Handcuffs, lost restraints, a leash left in spite, chains that no longer hold someone back. All the things he had left behind, yet one piece still adorned him that he could not remove. Something that brought back a feeling of painful memories as he stared into the mirror, the only time he could see it. A single strip of beautiful black leather adorned his neck. It didn't obstruct his breathing or any other function, it just held there, slightly battered where he had pulled at it and Shinichiro and Nanami tried to pull it off, even daring to put scissors to the work that couldn't be done by hand.
Yet, that single piece of leather had withstood it all and with special permission from the principal of the school, he wore it to school. At first, the thing had caught a lot of attention, but after everyone got used to it and he had fallen out of the window, everyone had just treated it as part of him. Although every time he looked at it now, he could feel fear and sadness somewhere in the collar and what it represented, he couldn't completely recall why it made him feel that way.
His blue hair spiked out in every direction with one kind of curly piece on the top and his blue eyes matched exceedingly well with the shade of sapphire his hair was. That single black collar stood in a forgotten restraining way above the unbuttoned collar of his school jacket and his black shirt ran into his uniform issued black pants of a lighter shade. He was walking purposely towards the school building as a man with blonde hair grabbed his arm, "Sora, the school gets a new transfer student today!"
The blonde man was smiling widely at Sora, "Is that so, Matsuri?" For some reason, Matsuri always reminded Sora of a cat.
"Yep!" Here Matsuri grinned cheekily, "And he's staying in your room." Before that could process Matsuri was bolting down the walkway calling behind him, "You should get along well!"
Sora clenched his fist, "Matsuri!" But all the cry did was echo across the school yard as the bell rang for first class and Sora was late.
Little did he know, he would find this transfer student a little more than interesting.