"Minamino!" A girl's voice sounded from behind Minamino Shuuichi and he turned and smiled at his best friend Hinata Hirimu as she skipped slightly to catch up to him. Minamino had green eyes and long vibrant red hair which was neatly tied up with two thick strands either side of his face resting on his shoulders.
"You okay?" Hinata asked him as she matched his steady pace walking towards the school gates. Hinata's electric blue eyes sparkled, they contrasted perfectly with her cropped black hair and made her already pale skin seem even paler.
"I'm fine. You?" Minamino asked, merely making light conversation as they walked through the school gates.
"I'm good. My dad got the job he'd applied for so we went out for a meal to celebrate last night, that food was good!" Hinata went on to explain about the menu and atmosphere of the restaurant and Minamino tried to listen as much as he could, trying to block out the words that now flooded back into his memory.
"Sucess will only lead to devastation." He hid his shiver as a slight shift of weight and forced himself to become engrossed in Hinata's story to drown out the chilling prophecy.
"...Yeah, so it was a good night." She concluded her story and changed the subject. "Did you do that essay for today?" He rolled his eyes and smiled just enough for her to notice.
"I've done it, but I bet you haven't." He emphasised the 'I've' just to show what a stupid question it was. Despite being best friends and having plenty in common, when it came to school work they were polar opposites.
"You know me too well." She said with a wide grin. They walked into the school and took their shoes off, then made their way up to their classroom.
"Talk to you later!" Hinata smiled at him and walked over to her seat at the front and he smiled back and walked over to his seat at the back. He sat down with a sigh and tried to ignore the nagging feeling at the back of his mind. He would have to deal with it, but now was neither the time nor the place. The lesson started and he made himself concentrate as hard as possible to banish all thoughts of his demons for a while.