#or if you're me you fucking died from falling off the monkey bars

[kyoupann]

Hey! Merry Christmas for you, I hope you can enjoy your day as much as possible even with all the people around! 💕

It's not exactly a prompt, but I would love to see anything with Shadow and Ravio. From wholesome to chaotic, anything will make me happy! lol

Happy holidays to you too!! <3<3

Hey? So, the anon who asked you if it was okay to write something based off your stuff? That bitch was me! Ksksks I started to write/plan this around the time I sent that ask, so here’s the full thingy! <3

Based off this thingy. Wholesome kindergarten boyos becoming friends.

Ravio was excited for his first day of school at his new kindergarten. He was ecstatic to meet his new teacher and make friends and play tag with and exchange friendship bracelets and…

“and, and-- we’ll be besties forever, pops!” he shouted from the backseat, throwing his hands in the air.

“I’m sure of it, kid.”

The car pulled over and Ravio, being the big boy he was, unbuckled his seatbelt with no help. He opened the door as quickly as he could and grabbed his little purple bag from the car floor.

“You want me to go in with you?”

He shook his head, “Nu-uh, pops! I can do it alone!” he gave a big toothy smile, flashing his buck teeth before slamming the door shut in all his excitement.

He marched toward the entrance gate, his back straight and his chest puffed out. A smiley lady greeted him and from the way she held his hand to guide him to his classroom, he knew he’d be fine.

Today’s gonna be the best day.

******

Today wasn’t the best, he still didn’t have a best friend.

Being the new kid sure brought unnecessary attention to himself. But he was prepared for it, he had sneaked some candy from the cupboard this morning and during recess, he offered one to each of his classmates and possible new friends. He thought it worked because a group of kids invited him to play with them.

He was on his way to the classroom to leave his bag there when he spotted a kid sitting behind the plastic playhouse in the corner of the playground. The kid was completely alone, drawing black swirls with a crayon on a sheet. He looked so sad… and Ravio still had some candy left…

“Hello!” Ravio kneeled in front of the kid and waved his hand enthusiastically, “I’m Ravio! What’s your name?!”

Kneeling to his level made him realise how small this kid was. Most likely a first grader?

The kid didn’t even look up from his paper, “not telling.”

Ravio pouted, but that didn’t stop him from achieving his goal, “I have sweets! Do you want some?”

He took a handful from his bag and offered them to the kid. At the mention of sweets, the smaller one perked his head up, looking straight at Ravio with a frown. Ravio couldn’t help but gasp loudly, the eyes of this kid were a deep shade of red, with slits instead of pupils. Ravio had never seen anything like that before. How strange and cute, it reminded him something…

The kid snatched the sweets from his hand without a thank you and continued to draw. He ignored him, and Ravio really wanted to go play with his new friends, so he said goodbye with a bright smile. At least, the candy seemed to have brighten up his mood.

After break, he saw the kid enter the same classroom as him and took a seat in the back. Ravio quickly followed him and took a seat next to his new friend. With mild difficulty, he read the tag on the little desk and learnt that his little friend’s name was Shadow. He sat with him for the remainder of the day. Although Ravio tried to talk to him, Shadow ignored him for the most part. He only addressed him by extending his palm, silently asking for candy, which Ravio was happy to give out. Ravio didn’t mind the silence at all and enjoyed seeing Shadow doodling on his paper. He decided then that he liked him and that he would bring him candy every day.

******

Today had not been the best day. In fact, it had been horrible.

Everyone seemed to have forgotten about him; the kids with whom he had played before were now ignoring him. It didn’t matter how hard he tried, no one wanted to talk to him. He beamed when a girl approached him during lunchbreak, but his joy was short-lived for the girl him only did so to squeeze the apple juice he was drinking, making him choke and cough his lungs out. Then during naptime, someone stuck a lollipop to his hair; the miss had to cut a small strand of his hair because there was no way it was coming off. Just before the day was over, he offered a candy to a boy in exchange of an answer to why they were treating him like that.

The kid sucked loudly on his lollipop, “someone saw’cha hanging out with the weird kid.”

Shadow? Was he not supposed to?

“No one wants to be friends with a weirdo,” was all the kid said before running off.

Even if today had not been great, even if it had been awful, even if he had silently cried in the backseat on his way home, he still had hope for tomorrow. Today had not been great, but tomorrow surely will!

Tomorrow had been bad, too. And so was the following day, and the next, and the next.

--

“Hey, dumbass! Leave him alone!” a high-pitched shriek came from the other side of the playground.

Shadow stepped between the pathetic form of Ravio recoiling on the floor and the girl currently bullying him. He put his little hands on his hips and gave her a scowl, trying to look as intimidating as his petite figure allowed him.

“He’s my idiot, go find yours somewhere else!”

“And if I don’t want to? Are you gonna rat me out with Miss. Malon?” she sing-sang, not showing any sign of backing down. She looked Shadow down and shoved him.

Shadow shut his jaw tight before letting out an ear-piercing battle cry. He jumped on the girl, bringing her down to the ground by the hair with him, he sat on top of her and held her down by the shoulders.

“You make him cry, you’re dead.” It wasn’t a threat; it was a statement.

The girl’s eyes were starting to well up to the brim with tears and barely managed to nod nervously. Shadow got off of her and as soon as she had the opportunity to get up, she fled the scene crying profusely to a group of girls on the other side.

With a satisfied smile on his face, he was ready to take his leave, when a hand grabbed him by the wrist.

“T-thanks,” Ravio said between sniffles, a meek smile barely forming.

“Ew,” he snatched his arm quickly and left him alone.

****

The following day, just as he was entering the classroom to retrieve his stuff and go home, Shadow found a bundle of black clothes sitting on his little desk. On top of the neatly folded clothes, there was a note with a doodle of a rabbit.

He looked at it, the words foreign to him. He tossed the note into his bag, he’ll ask Four to read it for him later. He unfolded the clothes, revealing a simple black hoodie; but as he turned it around, he spotted two little appendages of fabric on the head. Those were… horns?... Cool. He wrapped the hoodie’s arms around his tiny waist and made his way out.

The next morning, when Shadow entered the classroom with his hoodie up and proudly showing its cat ears, Ravio knew it was going to be a great day.

******

bonus:

Ravio’s note