The gym teacher looked at Ryou as he entered his office and listened to everything "No" he would say holding his authority and showed it wouldn't budge "He came to this school as a student and will be treated like everyone else" he say sliding the money back "I do not accept bribes" he hiss showing he wasn't pleased "He learns with the class or I fail him" is the last thing he would say on the matter "Now get ready or I will do the same with you Ryou" he say coldly as read over an email

Kyoshi blinked feeling his hand being grabbed and blinked "Ryou?" he say his voice showing he was scared and confused, he knew he was lucky to be there but still a phobia wasn't an easy thing to get over

Ryou sighed when his bribe had failed. He figured some teachers just could not be persuaded. "You can't leave over something so primitive as this. At least try, with me. It's the only way to succeed, trying. Right? So come on. It won't be so bad." He said trying to calm him and coax him. He wouldn't let his parents know of the threat either as he was just trying to help. He at least hoped the coach would at least have them team up into groups or something. He knew it would probably take some getting used to with Kyoshi, still hoping he would try.

Kioshi looked at him for a moment "This isn't some trivial essay this is a full blown fear" he say looking down "When I told the teacher at my old school I couldn't swim it didn't prevent her from pushing me in the deep end, telling me not to be so silly..." he confess looking away "I almost drowned, my parents asked I be excused from swimming because of this and I was given permission not to swim "But unfortunately, it seems like sir didn't get the memo" he let out a sigh "I best get packed" he say walking towards the door once more

"Aww the poor boy going bye bye?" one of the other students geered "He didn't belong here anyway" said a second boy "It seems mr perfect isn't so perfect, scared of a little water" said a third, hearing this Kyo ran out of the room almost in the fit or tears

Ryou backhanded them all before running after Kyoshi. He didn't care if they got sent to the office. Maybe that would resolve the issue that the gym teacher failed to agree to. He found him soon after in the nearest washroom, locked in a stall. He peered under the stall sighing as he'd found him. "come on out of there. It won't help you any." He tried to coax, figuring it wouldn't work that way. "don't make me come in there. Because I will." He warned, getting ready to slide under. "It's only the first day. what would your parents say if they knew you'd be back in less than a full week?" He asked, sliding under and staring down at him. He'd been crying while sitting on the toilet with the cover down. He didn;t know what would work so he just went with what he knew made some people feel better. He kissed Kyoshi's forehead and hugged him while stroking his hair.

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Kyoshi had no idea what happened in they gym hall, he ran to the communal toilets and chose a stall. pulling down the cover he sat down locking the stall as tears began to fall, it was the only the first day and nothing seemed to be going right "Staying in here might not help any but at least things can't get any worse" he stutter his voice shaking from how upset he was.

Not believing Ryou would crawl under he just sat there surprised as he seen the other crawl under, his blazed getting slightly dirty, he closed his eyes and turned his head to the right his face screwed up in pain at the mention of his parent's reaction, they had been so proud of him when he got the acceptance letter to the point they bragged to everyone "They would be disappointed in me, but would understand" he say, he didn't even sound to convincing to himself

Feeling the other's lips on his forehead his eyes shot wide open, he hadn't expected it, he was even more concerned when his hair began to get stroked as if he was some sort of pet, as much as it made him feel uncomfortable he allowed it to happen without saying a word as he didn't want to upset Ryou feelings

"now are you going to quit being a baby about things and ignore those assholes? Oh and we may get a call from the office...I may have backhanded a few people on my way out." He scratched the back of his head awkwardly after letting go of Kyoshi. "How can you believe they'll understand when it doesn't even sound convincing to yourself?" He noticed how quiet his response to that had been. "Maybe at the office we can get some of this all fixed up?" He hoped, hearing the intercom cut in. He sighed as it was for them to go to the office right away. It didn't sound threatening so that was at least a good thing. Right?

"You forget they are right..." he looked down to the floor "I don't belong here and I am scared of large pools of water" he say standing taking his blazer off showing his white shirt that didn't show any signs of altering through seems but done so because of how it fit his form type. "You shouldn't have attacked you can be expelled for that kind of behavior" he say listening to what he said about being unconvincing

He was a terrible liar and this just proved it, to tell the truth he had no idea how his parents would react as this was a once in a life-time opportunity and if he left there would be no chance he would get into another school that could develop the way someone like him needed so he needed to tough it out.

Hearing the intercom he picked up his book bag and placed his blazer over it not wanting to put it back on, he was to upset to care about school uniform, at this moment in time he regretted even applying to the school. unlocking the stall he moved out and headed to the headmasters office his head lowered

Ryou followed seeing as he was also called to the office, but also to back him up. He knew he was probably still feeling pretty down about everything, not sure how to really help. He didn't know how since his parent's never really cared to see how he was doing accept by texting or calling once in a while. He'd text them weekly and only get replies months after. He sat in the chair next to Kyoshi, hoping that nothing would get them in trouble as he felt he needed to be his protector for some reason.

