Actions

Work Header

making abbs fall in love at dr. ego's 1st period ap psych

Summary:

Reo
FUCK THIS STUPID FUCKING CLASS

Yukki
What is happening 😭

Chigiri
ill let reo do the honors
bc im so nice and kind 🥰

Reo
MICHAEL MOTHEEFUCKING KAISER JUST WALKED IN HOLDING HANDS WITH ALEXIS NESS
AND RIGHT AFTER
ISAGI YOICHI WALKS IN
AND WAVES AT NAGI.
IM GONNA SKIN HIM ALIVE.

Meanwhile, Yukimiya stared at his phone, looked up at the road, and prayed that the car behind would just rear end and kill him.

--

Or: Asian American Lock

Notes:

so we were like "what if it was blue lock but they were upper middle class asian americans going to a mainly asian american (i.e. competitive asf) high school and experienced asian american struggles" and then this fic was born

Chapter 1: key club 🔑.*☆ (+ Outoya 😕)

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

key club 🔑.*☆ (+ Outoya 😕)

 

Reo

@chigiri i saw ur ig story

i have ego first period too

 

Chigiri

STOP OMG RLLY???

 

Reo

YES

 

Sendou

WAIT LIKE EGO FIRST PERIOD AP PSYCH??

GUYS ME TOO

 

Chigiri

STOP NO WAY.

@yukki PLS SAY U HAVE AP PSYCH W EGO FIRST PERIOD TOO.

 

Yukki

YESSS

 

Chigiri

I CANT BELIEVE WE ALL HAVE A CLASS TOGETHER

 

Outoya

oh shi i have ego first period too

 

Yukki

oh.

 

Chigiri

can u switch out.

 

Sendou

☹️

 

Outoya

nah i aint even do nothin fr this time 😭🙏

hop off ong bruh

nothin but opps here tf

 

Reo

💀

ok Outoya.

 

Sendou

gsuys

guys

omfg

 

Chigiri

what 

 

Sendou

oliver aiku is in our psych too wkdkskfkms

 

Chigiri

oh i am so sorry.

 

Yukki

Oh…

Thats not….

 

Reo

wait are yall not friends 

 

Sendou

nah cs we’re lowk tight 

but recently he’s been treating me weirdly?

dude idk 😭

 

Reo

oh 😭

 

Chigiri

no its ok 

if we all arrive early enough

all four of us can sit together

and Outoya can distract aiku from going near u

 

Sendou

omg wait ur right

 

Outoya

💀

aint no way i finna be a distraction 😭🙏

 

Reo

wait i was gonna sit with nagi tho

cs he also has this class

 

Chigiri

omfg ofc u wanna sit with nagi

 

Reo

?

wdym.

 

Chigiri

nothing ☺️

 

Reo

bitch omfg

spit it out

 

Chigiri

spit his dick out of ur mouth first

 

Reo

KILL YOURSELF

ACTUALLY NO

IM GONNA FUCKING KILL YOU WHEN SCHOOL STARTS

 

Chigiri

LOL GO AHEAD AND FUCKING TRY

 

Yukki

Can yg not fight for once pls 😭

Also idk if i can show up early enough

I have ballet rehearsal early morning

And the traffic is always bad on the first day

 

Chigiri

oh

uhh Outoya can save a seat for u instead then?

 

Outoya

WHY YALL THINK IM DOIN SHIT 💀

im sitting with tabito

 

Chigiri

YOU GUYS ARE SO FAKE OML

ur ok tho yukki dw

and sendou

 

Reo

ok wait can nagi just sit w us then

cs yukkis gonna run late

 

Yukki

U guys can do wtv idm

The seats leftover cant be that bad

 

Chigiri

ok then ig 😭

 

Sendou

guys

why are there so many ppl we know in this class.

 

Chigiri

STOP I WAS LOWK THINKING THAT

LIKE ALL OF US, NAGI, A*KU, AND KARASU???

