(AN: You know, every ship seems to have it's own high school/college AU.

So when I find out Vecpio doesn't have one, well, guess who's gotta fill in for that.

Yup, this fic is (if it isn't obvious from the description :V) is a college!Vecpio AU. I've been thinking about one for a while, and I guess the thing that broke the camel's back was this prompt from the "otpprompts" tumblr:

"Imagine your OTP. Person A is a foreign exchange student and Person B helps teach them the language that is spoken in the country they are in.

So that is what's mainly gunna inspire this fic. I've already got ideas for future chapters, so it's safe to say I'm ready. The only thing that I have yet is a cover image, which is going to be made by a friend of mine in the future, but for now, we're gunna have this placeholder one.

With all of that out of the way, I hope you enjoy "Transfer", as much as I enjoyed writing this!)

"Uh-huh… yeah, I got it, Mom. Yeah, ya already put enough money in mah meal plan, so I got things to eat, and I dun need to worry 'bout starvin'… Yeah yeah, I got everythin' I need, I made sure to pack carefully. Alrighty, that's all? Gotcha. Love ya, mom. Say hi to dad when ya can, alright?"

Vector pressed the "end call" button on his cell phone as he opened one of the boxes he had laying around. The crocodile felt quite good today; he was beginning his sophomore year of college at Mobius University, and not to mention, he would still be a part of the school's ever-popular football team, Vector being the star quarterback.

The large green reptile unpacked various items he took from home; clothes, certain knick-knacks, not to mention all the books he had to buy, and the very small amount of school supplies. He placed the last two into a strap pack, tightening it up.

It took Vector almost an hour to unpack everything, and when he did, he stepped back, and admired his work.

"Shame I ain't gettin' a roomie… kinda wish there would be someone who could enjoy this. Oh well, bein' alone isn't an issue."

Vector took a lanyard which contained his school I.D. and placed it over his neck, along with his signature gold chain. He also placed his favorite pair of sleek black headphones on, and looked in the mirror on the door. Wearing a sports t-shirt, along with black shorts and shoes, as well as everything else he had on, Vector admired himself in the mirror for a brief while before he soon exited his room, strap pack over his back.

"I should probably sign mahself in before class starts…" The crocodile said to himself.

Walking out of his dorm, and into the main lobby, he saw a line of freshman, sophomores, juniors, and seniors getting signed into Mobius University's school system. Getting into the sophomore line, Vector waited around for a while until his turn finally arrived. He walked up to a female chipmunk wearing a blue vest, white t-shirt, and some skinny jeans.

"Name please?" she asked.

"It's Vector. Vector the Crocodile." Vector responded. The chimpmunk wrote it down.

"And room number?"

"B-103"

The chimpmunk also wrote it down as well, shaking Vector's large hand when she was done.

"Welcome, star quarterback. I'm Sally, and I'll be your RA for your sophomore year. As long as you know the rules, and you don't break them, I'm a nice person. Break them however, and I'll be sure to send you the rules in large text each day, and don't think I won't do it. We clear? We clear."

Vector raised a brow as Sally then looked surprised.

"Whoop! Almost forgot something!"

She digged through a folder and passed a sheet of paper to Vector.

"Your schedule for all the classes you signed up for. As for your lunch schedule, breakfast is from seven to nine A.M. Lunch is then from one to two P.M. And finally, dinner is from seven to nine P.M. Light's out are expected at ten thirty on weekdays, midnight on weekends. That should be it for time schedules. I'm sure you know your surroundings here, so a map probably isn't necessary." Sally said. "Since breakfast servings start tomorrow instead of today, feel free to sit around in the dining hall until your first class begins."

"Thanks."

Vector walked away from the table as he headed towards the dining hall. Various mobians of different species all stood and sat around, waiting for their own class. The crocodile checked his schedule, which read that his first class was Advanced English Literature.

"Alright! Got that class!" Vector thought. While he knew that he wanted to succeed in sports, Vector had a backup plan in case that failed; since he was a child, Vector had always wanted to become a detective, watching various detective themed TV shows and movies anytime he caught them on TV. Because of that, he had to get an English degree in order to get into a law school.

