It was days like this that made Homura glad that he was a Two-Star.
Having long since abandoned anything resembling a normal sleep routine, the short distance of the walk and the time it took to undertake it made his mornings easy to deal with. Usually waking between seven and half-past, he'd have at least half an hour to pull his shit together before he needed to get moving, and the assistance of an energy drink usually got him packing along way before then. There was always the Two-Star lounge if he wanted to catch some extra shuteye.
Today, however, he'd woken up late; eight o'clock, almost on the dot, with only half an hour between himself and a late arrival.
After a rush and a five-minute scramble to get ready, the fifteen minute walk had been knocked down to a mere ten in his haste. Whilst he was grouchy and bleary, he would make it in time for his first lesson; though he could already tell that was going to be little comfort as he walked through the archway of the academy and was practically
assaulted by a blast of noise and energy.
Grumbling something obscene, he adjusted his glasses, before grumbling again, removing them and giving them a quick wipe. Slapping them back on carelessly, he squinted in the bright morning light to catch sight of what was going on.
Something about oppression... Freeing Honnouji Academy? And then there was that big sign... What did it say?
'No-Star Club'.
...
{Homura Murakami}
{Literary Club President}
"Oh, fuck off," He grumbled to himself, sighing profusely and raising a hand to rub his temple as he realized it was another fucking attempt to start a shit-storm over the caste system, "I am WAY too tired for this shit."
He quickly took a look around, looking at who else was present in the courtyard besides the gaggle of No-Stars and occasional dumbstruck One-Star.
He caught sight of only one other distinctive figure; that one silver-haired bugger he'd seen around in the lounge a few times before now. Besides Homura himself, whitey seemed to be the only other Two-Star around to deal with the situation at the moment.
Fan-freaking-tastic.
Muttering further obscenities under his breath, he accepted he was going to have to take some responsibility here and began to make a beeline for the eye of the shitstorm-
And then he caught a glimpse of a familiar face out of the corner of his eye.
A girl, about his own age, seemingly indifferent to what was going on around her; just making her way towards the entrance with a group of rather disturbed-looking friends.
"OI! KARASUMARU!" He suddenly yelled towards the figure, completely shifting gear as he watched the No-Star he was addressing flinch, as her friends froze themselves.
"... Oh, good morning, sir?" The girl asked, turning and catching sight of the familiar sight of the Literary Club Captain, a little bit of nervousness creeping into her voice as she noticed the rather disgruntled expression on his face.
{Mukuro Karasumaru}
{No-Star Student}
"You aren't part of this crap, are you?" He asked, pointing in the general direction of the commotion in the center of the square.
"... Noooo?" She replied, a little more confident as she realized the Two-Star wasn't angry at her, as her friends remained frozen around her.
"Good to hear. Do me a favour and tell old man Tenmyouji I'm going to be a little late, can you? Promised I'd track some notes down for him, but looks like it's me and whitey bugger over there that've gotta deal with this shit."
"Sure? I mean, it's not like he can complain, is it?"
"Thanks a ton," Homura replied, before he turned and resumed his beeline for the commotion, the disgrunted expression from before reappearing on his face with a sworn vengeance.
And behind him, the girl just watched as he went, sparing only a somewhat pointed glance towards the stand in the distance, before resuming her walk towards the school as the girls around her finally gathered themselves from the shock and scrambled along behind her anxiously.
He wouldn't get in serious trouble for being late, but her friends sure as hell would.