I ran out of the house with a piece of the toast in my mouth. "Have a good day at school, Akemi!" my mom called out behind me. I waved, and ran as quickly as I could to school.

I was running late. Again. I was sure to get a detention for this. Shit. I pushed myself harder, practically choking on the bread. I go to Sylvaran High. It wasn't THAT far from my house but still… I woke up pretty late.

Last night, I spent it finishing my homework at the last minute. The teachers gave us a whole weekend to finish it, but I spent my time going out with friends and at a party. Of course, parties wear me out but they are pretty fun. So I spent my night, researching and typing out reports. I was also supposed to finish writing the newspaper's column of poetry. I was a poet. And a photographer. And here I was, running late to school.

I had thrown on my uniform and brushed my hair recklessly but quickly. It was just below my shoulders and I had black hair with red streaks in them. My uniform was wrinkled but that didn't matter.

I stopped at a corner to catch my breath. I was almost there. I started running again, ignoring the protest of my lungs and legs. I finally made it there when the bell rang.

"Damn it," I muttered.

So, already knowing I would get detention, I slowly walked up the stairs into the school. The hallways were already cleared and students were already in their classes. I walked my way to the office to pick up the tardy slip. The teacher there, the one who hated me; I didn't even do anything to her, confirmed to me what I already knew.

Detention. I groaned.

Then I dropped my backpack off at my locker and walked to my first class.

Language Arts.

A very easy class, the teacher loved me. I was the best writer in the class, not bragging, just the truth.

So I go and I walked in and saw the most drop dead gorgeous guy I had ever seen. And I've seen plenty of good looking guys but this guy was completely… Amazing looking.

He had soft looking black hair that fell just slightly before his eyes. Cold, yet gentle dark brown eyes. A smooth, clear face. He was toned and made the school's uniform look good. His mouth turned up into smirk.

I was instantly aware of the whispers and giggling. I shut my mouth, because I had been standing there like an idiot with it open. Then I stomped over to the teacher's desk, put the paper on the table, and made my way to my seat.

"Class," the teacher said. "This is our new student, Hikaru Kyoto."

Then he was sent to his seat, which, fortunately for him, was in the back of the classroom in the corner.

The girls kept glancing at him, making themselves look cute. Which they were so totally not. The guys glared at him, probably jealous of his looks. Afraid he'd steal their girlfriends or something.

"Yo, Akemi," hissed my friend Minori.

"What?"

"Why were you so late today?"

"I was working on homework."

"Oh…" Then she looked out the window at the sun. It was nice outside. Minori was always that type. She was always so friendly and happy all the time. She daydreamed a lot but gave me ideas for writing. Minori is a dancer so she moved with grace all the time. Minori had short, pink hair and pretty brown eyes. She loved going many places, as did I. I first met her when this nerdy kid was being picked on. There were three other guys against me and I didn't stand a chance. Then she appeared, punching the guy straight in the face. She started shouting something about victory and hero-ness, and how goodness will always win. At the time, I was like... What the hell? But she saved me and I was grateful. After that, we became close friends and hung out. That was in 7th grade, we were now in 10th grade.

The teacher gave us our assignment and left us to work on it. I finished mine in 20 minutes. It was one of those easy days, when the teacher lets us talk and work on assignments. Minori ended up finishing too and we started talking.

"I wonder what he's like.." she mused.

I shrugged. "Go talk to him then?"

She shook her head, pursing her lips. "I think I would be nervous talking to him." She threw a quick glance in his direction. "He's good looking, huh?"

I didn't answer.

"Ha! I knew you thought he was hot too. Right when you walked in the classroom. You should've seen your face!" Minori laughed, so carefree.

I talked with her the rest of the time. Our other friend, Renee, was absent today. She was visiting her family in another state and was coming back tomorrow.

