I finally could be bothered. Naru in a High School! Yes, another dream. Somethings may get to be a bit different, as I go to school in England, so...you get what I mean. Look out in future chapters for...: LIN THE LIBRARIAN!! sigh...
And yes. I know this isn't a western, I just wanted to use that genre.
Fifth Person: Teen idol.
The four girls slowly switched of their torches.
"One."
"Two."
"Three."
"Four."
…
"Five."
The girls shrieked to no end and clutched each other, until the light of their classroom flicked on, and they spun round immediately to the door.
A teenager was leaning against the door frame casually, his arms crossed and an expression of faint amusement across his face. He was tall, with obsidian black hair that fell slightly across his face, and surprisingly striking blue eyes. He looked to be about seventeen.
Mai saw the position of her friends change at the sight of the handsome man. They wanted in.
"Where you just the one who said five?"
"Yes...is something wrong?"
"What are you doing here?" asked Mai suspiciously. This guy didn't look like a nice guy. He flashed a smile, and her friends swooned. Mai frowned deeper.
"I'm the new transfer student. I was supposed to arrive earlier but my plane was delayed."
"How old are you?" fluttered Mai's friend.
"Nearly seventeen."
"Ooh, that means your our senpai!" they 'kyaaed.' Mai was just about to speak again, but the boy had noticed, and swiftly changed the subject.
"So you were telling ghost stories or something?" They nodded. "That's cool. I love ghost stories." He smiled again, and Mai, while admitting he was in fact rather cute, could not help noticing again that his smile was fake. She thought this boy was bad news. Grabbing her stuff, she forced it into her bag and swung it over her shoulder.
"I'm sorry, but if you don't mind, I've got some work to do." She stormed out of the classroom past the teenager and left the building. The teenager turned slightly to watch her leave, then looked back at the girls, who were greedily scheming plans.
"Now that you mention it, I have to go home. After all, tomorrow's my first day!" He laughed a bit, then turned and left.
The girls sighed after him, unsatisfied.
"Wow."
Mai walked slowly to school, admiring the beauty of the trees around her. It was Spring, her favourite time of the year, and all the flowers were beginning to blossom. The strange person she had met yesterday had already been forgotten as she wondered what she would do when she got home that evening. Perhaps go to her friends, or watch a movie. She had forgotten she had a detention, but nothing was going to spoild her happy mood. Mai sighed happily. The birds were singing, the trees were swaying, and far off in the distance her school morning bell was ringing.
Damn.
She was late again.
How many times was this? Including today, and yesterday, and the day before…If today was a Friday, then Mai had been late now five times this week.
That meant detention. Sighing at the harshness of life but still determined to be cheerful, Mai picked up her pace until she was jogging to school.
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"And now class, you've already seen him, but I'd like to introduce him anyway. This is our new transfer student, Kazuya Shibuya. Be nice to him, all of you," Like that's going to be hard, he mused. Already the girls were drooling at the boy, who was standing at the front of the class. He did a polite wave.
"Nice to meet you." One of the girls fainted. Mr. Cullen groaned. It had to be her.
That was the girl who fainted when the cafeteria had a new menu out, and when she was made team leader when they played volleyball. Although she couldn't play her part as team leader, as her body had to be picked up from the floor and carried away. Someone should call the nurse. But Mr Cullen really couldn't be bothered. It was her fault anyway. Mr Cullen wanted nothing more than to go home and sleep. But aparently that wasn't an option.
At the swoon of the girl, the class started to get noisy. Shibuya nervously shifted from one foot to the other. Mr Cullen banged his board rubber on the board, secretly pitying the boy. Girls were going to break their hearts because of him, but he wouldn't even have a scratch. Lucky thing. Mr Cullen was currently having 'trouble' at home.
"That's enough. Now quieten down so I can take the register. Shibuya, please take the empty desk over there." The teacher evasively waved to a section of the classroom- his eyes were shut and he wasn't concentrating. He was beginning to develop a headache.
"Which desk? There are two empty ones." Mr Cullen looked up. So there were.
"I'll sit next to him so he doesn't feel lonely!" shrieked a student. She was then elbowed in the ribs by another.
"No! I'll be a much better person to sit next to!"
Riot began.
Out of nowhere paper balls started to fly around, and desks toppled over. The boys decided to join in the cat fight, so soon hair, nails and eyelashes were strewn across the classroom.
"OI!" roared Mr Cullen, giving himself a worse headache. He already had a hangover. The noise dimmed.
"Sit down, all of you. Shibuya, sit in the desk to the left. The one in the right is already being used."
"By who?" He had been the only one who hadn't moved throughout the riot, which had been about him.
In answer to his question, the door suddenly flung open and a breathless Mai hung from it, tired, but still radiant.
"Aha!" started Mr Cullen, his nerves beginning to make him twitch. "Miss Taniyma has decided to grace us with her presence! We are truly honoured!" He began to dance, then as suddenly his face became emotionless. "Sit down, and say hello to the new guy."
Mai walked over to her desk, staring, horrified at the person sitting next to it.
It was him. He was their senpai? How did that work? Did he get held back? He didn't look that stupid.
And everyone was staring at him. Mai threw her bag on her desk and drew her chair back, making a loud screech as she did so. Mr Cullen at the front of the classroom winced.
"Lift the chair Mai- LIFT!"
Mai had sat down by now and was scowling at the boy. As their teacher began their register, Shibuya turned to Mai.
"So, it's Mai right?" She stiffly nodded. Her rays of sunshine were starting to get strangled by a cloud.
"Yes." She said nothing else. Shibuya was a bit taken aback.
"Don't you want to know my name?" he asked. How big headed!
Cloud was getting closer.
"Not really. I won't remember it. Or I'll make up my own name."
"Oh." Mai burst out laughing.
Cloud lifted a little.
"Oh?"
"I thought long words might confuse you," he swiftly followed up.
Ouch.
Overcast clouds.
"Good thing I'm not affected by little things like that." She snubbed him proudly, and turned her head. As she opened up her bag she took out a nook, then another, then another, and finally emptied the entire contents of the bag on the desk. Pencils fell out, and sharpenings decorated the floor around her. Shibuya snorted.
"Idiot." Mai felt the anger rising in her. Who was this new guy to start insulting someone he had never met before?
"I'm not going to retaliate." She told herself through gritted teeth, and moved the books around on the desk, lifting them up and peering underneath.
"I can't find my notebook," she finally told him.
"Are you capable of doing anything? You haven't been anywhere to lose it yet!" he asked her, half drawling.
No sun anymore. Thunderstorm.
Mai didn't take long to snap.
"Leave me alone!!!" she cried in the middle of the register. Mr Cullen looked up.
"Mai, that's another detention." Shibuya looked smug while Mai groaned and put her head on the desk. Certainly his personality had changed from the polite person yesterday. What made him so superior? "Narcissist." She grumbled to herself. "I'll call you…Naru."
Mr Cullen, having finished the register along with his energy, flopped his hand around, muttering "Get lost" to his form, as they began to slowly make their way out of the room to their next lesson. The bell rang and Mr Cullen scratched his head tiredly.
He needed some coffee.
Bit short, but please please review anyway! They will get longer! Review!
Cafeteria bit next, where you'll meet everyone. And I sort of changed their ages, or else it wouldn't be as interesting if monk an ayako- san weren't involved. And John would be so much sweeter if he was Mai's age. Only Lin is the same.
Review or next chappie wont come soon!
