Chapter 1: New Day

7:00 AM-7:15
It's a beautiful morning in Tokyo, the streets is busy as always. With lovely cherry blossom trees showering the sidewalks and paths with petals that were being blown by the wind, giving off a calming mood. It's time for a new day. It's the day when the midterm exams begin. The Tamers are finally mature teenagers, proud college students, ready to build their future, and achieve what they've been dreaming to become.

Jenrya Lee, Hirokazu Shiota, Kenta Kitagawa, and Ryo Akiyama all live in a dorm. Except for their other friends. Their dorm keeper, Daichi Nakamura, who's an elder aged man, is seen sweeping outside the dorm, humming happily. During the first year, he always cherished the Tamers.
He is also an excellent chef, preparing the best meal to feed them.

While Ruki Makino, who still lives with her mom and grandmother, is seen walking on the sidewalk, on her way to start a new day. She's fully prepared to take the midterm exam of computer engineering.
Yes, computers and such is not her thing. But she did it for one reason: To stay with her friends. Even though she did not move to the dorm where all her friends are living in, she can still hang out with them during lunch, after school, weekends, vacations, etc. She took the same classes as her friends did. She is also taking course in chemistry. She is often found coming out of the chemistry lab when she succeeds in an experiment, but also known to be an expert in explosions. But.. there is also another reason, which seems to be her hidden secret about why she decided to major in computer engineering.

However, two of her friends are not with her in the same university as other the Tamers are in. Takato and Juri are in different colleges. Takato is in an art college, majoring in art. He wants to be a manga-ka. He's planning to create a shonen story that's based on his experience with Digimon. He's going to name his manga "DigiClash!" While Juri is in medical school, achieving her dreams to become a doctor. Juri and Takato are currently dating. Despite the fact that they're in different colleges, they still see each other.

7:15 AM-7:35 AM
The sun rays is shining down the window of Jenrya's room. He is asleep on his desk, which is apparently scattered with notes and opened books. Annoyed by the bright light, dark lashes began to flutter open. Slowly sitting up, He scans the room and finds his best buddy, Terriermon, asleep. Then, he rubs his tired eyes and looks at his clock. Because of his tired eyes, he can't look at the time well, so he grabs his glasses, and looks at it again closely. 7:35 AM. His exam starts at 8. He immediately stands up in panic, grabs his books, fixes his glasses and dashes out of the room. He stops by the kitchen counter and gulps down a glass of milk, then grabs a bun, shoves it in his mouth and runs off the building.
"Ittekimasu!" he yells out to Daichi as he runs. Daichi simply smiles and yells back "Be careful!"

He isn't the only one who needs to be in a hurry though. Ryo is seen taking his sweet time combing his hair, trying to look fashionably cool. He puts his comb down and walks out the building. Then, he glances at his watch and reads that he is going to be fashionably late if he doesn't run for it. "Damn it!" he curses as he dashes forward. (AN: Don't worry, Jen isn't nerdy. xD The glasses are only temporary. He is still the cool guy that most of you think.)

7:35 AM-7:50AM

Safe! Jenrya made it to class, followed by his friend Ryo. They sat in their own respective desks. His Tamer friends are seen taking out their equipments 10 mins before the bell rings. He sighs in relief and looks around. Then, his heart skips a beat as he sees the girl of his dreams; Ruki Makino. He always had feelings for her ever since junior high. He's happy to know that she's attending the same college with the same major as he is.

Ruki is seen standing, cleaning her glasses with her sweater. She can somehow feel that someone is looking at her from the back. She glances over her shoulder and sees Jenrya grinning at her. Then, she turns around and smiles at him brightly. With this, his heart begins to beat faster. Just seeing her smile makes his heart race fast enough as if it's needs to burst out his rib cage. She puts on her pair of glasses and wishes him good luck with a wink.
"Ganbatte ne, Jen."
"Ah, you too." He said, smiling happily.

10 minutes pass, and the bell rings. Time for the exams to begin. As the papers are passed, the teacher says "Well then, begin." The sounds of papers flipping echoes across the room, and a silent tension befalls the classroom. The sound of pencils tapping, scribbling, fast writing begins to echo. Students are seen fully focused on the exam questions. While some others are seen biting their finger nails and sweating terribly.
Jenrya reads the first question, and scribbles down his answer. He proceeds to the other questions with ease, making it seem like that night he stayed up studying and revising paid off.

Meanwhile, Ruki also proceeded to other questions. Although, she seems to be stuck in one. She stares at it, trying to process her mind, but she can't think of anything. She reads the question again and again, but still, she can't think of the right answer.
"Looks like there is only one way to get through." She thought with a mischievous smile.

Jenrya is now in the third page. Just a few more pages, and he's done. He glances at Ruki, and noticed a little smirk on her profile. He raised a brow, wondering what is she smirking for. He also noticed how slowly she scanned the class as she slowly sinks in her seat.
"Ruki..? Wait.. don't tell me she's going to.."

+owari+

AN: Well, my first fic of JenRuki! I hope you guys enjoyed it. Whoever reads this since this fic is new and late, please R&R as I proceed to the next chappy. I'm not sure how things are in Tokyo or college, I'm still a student. But it looks like I'll have to do researches for this fic. :P I could be wrong about everything but hey.. more importantly, it's about JenRuki.