"Thank you for accepting me so late into the year Headmaster Cross. I really appreciate this opportunity." The headmaster smiled across the table at the nervous girl. She too wore a smile, yet had an air of bleakness about her. "You really don't have to thank me Leina, Cross Academy is very happy to have you here." The golden haired man spoke. "Now, I believe that my Yuki has already gone through the student handbook with you?" Leina tucked some of her long, hazel hair behind her ear. "Yes sir, she has been most welcoming toward me." Kaien stood up and adjusted his glasses, still smiling from ear to ear, even more so when Leina had complimented Yuki. "I always expect nothing less from my dear daughter! Did she show you the way to the girl's dormitories? Will you be able to find your way there now?" Leina stood and bowed. "Yes headmaster, she actually showed me to my room earlier, thank you. I should be fine getting there myself." She walked to the wooden door and opened it, about to leave when the seemingly ditzy man called to her again. "Leina-san! One more thing! You're school uniform should be hanging up in your closet, and in the morning Yuki will be waiting to escort you to your first class. Rest well now, goodnight!" Leina bowed once more and made her way into the dark corridor. Cross Academy. She was finally here. The building seemed a lot more ominous in the darkness than it did in the sunlight. The corridor she walked down was lined with large windows, through which hazy moonlight streamed. The girl hurried on, not really liking the feeling of being alone in this strange place. At last, she reached a familiar door, entering through it quickly. Leina closed the door quickly behind her and locked it, flopping down on the large, luxurious bed, stretching out with a sigh. Luckily, she had been given a single room, even though she had heard most of the girls in the Sun Dormitory shared. For this she was very grateful. She leaned over to her bedside table and pulled out a small glass bottle, opened it and dropped two large white pills into her palm, before putting them into her mouth and swallowing them with a large mouthful of water from a standing glass on the table. She coughed and closed her eyes.
The next few days went by without a hitch. A boring routine of sleeping, classes and studying, sleeping, classes and more studying. Leina sighed and stretched as she stood up from her desk, the other students around her moving to leave as well. She heard the excited whispering and gossiping of groups of the class's girls, talking enthusiastically about seeing 'The Night Class'. Yuki had briefly explained about this supposedly 'elite' group of students, and the evening routine of adoring fans and screaming girls. Leina had never been to the daily event herself, feeling that it seemed quite stupid to idolize people simply because they had good looks. A sharp pain shot suddenly through the brunette girls head and rippled down to her chest. "Not again!" She thought, putting all of her effort into not doubling over in agony. She held a hand tightly to her chest and gritted her teeth, glad that most of the class had left the room. Taking a few deep breaths, the pain slowly receded. She reached into her pocket to find her medicine, but when she pulled it out, found that it was completely empty of pills. She closed her eyes, irritated that she would now have to sneak out of school to retrieve some more. "Kinomiya-san." Leina felt fingers lightly brush her shoulder from behind, and she turned around, surprised. "Oh hello there Wakaba-san." She tried to put on a convincing smile for the auburn haired girl. "Please, you can call me Sayori. Are you ok Kinomiya-san? It seemed like you were in pain a second ago." Leina racked her brains quickly; she didn't like anybody to know about her illness. "Haha, you don't need to worry Sayori-san, I was just stiff from sitting in the same position for too long!" Sayori didn't look very convinced, but nodded her head slowly. Leina regarded the small, bronze haired girl. Leina had never been very good at making friends; she always found making conversation with people quite awkward. But this girl, Sayori Wakaba, seemed different from most people. She and Leina had instantly got along and she thought maybe it was something to do with them both being somewhat introvert. "Well, I'm going to head back to my dorm room, see you Sayori." Leina grabbed her bag and made a hasty exit from the classroom. She didn't realize how much time she had actually spent dawdling in there, she really needed some medicine. Her vision was starting to become hazy, so she started to run. She would have to risk sneaking out of the school sooner rather than later, which meant getting around Yuki Cross and Zero Kiryu. It was during her plots of evasion that she ran headlong into somebody and was knocked roughly to the