That Idiot

A freshman was walking to school, listening to music as always on her iPod on April 1st. It was on loud volume and she didn't notice any of her surroundings. She didn't care about them either and vice versa. This was her way of her escaping reality. Her name is Tsubomi Kido.

Kido would distance herself from others and would like to "disappear" from this world. She has nobody, only her iPod full of powerful lyrics. Today, was Kido's first day of high school. High school...without her, she thought. This is going to be a crappy year to her. She walked and only noticed the cherry blossoms, not the other students walking by her. It's spring and there was a slight breeze.

"HEY, GET OUT OF THE WAY!" A guy shouted while riding on his bike, heading towards Kido. But of course Kido, with her music, couldn't hear a thing. Then...

WHAM!

Kido's earphones flew out of her ears from the impact.

"Ow," Two high school students groaned in unison. They landed on the concrete ground.

The guy got up quickly and said, "Oi, didn't you hear me earlier?" He looked slightly irritated.

Kido looked up at him. He had short blonde hair and yellow, cat-like eyes. Probably some delinquent, she thought. A moment later, she said bluntly, "No...sorry."

He sighed and offered her his hand, but she just ignored it and got up on her own. Kido dusted off her school uniform, grabbed her earphones, and turned to walk away. When she was just about to listen to music again, he asked, "Are you a freshman? What's your name?"

Kido awkwardly replied, "I am a freshman and you can call me Kido." Kido was actually hoping he wouldn't need to because she thought that that would be the last time they would meet and talk.

The guy wore a cheerful grin and said, "Cool. You can call me Kano. I'm also a freshman," while pointing to himself with his thumb. Kido didn't say anything back.

Awkward silence...

Kano scratched his head nervously and said, "Uh...so I guess I'll see you around maybe." He left with his bike.

Kido put her earphones back on finally. She noticed that one side didn't play any sound. Kido sighed and said to herself, "Damn it. Guess I need to buy another pair sometime this week. I'll probably go after school." She didn't like listening to music with only one ear. It felt so wrong. She wanted to enjoy the music with both of her ears. A part of her just died right now. She was helpless without music. Her earphones weren't working properly...all because of that boy named "Kano".

She put her iPod in her backpack and she continued walking to school without music this time. Kido walked into the school gym and took a seat. The school was holding a school entrance ceremony for the first years right now. Parents were also there. Her parents weren't there. The principal made some opening remarks encouraging students to have a wonderful experience at school. The teachers were introduced and some older students made some speeches. Kido was sitting on her seat quietly listening. Then, from the corner of her eyes, she saw a familiar boy. She turned her head and saw the same boy from earlier. She was mad at him for making her earphones not work. The boy noticed her staring at him and turned to her. He smiled at her and waved. Kido just ignored him and turned away.

Finally, all the speeches were done. The ceremony ended with the older students singing the school song. The new students were led to their classrooms by their homeroom teachers . She made it to her classroom and still ignored everyone. The teacher told everyone to introduce themselves. One by one, everyone introduced themselves. Kido wasn't really paying attention as usual. She saw the person in front of her stand up. Then, she heard a familiar voice and name.

"Hey! I'm Shuuya Kano. It's nice to meet everyone. I hope we have a good year together." The guy in front of her said happily. He sat back down and Kido looked at him with widened eyes.

Kido's POV
I almost fell out of my seat when I heard that name. No! No! No! It can't be! The idiot who damaged my headphones is in my class! Also, he's sitting right in front of me. Oh my god! What if he tries to talk to me or even worse...wants to be my friend!? What did I do to deserve this? I was so deep in thought that I didn't even realize that it was my turn to introduce myself.

"Oh." I accidentally let out.

The class laughed, much to my embarrassment. My felt my face getting warmer. I noticed the idiot had the same silly grin he showed me from earlier. Damn it. So much for not being noticed by people.

I awkwardly got up and said, "Ah. Sorry. My name is Tsubomi Kido. I like listening to music and have no interest in being friends with anyone, so don't bother talking to me." I sat back down and everyone was quiet and looked shocked. The person after me stood up and introduced herself and the introductions continued.

After what seemed like a century, it was finally lunch. I quickly left the classroom, walked through the hallway, and went out to the school roof. I just stood there as the wind blew. My long green hair flowed gently with the wind. The first thing that came to mind was suicide on this roof. I hated myself for thinking about it. I keep thinking that suicide wasn't that bad. It seems like my second way to escape. My first way of escaping is through music. I suddenly felt someone's presence. I turned around and saw the "idiot". That's just great.

Wow. I have edited this chapter for like five times. I did some research on Japanese school systems and did my best to make it a realistic story taking place in a school in Japan.