"It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it." Maurice SwitzerTokyo, j.a.pan
XX High School
Cla.s.s 2-A
"Hahah, You little piece of sh*t"
A student smacked the abdomen of another student. The a.s.sailant was an average faced youth that had dyed his spiky hair blonde. His black school jacket was unb.u.t.toned showing of a plain white t-s.h.i.+rt. His cronies next to him laughed seeing the pathetic display in front of them while the another two held up the victim. They all had different hair styles but were dressed in a similar fas.h.i.+on. They looked like the typical group of troublemakers within a school.
The cla.s.s was moderately filled as the students kept to themselves and were collectively ignoring what was happening at the back. Some of them had a look of pity, some with indifference and some of gloating.
Better him than me, right?
However, no one was willing to get up and help him unless they earned the ire of the a.s.sailant. His name was Hosoo Tetsu, son of a minor business, someone who could get his way round minor characters in the school. This was also a detrimental factor that stopped people from intervening unless they earned the ire of him and his father, someone who they couldn"t afford to offend. However, there would always be a mountain above a mountain and someone with a stronger background.
"What do you think you"re doing?"
A cold voice interrupted them. The smiling faces of Tetsu and his lackeys instantly disappeared as they recognised the voice. Slowly turning around, they saw a beautiful girl looking at them, long, black straight hair, obsidian black eyes, small nose and small cherry lips alongside milky white skin causing a symphony of perfection. She wore the standard girl"s uniform consisting of a black blazer, white s.h.i.+rt that made it difficult to hide her moderate sized bust and a short black skirt. Knee high socks adorned her long legs with white school shoes. What emphasized her beauty was her cold eyes that gave the girl an icy queen vibe.
Her name was s.h.i.+nohara Yuki, the school"s Madonna. Coming from the nation"s largest business corporation she was literally a princess of the modern age. Being able to summon the wind and rain, she was the largest mountain within the school. Yet no one knew her true ident.i.ty within this school, and as long as Tetsu was concerned, he also didn"t know. What he did know was that she wasn"t someone to be offended after receiving numerous warnings from his father.
"Nothing s.h.i.+noharsan. It"s just that our friend here had a bit of a stomach-ache, so we were just checking. Isn"t that right, Akirkun?"
"Y-y-yes"
Sato Akira was a guy with no background. Everything about him was ordinary from his looks to his grades. His pa.s.sive personality allowed people to just walk over him.
Looking at the five, Yuki knew they were lying but she couldn"t do anything.
"Then make sure you get checked up at the infirmary then"
Giving a disappointed look she walked back to her seat near the front of the cla.s.s while making some small talk with the girls around the cla.s.s.
"Good morning, Yuki-san"
Giving a reply she just sat down when the door of the cla.s.sroom was suddenly opened with a shout
"YUKI-CHAN!!"
A pet.i.te girl with short brown hair rushed in and jumped at Yuki with a hug. This was f.u.kuyama Chiyo. Her father was a subordinate of Yuki"s father and was also her childhood friend. She was a small girl with rather large a.s.sets, a bubbly personality and a really cute face. Her expression screamed the sun and it felt like nothing could make her cry.
"Calm down, f.u.kuyamsan"
What followed her was Masujiro Endo, son of the police commissioner and a politician. He was the typical j.a.panese hero guy that would scream Justice. He had natural blonde hair and a handsome face. He was the Prince charming for the girls in this school.
Seeing Tetsu take Akira away he went up to him
"Hope you"re not bullying Akira again"
"No, no. Akirkun just has a stomach-ache so we are just taking him to the infirmary"
"Mm"
Giving a nod, he went back towards Yuki and Chiyo.
"They"re bullying him again"
Chiyo looked rather worried seeing the five leave. Looking at Chiyo and Yuki, Endo just replied
"He needs to walk himself and fight back his bullies"
Yuki just stayed quiet and just watched them leave. Seeing the lack of response from Yuki, Endo gave a disappointed look and returned to conversing with Chiyo. With Endo"s background he naturally knew the ident.i.ties of both Chiyo and Yuki. He had fallen for Yuki at first sight and was naturally courting her, although he knew that she was already engaged, he still tried his luck.
Chiyo noticed this but gave no help and responded like she never saw that look. Time pa.s.sed by as more and more students entered the cla.s.s. Tetsu and his lackeys came back and sat in their positions with Akira following after. The last person to come in was beautiful girl that had brown, braided hair. She was like the girl next door, with her calming smile and soothing aura, she was easy to approach. Her looks did not lose out to Chiyo and Yuki.
"Good morning"
"Good morning, Suzue -san"
"How you been, Suzue-san"
Her name was Suzue Aihara and was Sato Akira"s childhood friend. Her seat was next to him, so she turned to him as she sat down.
"Good morning, Aki-chan"
"G-good morning, Aihara"
Akira rarely talked to anyone apart from Aihara. Aihara saw this and it hurt, she wanted to help him, but she knew that he wouldn"t receive help from her and giving it will just have the opposite effect. She knew that Tetsu wanted her, but she had rejected him countless times. Similar to Akira she wasn"t someone with a strong background, if not for Yuki"s protection she may have already been harmed by him.
Tetsu saw the interaction between them and a jealous feeling arose within him. A dangerous glint flashed through his eyes when he looked at Akira. Akira suddenly felt a chill down his spine as he looked back at Tetsu who just looked away. Aihara saw this and was about to say something but was interrupted by their homeroom teacher entering.
"Everyone to your seats. Today we have a transfer student so please be kind and welcome him. We don"t wasn"t bad rumours about how we are not welcoming to spread now do we. Ok Matsumurkun, please enter."
"Is it a girl?"
"If it is a girl, please be beautiful"
"No, I wish it"s a handsome boy"
A relatively tall youth entered. He looked completely average, well not that anyone could tell but it was just the aura he gave out. He had relatively long black hair for a guy with long bangs, thick gla.s.ses covered his face with a mask covering the bottom half of his face. The skin he showed was a tender white, but no one noticed as they lost interest in him. Well no one apart from Yuki and Chiyo.
""Why does he look familiar?""
They looked at each other with clear confusion on their faces. Both of them realised they were thinking the same thing. Endo was oblivious to their reactions and went back to what he was doing.
After writing his name on the board the youth called out
"Nice to meet you, my name is Matsumura Tos.h.i.+ro. I"ll be in your care from now on"
Endo felt that the name was somewhat familiar but didn"t pay any attention.
The teacher then said to him
"There is an empty seat behind Akirkun. That will now be yours"
Tos.h.i.+ro just nodded and went towards his seat. Seeing this lack of respect, the teacher paid no heed as he remembered the princ.i.p.al specifying him being someone not to be offended. Even he didn"t know how he looked but he just did his job safely.
As he was walking to his seat, he pa.s.sed Yuki as she looked up and their eyes met each other. Yuki"s eyes widened in shock as she recognised those different coloured eyes. One being a golden amber colour while the other being a dark brown one.
"Why is he here?!"
Only her childhood friend noticed her reaction and looked at the back of the boy as he sat down on his seat.
The boy sat down, and one thought went through his head,
"So, this is a public school"