Prologue: Enrollment

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Enishi Yukishiro buttoned up his black shirt and adjusted his sleeves. He looked at himself at the mirror. He pushed his dark-tinted glasses up the bridge of his nose. He ran a hand through his hair and let out a heavy breath. His hand brushed his earring. Enishi frowned at it. Should he remove it?

"Are you ready? We're going to be late!" A little girl began tugging at his pants. "The picipal might leave already!"

"It's principal, not picipal. Tomoe, we're going to get there, okay? I still have a few minutes to prepare." Enish turned to face his little sister. "What do you think?" He asked, gesturing at his choice of clothes. "And should I remove the earring?"

"it's okay, but do you really have to wear black. It's so hot. And don't remove your earring. It looks cool."

"What's wrong with my shirt?" Enishi asked, suddenly feeling self-conscious.

"You look like a vampire." Tomoe crinkled up her nose. She walked over to her brother's closet and started looking through his clothes, barely reaching them. "Don't you have something that has color?" she was fingering the hem of the clothes with her little fingers. "Here! This one's color blue! Hurry up, Ni-chan remove your shirt now! We'll be late! Did you brush your teeth already?"

Enishi unbuttoned his shirt and looked amused. "Yes, ma'm." He put on the shirt Tomoe picked for him. "Yes, I already brushed my teeth."

"Good. Then let's go!"

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Much to Tomoe's relief, they finally reached her soon-to-be school with a few minutes to spare. They headed to the principal's office. The little toddler tried to match her brother's long strides, much to Enishi's amusement. It was a game they always played whenever they walked together.

While walking the siblings took in the beauty of the school. The building was red brick and there were lot's of trees surrounding it. There was something warm and cozy about the school. They passed some of the classrooms and both were impressed, especially Tomoe. As they passed another classroom, they noticed a woman precariously perched up a wobbly stool holding something up.

"A little help please to whoever's there. Please?" The woman called out to them. The stool suddenly gave a wobble. "Woah, that was close." She said, trying to regain her balance.

"Hey. May I help you?" Enishi asked politely to the woman perched at the wobbly stool.

"Thank you so much. I'm too dang short to reach it." she turned to the good Samaritan and was a bit taken aback. "Wow, you're tall." She suddenly blurted out.

"Yeah, that's what they say." Enishi looked at her amusedly. She was cute. He began hooking the curtain rod at the sides of the tall window. "Leopard print curtains?" Enishi was looking skeptic.

"They're cute." The lady defended. "Let's ask the young lady over here." She stooped down so that she could be head to head with Tomoe. Giving her a smile, she asked, "What do you think about the curtains?"

She looked at it for a few seconds and tilted her head to the side. "I like it." she smiled shyly at the lady.

"See? The young lady has taste." She ruffled Tomoe's hair affectionately.

"There all done." Enishi stepped down from the stool.

"Thanks so much! Thanks to you my homeroom is finally done." She stuck out her head to shake hands. "I'm sorry for my rudeness, I didn't get your names."

"Oh, I'm Enishi Yukishiro and this is Tomoe Yukishiro." He met the lady's hand with a firm handshake.

"I'm Kaoru Shinomori. It's nice to meet you guys."

"Well we better get going. We have an appointment with Mr. Katsura Kogoro."

"Oh, I'm sorry if I held you up. Do you know your way?"

"Yeah, thanks." Enishi, Tomoe, and Kaoru walked through the door. "It was nice meeting you."

"Yeah, you too. Thanks again." Kaoru gave Tomoe's head one last ruffle. "I hope I see you this school year."

"Me too." Tomoe smiled up at her. "Bye!"

"Bye!"