I'll make it fast. So, this is the second chapter. I know it still has many error. But, hope it rather better than before. I still want to keep the flow in slow. So, if you don't mind please keep reading it and let me know how i goes. :D

Still, all the rights are belongs to Toei

Stranger, we are

Ch. 2

Today is the third day, they didn't meet. He still always there, waiting the dark comes to him. But, She never there anymore since their last meeting and her proposal to be a stranger friend, She is gone.

He lost her. He lost his light, everything back normal as before, his loneliness, coldness, emptiness, and his darkness.

When his dark comes, He shrugged. Getting up from his position, He's letting out his emotion. He shouted loudly 'Aaaaaaaaaarrghhhh'.

He pants.

He feels relieved by doing that, but unfortunately his heart still feels empty. He grabbed his bag and walked slowly toward the exit.

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"Ah, so you're my new student. I'm Mr. Fujiyama. Come, follow me, I'll show you your class."

"Yes, thank you sir. Please take care of me."She said politely.

The forty years old man just smiled at her. He walks forward, guiding her, she follows him behind. Just a while after walks from the office teacher, she found herself stop following her new teacher.

"Before you in, I'll say good luck."

His word is full of worries from his tone. She smiled, knowing that she has a kind and thoughtful teacher.

"Thanks for your worries Mr. Fujiyama. I'll try my best."She smiled reassuringly.

He sighed, and then He opened the door in front of him. First, He left her out of the classroom to take a control from the chaotic class first.

"Okay, class. Now please silent, I have someone to introduce for you." He started. "Mrs. Yagami, come in." He said.

She takes a deep breath, She walk in toward her class. As she comes, she could feel all the eyes in the class dart at her. She takes a bow at her teacher first then move forward to her new classmates. She looking around, her eyes darted in two empty chairs at the corner class. She sighed then before she knows she started to introduce herself.

"Hello, good morning. I am new student from Kyoto. You can call me Ya … " She heard someone open the door. She startled, there a blond boy opens the door harshly and He has calm yet a cold face. There, she found herself stunned at him. They gazed each other, both has a same thought at their mind 'What are you doing here?'.

"Ah, Mr. Takaishi you're late again. We've new student now, as you can see here, she is from Kyoto." said Mr. Fujiyama.

The two still didn't break their gazed. They've plenty thought in their mind.

'E...ehm.' Mr. Fujiyama cleared his throat to get attention from both of them. It works. She looks away at him, her shoes suddenly more interesting to her. He looks at his teacher, his face still plain, hard to read.

"You let me in again this time." He murmured.

"Excuse me, did you say something?"Said Mr. Fujiyama.

"No, nothing sir."He shrugged, take a step to his spot, He pass her casually as they didn't know each other. As He passed she still looks admiringly at her shoes. They didn't make another eye contact to each other.

"Well, I don't want to ruin your first impression for your first day. But, we'll lost more precious time for my lesson if we continued your introduction." said Mr. Fujiyama, she nods. "Oke class, if you still want to ask a question to her, you can do that at the lunch time. For now, you can sit at the empty seat just…. Well, beside Mr. Takaishi. You can sit beside him now. There, the boy who is came late before."He pointed at his direction.

She bit her bottom lips, 'Today will be a long long day'. She take a step towards his direction, she manages to state in front of his table. He stiffed didn't move from his seat.

"Mr. Takaishi, I know you listened what I said before. Let her sit now."Said Mr. Fujiyama.

He glanced at her, He found her eyes again. Silently He gets up and letting her sat beside a window. Mr. Fujiyama sighed but He continued his job to teach his precious students.

Little they knew that boy has a little smile tug at his face. No one knows that, not even the girl beside him.

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"Takeru?" A spiky brown hair boy approach him. "You already came here? Wow, impressive."

"Don't talk to me. I just want to sleep now. So, you can move out or keep your mouth closed."

"Wow, slow down bro. I'm just… passing by I guess. Well, I just heard about new student, a girl, huh?" He glanced at him, He still stiffed. "You know, its Saki turn."

His body still stiffed but his eyes already open after Davis said his words.

A look of concerned showed in his face, but just for a moment, He put his cold stare again to answer his friends worries. "No, she'll fine."

"How do you know that? Before, She …."

"No, she'll fine."He said that again firmly, full of confident.

Davis startled, his friends just guaranteed someone that he didn't know or at least that what he thinks. "So, she's safe?"