 

Reo

isagi too.

and hiori if yg know him

 

Yukki

Lowk

Why does it feel like everyone has isagi in at least two classes

 

Sendou

STOP

 

Chigiri

NO UR SO RIGHT THO

 

Outoya

REAL SHIT

NEVER MET A MF WHO DONT KNOW ISAGI

 

Reo

fucking bitchass is everywhere i go in this goddamn school.

he deserved getting kicked from stuco last year

 

Yukki

I still have those fight videos saved and favorited

Best thing ive witnessed in this school

 

Chigiri

HELP

i kinda forget everyones beef against him sometimes ngl

but tbh i got beef with him too

ok i feel like everyone likes him but has some beef w him at the same time 😭

 

Outoya

💀

ok u right tho

my homie bachira in ego first period too btw

 

Reo

the schizo art kid?

 

Outoya

hey

dont disrespect my boy now 🙏🙏

 

Chigiri

omg i love that guy

 

Sendou

wait hes dating isagi right?

 

Outoya

yh

 

Reo

god i hope they break up.

 

Yukki

😭

 

Chigiri

LMFAO

 

Outoya

vros a d1 isagi hater 💀

 

Reo

i better see him fail this class 🙏

 

Chigiri

wait

guys
(replying to Sendou)

| why are there so many ppl we know in this class.

back to this

we should lowk make a gc w everyone 

 

Reo

i am NOT tryna be in a gc with flopsagi

 

Chigiri

ill make nagi join too

 

Reo

i will join the gc

fuck you.

 

Outoya

💀

 

Yukki

That’s nice Reo.

 

Sendou

😭😭😭

 

Reo

i hate all of you.

i hope the only class we share is ap psych.

 

Chigiri

wait we didn’t even share our full schedules omg

r u guys free to ft

so we can also plan our club recruitment stuff too

 

Sendou

oh yea sure

 

Yukki

I can ft for an hr

I have rehearsal later 😭

 

Reo

yea same here except i’ll be w nagi in an hr

 

Chigiri

ok reo.

 

Outoya

yh im free too

 

Chigiri

u were not included in the question.

anyways.

 

Call Started

 

—————

 

Yukimiya had already known that he wasn’t going to get to school early - frick Mr. Chen and frick 6:30am ballet rehearsal - but G*d, the traffic didn’t have to be this bad. It was already 8:10, only 15 minutes until school started, and he watched the Honda at the front stall for a whole 10 seconds before turning. He told the group chat that he was okay with taking whatever leftover seats there were, but at this rate, there wouldn’t even be a seat left for him to choose. 

 

As long as I’m not next to fricking Karasu and Outoya I guess. That’s probably the worst case scenario. His phone started buzzing; speak of the devils and they will arrive, flirting about organic blueberry muffins or whatever foolish shenanigans they got up to. He muted his GC with the two- it was way too early in the morning to deal with their bullsh*t. 

 

The buzzing returned in full force, and with it, Yukimiya's migraine. He glanced up at the cars ahead; the light was red again. Fine. Whatever. If he was going to be late, he might as well let his friends (loosely defined) know- maybe, by some miracle, they’d be worried about where he was. Knowing the Key Club, those backstabbing bitc- ahem, jerks would probably leave him fending for himself. It was worth a try, though, so he opened key club 🔑.*☆ (+ Outoya 😕) with an increasingly familiar sense of dread.



key club 🔑.*☆ (+ Outoya 😕)

 

Chigiri

YUKKI

GET TO SCHOOL FASTER

 

Sendou

yukki half of the class is here

also reo and nagi are like cuddling rn help 😭

 

Reo

WE’RE NOT CUDDLINF

HE JUST HAS HIS HEAD ON MY SHOUDLER

 

Chigri

they’re cuddling while nagi’s playing some mobile game

 

Reo

fyi its ensemble stars.

 

Chigri

do u think i gaf

 

Yukki

😭

The traffic is so bad rn

How’s the seats rn?

 

Chigiri

the classroom has circle tables instead of desks

theres 2 in the back n middle

3 in the front

our tables in the front by the door

u alr know whos sitting here

behind us is ot*ya, karasu, n kiyora

 

Yukki

Did yg manage to get Aiku away?

