'Damn damn damn! I'M LATE! Oh how I hate Mondays!!'

She ran out her door at top speed only to bump into her neighbor, Keade, in the hallway.

"Gomen (sorry)!" the girl yelled and caught her balance before she could fall.

The older woman nodded knowingly and sighed, watching the girl run towards the stairs, "You're going to be late, and on the first day none the less."

"I know! That's why I have to- AHH!"

Keade winced as she saw the girl fall down the stairway and face plant into the floor, "Are you okay?" she asked while sweat dropping.

"H-Hai (yes)…itaiii (owww) my forehead, that's gonna bruise…Oh no! I'm going to be even later!!" the brown haired girl screamed and ran out of the apartment building.

"That girl sure is something…" Keade laughed quietly and disappeared behind her apartment door.

…

She could hear the school bell from the street and picked up in her already agonizing speed. She sped through the halls, not bothering to stop at her locker, and opened her history class door with a 'slam' the second the bell ended.

"Rin, cutting it close…as usual," the teacher said while rolling his eyes.

The said girl would have apologized if she weren't panting to badly but instead wobbled her way to her desk and collapsed in exhaustion.

"Need…to get…an alarm clock," she mumbled tiredly to herself and propped her head up on her arms.

"Baka," a smooth familiar voice reached her ears.

She gritted her teeth and turned to the man beside her with murder in her eyes, "Nan (what)i?" she seethed.

The man she knew all to well was faced away from her and she could tell by the shaking of his shoulders that he was laughing at her.

'That's IT! I'll show you to laugh at Kinomoto Rin!' she thought viciously and got ready to rip the man apart.

"Rin!" the teacher scolded as her hands were inches from her classmate's long white hair, ready to pull it out by the roots. He turned around, his amber eyes meeting her wide chocolate ones (like a deer caught in teh headlights). He cast his view lower and noticed her hands mere inches from pulling his hair and shot her a glare, one that said 'what the hell are you doing?'

"Ehehe…" Rin laughed nervously for being caught in the act, and quickly put her hands in her lap and faced the teacher, trying (and failing) to pretend that the embarrassing moment never happened. She could feel his gaze on her for the rest of the period.

'Good thing I only have this class with him' she thought to herself

…

'WHAT THE #&!!'…you want to know why she's so annoyed, don't you? Of course you do, and even if you don't I'm still going to tell you…yup, that guy, the one who laughed at her and now seems to hate her, well…you guessed it; he's in, not only her history class, but her math and science classes too.

Oh yeah, and I forgot to mention that her teachers gave out seating arrangements and they so happen to be paired next to eachother in every one of their classes! Can't you just feel her excitement?

Now Rin was cowering in her chair, trying desperately to ignore the death glare she was receiving from her desk mate but she was failing miserably at it. She was perfectly fine the first few minutes he started glaring at her in history but COME ON! There's only so much glaring a girl can take…especially when it just so happens to be coming from one of the best looking guys in her school. Yup…Takahashi Sesshomaru…that's the guy (coughDOG DEMONcough)!

It was nearly time for lunch and Rin could barely wait. Not only did she want to get away from te htension radiating between them but she also wanted to eat something, anything! In her morning crisis, she had forgotten to eat breakfast and her stomach was making it perfectly clear just how hungry she was; it didn't go two minutes without growling and causing an almost unbarable pain in.

'So…hungry…' she droned to herself.

Bang! Her head fell onto the desk, causing everyone to turn her way, and causing her already bruised forhead to hurt even more (remember, she fell down her apartment building stairs?).

"Kinomoto-san…are you alright?" the math teacher asked her timidly while evryone else tried to control their laughter.

"U-Uh, hai (yes)! Ehehe…gomen gomen," she muttered in embarassment. 'Great! Now my forhead is bright red and my cheeks probably match!...WAA I'm so embarassed!!"

A strong hand was placed on her shoulder and she snapped her head to her left. Sesshomaru was looking at her with a reasuring… smile?! 'Whoa whoa wait a second! He's trying to comfort me?!'

Rin gulped nervously and peaked up at the white haired beauty, "A-Ano…I thought you hated me."

Sesshomaru chuckled slightly, "Nah, I was just seeing how long it would take you to either get really pissed off or really intimidated."

Rin growled and narrowed her eyes, "Well congratulations, you did a bit of both...mainly the intimidation though but...yeah a bit of both."

He laughed again and put a hand on her head, "You know, you're different than most people…I find you-"

"-annoying and stupid," she guessed a little hurt.

Sesshomaru's eyes widened a fraction and he raised an eyebrow, "Why would I think that?" he asked curiously.

"You wouldn't be the first…"

He smiled reasuringly again and sighed, "I was actually going to say I find you to be rather refreshing and…well, down right hilarious to tease."

"Gee thanks," she muttered.

"It was meant as a compliment. Everyone I know in this school either sucks up to me or just plain hates me and want to beat me up…not like they could hurt me or anything," he looked thoughtful for a moment, "Well actually, even the people who hate me still try to suck up to me…Kami (God) I hate suck ups, especially fan girls and I have a lot of fangirls-"

"Uhhhmm does this have a point or something?" 'sheesh this guy seems obsessed with himself; 'I have a lot of fan girls',' she mimicked him in her mind.

"Huh? Oh yeah! Mainly I was saying that it's refreshing to have someone who isn't in love with you around…well that, and, like I said before, you're fun to tease. I can't tease anyone I know 'cuz the'll either punch me in the face or, if they're a fangirl, they'll think I'm flirting with them and will start stalking me…"

He kept talking but Rin wasn't paying attention and could only stare, open-mouthed at him as he talked. 'Please Kami…please let the bell ring! I think I'm loosing brain cells by listening to him talk about himself!'

Almost as if fate was listening, the luch bell rang. BRIIINNNNGGG!

"THANK YOU KAMI!!" she screamed and shot out of the classroom, everyone staring in shock at the door she just sprinted out of.

Sesshomaru laughed again, 'I bet she was bored stiff…man, it's fun to tease her!'

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