"First question," Alina announced, her eyes twinkling. "What is four plus nine?"
"OH NO!!" Boo scread, holding both sides of his head dramatically.
Luna started counting her fingers with such intensity she nearly growled at them.
"Thirteen!!" Lucien shouted proudly, his cheeks flushed pink.
"Very good," Alina praised warmly. "Lucien, please choose your glitter bottle."
Lucien straightened his back, looking proud as he picked up the green glitter. With careful hands, he glued one of the small shapes inside his petal and sprinkled the glitter neatly over it. The class leaned forward in awe, their eyes wide at how perfect it looked.
"GLITTERRR!!!" they all scread in unison, cheering so loud Alina was sure the entire kindergarten heard. Boo flipped upside down with joy, his giggles bouncing off the walls.
The babies’ eyes glimred as the first petal sparkled with Lucien’s green glitter. Their little hands were already twitching to grab bottles, and Alina realized this was going to be harder to control than she thought.
"Okay, next question," she said, tapping the chalk against her palm. "What is two plus two?"
"FIVE!!" Drake shouted confidently, slapping his chest.
"Wrong!" Luna barked, pointing at him like a judge. "It’s twenty-two!"
The class roared with laughter, Boo spinning in circles while chanting, "Twenty-two! Twenty-two!"
Alina pinched her nose. "No, sweethearts. It’s not."
Rocky, who had been hiding behind his hands, peeked out shyly and whispered, "F-four..."
"Correct, sweetheart," Alina said warmly. "Rocky, co here."
The shy boy waddled forward, clutching the glue and glitter bottle tightly in both hands. He carefully dabbed glue onto one of the small shapes in his petal and sprinkled blue glitter. The class leaned in closer, bursting into cheerful shouts of "Glitter!" as his petal sparkled brightly.
"Next one," Alina said, trying to hold their attention. "What do you drink when you’re thirsty?"
"JUICE!!" Luna scread before anyone else could open their mouth.
"Nooo, it’s BLOOD!" Vlad Jr. corrected proudly, flashing his sharp teeth.
The whole circle gasped, even though half of them weren’t surprised.
Alina’s face turned pale. "...Water, darlings. The answer is water."
"Ohhh..." Felix’s eyes lit up as he raised his hand properly this ti. "Water!"
"Correct," Alina said with a nod.
Felix jumped up, grabbed the red glitter, and sprinkled carefully over his petal. Everyone oooh’d as it sparkled, except Boo, who muttered, "Boo wanted that one..." and floated sulkily before accidentally making glitter stick to his own head.
"Okay, next question. What day cos after Monday?" Alina asked.
"NAP DAY!!" Sable shouted for the first ti, his sleepy eyes wide with passion.
Everyone clapped for him anyway, even though it was wrong.
"It’s Tuesday," Alina corrected gently, patting his head.
Lucien imdiately raised his hand. "Tuesday."
"Correct again," Alina smiled, handing him the golden glitter.
Lucien decorated his petal with perfect, careful strokes, his face proud but calm.
"Last one," Alina said as the tension built. "What is one plus zero?"
"ZERO!!" Drake yelled.
"BANANA!!" Boo shouted at the exact sa ti, spinning dramatically.
"ONE," Lucien said calmly, crossing his arms like he was above all this nonsense.
"Correct," Alina smiled, giving him another chance at the glitter. Lucien chose silver this ti, his petal now sparkling like a star.
"NOOO, banana was correct!! Teacher betrayed Boo!!" Boo wailed, floating upside down until glitter snowed everywhere, making the class laugh so hard they almost rolled over the flower.
Alina’s lips twitched, and she tried to hold back her own laugh. "Boo, sweetheart, how is one plus zero a banana?" she asked, raising a brow as if she were seriously waiting for his explanation.
"Because!!" Boo puffed his cheeks proudly. "One looks like a banana standing tall, and zero is the plate! So banana on plate is answer!!"
The class erupted even louder, little hands slapping the floor.
Rocky, still shy but unable to stop smiling, whispered softly, "I-I think... it’s one..."
"Yes!!" Alina said warmly, reaching out to pat his stone-like shoulder.
Kelpie’s hand shot up imdiately after, his eyes sparkling with determination. "It’s one!! One is number!! Boo is silly!"
Boo gasped dramatically, clutching his chest as if Kelpie’s words had stabbed his tiny ghostly heart. "Silly?? Boo is genius!! Bananas are very smart answer!"
Felix, who had been quietly giggling in the back, finally leaned forward and raised his hand politely. "Teacher... the answer is one."
Alina gave him a proud nod. "Correct, sweetheart. See, Boo? Even Rocky, Kelpie, and Felix know it’s one."
Boo crossed his little ghostly arms, still floating upside down with glitter sliding off his head like stardust. "Fine, fine... but Boo still say banana is cooler answer. Numbers are boring, bananas are tasty."
Drake imdiately nodded like Boo’s loyal sidekick. "Yeah!! Banana is tasty! Boo is right!"
Alina sighed, though her lips were curved with amusent as she handed Rocky, Lucien, Kelpie, and Felix their turns with the glitter bottles. The three of them sprinkled their petals carefully—Rocky with blue, Kelpie with yellow, Lucien with blue, and Felix with purple—while Boo continued muttering, "Banana plate... banana plate... perfect logic..." like so great philosopher whose wisdom was unrecognized.
By the end, the giant flower glittered beautifully with all their colors, but half of the class was still giggling about bananas, and Boo had declared himself the "Banana King" of Class D.
The big flower in the middle of the card sheet shone in so many shades—blue, yellow, pink, green, even tiny sparks of silver that Boo had accidentally sneezed out in excitent. It glittered under the sunlight like a magical jewel, and Alina couldn’t help but smile as she looked at it.
It was so pretty. For a mont, it didn’t even look like sothing made by little hands; it looked like a masterpiece, a treasure created with laughter, teamwork, and far too much glue.
The babies all leaned closer, their small faces glowing with pride as they admired their creation.
"Wowwoow!!!" Drake muttered in awe, his big eyes reflecting the sparkling flower as if he had just discovered a hidden dragon treasure. He even reached out as though he wanted to pluck a petal and keep it.
"Mine is shinier!" Luna announced, pointing at her golden and pink petal and puffing her chest out proudly.
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