Megumi Yamamoto stepped out of her car, ignoring the stares from those around her. She could hear people whispering in surprise at the arrival of such an expensive vehicle.

"I wonder who that is, she must be loaded." A girl said, not at all quietly. Megumi felt her shoulders condense slightly; she hated being the center of attention unless she was performing. It was her first day of college, and she was more than a little nervous. As she walked quickly through the past the sign that said Seiso University, she tried to gain some of the conviction she'd had before arriving. She remembered her twin brother Jun's, her parent's, and her childhood friend Ryuu's surprise when she had told them she was planning on attending Seiso University. For a wealthy family like theirs, a larger and more renowned school was expected. Naturally, her mother had been strongly against it, and had tried everything in her power to make Megumi change her mind. She even pushed brochures to foreign schools into Megumi's hands.

While Megumi acknowledged it would have been a good experience to go overseas, she just couldn't forget about Seiso. There was something about the school that had drawn her in the minute she'd first seen it. Her first orientation had only confirmed that there was something special at this particular university. And now she was here; enrolled at the music school in order to achieve her dream of becoming a classical singer. Megumi wasn't just nervous because if she didn't improve she would be shipped to Tokyo, if not Europe, she was also worried about meeting people. Not only was Megumi shy, she had also been in school with the same people since elementary school. She hadn't needed to make new friends in a long time. And before a couple years ago she had always been clinging to Jun and Ryuu.

Alright, I need to work hard like Hikari! Megumi thought to herself. Hikari Hanazono was a friend of Megumi's who, though quite simple, was extremely motivated and always working hard. But while Megumi was self-motivating and the readers were being caught up, she had lost focus on where she was walking.

"Oof!" A girl exclaimed as Megumi collided with her, causing both of them to fall backwards and hit the paved walkway. "Ouch ouch ouch," the girl mumbled, rubbing her arm, the spot that Megumi's head had collided with.

"S…sorry!" Megumi exclaimed. She scrambled to her feat and helped the taller girl up.

"Don't worry about it," the girl said, brushing herself off. Megumi watched, she was a little above average in height and had wavy brown hair tied in a ponytail. She must have had some foreign blood because she had bright blue eyes. On one shoulder a brown schoolbag hung, and she had a slightly old-fashioned camera weighing down a strap around her neck. "Eh…" The girl said, sticking her face uncomfortably close to Megumi's. "You're cute!" Megumi blinked in surprise.

"Are you a first year?" She asked, but didn't give Megumi enough time to reply, "I'm a third year. Nami Amou. You can call me Nami-senpai. I'm the Photographer for the school paper, Gen-Ed. I bet you're a music student." She stopped now, and it took a moment for Megumi to realize that Nami-senpai was waiting for her to introduce herself.

"Um," Megumi began, shyly. A few years ago, Megumi had used a dry-erase board to communicate in order to preserve her voice for singing. Megumi had stopped using a board to communicate because she had realized that it hadn't been doing any good for her voice…in fact, light talking was good for it. And, since the S.A. manga had been wrapped up, she didn't need it as a gimmick for people to remember her anymore. But she was still naturally quiet. "My name is Megumi Yamamoto; I'm a first year music student. Please take care of me, Nami-senpai." She said, bowing nervously. There was a click and a flash. Megumi looked up to see Nami Amou's camera aimed at her.

"Definitely cute!" Nami-senpai said, grinning. Megumi blushed, rather happy. Nami-senpai reminded Megumi of her friend Akira, and that comforted her.

"Senpai, do you think you could show me to the music building?" Megumi asked.

"Sure. What kind of senpai would I be if I didn't help out my cute kouhei?" As the two of them walked, Megumi realized that Nami-senpai talked a lot. "Seiso University is separated into Gen-Ed and Music schools, just like the high school. The campuses are pretty close to each other too. I graduated from the high school. Shin-kun, ah, my boyfriend, Shinobu Ousaki, is a teacher at the high school now."

That was nice. The last guy, well, the only guy, Megumi liked had been in love with one of her best friends. The whole thing had ended with Megumi being very bluntly rejected. It had happened long enough ago that Megumi was mostly over it, and she was friends with the guy in question now. Well, as good of friends as they could be, after getting to know Yahiro Saiga over the past few years Megumi was rather glad they had never dated. Since then, Megumi's love life had been practically nonexistent, and it didn't help that Jun and his girlfriend were forever lovey-dovey.

Nami-senpai was still talking about her boyfriend, he was a violinist who had been going to the university when she was in high school. "So, what instrument do you play, Megumi-chan?" she asked.

"I'm a singer. My twin brother, Jun, plays the violin, but he is going to a school in Tokyo."

"That's great, Megumi-chan! You're going to love it here. Well, this is the music building." They stopped in front of the music building, while many students went by in both directions.

"Thank you, Nami-senpai." Megumi said, bowing once again.

"Don't worry about it. Anyway," she said, starting to head away, "See you later Megumi-chan!" She waved slightly and grinned before turning and heading to another building. Megumi turned and headed into the building, feeling a lot less nervous after meeting Nami.