The head master looked at them both and sighed "The first day in and you both have already caused trouble" the head master said turning to look at them both "Kyoshi, put your blazer on this is a respectful school, not a run down public one" he say in a stern tone. Kyoshi sat still "I mean no disrespect sir but it feel like a public school" his voice was low as he spoke "At a respectful school, teacher wouldn't fail someone for having a phobia of open water and make them swim even though they had been excused for it..." he look to the right "Students wouldn't believe they where better than you because they have money and would respect one another for their skills and ability's not make fun of a person because of fears and them not being of the same social status" he finish quietly

"Why should I show respect when none is given to me because I am different" his voice trembling more as he almost started to cry once more The head master sighed and handed him a tissue he knew it was going to be hard for him "I had no idea he would try and force you to swim Kioshi, I told him you where excused... I will enforce it now since the blockhead didn't get the message the first time round" he smiled and chuckled a little he was friendly on such a matter as he knew fear was a powerful emotion

His eyes now went to Ryou "Wither for your friend or not you should never strike another student Ryou, I know your father taught you better than that" he say shaking his head "As it is the first day of school I will put it down to nerves, and the wish to protect a friend... but next time there will be punishment" he say sternly his eyes asking the question 'do you understand?'

Ryou nodded. "Yes, Sir." He looked him in the eyes. He felt a little embarrassed, though he knew one thing was not fully true. His father had not raised him...much. He would not dwell on that impression. He did wonder though if anything happened again and he couldn't do anything, what could he do? He figured it would be something for the guidance councillor to deal with. He waited for the headmaster to finish his lecture and warning. He was thankful for that at the very least. He didn't want to get into trouble on the first day and end up in serious trouble or anything.

The head master looked to Kyoshi "It's a pleasure to have you at this school, not many students have ever got perfect marks on every subject, the only let down you had was sport" he say warmly he looked at him fully now as he stood putting his blazer back on "Though with someone with your physic I can see why you didn't do to well in sports..." he turned and faced the window

"Very well I have came to a decision..." he begin "Both of you are excused from physical education to stop anymore mishaps from happening, and I will place you on the same timetable" he continue "I want you both to grow stronger together and work together on every project through the school year" he say smiling "This also means what stands for one will stand for the other... so you both fall under the allowance of eating in classes, but it also means your grades and behaviors also count on the other person as well" he say turning back to the window, they wanted to be so close, he granted the wish but it came with a price

Kyoshi listened to everything that was said and nodded "Yes sir, and thank you" he say watching as the head teacher waved his hand to dismiss them "I will email your teachers letting them know... take the rest of the day off and everything comes into play tomorrow" he say

Ryou thanked the headmaster as well. He didn't think that plan of action was bad. "So...what do you wanna do for the rest of the day?" He asked, wrapping an arm around Kyoshi and pulling him in for a little hug since he nearly did start to cry in there. "that'll teach that dumb--" He shut up soon as he seen the coach strolling down the hall. He figured he was sent to the office to hear the news as well. "nevermind. Let's just go somewhere. The dorm? Library? Cafe?" He gave his options that he'd not mind going to right now, though he figured the dorm might be the best of the three so they could combine that schedule. "how is this going to work for our two different classes though? Did he give us a new schedule or something?" He hadn't noticed if the headmaster handed Kyoshi a paper or not.

Kyoshi looked to ryou and smiled weakly, he didn't like the though of if one screwed up they'd both be punished, that one of their assessments where lousy both would be marked a single grade waiting until they had left the office and moved into their own dorm he let out a sigh "I don't like it... I don't want to be the cause of anyone's pain or their fall and I definitely don't want it to cause mine" he say sitting down at his desk opening his lap top to check the school email account "Our new scheduled has been emailed to us" he say quietly opening it seems on the Monday and Friday it's my scheduled on the Tuesday and Thursday it's yours" he say looking at how the classes played out "Every other day stays the same since we are in the same classes anyway" he finish getting up and moving to his closet to get a change of clothing

"ah. so that's how it works. Alright. So i'll be in your class on tuesday then? Also there should be hardly any worries since we've gotten all homework done today even before classes had ended. I still say you should trust me on those uh....swimming lessons. Even if you feel you can't handle even trying it." He lay on his bed, flipping through a yaoi manga while he wondered what Kyoshi was up to with his change of clothes. "shower?"

"I don't want to swim, I'll drown" he say quickly to the others words, just the mere mention of swimming right now made him shake "No, I'm going to work... some extra hours will do me no harm" he say moving into the bathroom to get changed quickly coming back out he moved into the kitchen to put the laundry he put on in the morning into the tumble dryer and placed his school uniform into the shower "If you get changed I guess you could come too" he say wondering if would rather just stay here reading his manga

Ryou got up, saving his page as he dug through his drawers. He pulled out a pair of comfy cargo shorts and a t-shirt. He stripped down right there to his underwear, getting dressed in less than a minute. "You were saying? Yeah I guess I'll tag along. I guess I won't keep pestering you about the S word then...for now." He said, lightening up a little. He packed his shoulder bag, carrying his sketchbook and wallet inside. "ready when you are."