 

Sendou

yea

he decided to sit with barou instead

he rlly loves annoying him lol

oh he did wave at me tho

 

Chigiri

WHAT

HE DID???

 

Sendou

yea you were too busy scrolling xiaohongshu

 

Chigiri

.

anyways!

theres also some like freshman and theater kid i think at their table??

 

Outoya (Replying to Chigiri)

| behind us is ot*ya, karasu, n kiyora

whys my name censored 💀🙏

 

Chigiri

no usage of offensive terms in school!

 

Outoya

💀

the freshman at their table is kiyoras family friend

n hes also family friends with aiku

 

Sendou

wtf

so they’re all family friends?

 

Outoya

yh

type shi

 

Chigiri

i think i’d cry if i had to go to a family friend gathering and see ol*ver a*ku

 

Yukki

Me too actually

 

Reo

me when i see isagi

 

Outoya

kiyora js told me that he sings karaoke at them 💀

the titas love it when he does

last party he sang versace on the floor

lil bro think hes the goat bruno mars 🙏

 

Reo

“lil bro”

isn’t he a super senior?

Outoya

nah

💀

dont do my dawg like that

 

Sendou

no he js kinda looks like one

 

Reo

WAIT WHAT??

I THOUGHT HE REPEATED A YEAR.

 

Sendou

no 😭

 

Chigiri (replying to Outoya)

| kiyora js told me that he sings karaoke at them 💀

OH HELL NO

THANK GOD I DONT GOTTA BE THERE

 

Yukki

😭

Guys what seats are left tho

 

Chigiri

MB

uhh those 4 are at the middle table next to ot*yas group

there’s a table in the very back with that one band kid

 

Yukki

Shidou?

 

Chigiri

YEA HIM

hes with some freshie too i think

ok and then the other table in the back has 2 of my friends from freshman yr 

u prob dont know them but their names r raichi and gagamaru

i think reo knows the third guy at their table but hes too busy ogling at nagis shit gameplay to read the gc

 

Reo

KILL YOURSELF

HIS GAMEPLAY ISN’T SHIT HE LITERALLY JUST PERFECT COMBOED A 30

the last guy at their table is kurona

hes a sophomore

 

Yukki

Idk any of the 3 yall js mentioned

 

Chigiri

oh my god

yukki

youll never guess who just walked in.

 

Sendou

IM CRYING

AHAHAHAH WAIT

 

Chigiri

OH MY GOD

NO FUCKING WAY

 

Reo

FUCK THIS STUPID FUCKING CLASS

 

Yukki

What is happening 😭

 

Chigiri

ill let reo do the honors

bc im so nice and kind 🥰

 

Reo

MICHAEL MOTHEEFUCKING KAISER JUST WALKED IN HOLDING HANDS WITH ALEXIS NESS

AND RIGHT AFTER

ISAGI YOICHI WALKS IN

AND WAVES AT NAGI.

IM GONNA SKIN HIM ALIVE.

 

“Reo, your arm keeps shaking when you text. It’s uncomfortable.” 

 

“Sorry, treasure. How about you move your head to my lap? It’ll be easier for you to play from that angle.”

“....alright.”

 

Reo shoved Nagi on his thighs (not crotch, Chigiri, shut the fuck up) with more force than strictly necessary and ignored Nagi’s muffled complaints about breaking his combo. He had more important things to worry about at the moment: namely, where one Bitchsagi Yoichi would sit, and his proximity to Reo, and by extension his Nagi. His hand still on Nagi’s luscious, silky, only slightly dandruff-crusted hair, Reo scanned the room for where Isagi and his posse- was that Nanase and Hiori with him?- were searching for an open table. 

 

Reo knew enough about the brain to know that telepathy was a load of bullshit, but he still tried to communicate his best do not even think about going near him or Nagi or so help him he would tear off his fingernails one by one vibes towards Isagi.

 

Fucking dumbass must have mistaken his death glares for some magic friendship beam, because Isagi perked up in a way that would have put Ness to shame, said something to Nanase and Hiori, and began making his way towards the Key Club table.

