"Hi," said the boy standing at the front of the classroom, "My name's Allen Walker."
He took a deep breath, shoulders seeming to shiver as he did so. He cast a glance around the room at all the other teens, who were laughing and giggling and gawking at his peculiar looks.
"I'm… um… 16 years old. I just moved here, which is why I'm starting so late in the semester…"
He was odd-looking to say the least. He had shaggy white hair, like an old man, and a painful red scar that ran from his forehead nearly to his chin. It traveled down across his eyelid, but didn't seem to interfere; his silver eyes blinked just fine.
"Yeah… I grew up in the circus, so I didn't really have any formal schooling growing up…"
"Is he albino?" the Chinese girl next to Kanda whispered to her friend, "I mean, he's got the hair… but aren't his eyes supposed to be red?"
Kanda leaned back in his chair and propped his feet on his desk.
"Yeah… so… um…I hope you'll be patient with me, and I'm really excited to get—"
"Yu Kanda, get your feet off the desk!" the teacher yelled from his desk.
"Ch," Kanda tisked. He leaned his head back, long black hair pooling on the empty desk behind him, and ignored the teacher. The room was dead silent, and Allen twiddled his thumbs at the front of the room.
The teacher let out an audible sigh and Kanda rolled his eyes.
"Alright, everybody, let's give Allen a warm welcome, and be as helpful as possible!" the teacher said half-heartedly. Some people clapped, but mostly they were whispering. "Circus?" "Albino?" "Scar?" "Academically behind? Is he retarded?" "Shouldn't he be in the Special Ed class then?"
Kanda swung his legs off the desk and walked out the door, not bothering to take the bathroom pass. He followed the curve of the halls towards the building's exit, hands behind his head and fingers knitted together under his long high ponytail. Out the doors, to the lone bench hidden in the shadows of the administration building. He sat down on the backrest of the bench, hunched over with his feet on the seat.
"I fucking hate people," he muttered as he lit a cigarette.
A/N: First fanfiction, so apologies for any faults/characteristics of terribad fanfiction. Tips for how to improve future works would be greatly appreciated!