"Hopefully the day turns out well…"

At nine, a loud buzzing noise was heard throughout the dining hall, signifying the official start of the day. Vector got up from his seat and walked towards English Literature, finding the class room number. The large green reptile entered inside the large room as he took a seat in one of various the rows of chairs, sitting next to Rouge, a girl who had been in the same class last year.

"In fact, everyone I know is here…" Vector realized as everyone else who was a part of the class last year when he was a freshman walked in. After everyone came in, the English Literature instructor; Professor Finitevus, walked up to a pedestal.

"Uh, hello! Judging from all of your faces, I can tell that everyone who was in my class, sans a few, seem to be here. It's nice to see all of you; it proves how much your devotion is. I'm sure many of you know my name, but for those who forgot, I am Professor Finitevus; your English Literature instructor for this semester. First, we'll need to get a quick roll call."

After calling everyone's names, and checking off that they were present, Professor Finitevus put down his clipboard.

"Now, I'm sure that we all know each other, so no need for introductions or anything. But that is not the case for our new student, and a surprise one too."

Everyone looked around. "New student?" they all whispered. In that moment, everyone saw Finitevus motion towards someone, and just then, the strangest looking person Vector had ever seen before stood by the white echidna.

He was a small, fuchsia colored chameleon, wearing what seemed to be cuffs on his wrists and legs, as well as some sort of old fashioned clothing Vector had seen in history textbooks back in middle and high school.

"Everyone, I'd like to introduce you to Espio. Espio here is actually a transfer student from Northern Mobius."

More whispers came out of people. "Northern Mobius?" they said. "Isn't that where all those Japanese Mobians live? What's he doing here? And why does he look like he's in the six hundreds or something?"

"Now, even if Espio doesn't speak English, we still want to treat him like we as adults, treat one another. And that's the correct way, the way of our alma mater."

Looking at the chameleon, Finitevus pointed around.

"Let's see… how about you sit next to…. Vector, right there." he said, pointing at the seat next to the crocodile. Vector watched as Espio walked up and sat down next to Vector.

"Now class, let's begin with handing out the syllabus…"

Yet, as he zoned out of Professor Finitevus' speech, Vector couldn't take his eyes off the strange chameleon.

"Whadda weird guy…" he said to himself.

After class was done, there was a small break before the lunch hour. Vector walked out of class, not before he saw a large, human figure walking towards him, who was none other than the headmaster of Mobius University; Ivo Robotnik (or, as many liked to call him; Eggman).

"Ah, Vector! Just the person I need!" he said. The crocodile saw that Espio was walking right next to him, along with an unidentified person who was by the chameleon.

"I'm sure you've met our new transfer student, Espio. Correct?"

"He's in mah Advanced English Literature class." replied Vector.

"Oh good, then you do know him! See, I'd like a favor to ask you, a very important favor at that! I was wondering if this year, you could be Espio's mentor and tutor. Since he doesn't know English, he's going to need a lot of help understanding things around here, so you'll be there to teach him, let's say with talking with people, doing his assignments, figuring out where to go, that sort of thing."

"Hmm… I dunno… are there any benefits?"

"I'll think of them soon, but I ask you of this, since I know you're a great student, Vector."

Vector rubbed his snout before nodded. "Alrighty, I'll help him. I'll place him under mah responsibility."

"Good! Now, along with that, he's also going to be your new roommate. Don't worry, everything of his is already packed-"

Vector noticed where Espio was standing; he was listening to the person beside him, who was speaking a foreign language Vector didn't understand, most definitely Japanese.

"He already has everything he needs. Anddd, that should be it! I'll hopefully see you soon."

Robotnik and the translator went away as Espio looked at Vector. The crocodilian quarterback placed his hands on his hips and stared at the foreign chameleon.

"Alrighty… what's yer name… Espio? Yeah, from now on, I'm gunna help ya with things around here. If ya ever need mah help, I'm always open."

Espio however, didn't respond. He still continued to look at Vector.

"Uh… can ya even understand what I'm sayin'?" Vector asked. "Hello?"

Still, Espio continued to stare at Vector.

"Alrighty, let's start off simple. Since ya don't know English, I might as well teach ya some here. I'm gunna start with greetin's. Now, here we say "Hi, how are you?" So, lemme give you an example."

