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Chapter 2
Well, the uniform was certainly...interesting.
I gazed at my reflection in the mirror, a little stunned by my own appearance. The red plaid skirt was entirely too short for my taste, but the top was conservative enough. My blazer, which I wouldn't be needing until it got colder, was black. So were my knee length socks. The theme colors seemed to be black, red, and white.
With a happy sigh I did my hair up with a black ribbon and hurried from my room. Downstairs Chiaki was slipping on her school shoes. She gave me a disgusted look before turning away and heading out the door. What was her problem now? I swear I think she must have constant PMS.
I ignored her and put on my own shoes. Mom was already at work so there was no one to say good-bye to. Excitement sprang onto my features as I trotted down the busy streets of Tokyo. I was going to my first day at Yuhara! I was beyond excited. Would I see Naoki? God, I hoped so. I hadn't seen him since that beautiful day next to the soccer field.
Or at least it would've been beautiful if I hadn't been attacked by crazy dog.
But I digress. Heh, big word. Mmm...not really.
So, anyway, I found the big white stone building that was Yuhara High School pretty easily. Not that I've been walking by it a lot or anything. The students were already standing around the entrance, talking to their friends. As I walked past the large steel gates my eyes wandered to the several groups of students, trying to spot Naoki.
Then I found my gaze traveling along a certain shock of golden hair. He was with a bunch of other people by the steps leading to the entrance, talking to...a girl? Ohmygod! Did he have a girlfriend? Was she his girlfriend? Shit! Did I transfer here for nothing?! Was Chiaki right all along?
I was too occupied with my thoughts to realize that I was still walking...right into someone.
"Agh!" I yelped, surprised by the sudden contact.
The person glanced at me over his shoulder, and I froze. The guy I'd bumped into had the brightest blue eyes I'd ever...well, laid eyes on. His copper tone hair laid lazily over one eye and his perfect full lips were pulled into a smirk. I took an awkward step away from him, trying to look away.
"S...Sorry, I...I wasn't looking where I was..."
"Hey, Kyu! I think she likes you, man!" came the voice of one of the guys friends.
"Yeah! Look at her blushing!"
I frowned at the other boys, who weren't so good-looking, and bit the inside of my cheek to keep myself from saying anything back. If I made enemies at school on my first day, Chiaki would have something else to pick on me about.
The copper-haired boy kept smirking at me. "You new here, kid?" He suddenly leaned forwards, his face inches from mine. "I don't think I've ever seen you before."
I could feel my face heating up but I still couldn't look away. "I-I just transferred here." I said lamely. What else could I say?
"A transfer student, huh? You're pretty cute." he said quietly. "Wanna hang out sometime with me and my friends?"
"Uh, I don't think..." I had no idea what to say. It wasn't every day that randomly hot guys flirted with me. I was nearly speechless.
Then a voice seemed to come straight out of heaven, making the copper-haired boy move away from me.
"Yo, Iikada, what'cha doing to Minami?" said the honey-eyed angel jokingly.
My heart swelled with joy at seeing Naoki, even though it was possible that he was already taken. I saw Naoki standing with a pretty brown-haired girl with black eyes. She made me a little nervous as she practically glared at me. Perfect. The girl hated me and we'd never even said anything to each other yet! My luck is worth shit.
The copper-haired guy looked at me, then at Naoki. "What's wrong, Tsukade? This your girl?"
My hearted nearly stopped. Why did he have to say that of all things?!
Naoki shrugged. "Maybe." He gave a friendly smile. "Unless you're interested?"
"Oh, I am." Coppertone boy slid his arm around my shoulders. "What about you, green eyes?"
"Huh?! I-um-you-" I continued to sputter incoherent words as everyone stared at me. Oh, yeah. I'm cool.
"Heh, looks like she can't even form sentences, Kyu!"
Coppertone boy laughed. "Yeah, I have that affect on women!"
"Mind if I take her, Iikada?" Naoki had his hand on my arm. "I wanna show her around for a bit before class starts."
I felt Coppertone boys arm leave my shoulders. "Sure, Tsukade." He looked at me. "I'll see you later, green eyes."
