Everything feels so familiar...

It was a new school semester and for some reason, I felt nostalgic from the memories of the past year. Not all of the past year was memorable; Not the days of taking the train with my friends after school, nor the count down of mandatory courses in order to graduate. What I was sad to let go was the fact that my muse (or should I say my admired person) was gone starting this semester. His name was Kyo Sohma. His distinctive features were his orange hair and ruby eyes. The first time I met him was at a supplementary class for Organic Chemistry II. He was a Strategic Learning Leader, even though he was a year older than me. He was patient with a lot of students and always friendly to help others. A lot of students liked him... ...I admired him because he helped students with open arms. At that time, I was in awe even if it was only his job to help us.

Now, he's gone. That's too bad... My mind was thinking of him as I was walking in a hallway heading towards a new classroom for my Biology supplementary class. It was a similar system of teaching like the one Kyo lead, and since I only had Kyo as my leader, everything would be compared to Kyo's class. I tried to stay positive as I entered the classroom. The first thing I noticed was that already, a student was in the class. What was odd was that he had grey hair (even though, he looked young) and purple eyes. I would usually sit away from strangers, but since my curiosity got the best of me, I courageously sat next to him.

"Hi." I greeted, waiting for his response. Instead, a new Strategic Learning Leader spoke.

"Hi! Please choose a seat: we will be working in groups of 3 or 4. Sit in where there is a sticky note. The first activity will be to write down terms that you learned in class, and then turn to a neighbor... then..." I zoned out as I kept nodding to whatever the new leader said. She doesn't seem anything like Kyo Sohma. I internally sighed. At that point, the student next to me looked up. When the leader finished talking, she went back to her seat and I diverted my eyes to the student without moving me head. He didn't seem to notice, but he did squint his eyes at me.

"What?" I said openly as now I turned to him.

"Nothing... Just wondering if I've seen you before." I furrowed my eyebrows.

"Hm... I say no, because I haven't seen you around." I answered.

"Oh." He said and went back doing what he was doing.

A good solid 20 minutes passed and the next thing I knew, the supplementary class began. I was writing my vocabulary terms on the sticky notes when I felt a tap on my shoulder.

"Yes?"

"I said: I'm Yuki. What's your name?" It was the grey-hair with purple eyes guy that introduced himself. I furrowed my brows again.

"If you keep looking like that, you will get deep folds on your forehead."

"What?"

"Your name please?"

"OH, I'm Tohru. Nice to meet you." I said. Suddenly, the SL leader interrupted us.

"Now, since everyone has written down words on the sticky notes, there will be one minute to guess as many words as possible with the help of your neighbors. You may begin!"


By the end of the supplementary class, Yuki and I were in tears. It wasn't tears of sadness; it was tears of joy.

"I still can't believe you messed up on that word." I said as I accidentally exposed my "hiccup-while-laugh-syndrome" a tiny bit. Usually, nobody would notice it, but Yuki did. He laughed hysterically a second round as we were heading out of class.

"Did I seriously hear that? You either sound like you were burping or yelping." I blushed in embarrassment, but laughed along.

"I don't care what you think." Abruptly, I stopped laughing and immediately stared into Yuki's purple round eyes that were unexpectedly oh-so familiar to Kyo's ruby eyes.

"Don't you ever tell anybody about my demented laugh. Got it?" I hissed.

"Woah! Cool it woman, I was just kidding." I stared at him deeply.

"You promise?" I hissed again.

"Seriously!? I actually like your laugh. It's unique." Yuki backed away as his hands were raised in surrender. I "hmphed!" and walked away.

"I'll see you next time, Tohru!" Yuki called out. I lifted my hand up and waved at him without turning me head. I put down my hand and thought: I guess this year's supplementary class won't be that bad I suppose.