 

God never gives us more than we can handle. God never gives us more than we can handle. God never gives us more than we can han-

 

“Hey Reo! I didn’t expect to see you here! Nagi, I’m glad you’re in this class too!”

 

FUCK. FUCKFUCKFUCKFUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK.

 

Before Reo could even get a word out, Nagi whipped his head up faster than Reo had ever seen him move. He began planning Isagi’s death. Something slow and painful, like roasting over a fire.

 

“Isagi’s in this class? Wait, I’ll come to sit by you :x. We can talk about the new Valorant update. Have you seen the Sunset changes?” 

 

No, worse. Maybe being stabbed by thousands of tiny needles, then burning to death.

 

“I haven’t seen them yet, and I’d love to look at them right now, but I have to save this seat for Bachira. He’s running a bit late.” 

 

Oh. That homewrecker miraculously pulling Bachira may have had some good after all. Lethal injection would be painless and quick. 

 

“It’s okay though! I’ll just sit closest to your table so we can still be near each other and chat whenever we feel like it!”

 

Never mind. He’ll call his bodyguards tonight and see if they can arrange for a burial in the woods behind the school. 

 

“Thanks, Isagi. We’ll definitely be the greatest if we can work with each other even more :>.” Nagi fully straightened up, scooting his chair away from Reo and towards Isagi’s table. Reo tried to ignore the vein starting to throb in his forehead, as well as Chigiri and Sendou’s poorly stifled snickers. Fake fucking friends, the lot of them. Not for the first time Reo wished Yukimiya, the one sane, kind, loving, heavenly person in their friend group would show up already. 

 

key club 🔑.*☆ (+ Outoya 😕)

 

Reo

He’s fucking dead

If i disappear for a few days don’t worry about it

I have bail money already prepared

 

Chigiri

LMAOOOO THAT WAS ACTUALLY SO PATHETIC

YUKKI I WISH YOU COULD’VE SEEN HIS FACE

BRO YOU MAKE FUCKING SENDOU LOOK NORMAL

 

Sendou

HEY.

 

Meanwhile, Yukimiya stared at his phone, looked up at the road, and prayed that the car behind would just rear end and kill him. 

 

Yukki

Guys

Maybe i should just

Not show up.

 

Chigiri

no su get in here quicker.

theres like 6 seats left hurry up

isagi and his two friends took up one of the front tables

and everyones least fav couple took up the other

 

Yukki

What.

 

Sendou

you might be cooked

 

Chigiri

someone else just walked in

bro looks terrified

like rlly anxious

but tbh walking into class and seeing kaiser n ness pda is scary

so i dont blame him

 

Reo

rs

 

Chigiri

i just KNOW u arent talking right now

 

Yukki (Replying to Chigiri)

| like rlly anxious

Oh i think ik who ur talking abt

Idk his name tho

 

Chigiri

LOL HE TOOK ONE LOOK AT SHIDOU AND TURNED THE OTHER WAY

IM CRYING

 

Sendou

😭

he took the last seat in the other back table

w gagamaru raichi n kurona

 

Yukki

There’s still a seat at Karasu and Outoya’s table right

I thought they’d be the worst choice but I fear I’d choose sitting w them over Shidou Isagi and Kaiser

 

Chigiri

@Outoya are yg saving it for someone else or

 

Outoya

nah

yukki we were saving it for u bae 🙏

u ghosted us tho 💔

tabitos crying rn

how could u yukki.

 

Yukki

Ykw maybe I don’t want to sit there.

 

Outoya

damn

 

Chigiri

wait 

guys 

the guy that just walked in just now…

whys he kinda….

 

Sendou

bro.

 

Reo

chigiri.

 

Chigiri

ofc you have to stop longingly gazing at nagi js to insult my amazing taste

 

Reo leveled Chigiri with his best “are you being so fucking fr rn” face.  “First of all, actually kill yourself.”

 

(“Already tried, you’d know all about it..!!”)