Vector held out his hand to Espio. "Hey, mah name's Vector. What's yer name?"

"We say hello anytime we see a person we know. It can also be, hi, yo, what's up, etc. Now, ya try it."

Espio still, continued to look at Vector, confused and confounded. Vector sighed as he shook his head.

"Oh, Chaos… whuddid I get mahself into…" Vector thought. "It's clear as day ya don't understand me period. Whudda they say 'round where yer from? Konichiwa or somethin'?"

And in that moment, Espio responded surprisingly. "Ah… konichiwa…"

"Huh? Ya understood me? And here I thought ya were mute. Alright, Espio, it seems ya only know Japanese, but it's time ya learn English. After all, yer first language ain't gunna do much good here."

In that moment, Vector checked his watch and saw it was time for the lunch period.

"Hey, ya hungry? I am, let's head off to lunch. Follow me."

Vector headed off to the dining hall as Espio slowly followed after him.

If there was one thing Vector loved the most about college, it was the food. They served all kinds of things, from burgers, pizzas of all kinds of variety, appetizers such as fries and cheese sticks various different snacks and drinks, a salad bar that seemed like it went on forever, a vendor with various kinds of international foods, and the list goes on.

Vector felt his mouth watering as he smelled everything. Espio simply looked at the large crocodile.

"Ahh… lunch; god's gift to man. Alrighty, Espio, so I gotta lot on mah meal plan, so how 'bout I treat ya? I dun wanna let mah parents waste all their money, so I gotta use mah meal plan up. Let's get ya yer thing. Whuddya like?" Vector asked.

Espio simply stared at Vector, but then scanned the area. He caught sight of the corner selling international foods and walked over to it. He looked around and saw a container of sushi rolls. He picked it up along with a cold water bottle and held it out to Vector.

"This all, Espio? This seems a bit too small dontcha think?"

Espio still continued to hold out the small meal in front of Vector. Seeing as how this was most likely not going to change his mind, Vector sighed and shook his head.

"Alrighty… lemme get what I'm gunna eat."

A few minutes later, the crocodilian quarterback returned with his meal, sending Espio in a bit of shock as he saw the other's plate; a large pizza, a candy bar, a soda, a large portion of salad, and a taco: all foods the chameleon had never seen. Vector noted Espio staring at his meal.

"What? Mah food? Yeah, I know I eat a lot, but hey, Imma big guy, what can I do?" Vector said. "Anyway, let's go ahead and pay for this."

Walking up to the casher who rang everything up, Vector and Espio walked around the various tables for a bit, looking for a place to sit.

"Yo, Vector!" The crocodile and chameleon heard someone called out. Vector turned around and saw Knuckles and Mighty; two friends he made last year.

"C'mon, Espio." Vector said, as he started walking towards his "squad" (as he called it), Espio following behind him. The large green reptile sat down and did a hand greeting with the two.

"What's up, man? How things been?" Vector asked.

"Great, man! Grades were high last year, so I'm still on the football team!" Knuckles responded.

"Awh, yeah!" The two then bumped fists. "And whudda 'bout cha Mighty? Still gunna do wrestlin' like last year?"

"Of course. Why wouldn't I?" replied Mighty.

"I dunno, you're always so caught up in that peace stuff that I think you wouldn't want to hurt someone!" Knuckles teased as the somewhat muscular armadillo's face grew red. He then saw Espio. "Hm? Oh, Vector, who's the fuschia kid right there?"

"Him? Oh, that's Espio. He's actually a transfer student from Northern Mobius. Eggman wanted me to take him under mah wing, so I am."

"Northern Mobius? Nice." The muscular echidna said, taking a sip from his drink.

"I've always wanted to go to a place like that. I heard it's usually beautiful this time of year." Mighty said.

As the three went on with some more talking, Vector watched Espio eat his sushi rolls with chopsticks.

"Wow, he can use chopsticks well." Knuckles complimented, noticing that Vector had his attention more on Espio rather than his friends.

"I never could use them. Then again, mah hands are huge." Vector responded as he unwrapped his candy bar.

For about until the end of the lunch period, the three continued to talk as Espio watched them converse when he finished eating.

After different classes were had, the learning portion of the day was already done. Around the time the sun started to slowly set, Vector returned with Espio back to their dorm.

