Chapter 1:

The sun glowed relentlessly into Téa's room, forcing her to cease the continuous action of snoozing her phone's alarm. She forcefully swung herself out of the warmth of her king-sized bed and made her way to the bathroom, where she took a quick 15-minute shower before brushing her teeth and exiting with a small towel wrapped around her. She opened her closet and quickly found her Domino High School uniform hanging neatly at the end of her wardrobes railing. She dressed briskly before heading downstairs to make herself some breakfast. Her house was eerily silent, something she should have gotten used too since...the incident. Shaking the thought from her head, she quickly ate some toast and drank a cold glass of water before grabbing her bag and heading out the door.


As she approached the school gates, she inhaled deeply pulling her body up straighter than normal.

"Well...time to go again, I guess." She thought to herself as she entered the gates, a broad smile cemented on her face as she went.


At her locker, Téa was still not wide awake. Her eyelids hung heavy and she had an overwhelming sensation of wanting to just fall asleep and never wake up. It was only the sudden chime of the warning bell that brought her back to her senses. She realised she had 5 minutes to get to class and began running in a panic down the corridor. She didn't realise that she was not looking where she was going. Seconds later, she felt her body collide sharply with another before she fell to the cold uncaring ground. It took only a few moments for Téa to realise what had happened and she was immediately launched into another wave of panic and embarrassment.

"I..I am so sorry! I wasn't looking where I was going and...and well I was in such a rush and...I...I didn't think to..."

She looked up and noticed a strong and firm hand reaching out toward her, compelling her to look for the body that owned it. Her eyes found a boy with piercing violet eyes and a well-tanned complexion staring down at her, with a compassionate smile on his lips. He wore a black leather tank top with the usual blue trousers and jacket that was the boy's school uniform, as well as a leather choker around his neck and black studded boots on his feet. His tri-coloured hair rested spiky on his head with some golden bangs resting lightly over his eyes. He chuckled slightly at her dazed expression and finally broke the silence between them.

"It's OK. I'm fine. I wasn't the one who fell over. Are you OK? Let me help you up."

Téa shyly took the hand of the boy and allowed herself to be pulled into a standing position. She only came to the boy's shoulder in height, which intimidated her slightly but not enough to not answer him.

"Um...yes I'm fine...I wasn't looking where I was going so it's my fault...and well...thank you...bye!" She called as she walked speedily away from him with a slight blush crawling across her face.

"Hey! Wait up you...dropped this." the boy didn't shout realising she was too far away from him to hear. He held the dropped CD case in his hand and eyed it curiously before putting it in his bag and proceeding towards his first class.