Chapter 1
New Student
The air outside was turning frosty as summer fell away into fall. Ana yawned loudly as she gazed out the window of her classroom; the cold always made her want to hibernate. She could hear her classmates whispering excitedly about the new incoming student.
"Hey, Ana do you think it will be a boy or a girl?" Her friend Sanae asked excitedly.
"Who cares, I just want to sleep." Ana laid her head on her desk.
"Come on Ana, you love this sort of thing," Sanae pushed her.
"You're confused. I love deducing things and boiling people down into predictable facts, but I don't care if we get another girl or a guy in the class. Why does fall, winter or spring even exist!"
The teacher came in; everyone stood and bowed before taking their seats again.
"We have a new student today. You can come in!" The teacher shouted at the door.
The usual excitement from the class turned into utter silence. Ana who'd gone back to staring out the window looked up and her mouth dropped. She wouldn't need to do the usual deducing game she played for new students. You would have to live under a rock to not know that the tall blue-eyed 17-year-old was Seto Kaiba the CEO of Kaiba Corporation.
Their teacher fidgeted as Seto went to the board and wrote out his name; Ana felt this was a useless formality in this case.
Seto turned to them and bowed. "Nice to meet you. I'm Kaiba Seto."
His tone was apathetic and his eyes stared ahead not really seeing the classroom.
"Ah, right um... There's a seat behind Sakurai-san," the teacher pointed to the empty seat behind Ana. "Sakurai-san show Kaiba-san around the school later would you?"
Ehhhhhh I don't want to! I wanted to sleep on the next break. Ana responded with a "Yes sir." as Seto passed by her and took the seat behind her. He didn't look at anyone around him as he pulled out a tablet.
"K-Kaiba-san electronics aren't allowed in class." The teacher readjusted his tie nervously.
"I received permission," Seto responded but returned to the front handing the teacher a note.
The teacher unfolded the note, frowned but nodded. Ana noted the irritated looks that went through the classroom. Great, here comes the jealousy for special treatment... I wonder what he did to get permission? Buy off the dean? Seto returned to his seat without another word and went back to working on his tablet.
The rest of class went without a hitch. Though at one point the teacher called on Seto annoyed that he'd kept his eyes glued to his tablet instead of the lesson. Seto merely glanced up at the board and in a dull tone stated the correct answer for a problem half the class was still working on. They shot nasty looks his way, but he didn't pay them any mind.
As the bell rang signaling a break Ana turned around to Seto whose fingers flew over the tablet keyboard. She watched amazed at the intense speed he worked at until she remembered what she needed to do.
"Um... Kaiba-san," Ana interrupted.
Seto's hands paused over the board like a conductor telling an orchestra to hold for emphasis.
"Uh, do you want me to show you where stuff is while we're on break?" Ana felt uncomfortable in the crosshairs of those sleepy blue eyes.
Seto shook his head and immediately went back to typing. Ana noticed Sanae giving her a sympathetic look but Ana just shrugged and laid her head down on her desk. Next break she tried one more time to get his attention.
"Kaiba-san?" Kaiba shook his head "no" in response this time not even looking up. Ana sighed. Whatever, I didn't want to show you around, anyway. Ana took another power nap in-between class.
All the classes were the same, Seto kept typing away. Occasionally the teachers would call on him; he would give them an uncaring but correct response every time. Finally, the bell rang for lunch and the students rushed to the cafeteria. Ana always brought a bento and excitedly pulled out her red lunch box. Glancing back, she noticed Seto putting away his tablet. He stretched his shoulders then with a loud thud plopped his head down onto his desk. Within seconds his breathing slowed indicating that he'd fallen asleep. Wow... I thought only I could conk out that fast. Ana left him be and went back to finishing her lunch, Seto woke up after lunch but he still looked groggy the rest of the day. When the final bell rang the students all took their leave.
Finally! Now I can go curl up in my bed and-
"Um..."
Ana turned and found Seto looking up at her from his desk. What now! I just want my pillow.
"Yes?" Ana didn't understand why he decided to talk to her after ignoring everyone all day.
"Can you show me around now?" Seto asked quietly.
What?! Oh come on. Why did you wait until the end of the day to ask!
"Uh... Right now?" Ana felt super unenthusiastic.
Seto's eyes narrowed as he stood up, Ana backed up. Sitting down she hadn't realized how much taller than her he was. And I'm not short! Is he going to bully me into showing him around?
"No, that's fine if you don't want to." Seto picked up his bag and pulled out his phone.
Huh? Am I confusing Kaiba Setos? Isn't he supposed to be a hot-headed bully?
"Why didn't you want to earlier?" Ana frowned.
"I had to finish a report for work." Seto scanned his phone and then stopped as something caught his attention.
His eye twitched, and then faster than a tween with a new smartphone, he blitz answered a message. Ah, that seems more like the Seto Kaiba on TV. After he sent the message he looked up at her and frowned.
"What?" He raised an eyebrow at her.
Ana realized she had an awkward look on her face, something in between laughter and fear. "Nothing, I was just wondering what your typing speed is?"
Seto blinked. "Not a clue, I haven't tested it."
I just want to go home! If I don't show him around and the teacher finds out, he'll make me stay late for being rude.
"Alright, let's go." Ana turned and headed for the door.
"You don't—"
"Are you coming or not?" Ana interrupted.
