When Rei got the news off his parents that he was moving schools he didn't know what to say.
Well truth be told he said a lot of things such as
"Why are you sending me to a boarding school? Do you want to get rid of me?!" which his mother replied with
"No honey but Samezuka offers a great curriculum and we feel that it will benefit you more than Iwatobi"
Of course he was angry at his parents but he knew he wouldn't stay angry for long. He had glared at them from the kitchen doorway in which he had been standing for a good ten minutes but he didn't argue back, he was mature enough not to.
He liked his place at Iwatobi High School, he had friends there, he had Nagisa, Haru and Makoto. And what about the swim team?! Would he still be able to be on it? But he knew that his mum was right the education at Samesuka was of a high standard and if he wanted to get into college he would need it.
The only problem was telling the team.
It happened after practice the following day. They had all finished getting changed and were heading back to Harus to study when he brought it up.
"Rei chan! What do you mean you're moving school?!" Nagisa was the first to speak and he definitely looked hurt. Makoto had looked a little shocked but not as dramatic as the blonde and Haru didn't really react.
"Im Moving to Samezuka next week" Rei informed the trio and was about to continue when he was interrupted by Haru.
"That's where Rin goes to school" Rei almost stopped in his tracks when Haru spoke. He had forgotten Rin san went there! There was no going back now he had already told his parents that he would go.
Rin had only met Rei briefly at a joint training session at Samezuka so surely he wouldn't recognise Rei and besides they were going to be in the year below him so he had nothing to worry about.
A few weeks later and he had packed and was ready to leave.
Over the past weeks he had said his goodbyes to his classmates and teachers. He had been told that he could stay on the swim team as long as he balanced it with his schoolwork, he was happy about this as it meant he could still see Nagisa, Haru and Makoto.
The morning of his first day his mum wouldn't stop fussing over him. She had ironed his uniform at least three times and Rei could have sworn he got to double digits counting the amount of times she had packed and unpacked his bags to make sure he had just about everything.
She finally let him go after she came to the realisation that she didn't want her son to be late on his first day but what she didn't realise was that it was a Sunday and he wouldn't start classes till tomorrow. Rei didn't tell her this of course because he wanted to get there as soon as possible, he was already nervous and didn't want It to build anymore.
"Good luck "His mum had hugged for a good five minutes, it was as if she was sending him off to war it's not like she wasn't going to see him again, he was going to come home and visit at weekends.
The sound of the car horn released him from his mother's embrace and he made for the exit wrapping his purple hoodie around himself as the brittle December air enveloped him.
His dad sat in the driver's seat waiting and Rei walked over to the back of the car to put his bags in. He gave one last wave to his mum who was stood hugging herself in the doorway.
He got in the car and buckled his seatbelt and then his dad started the engine and they left.
The car journey was mostly silent except for the light hum of the radio and the occasional small talk between Rei and his dad. Rei wondered what the campus would be like and what his roommate would be like. Would he be dorming with a second year or do they just put the new students where there is a space so he could end up with a third year or a first year. Not that it mattered to Rei, he wasn't planning on making many friends, he just wanted to pass and get the grades he needed so whether his roommate was nice or not, Rei was not bothered.
When they arrived at the school, it didn't surpass any expectations that Rei had. It was definitely bigger than Iwatobi but that was expected seeing as it was a boarding school.
The main school building was a big brick building with a clock in the centre above the entrance, connected to the school was what Rei assumed to be the swimming pool, it wasn't brick like the rest of the school, it was plain white concrete building with lots of windows on the side letting lot of light in, the windows definitely made the building look bigger than it was.
After checking everything with the school headmaster his dad had said his goodbyes leaving the teen to himself. The dorm building was separate to the main building but it was not small. The entire school itself was massive in comparison to Iwatobi and Rei was just hoping he wouldn't get lost. He pushed open the double doors that lead into what looked like a Recreation room. Pulling out the map he used to navigate his way here he read the scribbly handwriting that belonged to the school receptionist. She had written his Dorm number on here for him and as much as Rei wanted to say it helped, it didn't. Her handwriting was very swirly and looped but as pretty as it was he just could not decipher what it said.