Renee was the smarter of us three. Her hair was purple, long and tied back. She had a nice shade of blue eyes. She played the violin and lived with her dad. Her mom died when Renee was younger, of a disease. Renee has a boyfriend, as smart as her, maybe smarter. We didn't know. He was sitting right next to Hikaru though.

Kai our typical funny guy friend was also absent. We're not exactly sure why. I think he went to go to a funeral of an Uncle he's never met. Oh well.

The bell rang and I gathered my stuff up to leave. Minori basically had the same schedule as me except for 3rd period. She had P.E. and I had technology for the half semester. Boring technology. All we ever did was type.

So as Minori and I walked towards the door, the new guy, Hikaru, walked past me, with a whole bunch of girls right behind him.

They completely went in front of us, taking us longer than usual to get out of the door. I glared at him although he couldn't see. Already, I hated him. Girls already following him. Stupid fangirls of Hikaru. Stupid Hikaru. This was going to be annoying.

Luckily, he didn't have Spanish for 2nd period. I sighed in relief and spent the time reading the language. Minori was roaming around the classroom, talking to people. I finished the problems in the Spanish textbook. The bell rang and I walked to Technology. I had this class with Suke (pronounced like Suki. Girl name xD) , Renee's boyfriend, and Renee herself but she wasn't here. I sat by Suke and he nodded, acknowledging me. How he could ever show affection towards Renee, we never could figure out. Maybe they just sensed it with their intelligent minds or something. I guess it is pretty cute seeing him get jealous about a guy trying to make his "move" on Renee. He never really showed he cared, but in a way, he did. Like… He was different. Other guys would normally kiss or hug or give their girlfriend flowers all the time and show them off in public. Suke didn't. Sure he hugged her and kissed her forehead and cheek or whatever all the time. But it was more of like… The things he did that showed he cared. Like sharing his food, holding her hand and talking to her, the way he looked at her. He let her see his weak side, when we never have. It's hard to explain. It's not like he showed her off. It was just that they belonged together. It was so right seeing them together.

"How's life?" I asked him as I started the work.

"It's good," he nodded. Always so hard to make conversation with him. I sighed. I wonder what he and Renee always talked about.

"And yours?" He asked me quietly.

"It's… fine."

He nodded and we worked on our assignments quietly, making small talk every something minutes. Finally, the class ended, and I headed to Social Studies. Suke and I walked together, not saying anything.

As I walked into the classroom, I heard Minori yell out, "AKEMI!" Her usual greeting.

She took her spot next to me and went into detail of all that happened in P.E. The girls finding a spider in the locker room and more. After Social Studies was lunch. Oh, how I dreaded lunch…

We had two other friends besides us. The girly girl and very pretty one ; Yumi. Then the other. My ex-boyfriend. The one who broke up with me. The one who's a part of our group and who I have to see every. Single. Freakin'. Day.

Daichi.

I told Minori I'd meet her at the lunch table and then I took my time walking slowly to my locker and then to the cafeteria. As usual, it was always loud. I made my way to the table and sat down. Suke was there, Yumi, Daichi… Ugh. Kai and Renee were absent and Minori was buying lunch. I shared with her so I usually got half of Minori's food. Suke only ate sometimes. Yumi never ate. If she did, she'd only have a little snack. She was always worried about her weight when she was super skinny. A model thing I guess. Her aunt worked as a designer and needed a model. Whatever. Daichi ate too. He already had his food. There was an awkward silence at the table.

"Did you guys see the new student?" Yumi asked.

"Yeah," Daichi answered. "I see he already has fangirls. He's most likely going to end up on the dark side." He laughed.

I was glad to see Minori appear. She sat beside me and split the food.

Minori's eyes widened as she looked off in another direction. "Do you guys see that?"

We didn't have to see it when we could already hear it. We turned and looked at the source. Hikaru was sitting at one of the really popular tables. The girls were surrounding him and the popular guys were, of course, loving the attention. Increased their chances of getting with the girls. THIS is why I like gay guys, I swear.

