Blitz

POV: Elliot Kaden

“You can sit wherever you'd like.” Ethan smiled at me, holding his hand out towards the table.

Ethan was standing at the front. To his left was a blonde-headed girl, half asleep on the table. A book was open on her lap, but she wasn't reading it at all. Next to her was the one named Ryan. He had some kind of headset on and a brown fohawk. I think I had seen him around Andrew... that crazy kid who attacked Xavier.

“You should sit by Ethan, if you want to stay safe from these two idiots.” Matthew pointed to Ryan and then the guy beside him in some kind of strange uniform I’d never seen. Matthew had a slight accent, but it wasn't strong. He was Asian, but I wasn't sure where he was from. A lot of them look the same when you aren't used to seeing them. I bet they think the same about white people.

I took his advice, sitting on Ethan's left. He seemed like the best one to talk to anyway.

“Aw! Don't be like that, Matthew!” Garid said, standing up and smiling widely. “Ich liebe dich!” He held his arms open as if he was going to hug some ghost who was on the table.

“ふざけるな.” Matthew spat at him angrily. Okay, he must have been Japanese. I had guessed he just wanted to vent his frustration without Garid knowing what he was saying.

“Come on, Matty, you know you really love me.” he moved to hug him but Mathew had shoved him away roughly and he fell back in his seat.

“Don't mind this idiot. He thinks he is Germany from Hetalia. A Major annoyance...” Matthew informed, glaring at him, then looked at me and smiled lightly. “I'm not mean as long as you're not stupid.”

”そうですね？”I replied, knowing only a very small amount of Japanese.

He smiled, “はい、そうです。あいつがばかです。きらい。”

“Finally, someone that Matthew will get along with.” Ethan smiled, but rolled his eyes.

”あの。。。なにをヘタリアですか？”I asked, not having a clue what this 'Hetalia' was.

”アニメです。”Ah... so it was an Anime.

“Okay, enough Japanese. This is a club meeting.” Ethan said, pointing at the bored.

“It was fun to hear them though! Who knew Elliot knew Japanese!” Garid grinned widely, then moved to stand in front of me. “Teach me!” he said in a creepy voice.

“Leave him alone! You don't need to know Japanese, idiot!” he pulled Garid away from me.

“Matthew! Come on! Please!”

“No. You're too stupid for the simplistic and vague constructions.” Matthew glared at him, moving his hair out of his own face, then looked at Ethan.

“Okay, are we done with the interruptions now?” Ethan sighed heavily, looking at us. He seemed to be looking at Ryan the most though.

Ryan just smirked at him. “Yeah, we're all good.”

“Good!” Ethan wrote a question on the bored. 'What started World War I?' “Seeing as you are new, Elliot, at the beginning of club, I'll write a question on the bored. We spend the time answering this question and expanding on it. Sometimes it's a debate.”

“I see.” I nodded.

“So, who wants to start this off?” Ethan looked around the room.

“Go Germany!” Garid yelled, standing up.

“Germany lost the war, idiot.” Matthew glared at him.

“Aw, well, but they didn't do anything to lose all they did in the Treaty of Versailles! I mean, they were just helping people out and all... And they go and make Germany pay all these countries money! It's no wonder they wanted to murder the world in WWII.”

“Shouldn't Ryan be the one upset? I mean, at least he's actually a German! Not a wannabe cosplaying-Japanese thing who is mentally retarded!” Matthew spat.

“Hey, hey, don't hate me! Jeez, Ryan doesn't get mad at me for it.” Garid grinned, looking over at Ryan. I didn't know he was German. He looked American to me, but I really hadn't heard him talk. Maybe he was an exchange student?

“Why should I get mad about it? He can make a fool of himself all he wants.” Ryan laughed. He didn't have an accent, not much of one anyway. I guess on some words you could kind of hear hints of it. “And for the record, I’m not just German! Jeez... My dad is a Marine for the United States, remember?”

“Yeah, yeah... but you lived in Germany for eight years.” Matthew said, crossing his arms and sighing. I don't think he liked people countering things he said. “Plus, it's practically your first language. That makes you German.”

Ryan grinned, leaning across the table closer to Matthew, “Well, if you want to be really technical, I could just tell you I am Japanese cause I was born in Japan!”

Matthew glared at him, annoyed. “You don't know the language and neither of your parents are.” he spat, shoving Ryan back into his seat.

Ryan was laughing pretty hard. “It's so fuckin easy to piss you off! I love it!”

“Don't you miss your beloved Germany though? Why would you come back to this place?” Garid asked, sitting so close to Ryan he was practically in his lap, head against his and looking down at Ryan. Garid seemed to be at least two inches taller than Ryan.

Ryan smirked, leaning in closer to him, “Oh yes. But you know what I miss the most?”

Garid stared at him blankly. “Was?” I don't know German so I have no idea what he was saying. I was pretty sure he said it wrong though.

“Idiot, it's not 'was' like the English word 'was.'” He burst out laughing again.

Garid laughed with him, not at all embarrassed over his mispronunciation. How could he not be? Maybe people aren't as embarrassed as easily as I am? I really have no clue what people are usually like.

