Kyu's story began like this:
Kyu awoke one morning to her alarm clock's evil ringing. She smacked the top of it and rose with a stretch. The sky was a beautiful bright pink outside the window. Kyu always wakes at dawn.
She takes long shower, puts on her school uniform, brushes her hair, and puts on the purple barrette she always wears in her strait brunet hair. Her parents had made her breakfast like always. But they were already long gone on a business trip, or so they told her the night before. They shouldn't be back for another few weeks.
After eating breakfast, kissing each of her 23 cats on the head, and grabbing her book bag, she finally heads off to school to start her social day.
Taylor and Sarah were waiting for Kyu when she finally walked up to the school's front entrance.
"And how was your morning, Madi?" Taylor beamed. Kyu's name was Madi before her transformation.
"Same as ever." Kyu replied.
"We should hurry to class." Sarah said "I hear there's a new guy in our room!"
Kyu and Taylor nodded.
Kyu's 7th grade classroom was just beginning Activity period, the time spent goofing off in class while the school waited for all the busses to arrive. Kyu, Taylor, and Sarah were always some of the first few students to get in school because they walk instead of taking the busses.
Today was different.
"There he is." Sarah whispered into Kyu's ear, pointing to a well dressed boy in the back of the classroom.
He wore tan pants that were baggy at the bottom, a white button-down shirt with a navy-blue vest over it, and a navy-blue newspaper boy's hat. Strands of blond hair protruded from under the cap's rim. His eyes were a crystallized light blue. He was handsome in Kyu's perspective.
He was going through some papers and books in his book bag and hadn't noticed the girls enter. Kyu took her seat in the second row of desks. He looked up at her, but said nothing. He gave her the deer-in-headlights sort of face.
Kyu ignored the face. He went back to his work, but Kyu noticed him glance at her every few minutes the rest of Activity period.
The bell rang and Activity period ended.
"Good morning class." Mr. Vandel said as he entered the classroom.
"Good morning!" the class replied.
"We happen to have a new student. I think you know who you are. Please come up and introduce yourself."
The boy paced rather awkwardly to the front of the room.
"Hello. I'm Lenrouh. It is a pleasure to learn with you." he said nervously, but without a stutter. His eyes scanned the class of 13 and 14 year olds, pausing on Kyu for a few moments, and then continuing on.
That's just the beginning of this story. Things just get stranger from here on out.
