don't cover much more than the skirt."
"Ha, tell me about it ... no, what am I saying? The poor girl's in a delicate state, she doesn't need us leering!"
"What's with the haircut, then?" Gilbert wondered.
"That much hair takes time to look after," Francis said, running a hand proudly through his own hair. "She wouldn't have time after the birth."
"Awww," Antonio cooed to himself. "She'd have such a cute baby ... Whose d'you think it is?"
"Well, don't look at me! I'm always careful, and it's been more than nine months since I was with her anyway."
"Not me either."
"We figured. She's a bit old for you. Like, ten years too old." Antonio spluttered indignantly while Francis and Gilbert snickered. "See, it's funny because you're a paedophile," Gilbert added helpfully.
Antonio smacked Gilbert with his milk carton. "Lovi's only three years younger than me, and I'd never cheat on him! What about you?"
"It's not mine! I'd never leave a girl knocked up."
"Yes, we all know you're a virgin, Gilbert."
"Oh fuck you."
~ (Yes, Mr Long is the dragon. Fandom needs more dragon.)
Re: "Ain't No Hollaback Girl" (Gakuen AU, FTM!China), 1/?
"Hm, she looks sad," said Francis, idly poking his fork at his carrots.
"I know she's been hanging around Mr Long's office a lot," Antonio said. Mr Long, the student counsellor, was a close friend of Chun Yan's parents, and she was close enough with him that she'd always called him Uncle, but those students related to staff members tended to avoid them rather than seek them out, with the exception of Feliciano hanging off his Uncle Romulus at sports practice. Not many of the students liked Mr Long; he always had an odd scowl on his face, and smoked like a chimney. Chun Yan loved him very much, but didn't usually go to see him during the school day.
"Yeah," said Gilbert. "I'm just wondering about her, I've heard rumours going round. Vash said she asked him for tips on saving money, said she needed to save up for something important. And Liz said that Chun Yan was asking for help to bandage her chest up after cheerleading practice."
"Maybe she's joined a street-fighting gang? She is pretty big on that kung fu thing," Antonio suggested. The others laughed, before realising he was serious.
"... Yeah, that's not too likely, Toni. Maybe she's binding her tits because they got bigger and she's looking fat?"
"Of course you'd focus on her breasts, you crude little monster," said Francis, poking Gilbert. He thought for a moment, and his eyes widened. "Hiding breasts, needing money, looking depressed, seeing the counsellor? Oh mon dieu ... Chun Yan is pregnant."
Antonio and Gilbert blinked. "What?" Gilbert glanced over at Chun Yan. "No way!"
"Think about it!" Francis insisted. "She'd need money for the baby. She might be binding her chest because it's getting bigger. I saw her at cheerleading practice, and she was wearing shorts. Maybe she's trying to cover herself up more so nobody sees she's getting fat?"
Antonio frowned. "I don't know, the shorts don't cover much more than the skirt."
"Ha, tell me about it ... no, what am I saying? The poor girl's in a delicate state, she doesn't need us leering!"
"What's with the haircut, then?" Gilbert wondered.
"That much hair takes time to look after," Francis said, running a hand proudly through his own hair. "She wouldn't have time after the birth."
"Awww," Antonio cooed to himself. "She'd have such a cute baby ... Whose d'you think it is?"
"Well, don't look at me! I'm always careful, and it's been more than nine months since I was with her anyway."
"Not me either."
"We figured. She's a bit old for you. Like, ten years too old." Antonio spluttered indignantly while Francis and Gilbert snickered. "See, it's funny because you're a paedophile," Gilbert added helpfully.
Antonio smacked Gilbert with his milk carton. "Lovi's only three years younger than me, and I'd never cheat on him! What about you?"
"It's not mine! I'd never leave a girl knocked up."
"Yes, we all know you're a virgin, Gilbert."
"Oh fuck you."
~
(Yes, Mr Long is the dragon. Fandom needs more dragon.)