Confused with Love
Prologue:
"Okaasan! Hayaku! I'm gonna be really late if you don't hurry." I practically yelled at my mom 'cause she was still upstairs getting dressed. "Hold your horses, Odoriko, I'll be right down in a sec!" She yelled back. "More of a decade, I'd say…" I sighed at that. My name is Miyane, Odoriko. I'm 15 years old studying in the International School of the Arts which is located here in Hokkaido, Japan. It's obvious that I love anything that has to do with art. I'm single, of course… so anyway, going back to my desperate state of going to school.
My mom finally came down the stairs of our mansion. I noticed something untidy at some point though… "Pfft Uh… Okaasan?" I said while trying holding my laugh in. "Yes?" my mom replied with sudden confusion as to why I'm trying to hold back my laughter. "Okaasan… what… happened… to you hair?" There, I couldn't hold back so I laughed… quietly, of course. "Hmmm? OH NO! The curls are all wrong! This is what happens when you rush me, Odoriko." My mom was all panicky about it but I was calm enough for my reply. "It isn't my fault that you overslept, Okaasan. We'll just fix that up later when we get in the limo… right now, we gotta go or I'll be late. And I can't afford to be late!" So we were off to our black limo and headed for school then off to my mom's company.
-Class 3-A-
I made it to my classroom, thankfully early as expected. My friends were just there, sitting and waiting for me to arrive since I am the student council president. Oh yes, a whole lot of responsibilities and paperwork. Ugh…
"RIKO-CHI! Where the hell have you been? You're late!" My best friend Mikozuki Mineko said while endlessly motioning my shoulders back and forth.
"I am?" I looked at my watch just to make sure the time isn't wrong. "But I'm really early than expected today…" I looked seriously confused. "And WILL you stop shaking me?! It's making me REALLY dizzy!" I yelled at Mineko.
"Oops… gomen. But you are still late though." Mineko finally let me go.
"Huh? Late? Late for what?" I stared at her while she was thinking of what to reply since she sometimes forgets what she wants to say when the time comes.
"Late for the new student pick-up." She snapped her finger as she said this.
"……" It took me long to respond back. "WHAT?!"
"There we go! Now she remembers!" Mineko clapped her hands. I really didn't know why she was happy to see my panicking. Goes to show that she's a sadist.
"Wait a minute… how many new students are we supposed to pick up anyway?" I asked.
"Just one actually… I read his file from the administrator's office. And I got it right here." She handed me folder with the file being contained in it.
"Hmm… it says he's 16 years old. And… he's from Mexico. Wait… MEXICO?! Why would he transfer ALL the way here from Mexi-- Mmmff!!" Mineko put her hand on my mouth making it hard to breathe since she was also covering my nose.
"When I take my hand off, do you promise not to yell like hell anymore?" She glared at me which was kind of scary.
I nodded in obedience and she finally took her hand off. I inhaled and exhaled a couple of times to normalize my breathing.
"Just read everything that's on that file and you'll find out why he's transferring here all the way from Mexico." Mineko said in reply to my yelling earlier.
She left me alone at my seat and went to our other friends. So basically, I was left there sitting and reading the rest of our new student's file. Finally, after reading all that was typed down there, I went back to Mineko and motioned her to move her butt off the chair and go to our Student Council Office to meet with our secretary Kohara Reira. Reira was busy with some of the unfinished paperwork and was also arranging some important student files to be handed over to the administrator's office.
-Student Council Office-
"Ohayou Reira-chan!" I said in a very cheery way and so did Mineko.
"Ohayou" She replied back with a smile.
"I see you're almost done with those unfinished paperwork." I looked through the papers which were already signed and in order.
"Yup! And I'm done arranging all those files. All I have to do is hand them to the admin before class starts." And again, she put up her neko-like smile on me which also showed her fangs.
Oh yeah I forgot to mention… in this school, we are known as normal humans. But in the reality of it, my friends and I are vampires. We were trained to resist on feeding out of random. So, all these years of living as vampires, and before entering this school together, we have resisted feeding on our fellow students or any person that would stand in our way. The students here do know that we are vampires. They were scared at first. But they've accepted the fact that we wouldn't hurt anyone for any matter. We would only snarl and show our fangs as a sign of warning due to their misbehavior at this prestigious school.
"Good thing the whole school knows that we're vampires or else all would be in chaos in our very peaceful school." Mineko reminded Reira once she flashed her pearly white fangs with her smile. I nodded at the reminder.
