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Kougyoku let out a gasp in awe as she drove up towards her campus. She had seen millions of pictures from the website, but the architecture was even more stunning up close.

"Let's see, there's a lot of Arabic influences, but it also has this Mediterranean feel, not Greek or Roman, maybe Turkish or-" She was brought back down to earth by a lean figure jumping in the middle of the road.

Immediately she slammed the breaks, but she still accidentally bumped the person, causing them to fall over.

"Oh no," Kougyoku frantically unbuckled herself and ran out to check on the poor student. God she was so stupid, this wasn't happening. Dear Lord, she didn't just kill a person on her first day at college, did she? Oh no.

"Oh my god, I'm so sorry, are you alright?" Kougyoku bent down to check on the student.

"Hey chill, it was just a tap." A familiar voice groaned. At once, all the hairs on the back of her neck stood up, and Kougyoku had to keep from screaming once she saw his face.

"No way," She shook her head in disbelief. "Judal Maveros?"

The man stretched his arms before turning to face Kougyoku. "How do you know my-"

"You're the weirdo that dated my cousin when he was going through his emo phase!" A red painted fingernail was thurst accusingly in his face. "How in the world did you end up at Sindria University?"

"Ugh, you must be a Ren kid," Judal sighed as he ran a hand through his black ponytail. "Who are you again? All ya'll names start with either Kou- or Haku- seriously who does that to their kids?"

"I'm Ren Kougyoku." She crossed her arms as she stared him down.

"Oh I remember you, kinda?" He looked her over while scratching his chin. "Well Miss Kougyoku, believe or not, you can be smart without being rich."

"I know you're smart, but you also almost burnt our high school down. Hakuryuu was this close to being expelled"

"Key word: almost. Besides I was already accepted when that little incident happened."

"Oh my god, how in the world did this happen?" Kougyoku stood up and started pacing, "I didn't hit a stranger, I hit my cousin's ex!"

"I said calm down, I'm alright." He gave her a reassuring pat on the back. "Tell you what, how about I buy you a drink to calm your nerves?"

"I still haven't moved into my dorm yet."

"That can wait. Around lunch some seniors gather to help freshman move in. We can kill time til then and leave them with all the work." Before she could even reply, he was already moving to the passenger side of her car. "Come on I know a cheap cafe that doesn't suck."

Kougyoku had to admit his argument was sound. And it wasn't like he was a stranger. Judal wasn't her for choice for the first to meet here, but she could trust him not to be too creepy.

"I guess so." She sighed as she climbed into the driver seat. She was about to start the car again when a thought just hit her. "Wait a sec," She swiveled her head to face him. "I hit you, and you're buying me a drink? If anything I should be treating you!"

"Whatever, think of it as a welcome gift or something," He made some vague gestures. "Anyway first take a right down there and I'll give more directions as we go."

Kougyoku sighed again as she complied. This wasn't at all like he expected her first day of college to go like.

A.N. For anon on tumblr as part of a celebration of 555 followers (sorry it took so long) Judal may or may not have meant that to be a date