"Hmm," Yumi mused. She fixed her long, golden blonde hair and checked how she looked in her little mirror.

"Don't tell me," I began. "You plan on actually going over there?"

She giggled. "Yes, of course. He's the prettiest boy I've ever seen so far. I'd like to get to know him."

Then she left our table and walked over to theirs. Yumi was constantly switching from guy to guy. Of course, it was always the good looking ones. She was searching for love, I supposed. Quickly falling in and out of love to find out who her real soul mate is. Minori's only gone out once or twice but she figures she's better off single. She doesn't need a guy, she tells me.

Me?

I was still heartbroken and depressed because of Daichi breaking up with me. Lame, I know. I still liked him when I should be a normal person and move on. But it was hard to move on when I had to see him every day and see him how I've always seen him. Except, he ignored me and didn't even act like I was there. What a jerk.

I'd been with him for about a year until he ended it. We had a lot of memories and he told me many things. Made me promises he broke. He took everything back. There was never a day that passed when I wouldn't think of him. He was just always there. Most things reminded me of him but I pretended as if I didn't care for him either. I didn't want to be seen as this wimpy, heartbroken girl who's boyfriend left her for someone else prettier. So I pretended like he didn't affect me. Of course, I could tell that Minori saw through me a little. Sometimes it would hit me. How he left. I tried to distract my mind from him which always failed. Whatever.

Lunch passed by quickly in silence for us. I walked to math with them and found the new guy there, sitting in my spot, surrounded by the "cool" guys. In this period and the next, my friends and I all had the same class.

I walked over confidently, ready to tell him to move. I stopped right in front of MY desk and narrowed my eyes at him. He had an amused expression on his face and his now, I guess, new friends watched, waiting for something.

"This is where I sit. So, could you move?"

He looked up at me with challenging eyes. "And who are you?"

"That's not really any of your business," I snapped back.

I hated his expression. I hated his tone. It sounded like a bit of sarcasm and he acted as if he was better than everyone else it seemed, just because he looked better. I guess he was one of those, guys that think they're so much smarter and better than everyone else.

"Isn't it? You come over here, demanding me to move, and you don't even give your name. Isn't that a bit rude?"

No need to tell him why I was so bitter. My reason was obviously sitting in the front of the class, acting like I was a stranger.

"Well," I began. "This is my seat. I sit here. And you're new. And," Then I turned to his friends. "What are you guys all doing here?"

The idiot one said, "We're with him, obviously." He told me as if I was slow.

"Could you move please?" I asked once more.

Hikaru sighed and said, "Allright guys. Let's go." Then they walked to another part of the classroom.

I heard laughter right on the left of me. It was Yumi. "You already don't like him?"

I shook my head. "He looks like the type that would mess around a lot and trick girls. Conceited and selfish." I spoke rudely of him.

She just shrugged.

We spent the whole time working. Then 6th period, Science, passed by quickly also. I was planning on going to the mall with Minori but then she told me she couldn't go, had to babysit. I sighed and decided to go alone then. I needed to buy my mom something for her birthday anyways. It was in 3 days.

I walked to the mall, letting my thoughts wander. I went inside and saw several familiar faces. I entered into this pretty jewelry store, planning on buying my mom a bracelet. I bought it and then walked out. I think I need some new clothes.

I walk into my favorite clothing store and found Hikaru. My day was ruined now. I sighed and ignored him and his new friends and the girls with them. Part of their "posse" was getting nearer to me as I looked at some shirts, so in a hurry, I backed up and tripped over this rack thing.

During my fall, I managed to knock down a whole bunch of folded shirts on this rack and fell on top of something. I groaned.

I opened my eyes to find someone else's eyes staring back at me. Amused.

I heard his friends yelling and then I gasped and tried getting up. I was embarrassed and humiliated. Then yelling from more people came and so I ran out of the store and didn't look back.