"And here's… where yer gunna be stayin'." Vector explained. Espio walked in as Vector closed the door behind them. He saw all of the foreign chameleon's objects were already unpacked (though there were barely any in the first place). He then reached into the mini fridge in the corner and pulled out a sports drink.

"Yo, Espio. Just to let ya know, there's plenty of snacks to eat and things to drink in here. If ya ever want somethin', just tell me. I'm willin' to share anythin'. Hell, I'll let ya share parts of the room. But not mah stuff like shampoo 'n stuff, that's mine." Vector said. Espio simply looked at him, which wasn't surprising to Vector.

"I think dinner's gunna come up soon, wanna head down there? Or are ya not hungry?"

Still getting no response, Vector decided to try a new approach. He walked up to Espio.

"Now, Espio… do ya wanna…"

And then, Vector started doing body language, signifying an eating movement. Espio slowly nodded.

"Hai…" he softly said.

"Alrighty, whuddever that means, Imma take that as a yes. C'mon."

Much like with lunch time, Vector pretty much filed his entire plate with different kinds of food while Espio only got something small (a salad in this case). The crocodile watched as the chameleon looked at a fork like it was completely alien.

"Ya don't know how to use that, do ya, Espio?" Vector asked. "Here, lemme show you."

The large green reptile took the fork from the fuchsia reptile's hand. "First, ya hold it like this." Vector held out the fork in front of Espio. "Then, ya either scoop it up, or impale it like this."

He then demonstrated it to Espio as he gave the fork back to him. Espio ate what was on his fork as he slowly chewed.

"Ya got it now?" Vector asked. Espio once again, looked at Vector, yet didn't respond. However, he seemed to have understood the other's movements, as Espio stabbed bits of salad and then placed it into his mouth, chewing softly.

"At least he's gettin' the hang of things." Vector thought as he drank the last bit of his sports drink.

After dinner, the two reptiles got up and threw away their plates, retreating back to their dorm. Vector had decided to go over the various syllabuses that his classes gave out, agreeing to everything. He then noticed that Espio had his own syllabuses in front of him on the desk by the wall, but he didn't seem to be getting anything on the papers in front of him.

"Yo, need some help? I'll be willin'." Vector asked, sitting on the desk. Espio looked at him as Vector looked at the various sheets.

For the next few minutes, the crocodilian quarterback read aloud the syllabuses to the foreign exchange student, making sure to explain every little detail. When it was all over, Vector gave Espio a pen and signified him to write his name. Understanding what he meant, Espio slowly but neatly wrote his name.

"Damn… he's got better hand writin' then me…" Vector thought. "Hm... leftie too..." He realized when he saw Espio writing with his left hand.

"Alllrighty! That should be all yer syllabuses, Espio. Tomorrow, turn them into all yer teachers, or they probably won't let ya continue takin' the class."

Vector then looked at the clock on the desk, which read "10:13 PM".

"Dang! Has it really been that long?" Vector exclaimed. "Well, looks like it. Alrighty, Espio. It's time fer bed. It's not real healthy to stay up far too late y'know."

Vector looked at the bunk bed in front of him as Espio got on the bottom, at least, until Vector stopped him.

"Wait, Espio. I'll get the bottom. Ya can sleep on top, cause I dun wanna crush ya while yer sleepin'." The crocodile said. Espio didn't respond, but when he noticed Vector get in the bottom bunk, he knew where his place was.

"Turn off the light, will ya, Esp…" Vector lazily said. He kicked off his shoes, shirt, chain, and headphones, lying in bed with only his shorts on. The chameleon turned off the lamp by the desk as he walked to the bunk. As he did, he took a look at Vector, noticing his chiseled muscular body, not to mention how content he seemed relaxed.

Espio climbed up to the top bunk as he took off most of his own clothes. He pulled over the covers as he heard Vector yawn.

"Nighty night, Espio…" he said. A few seconds later, the room was drowned out by Vector's loud snoring. Back home, his father was a snorer, but Espio never imagined someone could snore as loud as Vector. Still, he was glad to have a guide to help him with the confusing Mobius University.

Espio flipped himself over a few times before finding a position that was comfortable, falling asleep thereafter as the moon shined in on Vector and Espio's dorm room.