"Hi, my name is Riku. I saw you sitting all alone and thought you could use some company." He looked down at the beautiful blonde's lap. "Do mind me asking what you are drawing?"
"Hey, I'm Namine. I'm not lonely but I wouldn't mind your company. This is just something that I've been dreaming lately." She said as she lifted up the notebook to Riku. "So what about you? Are you lonely?"
"Kind of. I don't know anyone here. I've never really been away from home. This is a new experience to me," he said as he flipped through the pages. "Wow, you are a great artist. Are these all from dreams or what?"
"Thank you, I haven't ever shown my drawings before. No one seems to want to know. I dream most of them and create the rest at the spot. If you don't know anyone and haven't ever been away from home, then how did you get to be here?"
"I have a need for new experiences and knowledge, so I decided that a private school would be an interesting combination. And after a little convincing I got here. I understand not having anyone want to know the inner you. It gets depressing sometimes. Like no one in the world is there for you." Riku looked up at the sky and breathed deep. "Sometimes I wonder if there is anything out there for me. I want things so bad but I don't know if they are worth the time to try to get."
"I feel the same way sometimes. I have different ways than the kids here. I stay away from the crowds. They don't seem to ever warm up to me so I just sit on here under this tree and draw. It works, but I do feel incomplete sometimes. You appear to be a cool guy. Where are you staying at? In a dorm or with a family?"
Riku looked down at the perfect time to notice Namine's blue eyes and sad face. "I am staying with a family. Well, kind of a family. It's a married couple that always wanted kids but couldn't have them. When I got here they were very nice, but very quiet. I suppose they are just warming up to the idea of having a son. I told them that I wouldn't mind them calling me that. It looked like they liked that. What about you?"
"I live with a family too. But they are like my blood now. I've been living with them for two years. They had a son and a daughter but they were killed in a car crash coming home from a football game six years ago. I call them by their names and sometimes mom and dad. A lot of the families that take in the kids that go here have lost their own kids or never could have them. It's a kind of therapy for them, or at least that's how I see it. Some of the kids that go here like being with families too, it helps them deal with things that they couldn't at their own home." The school bell rang. "Would you like me to show you to your classes? My teachers won't mind me being late, I have almost perfect attendance."
"That would be great. I need that actually. I don't know where anything is." Riku offered his hand to help Namine to her feet. Once she was standing he carried a few of her books for her. She looked at his long hair that covered half of his face. She liked how he swept it from his eyes with a jerk of his head. She liked how he was a gentleman to her. On the way to his first class she thought she might actually have a crush on this guy that she had only just met.
Riku was thinking about the girl walking right beside him. He was thinking about holding her hand, but she probably didn't like him like that. Especially after just meeting him for the first time. He couldn't help the way he felt drawn to her though. It was strong and powerful in him. Riku decided to keep the conversation going. "So what do you do out of school besides draw?"
Namine looked over into his sexy eyes. "That's mostly it, I draw. I like to play video games too. Halo, Gears of War, Guitar Hero, and Call of Duty are what I'm good at. I know it's weird for a girl to be into games like that, but I'm not an average girl."
"I know you aren't. I've never met a girl like you before in my life"
"What? What do you mean?"
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to say that out loud," Riku shook his head in disappointment of himself. "It was a complement."
"Thank you. And if it means anything, I've never met a guy like you." Namine stopped walking. For a moment Riku was going to actually kiss her, but before he could she spoke. "Well, here is your class. The teacher is nice, but you need to pay attention to understand the lesson. I hope it goes well for you, and if you want I will meet you right here when the bell rings for next class." Inside she was hoping he would let her spend more time with him.
"Yeah, I have no idea where I would go next. So I'll see you here in a little while?"
"Sure. Ok, I'll see you then." She walked off to her next class thinking about the morning. She was glad she had sat down to draw instead of going to the library to read.
Riku could barely think about class. His mind was stuck on Namine. She had a sadness about her and a mystery that intrigued him. He was lucky the teacher was giving a simple "first day of the school year" lecture. He could still see her face clearly in his thoughts. But mostly Riku pictured her smile when he told her that he was complementing her. She seemed so happy to hear that. It made him wonder if she was lonely at school with no one to talk to. He wanted to be the one that she opened up to.