 

“Second of all,” Reo continued, because he’s used to Chigiri pulling this shit for ten years straight, “he’s basically a white boy. How do you find that attractive? What happened to Jimin or Heeseung or Yeonjun? At least Otoya matched your horrific tastes, tall and skinny and looking like they belong in a douyin thirst trap. When the bass gets bumping up in the club type shit.”

 

Chigiri glanced back at the thing in question and instantly regretted it. Otoya made eye contact and shot Chigiri two finger guns before throwing a double four, biting his lip. What the fuck. Did he have superhuman hearing? Maybe it was the magic ex mind meld. 

 

“Slap him, Karasu,” Chigiri muttered under his breath. 

 

He did, straight on the back of Otoya’s head. Good man, it looked like it hurt. 

 

He turned back to Reo, ready to defend his taste and his honor and his admittedly poor dating decisions in the past, but his eyes caught on one of Beefcake's impressive pecs framed by that black compression shirt and any words he was planning on saying melted out of his ears. 

 

“I need him to grab my hips and neck and snap me into 20 different pieces so I can feel his hands all over me as he puts me back together. I think one of his hands could wrap around my entire waist, holy shit.”

 

“Chigiri, what the actual fuck.” Sendou looked at him in pure horror, as if he wasn’t saying the same things about Aiku a few months ago. Fucking hypocrite, he dated Boptoya too. They were both in the trenches.

 

“OH MY GOD SENDOU JUST SHUT UP HE’S COMING OVER ACT NORMAL.”

 

God, how was the way his eyes scanned the room so attractive? That cold, calculating stare, devoid of any emotion, those golden pools of darkness, those shining orbs with the spark of passion Chigiri knew he could bring out with his charm, charisma, and sexy bod- even the eyebags (though it wasn’t aegyo-sal) adding to his alpha male podcaster aura.

 

Said reddit orange orbs glanced over at him, and Chigiri felt his entire body shudder. He fidgeted with his hair, pushing it from his neck, and watched as Tall Buff and Handsome made his way towards him. Towards him!! Maybe Yukimiya was right, and God did have mercy on those who repented for their sins (dating Hoetoya).

 

“...‘Scuse me,” Mysterious Nonchalant (ig) Tanned (not spray on)(all football sun baby) 6’2 (btw) Hottie muttered as he pulled out the chair next to Chigiri’s. The motion made his thighs bump against Chigiri’s shoulder. Rest in peace Hyoma, he died doing what he loved: touching rock hard legs attached to a rock hard man that made him so rock hard. 

 

Sendou pulled at Chigiri’s sleeve (purchased straight off Taobao, it was very expensive to get it shipped don’t you fucking dare rip it or you’re going to wish you were dead), interrupting his extremely important ogling session. “Stop being such a creep, you literally don’t even know his name.”

 

“But I can learn it,” Chigiri pressed on. “Look at how polite he is, he literally said excuse me. I bet he’s a momma’s boy because where else would he learn those manners.”

 

Sendou raised a single (perfect) eyebrow. His (super cute) pout only deepened. “You mean basic, common courtesy? I wonder where he could have learned that.”

 

“Okay but he has the hot bod too. He’s literally strong and nice, literally everything you could want out of a man.”

 

“Standards are 6 feet under,” Reo singsonged, like Nagi “crawled onto Earth from some distant galaxy where the aliens were all ugly” Seishiro wasn’t on his lap earlier playing fucking Ensemble Stars. How was Reo being rejected for anime idols ? They weren’t even cute, minus Tsumugi. Because Tsumugi Aoba is the greatest thing to ever bless Ensemble Stars. Madara is a close second though, only because of all the murder.

 

Sendou sighed, “Both of your love lives are too deep in the trenches to be saying anything about standards. This is why I’m just gonna marry rich.” His love life would surely improve once he got into Georgia Tech. There he’d meet a genius, rich, international student, tech startup hottie who was perfect and nothing like the half Filipino half white super senior coded man behind him. 

