Chapter 2: A new friend?

"Good morning!" Reika cheerfully shouted as she pulled her bed covers aside. She was expecting someone to greet her back. She realized that she is not in Germany anymore.

"Oh." She whispered. Anyway, today is her first day at her new school so she shouldn't be late for her class.

It was about 7:00 when she left her apartment. Classes start at 8. Yoshi! This would be the best first day here in Japan. Reika thought as she ran past the bridge. She happened to remember the guy who saved her yesterday.

"I haven't thanked him properly" She told herself. "I wish I could see him again.." She drifted herself into her own thoughts as she arrived at school.

7:45. still early she thought. "Maybe I should go to the principal's office first." And without further ado she found herself in the principal's office and of course the principal gave her some tips and advice and blah, blah, blah she was finally asked to go to her class.

"3-A it is," she said as she had a glimpse of the sign 3-A at the door

Before she opened the door, she could hear their sensei instructing them to be nice to their new classmate, and of course as they heard the phrase new classmate, whispers and giggles filled the air.

"Okay class; meet your new classmate Reika Umi." Our sensei said as I opened the door. Wow, nice timing She laughed inside her head.

"Hello, I'm Reika Umi from Germany. Hajimemashite." She gulped. She wasn't even sure if her pronunciation of "I'm pleased to meet you" in Japanese was correct.

"Reika-chan isn't it?" Her sensei let out a slight laugh. "You can sit to the empty chair there." Her teacher said as he pointed at an empty seat beside an auburn hair guy.

"Thanks"

She grabbed her things and went to the chair her teacher pointed at. She took a glance of her seatmate who was busy day dreaming and staring at the window.

He had auburn hair.

Wait a minute, auburn.. She thought for a bit. She was sure that she has seen that hair color and hair style before. But then again, she cleared her suspicions. It was impossible. Tokyo is a large city you know.

If I know he did not even notice that I was here. She thought. She then looked at her other classmates. Usually you would find people looking at you with smiles on their faces, but here my classmates, specifically the girls were staring with death glares.

"What did I do now?" She told herself as she tried to concentrate on the teacher's writing on the blackboard.

"Oh, I forgot." Sensei said. He did get our attention including the guy sitting next to me. "Since Reika-chan is new here, we need someone to tour her around the campus."

And to Reika's amazement, her classmates raised their hands one by one.

"Hmm, Tezuka."

"Hai, Sensei?" Tezuka said as his thoughts about the nationals were worked up.

Wait a minute, that voice. Shit. She looked at the guy sitting next to him. Glasses, auburn hair, brown eyes. No way. She was now panicking in her thoughts.

"Would you like to tour your new classmate around the school?" Their sensei smiled at him.

"… Sure" He said.

Why is it always me? He asked himself. Wait, new classmate? He thought, he was sure that he did not hear their sensei talk about a new student, or he really wasn't paying attention.

"Uhmm.. Hajimemashite, I'm Reika Umi" The girl beside her said as she extended her arm for a hand shake.

Tezuka looked at her. His eyes narrowed. He was perfectly sure that he had seen her face before. Ah, now he remembered. It was the girl he saved and called him a pervert.

He extended his arms and shook hers. "Tezuka Kunimitsu. Hajimemashite." Reika smiled, and it was really a fake one. She immediately looked at her classmates and the girls were staring at her again.

The bell rang. Lunchtime. Reika thought. She was preparing to stand up when someone went in front of her desk.

"Reika-san," He said. Well it's no other than Tezuka. "Can we start with your tour around the school?"

"Ah, sure" Reika said as she followed him around the campus.

Well, it was a very boring tour indeed. This "tour guide" only said two to three words in every building they went to, and didn't even bothered to smile. His expression when we left our building was the same until now.

What's wrong with this guy?

Reika was thinking of a way on how to thank him properly. He hasn't said a word about what happened yesterday so I think he forgot it already. But it is really impossible. Reika was battling in her mind when…

"Oooff," She bumped Tezuka

"Tezuka-san? What's wrong?"

"The tour ends here." He said with a plain flat voice

Oh. Okay, that was a verystupid question, Reika. She told herself

"Oh, thank you very much for your time Tezuka-san." She bowed down.

He was walking away again.

"A..no, Tezuka-san," Reika shouted

"What is it?" He said not facing her.

"I.. I really wasn't able to thank you properly yesterday. Thank you and I'm sorry if I called you a pervert." She bowed down again.

"It's fine. As long as you don't do that again."

"Hai." She said as she ran towards Tezuka.

"Friends?" She asked as he extended her arm.

"…" He was silent but he extended his arm as well.