Chapter 1

The words of students blurred out each other, most carrying rumors of the new student from the junior high school, the supposed genius.

"I heard he out-scored the entire the junior high school and the high school!"

"So this kid's completely jumping first year studies and going straight to second year?"

"Yeah, and he's also skipping half of the year he was currently in!"

I quietly paced myself between the students, hoping to avoid the attention. Of course, I could still feel the stares of many. Well, it did come with the style…

"Alright everyone! I've tolerated your rumors of the new student long enough, and I'm flat out tired of it! So here he is…"

Sigh… there's my que…

I opened the door and stepped in, eyes head up but eyes closed. I didn't want to make eye contact. At all. I heard tons of shocked squeals and whispers, probably about the gender misconception.

"Oh. A female." Even the teacher seemed shocked, but I heard a note of disgust in her voice, unlike the pleased males in the class. I heard a girl in the back comment about how they've received so many more female transfer students than males, and how she was looking forward to a cute guy. I sighed a little and opened my eyes for the first time, but only part way. I still didn't want to even consider eye contact, but it seemed inevitable.

"Hi… I'm Maem Kojisuka. Pleasure..." I did a slight curtsy, which had become a bit of habit as of late.

Before the teacher could get any more foul words in, I found my way to the only empty seat in the room. I once again felt the leering stares of my peers, but it was no longer because of the outfit (Which was actually a black v-neck blouse with a silver cross charm hanging off the tip of the collar, complete with black half-sleeves lined with white lace. As for my skirt, it was a ankle length layered skirt with lace edgings).

When classes where finally over, I slumped over in my chair and lay my upper torso on my desk. "Ugh… why must they all call on me…?"

"Probably because they wanted to test out our new genus' brains?" Startled, I sat up and looked up to see a grinning face leering above me. It was the boy I sat behind, the one who wore the headphones around his neck.

"Hehe… You startled me" I laughed. He had kind eyes and he seemed to be friendly enough…

He stood up straight and put his hands in his pockets. "Yosuke Hanamura, next in line to Junes!"

"You mean that big store near the shopping district? I don't go there too often, but I've heard some good things about it…"

"Woaaaaaah, Yosuke, already hitting on the new girl, huh? Talk about bold, even for you!" A blonde walked oven laughing.

"C-chie?!? Can't you leave me alone for five minutes?" Yosuke yelled.

"Hey, don't get mad at me! Don't you remember our little agreement?"

"Not the steak again… Chie, can't you make your own money for once?"

"It was a deal! And no backing out, got that?!?"

This was obviously an argument, and I really wasn't too interested in getting stuck in the middle of it.

"I'm sorry, you'll have to excuse them." A long haired, delicate looking girl approached me. "I'm Yukiko, and that's Chie. I'm pretty sure Yosuke already introduced himself, and this," she pointed to a quiet-looking guy with whitish hair, "is Shujinkō"

"Nice to meet you…" he said.

All the while, Yosuke and Chie kept fighting.

"Umm… How long are they gonna keep at it?" I asked.

"Um, probably a while." Yukiko answered, seeming almost embarassed.

So… you wanna find something to do?