 

He glanced towards their table to see said man joking around with his grade’s valedictorian (the “king“as he liked to call himself), Barou Shouei. God, every time he told himself he was over Aiku he just had to look at him and fall all over again. It was a losing game, falling in love with someone a grade above him, especially since that someone was notorious MANwhore Oliver Aiku. It’s almost funny how Aiku just had to start occasionally flirting with Sendou, as if he were just another person to hit on, instead of one of his closest friends. Definitely helped make it easier to move on! At least he had Yukimiya and Chigiri to help him try and keep distance. They couldn’t change the fact that he was still close enough for him to look at from time to time.

 

Speaking of Yukimiya, they had completely ghosted him and- wait oh shiitake mushrooms it was 8:21 and he hasn’t even reached the car rider dropoff lane. There was no fricking way he would be late on the very first day of school; that was a bad omen waiting to happen. 

 

key club 🔑.*☆ (+ Outoya 😕)

 

Yukki

What

Wait who walked in guys

Hello????

Guys please

How many seats are left

Guys there’s so much traffic rn

Ik yall aint ghosting me

Right.

I swear.

Guys please.

@Outoya even you bro stop making out with tabito or wtv

THERE'S NO WAY ALL OF YOU ARE OFFLINE RN

I’M NOT EVEN AT CAR RIDER DROP OFF YET 😭

 

Sendou

MB YUKKI

THERE’S ONLY 2 SEATS LEFT RN.

THE FRESHIE

OR LIKE SOPHOMORE NOW IG??

THE ONE THAT BEAT UP ISAGI LAST YR AND MADE HIM LOSE STUCO

RIN

ITOSHI SAES BROTHER YKYK

HES SITTING AT ISAGIS TABLE IRONICALLY ENOUGH 

I WASNT PAYING ATTENTION BUT I THINK BACHIRA WAS TRYNA SIT THERE COS ALL 3 OF THEM ARE TALKING RN

OH WAIT NOW HES WALKING TO THE BACK TABLE W SHIDOU AND THE FRESHMAN

 

Yukki

UR MY ONLY REAL ONE SENDOU.

 

Sendou is typing…

 

He turned off his phone and let out a heavy sigh. The only two seats left seemed to be either Shidou’s table in the back or Karasu and Otoya’s table in the middle row. Whatever God had planned for him, he wasn’t a fan. He was starting to get desperate- anything to avoid such a rocky start to the year. The trailers where AP Psych was taught were just down the hill…. if he managed to get out of the car and sprint the rest of the way…

 

Yukki watched the seconds tick down on his Rolex (right hand). At this point, he had nothing else to lose; the car wasn’t budging in the traffic anyways. He said a quick goodbye to his mom, grabbed his backpack, and, channeling his inner Chigiri, dashed out of the car towards the class, ignoring the shouts of the crossing guard behind him. God never gives us more than we can handle.

 

Falling in with the last stragglers trudging towards class, he walked into the trailers, fixing his hair and glasses to try to look somewhat presentable. He had just pasted a bright, winning smile on his face to greet the day when he entered Dr. Ego’s classroom, only for it to instantly drop as he glanced at the remaining seats.

 

What the actual fuck.

 

Maybe he should’ve just been late. Maybe he should’ve just skipped. Maybe he should’ve found better, non-backstabbing friends who saved seats for him. Maybe he should’ve just dropped out of school entirely and pursued a career as a professional ballerina. 

 

Because why were the only open chairs next to motherfucking Michael Kaiser and Alexis Ness. 

 

At that moment, the cellular data stopped being a piece of garbage, and his Apple Watch (left hand) loaded in a heck ton (like 10) notifications from key club 🔑.*☆ (+ Outoya 😕). Oh, he turned off his phone before Sendou had finished explaining. He ignored Chigiri and Sendou and Reo’s apologetic glances, Karasu and Otoya’s matching poop-eating grins, and sank down on the seat furthest from the couple as the bell rang. This was going to be a terrible year.

 

“Oh, you’re in here too Yukki? Hi!”

“Shut the fuck up Lexi don’t talk to his putrid mudboat ass.”