“I miss... Raping all the idiots.” his grin turned evil, though he was obviously kidding. His arms were around Garid's neck before he could move away and Ryan had reached up and kissed him.

Garid's eyes turned wide, completely taken off guard by this action, and Matthew was laughing because of his obvious discomfort.

He finally stopped being shocked and pushed Ryan away and stood up. Ryan was laughing really hard and Garid was annoyed. “What the fuck, man! You're supposed to hate gays, not be one!” he made a face, causing Matthew to almost die of laughter. “Fucking gross... dude... I like women!”

Ryan glared at him, “Don't be stereotyping! What the fuck is wrong with you? Asshole. And for the record, I didn't enjoy kissing you at all. I just was doing it to piss you off so you'd stop making a fool of yourself. You're the one who is nothing like a German.”

“Oh whatever!” He was going to start a fight with Ryan. It was very evident. His hand went into the air in a Nazi salute. “Hail Hitler!” Perhaps this was the character of his cosplay, but I wouldn't know. I don't watch it. Either way, it was extremely offensive.

“Garid! Stop it! You're being very rude!” Ethan ordered, glaring at him harshly.

Ryan had stood up, fists clenched. “What are you implying?”

“You aren't a real German at all. Look at you being all gay and shit. You should go gas yourself.” He crossed his arms, looking off at the wall with his eyes closed as if he were above Ryan.

“What the fuck is your problem!” he yelled angrily, “I'm going to give you time to apologize about what you just said, because Germans are not like that and I am not a fucking fagot. I was just kidding around, asshole! My lips barely even touched yours. Hell...”

“Oh, like you and Andrew don't make out in the hallway...” He rolled his eyes. “You're one of those people who belong in the concentration camps...”

I couldn't tell if he was joking or not, I kind of thought he was, but this was starting to offend even me, and I wasn't the one in his line of fire. Who gets this pissed off over a kiss? Seriously. I wouldn't even tell this to Xavier if he had just up and kissed me.

I bit my lip, focusing on their conversation again. My mind had some how wandered off into thoughts I started to hate and feelings I didn't understand and didn't want.

“Garid that is enough! You say anything else and I'll kick you out of the club for the rest of the week or longer!” Ethan shouted, also standing and glaring at him.

Kelsey had woken at this point and was tiredly staring up at the two boys, then Ethan with a look of confusion. “Why are you yelling? You never yell...” She mumbled, barely making her words understandable. She was also ignored by Ethan who had a more important thing to deal with.

Matthew had also stood up, ready to have any reason to kick the shit out of Garid, but Ryan had already beat him to it, shoving his fist into the side of his face.

“Go to fucking hell! You need to get out of that shitty cosplay crap and stop posing as a German or Japanese person when you clearly don't know shit!” Ryan retorted, just glaring at him more with hurt than anger.

Garid just stared back at him surprised and gawked at Ryan. “Hey, man, I’m sorry...” he apologized finally, though I wasn't sure he meant it.

I had still left my stuff in the bag and the bell finally rang signaling the end of club. I hoped it wouldn't always be like this.

Ryan grabbed his bag and left the room, walking up to a sandy-blonde haired boy. I think it was Andrew... He was the same guy that dragged away Xavier my first day here.

He glanced at the boy, then Andrew looked back into the room and seemed to go after Ryan. I hoped he could cheer him up.

“Garid, you're banned from club the rest of the week. That was completely uncalled for.” Ethan retorted, picking up his things. Kelsey had gotten up, yawning. She was still completely oblivious.

Garid grumbled, “I didn't mean it!”

“Yeah? Think before you speak! That was the rudest thing you have ever done! Do you see anyone making fun of your heritage or nationality? No. And while what Ryan did was out of line, he didn't deserve such racist remarks! I’m reporting this to the principle. You can expect detention.” Ethan grabbed Kelsey’s arm, then looking at me. “I'm sorry club went like this... It's usually not this bad. We do look forward to seeing you again, Elliot.” he smiled at me, then left holding Kelsey's hand.

Club started out okay, but, I really hoped it wouldn't be like this again.

Matthew and I followed them out.

“Well, to answer the clubs question of the day; it was the assassination of the archduke that caused WWI.” I sighed, smiling lightly.

Matthew laughed. “Only Elliot could really be thinking about History like that after that whole thing.”

“Is that strange?” I asked, looking at them.

“Yeah, but it's fine.” Matthew shrugged. “Oh, hey! Think I could get your number to text you? I kind of like having someone I can get along with.”

I nodded, handing him my cell. He added his number, then added mine to his own handing it over to Ethan.

“You should be careful, Matthew is dangerous.” Ethan joked, also adding his number. “I hope you don't mind me stealing yours. I try to have one from each club members. But, of course, feel free to text me at anytime.” Ethan handed it back to me.

I smiled, “Thanks, I will.”

“And really, Garid isn't usually that bad...” Ethan added.

Matthew gave him a look. “Yes he is... just in a not so rude way... He's always that obnoxious though.”

“So... He's essentially France?” I joked.

They both laughed, nodding.

Even if club was bad today, these people I could get along with.