"Oh. It's time for us to pick up our new student." I glanced at my watch to check the time.
"I'll finish up here. You and Mineko go and pick him up. I still have to double check every arrangement here anyway." Reira suggested.
"You know what? I'll go. Mineko, go and help Rei with the final arrangements and after that you two can submit the other student files to the admin." I replied and smiled back at them.
"Hmm? Are you sure Riko-chi?" Mineko asked.
"Hai." I replied back and vanished to pick up our new student.
Pretty much, our students here got used to us three vanishing in and out of a place whether it was the school hallway, the classroom, or even the bathroom. And the vanishing from the bathroom was really hilarious for the first time our students knew that we were vampires. They weren't used to it that time. It took them around a month to get used to it. I'm wondering though… will our new student get used to it in less than a month or more than a month? Will he accept the fact that the student council members are vampires? What'll he think? Will he be scared and transfer to a new school again? All these thoughts suddenly bothered me while walking in a normal slow pace through the hallway. Once I caught sight of the Headmaster's office, my pace turned moderate. I turned to the door and knocked. I turned the doorknob and opened it slowly. I saw our new student standing in front of our dear Headmaster's desk still not facing me.
-Principal's Office-
"Ah… just in time, Odoriko-san." Headmaster Ryu said smiling sweetly as usual.
"Ohayou gozaimasu. Is he our new student, Headmaster?" I asked politely.
"Ah yes. His name is Adderly Valencia. As the file read, he transferred here from Mexico. His parents are still living in Mexico of course. But they will be leaving in a few days to work in another country. And since he has relatives here in Japan, his parents thought it would be a good idea for him to continue his studies here."
He finally faced me with a smile on his face. He was very handsome and I can see through his eyes that he wasn't an ordinary person. There was something different about him. Although, I couldn't put out what was different. He seems kind by the look of his face.
"I see. Well, Headmaster, we should be going. I still have to introduce him to the class and take him around campus. He shall skip today's classes first so he could get used to the overview of our prestigious school." I said with my serious but sweet smiling ivory face.
"On your way then, Odoriko-san and Adderly-san" Headmaster Ryu guided us to the door.
-Hallway-
I took our new student to the classroom although we were quiet for the first 2 minutes. I still kept wondering about the thoughts I had earlier. He doesn't seem scared of me at all. But that's because he still doesn't know I and the other two members of the student council are vampires. But if I told him… would he finally be scared of me? Or would he still keep his composure? It got utterly confused. He snapped me out of my thoughts when he finally spoke to me.
"So… I hear you are Miyane, Odoriko. Am I correct?" He said to me smiling.
"Mmhmm. I am. Yoroshiku onegaishimasu." I bowed politely. "So the files read that you're from Mexico, right, Adderly-san?" I asked just to make sure the files weren't wrong.
"Oh please, you can just call me Spook or Spooky. Don't ask why. It's quite comforting for me and everyone I know in Mexico calls me that." He filled me in some information and I was listening intently of course. I also filled his brain of information about the school and its rules and regulations.
"I see. Well you also know that I am responsible for your well-being in this school so you must be on your best behavior." I said firmly but as usual, sweetly.
"I understand. I promise I'll be on my best behavior while I'm here in this school. Is the boarding system here good? Now, I don't mean to ask that in an offending manner." He smiled.
"Hmm? The boarding system here is grand, of course. And no offense taken since you are our new student, you should be aware of your surrounding and get used to it." I smiled back.
We caught sight of our classroom. Finally… it was time for me to introduce him to everyone in the class. Our teacher was going to be late so it was my responsibility to do what I was asked.
"We're here. Normally, our new students would be too shy to speak and introduce themselves to class. What about you? Aren't you afraid?" I was wondering if he'd be different than the rest of the new students being introduced in front of the class.
"Me? Afraid? Nah. I'm used to speaking for myself anyway, so I'll be fine, don't worry about it, Odoriko-san." He smiled at me when he saw my worried look. I guess that answered my question whether he'd be afraid or not.
"Just call me Odoriko, okay? Well… time to get inside and you'll do almost all of the taking. After this, I'll take you around the campus." I said.
"Okay then, Odoriko. Wish me luck" He replied.
We were in for a new day with a new student. I'm thinking when I'll tell him that the student council members are actually vampires… maybe he'll find that out himself someday. But that wouldn't scare me one bit. The whole student body already knows what we are. He'll know that in time. It'll be better if we become close friends first before he panics about my real identity. I wonder if I'll also find out what's different about him. I guess I'll just wait and see.
