Paradox
By: Dayacap, Chavez and Ferrer
Chapter 1: New School
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The driver opened the car's door and she climbed down. It was expected that all eyes are on her. She caught everyone's attention. She gave the hint of spontaneousness, highly disregard to her environment, and a high sense of confidence no one could surpass. She was Echizen Hitomi.
"Hitomi!" Yukio shouts and jumps to her to hug. A careless and felicitous girl with a childlike spirit, a person filled with certainty that you would feel shy around.
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"I missed you!" Hitomi said. "Dude! We were together the whole summer!" Yukio replied coolly. "Oh yeah." Hitomi smiled with all charm.
They were thrilled to know they were in the same class. Hitomi sat on the teacher's table and Yukio stood next to her and started an endless topic.
Whispers, judgements and gossip surrounded the air.
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The teacher arrived at class 1-2. She was late, really late.
"Good Morning." Haruna Fuji said in front of the class together with another new student, Hitomi. "Why don't you introduce yourselves?" Their teacher, Mitsuki-sensei, asked with a warm smile.
"I'm… Haruna Fuji. I recently transferred here in Japan. It's a pleasure to meet you." Haruna said shyly yet it got to them as if she was some punk. Definitely misunderstood, mysterious and secretive she was. Murmurs surrounded the place, both because Haruna is pretty and because of her 'punky' attitude.
She was followed by Hitomi. "I'm Hitomi Echizen." From her harsh tone of unfriendliness, she gave off a charming smile.
Murmurs filled the room once again. "Echizen has a sister?!"
"Uh, there's a new student, who I think you've all met… Erm, he's part of the tennis thing… Echizen? His name's- Oh! No one would listen to me!" the whispers drowned Mitsuki-sensei. Before they could discuss it any further, the lunch bell rang.
A couple of guys approached Haruna and said, "Hey punk!"
"Who said I'm a punk?! Get lost!" She replied angered because of the statement. Apparently the guys who approached her got stunned because of her feisty answer. She was scary but those guys had their own reputation so they quickly surrounded her. She knew she was in a dire situation there was no turning back. Just as the guy was about to punch her, Ryoma arrived.
"Leave the new girl alone." He said apathetically.
"Who are you to say that?!" Haruna shouted but Ryoma continued walking. "Hey! I'm not yet done with you! I'm not a loser! I can handle them! Come back here!" Haruna shouted after him.
When she turned around, she saw the guys lousily walking away. They probably thought she wasn't worth bullying.
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The ranking selection was taking place in the tennis courts. Ryoma headed for it.
He was in the middle of a game when Hitomi arrived wearing her new cheerleader uniform and two cheerleaders trailing behind her. She sat down on the third step of the bleachers. They clapped gracefully and femininely every time a game ended. She attracted audience and soon the before empty bleachers was half full.
An 'average' girl gathered her courage to talk to her. She sat beside Hitomi and said. "Uhm. Hitomi…" Hitomi looked at her and one glance told her nothing special was about this girl. Not even worth talking to.
"I'm Yuki Kaho." She extended her hand. Hitomi gave her a harsh and cold stare. She ignored her.
At that very moment, Ryoma won the match that would determine who will take one of the regular slots.
She clapped and smiled. After a while, she approached Ryoma to congratulate him.
Shizuru and Natsuki whispered to each other as they followed Hitomi.
"Yukio? What about her and me?" Hitomi demanded an answer.
"Let's just keep going. Shall we?" Natsuki said, turned to Shizuru who nodded in agreement.
"I am requesting for an answer and you better answer it." Hitomi said.
"Well, it's just that there's rumour going around that you and Yukio are kind of old friends and you were really close, like, close-close." Natsuki said.
"You do not make rumours about me when you are a meter away is that understood?" She snaps.
She continued to approach Ryoma. 'Close-close' that had a meaning and she knew it. She didn't even last a whole day yet gossip is building itself around her.
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