I blushed. "Y-Yeah..."
Naoki led me away from the group and up the stairs to the entrance. I didn't have to look behind me to know that the brown-haired girl was glaring at me. I was just so happy to be with Naoki that I didn't care if he had a girlfriend or not. Yeah, that makes me sound like a boyfriend stealing bitch, but trust me that's not the case. Not with me anyway.
"You look pretty nice in that uniform." Naoki complemented.
"What? Oh, thank you!" I said, feeling my face heating up.
I tried not to notice how good he looked in his own uniform. The boys had to wear black pants with a white button up shirt, along with a red plaid tie. It was way better then the uniforms that they wore at my old school. Those were just plain ugly.
"So, that guy...is he a friend of yours?"
"Iikada? Yeah, kind of. We're in the same class. His name's Iikada Rikyu. All the girls love him."
I had to ask. "And that girl? Is she a friend to?"
"Who? Mae?" Naoki said. "Sure, we've known each other since Jr. High. She's really nice. I think you'd like her."
A wave of relief washed over me. She wasn't his girlfriend! But wait-that didn't exactly mean he didn't have a girlfriend. It just meant that it wasn't her. Dammit.
I felt a little frustrated so I changed the subject. "So, since you're showing me around, could you tell me where room 1-C is? That's my class."
He blinked. "You're a first year?"
"Uh, yeah. Aren't you?"
"No, I'm a second year."
Great. So that made him only like a year older then me. That wasn't so bad. The only downside was that we weren't going to be in the same class together. I was sorta hoping we would be, but...
"Anyway, room 1-C is down at the end of this hallway on the right." Naoki pointed out.
I nodded, pretending to be interested in where my classroom was when I was really admiring his profile. He had long eyelashes for a guy...perfect jaw...so kawaii!
"Minami?"
I snapped out of my daze and blushed. Had he caught me staring at him?
"You ok? You looked kinda out of it for a minute there."
"What? Oh, I'm fine! Don't worry about me." I said, laughing it off.
"Ok, just checking." he said, smiling at me slightly.
Whoa. I think I'm in love.
The bell rang, signaling for everyone to report to their classrooms. Naoki told me he'd see me later and went off to his class, while I headed for the office to sign in. I had a good feeling about this. A really good feeling. I mean, seriously, what could possibly go wrong?
However, before I could get to the office, a hand grabbed my shoulder and spun me around roughly. I suddenly came face-to-face with the girl named Mae, Naoki's friend. She looked me up and down as I stood there, stupefied.
"Um...what're you doing?"
She jerked her eyes towards mine. "You think you can just waltz in and get Naoki to like you? Dream on. He's mine." she spat.
"Huh?" I blinked at her. "What're you talking about? He said you guys aren't going out."
"You asked?"
"N-No, but I..."
She rolled her eyes. "Look, just stay away from him. Got it? There's no way I'm gonna let a little slut like you take him from me. So back off."
Before I could say anything she was already gone. I stood there for a moment, unsure of what to do. I really liked Naoki, but what could I do if Mae also liked him? Should I ignore her, or stay away from him? Grrr, so much for nothing going wrong.
"What?!"
"Now, Ayano please calm down." my mother said. "It was Chiaki's decision, after all."
"But that's not fair!" I cried. "Why does she have to-"
"Enough!" she said sternly. She rose from her seat on the couch. "I don't want to hear anymore about it. What's done is done."
I sat there, frozen in complete shock.
Chiaki had transferred to Yuhara. With her grades it must've been a snap. Fuck! Now what? Why would she wanna transfer to my new school? To torture me? Yes.
"So, mom told you, huh?"
I jumped at the sound of Chiaki's voice. She was standing by the wall with one hand on her hip. "Why do you wanna go to Yuhara to?" I snapped.
"Because," she said, "I want to meet this Naoki boy you're so into." She smiled sweetly. "I wanna check him out."
"But I like him! You can't just-"
"Oh, yes I can." Chiaki said. "Just watch me." And with that she left the room.
I growled and grabbed my head with both hands like I had a terrible headache. This was all too much too soon. How could I let this happen?! Argh!
But all I could really do was sit back and sulk.