"No."

He frowned, it's confusing for him to understand what he mean.

"I have a reason." He said, completing his sentence.

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Hikari POV

The class is already over, and here I am just sit in my desk feeling lonely in my first day. It's lunch time. He left me alone here, after skip the class. She sighed, such a nice manner towards new students.

"So, you're new student, huh?"A voice came from behind me.

I looked up, and found three girls surrounding me. I give them nodded and smiled.

"Ah, sorry her tone is always like that. It's too rude to a new people."Another different voice talked, and it seems more politely than the first one.

"It's okay. I'm fine with that. Besides, I should to be the one to introduce my self first."I smiled.

"Nah, see, she's okay with that Tami. You're the one that too hyperbolic here."Said the girl with black long hair, I recognized her as the first one who came towards me by her rough voice.

I smiled, they aren't really bad at all, I think.

"Ah, sorry to interrupt you guys. But I think I should introduce myself properly."I stood up, facing them. "I'm the new student from Kyoto. My name is H….."

My voice stopped, I'm startled, suddenly someone grabbed my hands, interrupted my second try to introduce myself.

Normal POV

Hikari stood up, already to bow towards her new friends but someone grabbing her hands and dragging her. She startled and shocked, of course, she never imagined being dragged by someone around the school corridor and watched by every eyes whom passing by. She is trying to struggle, but the hands hold her hands firmly. She yelled at the person, but it didn't make any difference. She is tired, and just follows the command of the dragger. Strangely, no one dare to say something. The people at the corridor just eyeing her dragged by this person plainly, some looks furious, but they have same looks on their eyes, a pity look. She blinked with confusion.

Suddenly the person stopped the track. They stop at the garden behind the school, no one there. Her hands finally got the freedom. Hikari knew, something must be up, she already knew who dragged her. That's one of her reason to stop struggled after realizing that. How can't? They sat beside each other this morning.

"Why are you here?"He said still facing her with his back.

"You dragged me around the school, interrupted both my introducing session, and now you just asked me that? Thank's for your really 'thoughtful' manner then."She said, patting her hand in pain.

"Don't lure my question. Answered me, why are you here? Why are you come here?"

"Why? Is it forbidden for me to study here? Any rules about that?"

"That's not what I meant. You know who I am already but why you still came to this school. Are you coming to make a reason?"

She flinched. "What? Even I don't know your name or your address. Why you judge me to know your school? Who do you think I am? Sherlock?"said her, trying to controlled her emotion.

He turned to faced her, watched her with serious face. It's hard to guess what he has on his mind.

"Now you know I'm here. Why don't you run? You know what I'm gonna do to you. You're on my territory."His voice changed more calmly, His eyes show some concerned.

"Since you have a reason now, I…."

"Why don't you stopped being nice to me and turned your back then, run?"He said. She could see his facial expression now, full of worry. Is he worried about her?

"I can't."She said slowly.

Her eyes look at his eyes reassuringly. She wants to tell, she'll fine and he didn't need to worry about her. But not a single word comes from her mouth.

"You didn't understand. I'm not the one."

"What do you mean?"She looks at him questionably.

He sighed. "You'll see."

"Don't underestimate me. I can take care of myself, you'll see how good I deal with it."

"No, you can't."He said firmly.

She jolted. It looks really aren't joked. It's serious, then.

A minute, He looks lost at his mind, he looks cute though while he doing that. But, she won't admit it.

"Okay, I know what to do."Suddenly he said. She looks at him confused, but he didn't even say a clue to her.

"Just get going with it. Show me you can handle it."He said after all. Then, he left her, again.

"What?"She said, dumbfound. "Hey, you can't drag me here and said something like that and … and left without tell me anything."She shouted, but his reply just shaking his hands in the air. "He really knows how to make a fun of me. Haish!"She pouted at his leaving direction.

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She is back to her class. Because of him, she skipped her lunch time. She is really feels hungry, now. But, the bell already rang. She lost her chances.

Her class heard so noisy from out there. She sighed. That's means the teacher isn't coming yet. Slowly, she opens the door. Take a step to the class. As she in, the loud voice suddenly disappear, their eyes watched her furiously. But no one dare to speak aloud to her. She felt uneasy by sudden reaction she achieved. Truth, she is never in the center of attention like this before. What's so interesting about her that makes them acted like that?

Crap! That stupid plain face! He is really a troublesome here.

