Chapter 1: Beginnings

It was time for school. Today was just like any other day. Get up, go to school, come home, play some games, have dinner, go to bed. Rinse and repeat. I got up, put on my clothes and went downstairs. My mom already left, so I had to make my own sandwiches. I grabbed a few slices of bread and threw some cheese on it, my favorite. I went down the hall and grabbed my backpack, put the sandwiches in, and left for school.

School was boring as usual. The girls were all gossiping about this one guy, he was an exchange student. I can't remember where he was from exactly, but he had an unusual blue hair color, which everyone thought was weird for some reason. I actually thought it looked pretty good on him. Besides that, it was business as usual.

I had some of my least favorite subjects today, like science and economy. I just never seemed to grasp them as much as my other subjects, but the tests were usually alright, even if I had to work my butt off for them. I have extra science lessons every thursday after school, so that helps too.

Me and one of my best friends, Julia, would always work together on our science assignments. We always had tons of fun, but we both weren't very good at it, so usually it would end up with both of us doing something else instead.

'Ugh, Julia, school is driving me crazy. Everyone is just so obsessed with others. There were a bunch of people making fun of that exchange student today, but I just don't get why, they don't even know him.'

'Dude, that's just the way things are in high school. When you're in a vulnerable position like him, it's like being on the bottom of the food chain, eat or be eaten. Since he isn't the type to 'eat' anyone, he's getting eaten. It's sad, but you can't really do anything about it, but he'll be alright, don't worry.'

'I hope you're right.'

When school was out, I was in the classroom a bit longer to talk to my teacher. The classroom was upstairs, so I had to walk down the stairs alone. I walked down the hallway, when I saw the exchange student. He still had his light blue hair color.

'Hey Dexter!', he said.

I was very confused. I never talked to him, and none of my friends really talk to him, so he had no way to know my name, unless he asked someone, but I didn't think that was likely.

'Oh, hey man. What's up?' I decided to roll with this whole thing, and talked to him like nothing was up.

'Nothing much,' the boy said. 'I wanted to ask you something.'

'Can I ask you what your name is first? You know mine, but I don't think we've ever properly met.'

'Oh, of course! My name is Konas. It's foreign.'

'Nice name! Anyway, is there something you wanted to ask?'

'Oh, yes! I was wondering if you wanted to hang out today, as in, right now.'

Well, I sure as hell didn't see that coming. He seemed to be really excited about it. He was about 12 years old, I imagine, and he doesn't have a lot of friends. I decided to just go with it.

'Sure, you can come to my house.'

'Really? That's so cool! Let's go!'

For a second I thought he was going to jump right into my arms and give me a big hug or something. He was jumping all around, there was no stopping him. He reminded me of myself when I was about his age. I still acted like a kid back then, shockingly similar to him. Maybe that was also the reason that I invited him. He just reminded me of myself.