shiro and matt at the garrison
now that we know matt and shiro graduated together, i bet they were the local meme legends of the garrison
matt and shiro used to walk past iverson and give a salute, then run into a hallway, swap some clothing, and walk past him again to confuse him
for a year, matt convinced everyone, including his teachers, that he didn’t know how to read
“mr holt, please tell us how to solve the equation”
matt, on the verge of tears: “sir, you know I can’t read that. I’ve told you plenty of times before”
shiro in the background laughing silently while tears stream down his face
everyone thought there was a ghost in the garrison but it was just takashi shirogane and matt holt stealing food from the cafeteria at 3am, wrapped in bedsheets to hide their identity
matt taking off his glasses: “wow shiro you look so much better now”
shiro: “you can’t see shit, can you?”
matt: “just a blur, this is definitely an improvement”
every time matt got a high score after a flight simulation, shiro would, without fail, say “mamma mia that’s a spicy meatball”
“sorry, commander iverson, shiro is sick and can’t come to class today. he’s got a bad case of updog” “what’s updog”
matt with tears in his eyes: “wELL-”
matt would inscribe random words onto every available surface. one day shiro almost passed out from laughter because he was in the library, getting a book, and on the shelf in tiny handwriting it just said ‘celery’
shiro: “if we ever meet aliens in space i’m telling them your name is poot”
matt used to point at every unflattering image in his textbook and say “look shiro, it’s you”
years after they graduate, lance finds in his textbook the phrase ‘look on page 57′ and on page 57 it just says ‘you are a fool for looking, signed, matt holt’
teacher!shiro: “and kids, that’s why you shouldn’t throw food at each other in the cafeteria. a boy in my grade used to do it. used to.” matt voice: “quit telling everyone i’m dead!”
