Chapter one
Al's diner in North Karakura Town was bursting with energy on Friday night. It was a frequent hang out spot for teens who went to Karakura High, and after school was always busiest, with every booth and table filled, plus some standing or in the "game" room. Mizuki Shiba was currently sitting in her usual booth at the diner, across from her cousins, Ruki and Mason Kurosaki. "So, Sasuke asked me to the formal ball in two weeks..." Ruki was saying to Mason, talking about one of their friends, one who had fancied Ruki since like Kindergarten. Mizuki, however, wasn't paying attention to the conversation, as she was too lost in her own thoughts. Her favorite green skinny jeans were seeming to draw in unwanted attention from the jock table, and Mizuki had slid down farther in the booth, her Grey hood drawn closer against her inky black hair, in an attempt to shield her face. For only being sixteen, Mizuki had a talent for noticing every detail of everything around her, while also pretending like she didn't. "Hello, earth to Mizuki..." Ruki called out and snapped her petite fingers in front of Mizuki's face.
The small girl turned her attention back to her best friend, her sapphire orbs meeting Ruki's violet ones. "Sorry," she murmured quietly. "What were you saying?" Ruki let out an exasperated sigh and rolled her eyes. She was used to the girl's distant behavior, but she could not help but tease her at times. "I was asking you if you had a date for the formal! It's only two weeks away. Oooh, I bet Toshiro would go with you!" She said with a plotting glint in her eyes, and Mizuki knew she had to shut that idea down, and quickly. "Oh no no no, that's alright, really! You know I don't do school functions, Ruki. I'd rather stay at home." Mizuki exclaimed with a shake of her head, her long black hair flying. "Uggh, fine!" The ginger-haired girl said in a huffy voice, causing Mizuki to smile genuinely at the person whom was like her other half.
Mason Kurosaki took that moment to look up from the book he was reading, turning his deep chocolate eyes to his twin. "Give it a rest, Little moon," he said as affectionately as he could. "What did you say to Sasuke?" At that, Ruki let out a loud, annoying squeal. So loud that Mizuki cowered in her seat as more people turned to stare at the group. "I said yes of course, Mase!" The girl gushed to her twin with a huge grin. Mizuki simply rolled her eyes and started picking at the frayed fabric of her fingerless, green and black striped gloves. Ruki and her were such opposites that it amazed even her at times how close they were. Alexandria, "Ruki", Kurosaki was a prep by definition. She worried more about her clothes than her grades, and was beyond beautiful. She had her father's orange hair, kept long and wavy, but never frizzy, and her mom's big blue-violet eyes. The only reason Ruki wasn't one of the "populars" was because she chose not to be. That and the fact she was always brutally honest with everyone, refusing to act kind or back-stab. Mizuki, on the other hand, wasn't conventionally beautiful. Maybe she would be, if she dressed more like a girl, instead of skinny jeans and baggy band tee-shirts. She had long, straight black hair with red streaks in it, and her bangs were fringed to cover one sapphire blue eye. Most people described her as being "Emo," but Mizuki really didn't give a damn. And popular? The term made her laugh. Mizuki Shiba would never be popular, and that was a fact. No, she was mostly the girl whom the populars picked on, and was often the butt of cruel jokes.
"Hey, isn't that Yukio, the rich kid?!" Ruki exclaimed, pulling Mizuki from her thoughts once again. "Yukio...?" She asked, trying to put a face with the name. Her eyes scanned the crowded diner as her cousin spoke. "Yeah, Yukio Hans Vorarlberna. He's a senior, and the richest teen in Japan. What the Hell is he doing in this run down diner?" Ruki rambled and pointed the boy out. Mizuki followed the finger and.. Found herself staring into the brightest emerald eyes she had ever seen. The boy was just sitting down at a booth only a few feet away, and he must have heard Ruki's comment because now his gaze was locked onto Mizuki's. He was so beautiful, he seemed to take her breath away. Mizuki tore her gaze away quickly, blushing, and of course her cousin noticed. "Oooh, it looks like somebody was checking you out, Zuki." She leaned over the table to whisper, causing Mizuki's blush to deepen. "Don't be ridiculous, Alexandria," Mason said without looking up from his book. "That guy is way outta everybody's league." Ruki turned to her brother with a scowl, and Mizuki hid her face beneath her hood. "My thoughts exactly, Mason..." She whispered to herself.