ground. She coughed and the shock of the fall caused another bout of pain to spread through her chest. She clutched herself and looked up to find the reason for her fall. What she saw shocked her more than the fall. She was staring up at the most beautiful boy she had ever seen. His dark hair fell across his face as he leaned forward to offer a hand to help her up. "Are you alright?" His voice chimed like bells. Leina stared at his hand, dumbfounded, before pushing herself up from the ground, ignoring the boy's outstretched hand. Behind him stood many others, their white uniforms very hard to mistake, it must be the night class. She reprimanded herself for being so late in leaving the classroom. The majority of them were glaring daggers at her. "How dare you refuse Kaname-samas kindness? You ungrateful, clumsy human!" A particularly angry girl with long caramel coloured hair screeched at Leina. "Now now, Ruka. It was quite clearly an accident. Leave the poor girl alone" The one called Ruka was silenced by another tall, handsome boy. This one with very light blonde hair and green eyes. Leina was about to speak, when another spasm of pain shot through her, she gripped her front once more and bowed slightly, needing to get away from these crazy students. "Gomen, I didn't mean to run into you." The one called Kaname smiled softly and nodded, before heading into the classrooms. His beautiful party began to follow, Ruka still throwing Leina looks of disdain. Leina didn't have time for this nonsense. She picked up her bag and was about to run off again, when she was stopped by a firm grip around her upper arm pulling her to a halt. What now? She thought desperately. She turned to look at the cause of her hindrance. It was another night class student. He was like a beautiful vision, with golden blonde hair and piercing, cold blue eyes. His uniform was immaculate and not a single hair of his messy waves was out of place. Leina was entranced by him, which somewhere in the back of her mind, she found strange. She snapped out of it, with much self discipline. On his face was an annoying smirk. "Would you let go of me please? I really need to go." She struggled to pull her arm out of his surprisingly strong grip. "You're new here, aren't you?" His voice was deep and mesmerizing. Leina stared up at him quizzically. "Yes, I am. Now please let go of me!" The blonde let go of her arm and held his palms up to her in a gesture of peace. "Ok, ok! Anything for such a pretty new day class student." Leina blushed despite herself. She didn't know what to say to this boy. "Look, I really have to leave, so if you don't mind…Its bad manners not to introduce yourself you know." He interrupted her. "My name is Hanabusa Aidou, may I ask yours?" Leina sighed and looked away as she spoke. "Leina Kinomiya." Aidou smirked again, and without the girl even realizing it, he was slowly backing Leina up against a wall as he spoke. "That's a really pretty name, Leina-chan." His body was extremely close to hers now and he ran a finger gently down her soft cheek. He lifted her face up by her chin, forcing the confused girl to look into his eyes. Leina dropped her bag onto the floor. She shivered where he touched her face, and tried to remember what had been so important that she needed to leave. "You smell amazing, Leina-chan…" He leaned toward her, his face very close to the crook of her neck and took a deep breath. Leina felt heat spread down her body. She vaguely wondered why he was doing this to her, and more importantly, why she was letting him. It was in this moment, which a crippling spasm of pain shot through the girl's chest, forcing her to crumple to the ground. She let out an involuntary cry. Aidou backed away, shocked. He stared down at her with slightly widened eyes, wondering what he'd done to cause such a reaction. Leinas eyes scrunched together. "Hey, what's wrong with you?" Despite her attempts to stop it, a few rogue tears fell from her eyes. She was so fed up of living with this pain. She took some gasping breaths, embarrassed that this night class boy was witnessing her weakness. Aidou frowned, not knowing what to do. He offered her his hand to help her up, which she slapped away indignantly. "Just leave me alone! I don't need your help!" He narrowed his eyes angrily at the stubborn girl. "Who the hell does she think she is?!" He was about to grab the ungrateful girl, but she had hauled herself to her feet, grabbed her bag and ran off towards Cross Academies exit. "And where does she think she's going?" He was intrigued by her, intrigued by her lack of interest in him. Her blood smelled amazing and he felt a strong urge to go after her, to hunt her down. His felt his fangs lengthen as he watched her run into the distance, and he weighed the options of staying in class, or seeking some amusement. He grinned and licked his lips sadistically.