In a totally normal school courtyard.
"Hah?"
"Like I said, if ya ain't gonna lend me the money, then today's date is off."
Two students stand in front of each other. One's a girl, the other a guy. The girl is cute, with brownish crimson eyes and medium length auburn hair, she also has a pair of large circular earrings. The guy on the other hand has a buzz-cut with a decent line-up.
The two seem to be arguing."
"Although," The dude grabbed his belt. He circles the girl, "If yer reasonable and put out instead, that's cool too."
With a heavy sigh, she let her bag fall on the ground and raised her leg back.
"Love hotel's on you though."
The girl spun, her left leg swiftly sailed to the air and towards the dude.
"WHOA!"
But the boy caught it in time.
"Take this you blasted creep!"
"You little-"
The dude caught all her jabs. He then violently shoves her, then proceeds to kick her in the stomach, sending the girl to the ground.
She wheezed.
"Get over yerself!"
"I'm done messin' with you!"
She looked at him, incensed.
"Yer broke and you don't put out! Like I'd give a shit about you!"
She got up and shouted.
"That's not even funny! Moron! Fish brain!" She buckled, "SQUID! OCTOPUS!"
Her voice echoed, the wind swoosh, then left her with silence. She stare at her newly-ex walking away.
She is angry. If her face and prior kick is anything to go back.
But also...
Hurt.
She glowered, took her things and began walking away.
"Stupid creep! Who you calling broke when you're the one bringing up money?!"
She stomped her feet as she walked. Grinding her teeth against each other, creating an annoying and irritating noise.
"It was his idea to go on a date! So he's supposed to pay for it-"
She stopped in her tracks. She looked to the side, to the bench at the edge of the breezeway, and found a dude sleeping with a book covering his eyes.
At least he was supposed to be sleeping.
The random boy's arm lifted the book a little bit, leaking his two eyes out. He is looking at her with a noticeable raised eyebrow.
The two are quiet.
The boy placed the book down again, and loudly snored.
The girl's face went red as thoughts to press the random boy if he saw anything run in her head. However, embarrassment won over her thoughts and she is about to just storm off.
Before she left, she saw a long object behind the boy. It outsizes the bench with its long pole-like body, it has a wide and flat head, and the whole thing is wrapped with cloth.
She shook her head as embarrassment drowned that thought, and she basically ran away.
…
A couple minutes later.
That was Momo Ayase, there's no mistaking it.
Cute, auburn hair, and quirky earrings that hints of her gyaru-like personality. To which he is a fan of.
He adjusted his posture to sit straight, and look at his book. His eyes are on the text, but his brain is not reading them because it is elsewhere.
From her words, it seems this is episode one of the hit anime Dandadan. Before all the life-changing events occurred, before she met Ken Takakura, before they went out prove aliens and spirits exist, before Turbo Granny, before the aliens, before pretty much everything.
He is just monologuing at this, get to the point already!
'Yes. It's the start of canon.'
The boy placed his hand on his spear, and then gently gripped it. He flipped the pages of the books with his free hand, and said.
'There are many things I could do to alter or divert the events to lean on my advantage…'
He may not have glasses but his lenses glared.
'Capturing Momo's heart, removing Ken out of the equation, and putting myself as the central figure for example…'
He placed his book and ran his fingers on his hair.
'But that is too cruel, and honestly the thought process of a loser,' he smirked, 'Do I really want to use my new life just to get some girls?...'
'That is what a guy with zero-game does!'
He throws his hand on the side, dramatically making his bangs fly.
'To waste this chance on such petty things is out of the question.'
As the boy contemplates, he fail to see the passing gaze of his "classmates."
Some averted their eyes, others tried to laugh when he randomly did that hand and hair gesture.
"Who is this weirdo?"
But he paid no mind, or didn't hear them.
This guy is an idiot.
'It is honestly too dangerous to interact with the cast at this stage, much less try and parasitize on a defenseless female lead. If I were to do so, the flap of the butterfly might erase the canon path all together. Making Momo and Ken not meet turbo Granny, Momo not reconciling with Seiko, and probably drifting apart as she tries to find an ideal man that is nigh-extinct. Making me responsible of depriving these character of the their development'
In his mind this is a derailing that makes his foreknowledge useless, and for what? To play boyfriend on an ignorant girl that will not love him in any under normal circumstance, much less form an organic connection? He thinks not.
But also…
He had accepted that these people, who are just a bunch of characters in a pretty darn good manga at first, are real people. The moment he woke up a couple weeks ago, the interaction he had with his parents of this world, and observing the people just go on about their days. He is hit by…
Sonder.
Hmph!
"Such a humbling feeling." He adjusted his none-existent glasses.
"What am I supposed to do?" His arms fell on the bench. He felt a cold sensation on his left hand. He turned and deeply gazed at the spear.
'I got this the moment I woke up. I have an idea of what it might be but I had yet unwrap the cloth in fear of me being right. If it is indeed what I think it is, the moment I unwrap, I know I will be bestowed with a responsibility that I need to not…' He snorted, 'Cannot ignore.'
At least pretend to.
He hates pretending.
He crossed his arm and just sat there. Minutes passed, with his right foot tapping as he thinks, he eventually stopped and just stood up and went to his class.
'The burden of knowing how fate goes is only a burden to those without self-control. If I were to do just anything, everything will go as planned. Meaning, I have time to think.'
He strode his class room. Spear rested on his shoulder.
Before Ken and Momo meet Acro-Silky, he will decide on his decision.
Before then, he has a math test to answer.