 

“Hello Ness. And hello to you too, Kaiser.”

“Get my name out of your damn mouth.”

 

Yukimiya knew God would never give him more than he could handle, but man, this was really pushing it. More than having to watch Karasu and Otoya start dating after the FBLA SLC awards ceremony. Where was Dr. Ego anyway? He knew he wasn’t one to complain about being punctual at the moment, but really? Well, at least it gave him some time to curse off his friends for not having his back.

 

key club 🔑.*☆ (+ Outoya 😕)

 

Sendou

OH YEA THE GUY THAT CHIGIRI WAS TALKING ABT THAT WALKED IN

HES SITTING AT THE KARASU TABLE

UHHH

SOME GUY WITH GLASSES JUST WALKED IN

OH

OH WAIT….

UM HE SAT AT THE TABLE WITH SHIDOU IN THE BACK

OMG IM SO SORRY YUKKI THE ONLY TABLE LEFT IS WITH KAISER AND NESS.

YUKKI???

U STILL THERE????

 

Yukki

I see that now.

 

Chigiri

yukki i am so, so sorry.

 

Reo

sorry yukki.

 

Outoya

☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️
LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

HAVE FUN WITH THAT AHAHAHAHA

thats what u get for breaking me n tabis heart

he says to join jec n fbla btw guys

 

Chigiri

tell him to fuck off

and that key club is better

 

Outoya

we alr fuck off daily

 

Yukki slammed his phone down on the table and tried not to think about or look at any of his friends. Please, Dr. Ego, show up and save me from this endless torment. It’s already 8:30 and- oh, wait, there he was, slurping up Maruchan Cup Noodles (Lime Chili Shrimp Flavor) like he had all the time in the world. He stared fixedly at that ugly ass logo until the last of the soup was making its way down Ego’s freakishly long throat. With a loud smack of his lips, he stood, throwing out the cup, and made his way to the front of the classroom. All chatter in the classroom ended, and the tension was beginning to grow as the class wondered what they would be sentenced to every morning.

 

“Hello, my diamonds in the rough. As you may know, this is first period AP Psychology; at least, that’s what’s listed in your schedules.

 

However, I assure you, I will not be teaching you AP Psychology. This is not one of those classes where I will drone about mindless drivel from an outdated syllabus written by amateurs.”

 

Oh, great. So he’s one of those teachers that are freakily intense about their subject. It’s not just education, it’s a lifestyle. Probably a harsh grader, too. Yukki made a mental reminder to practice writing FRQs.

 

“The Doctor in my title wasn’t awarded for fun. I have devoted my life to studying the art of psychology, and I have written countless papers contributing to all areas of the field. My calling was never an educator, but a researcher. 

 

However, I’ve caught wind about what the future of this practice is being taught- what the supposedly rigorous, high-level psychology courses have to offer, and it’s nothing short of stinking shit. 

 

The precious College Board that so many of you choose to learn from is a disgusting, corrupt monopoly that aims to fill its CEO’s pockets rather than provide a quality education for our best and brightest youth.

 

They convince you sheep that their classes are the key to success, charge one hundred dollars each for exams that are reused yearly, make little effort in curbing cheating, leave their curriculum full of gaps and holes- you leave those exams with virtually zero understanding of the subject you just demonstrated mastery in, and by the time the next school year arrives it’s forgotten for another 8 courses.

 

I refuse to partake in such a practice, and as such I will be ignoring the College Board curriculum entirely. I will not teach you to write an FRQ or answer MCQs or whatever standardized expectations they have for you; I teach you what I was taught in my college psychology courses, and ensure that whatever you take away from this class will remain with you for the rest of your life. If you’re just here to get a 5 on your exam, you can lock off and find another teacher.”

 

Oh fork no. Yukki was so, so, so screwed this year. 

 



Notes:

Secape: we hope you have as much fun reading this chapter as we did writing it!! because if you guys know how junior/senior year is you'll know they won't be having fun for a long, long, long time (and neither will we). projection incoming!!

Rantomato: i stalled doing my apush project writing this chapter