A tap on his shoulder made Rei jump, drop his paper and let out an almost bird like squawk. He bent down to pick up the paper but unfortunately for him so did the unknown person resulting in a painful head collision. Rei almost cursed as he held his head in one hand, his eyes closed and the paper in the other.
"Shit that hurt!" Rei opened his eyes to see a male crouched in front of him, rubbing his own head. Suddenly the boy jumped up making the bluenette jump slightly. Rei stood up a lot slower than he did looking just as confused as before. "I'm Momotarou! But you can just call me Momo and im sorry for making you jump like that it's just you were looking very intently at that paper in your hand and I was curious as to what was on it"
Rei was rendered speechless by his unexpected energy, it was in the time that the boy was speaking did Rei take in his appearance. He had short wispy ginger hair and he wore a bright yellow t shirt and jeans, he was a head shorter than Rei but his voice was loud for his size. Only when Rei finally came out of his thoughts did he see that the boy was looking expectantly at him and then he remembered the question he had been asked.
"Oh-uh sorry! Im Rei Ryugazaki!" Rei stuttered and handed Momo the paper " I was trying to figure out what room im in and I couldn't read the receptionists handwriting" Momo looked at the paper for a few seconds, twisting and turning it in his hands as if it were to help and then suddenly he handed the paper back to Rei
"You're in 20B! You're sharing with Sousuke" he smiled as Rei took the paper back from him. "I can show you where it is if you want. It's obvious your new here Rei Ryugazaki" Momo said imitating Reis previous formality. He looked behind Rei at the set of bags behind him and Rei turns himself to pick them up.
"Yes, thank you" Rei nodded and Followed Momo who had already started walking out the room.
Once Rei had caught up with him Momo turned to him slightly, still walking.
"So Rei how come you moved to Samezuka? And what year are you in 'cus im only a first year?" Rei was already beginning to like the younger teen, it was probably because he reminded him a lot of Nagisa with his bubbly personality and hyper activeness.
" I'm a second year so I won't be in any of your classes, sorry and I um moved here because my parents thought it was better for me and they thought the education was better than my previous school" he explained as Momo continued to guide him through different corridors. Rei took note that he should probably pay attention so that he could avoid getting lost.
They continued walking for about five minutes making some small talk along the way. Rei learnt that Momo was on the swim team along with Sousuke who he remembered was mentioned earlier, a boy called Nitori and Rin. Obviously Rei knew Rin was on the swim team. Rei also learnt that his roommate was Rins best friend, He hoped that his roommate didn't have a habit of inviting friends over because Rei didn't really feel like having an awkward encounter with Haru's old friend.
Suddenly Momo stopped and Rei looked to see that they had arrived at his room.
"So uh do you need help unpacking or.." Momo awkwardly stood with his hands in his pockets. Rei quickly shook his head
"No I should be fine on my own" Momo nodded and turned to walk away not before saying goodbye and giving a little wave like gesture as he leaves. Rei sighed and picked up his bags. He went to open the door but it is surprised to see it open itself. He sees a hand on the door handle and followed the hand up to see a tall dark haired person stood in front of him. Rei gulped at his height and resisted the urge to push up his glasses, a nervous habit of his. He went to introduce himself but the other student pushed past him before he had the chance. He assumed that was Sousuke seeing as he wasn't expecting anyone else to be in the room.
Rei sighed and walked into the room and placed his bags onto the neater of the two beds. He looked around the room. It wasn't a small room but it wasn't big either. It had plain white walls on his side of the room and then on the other side of the room there was some band posters that Rei had never seen before and some clothes thrown across the bed and mixing with the messy bedding.
Rei pushed his glasses further up his nose and then sat down on his bed and eventually ended up lying down. He stared up at the ceiling just taking what has happened over the past day.
He had arrived at this new school, made friends with someone by injuring them and seemed to piss someone off in the first five seconds of meeting them.
'Just great' Rei thought to himself 'this is going to be a long year'.