Disclaimer: Don't own Frontier. Blech!

So, I'm actually going to write a romantic chapter fic for Frontier. Woo... finally. This is the prologue... Short but important to the future of the fic.

Warnings: None yet. It will be Takouji later though, so don't start reading if you don't like shounen ai.

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Why go back to school after the summer? All the time I spent tactfully avoiding phone calls and public run ins with people from that horrid place, wasted.

Some spend their entire summer break with friends, going to parties and hanging out. Others, like me, prefer to spend the break at home, letting the answering machine pick up the calls and leaving only for the essentials... like food, water, and toilet paper.

So, returning for yet another year of undeserved torture...

Minamoto Kouji sighed as he pulled on his shirt, all of his normal first day of school thoughts running through his head. Once again, he had dodged anyone who may have wanted to hang out with him over the summer. But, as always, this would go to waste as he returned to school on this bright, cheerful morning.

Glancing at the clock as he finished dressing, Kouji mentally swore. At this rate, he was going to be late and end up sitting next to one of the loud mouths, like Izumi. Cringing at the thought of the chattery girl, he quickly tied his bandana and ran for the door. Without so much as a good-bye, he had pulled on his shoes and bolted out the door.

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Heaving, Kouji stepped onto the school grounds, glad he had made it in time. He looked around as he slowed to a walk. Across the yard, standing near the doors, were Shibayama Junpei and Orimoto Izumi. As Kouji approached the entrance, the glares they were giving him grew clearer.

Please don't talk to me. Please don't talk to me, Kouji prayed silently, hoping he could just make it into the building without having to exchange words with the pair.

Izumi and Junpei sneered, but didn't say anything as he passed. Entering the building, he headed straight for his homeroom.

Upon walking in, Kouji was surprised to find that some other guy had beat him there.

He must be new. No matter, I'll just sit by the windows. He'll get the picture, he thought, making his way down the row of desks to the back seat next to the windows.

As he leaned back, closing his eyes, Kouji heard shifting then footsteps. He cracked one eye to see that the new guy was seating himself in the desk next to his own. Before Kouji had a chance to close his eye, the smiling goggle-headed boy began talking.

"Hi," he stated, waving, "I'm Kanbara Takuya. I'm new here!"

As Kouji opened his eyes and pulled himself into an upright position, Takuya continued talking.

"I'm seventeen and I have a younger brother and a bike and I like pie..."

Kouji turned to face the front of the classroom and sighed. It was going to be a long school year.

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Okay, I know... it's short and rather plotless. But I needed to write something to introduce the characters and the setting they would be in...

The whole dislike issue between Junpei and Izumi and Kouji will be explained later. And Kouichi will be making an appearance, probably for quite an important role, later also. Sorry to the Tomoki fans... he won't be in here unless I find some weird way to fit him in.

So, review so I can continue... ^_^