Chapter One – The New Neighbour
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A petite blonde haired female woke up early in the morning, by her alarm clock, hitting the snooze button several times before finally dragging herself out of bed. She quickly got dressed in her school uniform – a black shirt with a white tie and a black skirt to match, both quite crumpled from the day before, and then plaited her hair into two plaits that reached the back of her legs, and putting on large, thick framed glasses that hidden most of her face. She let out a yawn, stretching as she did so, before grabbing her shoes and going to the front door. She scanned the empty hallway, before putting her shoes on and grabbing her bag.
"I'm off." She muttered to an empty apartment, before opening the door and stepping out, closing and locking it behind her.
She left the apartment building rather quickly, wanting to avoid any neighbours, her face removed of any emotions.
She made her way to school, tensing as she felt a stone hit her head. She turned, a dark look flitting across her face. 'Just wait until I find out who threw that...' She thought to herself, before glaring at everyone around her.
When she reached the school, she walked deliberately slowly to her classroom, opening the sliding doors and entering, making her way across the class to her seat, while everyone is almost silent, their talking going to whispering, and snickering.
"Hey, runt!" A boy called, walking over to her. She didn't bother to turn around. "Who exactly are you addressing here?" She said smoothly, in quiet voice, looking straight ahead. The boy stared at her for a moment, before smirking and grabbing a handful of hair, tugging at it. "How dare you. Everyone knows you are the smallest person here."
"My name isn't 'Runt', are you an idiot?" She sighed, grabbing his wrist. "It's Mashiro Rima. Mashiro-san or Mashiro-sama to you."
He opened his mouth to say something, but the bell rang, and he let go and sauntered back over to his seat, looking furious. "Mashiro, you'll pay for that after school," He called, and sat down as the teacher came in.
Rima managed to escape a small group of guys from that morning, only getting punched in the face once. She made her way home quickly, checking over her shoulder every few steps. When she safely made it to the apartment building, she walked towards the large mailbox shelves and opened the small box labelled Mashiro, looking around inside, and shutting it with a disappointed look on her face. She stared down at the ground, walking forward until she bumped into a large stack of boxes, which then fell on her. She slowly got up, cursing the boxes, before kicking one and marching to the elevator, slamming on the button until the elevator stops at the floor. She steps inside the empty elevator, and pressed a button. The doors soon opened and she stepped out, heading to her empty apartment, opening the door, and looking around the dark, empty apartment.
"I'm home," She whispers quietly to no-one in particular and shuts the door, turning on the light and heads to the kitchen, dumping her bag down and then grabs flour and a variety of other things, and starts baking cookies, as she was bored.
After the cookies where made, she placed them in a small basket, and walked to her small balcony, opening the glass door, and stepping out, admiring the view the apartment had while eating cookies.
"Nice view, huh?"
Rima turned around, trying to locate the voice, and then looked to the balcony next to hers, where a tall boy with long purple hair leaned against his balcony wall, his head tilted to the side. She scowled, but nodded.
"What's your name, by the way?" He asked, smiling brightly.
"Mashiro," She mumbled, a cookie in her mouth. "Mashiro Rima, you?"
"Fujisaki Nagihiko. Nice to meet you, Rima-chan, my new neighbour," Her eyes narrowed, annoyed at the sudden 'Rima-chan'. As she opened her mouth to say something, he glanced down at her cookies. "May I have one?" He pointed to the cookies, and she slowly nodded, passing the basket to him. He took one, then passed the basket to her again.
She waited until he took a bite, and then stared at him.
"Is it good?"
"Yes, it was. Thanks," There was a shout from his house, and he glanced to the door. "I have to go. See you later, Rima-chan," He waved, and then walked back into his apartment, while Rima stayed on the same spot for a few minutes, before turning and walking into her apartment, shutting the door and putting the basket down, then collapsing onto her bed.
"That was an… eventful day." She said out loud to herself, and quickly fell asleep.
A/N: Hello again, people.
This chapter is longer than my old ones, and I'm planning to keep it like that.
New story, yay!
Bad news is, I'm going on holiday for two weeks, but I'll work on the chapter after this one is published.
Ciao!
- KokoKaga