Seto stood there for a moment then pocketed his phone and followed her out of the classroom. Ana walked him around the school showing him where all the facilities where.
"So, why did you move to our town Kaiba-san? Domino city getting boring?" Ana asked as they passed the computer lab.
Seto gave her a mistrustful look. "Work."
"Ah, so why does the CEO of a billion-dollar corporation need to go to school anyway?" Ana ignored his look.
I couldn't care less what he thinks of me. Ah, I miss my fluffy white heaven. Seto barely glanced at her as she pointed out where the cafeteria was.
"That doesn't exclude me from finishing school. A college degree is a minimum for me keeping my position." Seto sighed and rubbed his eyes.
"Huh, well that must suck balancing school and work," Ana mused and stopped outside the library. "Last stop. Need anything else or can I go sleep now?"
Seto looked a little surprised, and it took Ana a moment to realize that she'd voiced the last thought out loud. Whatever! If I leave now, I might catch the last bus. I really don't want to walk home. Sleeepppp.
"Uh, yeah thanks—," Seto didn't get to say anything else as Ana ran for the door. Putting on her outdoor shoes she rushed out to the nearest bus stop.
"Noooo wait!" Ana watched as the bus took off without her. "Awwwww."
Ana sighed and started walking down the street; her house was about a 30-minute walk away. So much for an afternoon nap. Feeling eyes on the back of her head she spun around and found Seto behind her. He flinched from surprise and looked away but kept walking.
"Where are you going?" Ana asked as she continued down the street, unintentionally they fell in line with one another.
"Back to my apartment." Seto looked uncomfortable
"Why are you walking? Don't you have a driver or something?" Ana eyed him.
"Ugh... I don't live far enough to justify driving." Seto kept his eyes in front of him.
Ana sighed and looked up at the sky shivering. At least the sun's out. The silence continued uncomfortably for a while.
"You're different from how you are on TV," Ana blurted out.
Seto raised an eyebrow. "How so?"
"Hmmm, I think when you showed up everyone was expecting a declaration like 'I'm going to rule this classroom!' and 'Bow down to me maggots!'" Ana put one hand on her hip and threw out her hand dramatically.
Seto stopped walking and looked down at her exasperated. Uh oh, I spoke without thinking again.
Seto sighed. "First off, never do that again, you're too short for it to look intimidating."
Ana puffed up her cheeks. "Not everyone is a giant like you."
Seto ignored her and continued, "Secondly, why would I need to rule your puny classroom, I run Domino city?"
Ah... This is seeming like the Kaiba I see on TV.
"And lastly I'm a businessman. I don't go around picking fights with every person I pass on the street. That wouldn't be good for my company. If you're under the impression I'm always like that, it's because you were watching during a duel tournament which is supposed to be competitive." Seto rolled his eyes and continued walking.
"Hmmm, now you're sounding more like you do on TV." Ana swung her bag glancing at a sign for a new electronic coming out in a few months. "But you're saying you're not an ass 100 percent of the time?"
"You're very blunt and no I'm not... Just about 90 percent." Seto scratched his head.
"Ha, so you get an A-minus in assery." Ana laughed.
Seto frowned at her. "I don't think they give out minus and pluses anymore. Also, you're not very ladylike."
"Ah... I don't care when I'm tired. I just want to sleep. And someone made me miss the last bus!" Ana shouted but smiled jokingly.
Seto didn't catch it though and misunderstood. "No one said you had to stay!"
Ana looked at him confused as he glared at her. "You don't have a lot of friends, do you?"
Seto's eye twitched. "My personal life isn't any of your—"
"—I'm going to go with no friends at all based on that comeback. If you had friends or maybe understood social interaction at all, you would have known I was just kidding." Ana sighed loudly. "I bet you don't even remember my name."
Seto scowled. "Was your name important?"
"Apparently not, so then neither is yours. From now on you're Amin-chan."
"Amin-chan?" Seto looked confused.
"Yup! It's short for A-minus in assery."
Seto flushed angrily and took a turn off on a side street. He stormed away without saying goodbye.
"See ya tomorrow Amin-chan!" Ana shouted excitedly.
Well, I may regret that later. Oh well. Ana turned and continued walking home; the first part of the walk went faster than it normally did, perhaps it was because she had someone to talk to. Though I wouldn't have had to walk in the first place if it wasn't for him. Ana strolled up to a large well-kept modern house, the only thing that was traditional about it was the rock garden in the front. The house was a combination of her mother and father's tastes put together. As Ana walked the house, she hears a loud "Welcome Home!"
Her sister popped her head out of the living room and greeted her with, "I double checked, mom said you had to go to the dinner."
Ana groaned loudly as she dropped her bag in the entrance hall, "I don't want to. Go for me."
"No, you little brat. I went for you last time, it's your turn!" Her sister snapped at her.
Ana rolled her eyes, set her shoes at the door and went up to her room without arguing. She took one look at her fluffy pillow and dove onto it. Ahhh, heaven.
I wonder if I can convince mom and dad to let me hibernate for the rest of the year. Although... there seems to be something interesting to mess with now. Ana could vaguely hear her big sister shouting at her to pick up her bag as she dozed off to sleep.
I feel I always write my female character's strangely sassy. I hope you enjoyed it. I will have the next chapter up tomorrow!
