Chapter 1
Shy Tremors
The school doors closed behind two girls with lavender hair and white porcelain skin. One of them sighed in exasperation, "I don't understand why your father suggested we attend night school."
The second girl looked into her cousin's emerald green eyes that stood out from hers that matched her purple hair, "I don't know... I didn't exactly ask, Nami..."
She looked at her and crossed her arms, "Well, you should have! Ugh, I hate your hobo family Lex!"
Lex shrank away from her hot-headed cousin and crossed her arms. She didn't understand why Nami hated them so much. Sure, they lived in the swamplands but she wouldn't exactly call them hobos. More like modern day Native Americans who live in a modern day house. She sighed. Nami lived with witches and warlocks, though, so she wasn't unfamiliar with herbs and remedies. Sure, she studied spells and the like, but it's kind of rude to sound like a hypocrite and call her family 'hobos'.
Nami walked forward speaking in a low voice, "Come on. We'd better get to our Homeroom." Her blazing green eyes switched to her schedule and she took Lex's paper to compare, "At least we don't share the same Homeroom teacher."
She handed Lex her paper back and she took it shyly, as Nami walked forward towards her Homeroom class, leaving Lex in the dust. Her legs weakened beneath her when the main doors behind her opened and a group of guys walked in. Sensing the change in atmosphere, Nami stopped dead in her tracks and looked the Sakamaki family in the eyes.
A boy with purple hair and dark circles under his eyes walked over to Lex, grabbed her shoulder and spun her around to face him, "Say... I've never seen you around, right Teddy?"
Nami's eyes widened and she rushed to her younger cousins aid, but a gust of wind blew behind her and a pale hand grabbed her wrist, causing her to protest, "Hey!"
"Just what do you think your doing idiot?"
She turned around to see a boy with crimson red eyes and white hair. Her voice came out shy and delicate, "Um..."
The boy lunged towards her, "Well!?"
"...I was just..." Her eyes looked towards her cousin who seemed to have vanished before her very eyes. Where did she go? Her thoughts blared through her mind in worry as she looked back at the white haired vampire. "Where did she go?"
He shrugged and released her wrist, "I don't know but you should get to class," His eyes lowered to her schedule that contained her identity, "Nami."
A blush crept up her cheeks and she nodded. She couldn't help but watch him as he walked away to his Homeroom, but didn't noticed she was unconsciously following him. Her legs carried her into his Homeroom and she looked down at her schedule, looking at the door and read Room A101. It was the same room number scrawled on the paper. She smiled shyly and sat at her desk, satisfied that she didn't make a complete fool out of herself.
She murmured into her books, holding them tightly to her chest, "Lucky..."
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Lex stood in the courtyard, feeling antsy that she wasn't in class, yet, "Um..."
Her eyes wandered over to the boy who led her here and he smiled gently at her, "Hm?"
"Can I meet you at lunchtime?"
He shook his head and walked towards her, "Wouldn't you much rather gain a new friend. Teddy would like that, wouldn't you Teddy?"
She collapsed onto a bench, her heart palpitating nervously as she sat down. Nothing came to her mind and she was unsure if she even wanted him as a friend or not.
"Tell me. What is your name?"
Her voice stammered as she stared into space, "L-Lex."
"What a cute name!"
She blushed and hugged her books to her chest. "W-What's yours?"
"Kanato."
She repeated the name silently, trying to keep her thoughts together, "...Kana...to..."
He nodded and stepped towards her, tilting his head to the side curiously, "Where is your Homeroom?"
She took her schedule out of her Agenda and read the room number, "Room B203."
He smiled happily, "That's my homeroom! I can walk you there if you'd like."
"O-okay."
He left the courtyard and tensed up when he saw Ayato waiting inside for him, "Kanato. We're late."
"I know... I was just meeting someone."
"Well, hurry up."
Kanato waited for Lex to catch up and grabbed her hand when she made it over to them, "Lex is going to come with us."
Ayato looked at her, "You mean Pancake?" He noticed her lack of bust size and stared at her. "Where's Yuu, anyways?"
Kanato looked around, "I don't know he walked in with us. Maybe he's already there?"
"Maybe..."
They walked with Lex to their Homeroom and a boy with blonde hair that faded into a pink ombre walked over to them, speaking in a shy tone, "You're lucky the teacher isn't here yet."
Ayato looked at them and raised his head in arrogance, "Oresama is never late."
"...whatever you say..."
Kanato hugged Teddy and looked over at Lex, again. "You should sit near me."
She looked at him a little shocked, "W-what?"
He grabbed her hand and led her over to an empty desk near the window, "Sit here."
"O-okay."
She sat down and he sat in the desk near the window. A pencil flew onto her desk, as a student lost control of their grip on it, considering they were twirling it around there fingers. They looked over at Lex apologetically, "My bad, new girl."
He got up and picked up his pencil and she set her books gently on her desk, speaking shy and lowly, "...It's okay..."
The boy walked back to his desk and the teacher walked in, beginning the announcements for the day. When they were done with the regular announcements they introduced Lex to everyone, claiming that she was a new student who just transferred from Day-School, so no one was allowed to give her a hard time the first few days if she appeared anemic or had trouble staying awake, since she had to adjust to her new schedule. She felt embarrassed as they continued talking about her history and how she had a reason for being frightened at everything, due to her unexplainable anxiety. Kanato seemed particularly interested and smirked at Lex who just sat there, covering her face with a novel she was reading. This is going to be a long week... isn't it? Lex thought.