She tried to ignore them and walked towards her seat. Three girls who is tried to make friends with her before watched her in sharp eyes, as she made a big mistakes.

Another sounds opening door came. A person walked across passed her, didn't affected by the surrounding. That's him. She needs to talk to him, but in this situation that's hard one. She follows him from the back and stop as he reaches their seat. He stood near his chair didn't say a word just stood. She understands what he meant, he just letting her in first. At least, he has little sensed. She takes her step and sits at her spot, together with him.

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She washed her hands in wastafel, she's got permission from her teacher to go to the toilet. Not because she wanted, but because she need to get her head cooling down. The atmosphere in her class is in high tension, eventhough the teacher already there but she can feel all their emotion tried provoke her. She splash her face with the water, it feels better now. She inhaled deep breath from her nose, letting the air fill her lungs.

"So you're a new student, huh?" She turned her head instantly as she heard someone talking to her. She found a girl with a long black hair stood with the arm tangled. She nods.

"You still look fine 'till this hour. Interesting."

She questioned her. "What do you mean?"

"Nothing. Better to wait what will happen, though. There's no fun to spoil a secret."She grinned at her then take a step to go out of the toilet. "Just be careful with your step." She said.

She frowned, this school surely has a lot of surprise to get rid off.

She is finishing her crowded mind with a last splash of water. 'You'll fine, Hikari'.

She opened the door knob and just takes a step out before she crashed into a bucket of water, she tried to avoid the evidence but another thing caught her off guard. A broom make her step stumble, before she knows she is aiming the bucket again and successfully take her down with a big splashed.

'Aarrghhhh'.

She groaned at herself. Finally she got the first warm welcoming 'party'. All her clothes are soaked, its better if the water is clean. Sadly, it is not. It's the water from the cleaning service used for cleaning the floor.

What should she do? No one there, all of the students are on the class now. She can't just take a seat casually in the class with this condition. But, she couldn't skip the class too, in her first day, if that person knows, he'll think I'm weak.

She groaned, caressing her soaked shirt even though she knows it isn't make any different. She tried to calm down, breathing furiously as its rare oxygen. Finally found her steady, she stood up and placed the bucket and the broom in the corner of the walls, and then she cleaned the wet floor just as necessary if someone got the same events as her. What a day!

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Its 30 minutes after she got the permission to the toilet. It must be suspicious to them. For the first day, she got best impression already. She opened the door slowly and takes a step in the class. Again, all their eyes eyeing her, they didn't need to asked what happen, they're already knew it. The teacher also, but she still asked her where she is in whole 30 passed minutes, why she changed her clothes to the little bigger one, why her hair is wet, and another question to showed her concern. She answering her calmly that it just her careless to slip in the toilet and barked the bucket of water. While answering the entire question, she is trying take a little glance to the boy he hope hearing what she said to the teacher. But, he acknowledges it. He sat calmly on his seat not even watching her. She disappointed.

Bowing to the teacher and said she is fine, she back to her seat. He merely make her just pass by not even showing his concern toward the person he know. She pouted by his action. He isn't showing a worried expression, he just plain. She sighed. Yes, he is the one Mr. Plain Face.

One hour later….

The bell rang, the school is over. People already take their belongings and going out from the class one by one. She aware that all her new classmates already left, leaving both of them. He didn't move from his spot since she take a seat beside him after the accident. She glanced at him. Didn't he want to go home? If he didn't move from his spot, how could she go home now? Weather yes or not but it's really annoying her? She really wanted to go home so hard after that accident.

"Didn't you say you can handle it?"Finally, he said something to her.

"What?"She is questioning him. "Ah, yes, I said it. But, even if I get the 'pleasure', it doesn't mean I can't handle it. I can handle to not look weak. I still know how to smiled, am I?" she said with smiling to him.

He startled and looks at the other direction to hide his blushed. "I'm not saying you are weak. But you need to be aware and 'not to careless with your step'. Look at your surrounding, even they looks fine they aren't really looks fine." He said, facing forward the board.

"I know. I guessed, that's my off guard back then."She said, solemnly.

"You better watched your step."He said.

She startled, facing him with confused look "I think I've heard that before."

"You better heard that every time now."He stood up, looking directly to her. "Go on first, I'll be right behind you."

"You want to walk me home? I'm not the little girl you know. I can walk home myself."She pouted.

"I just want to go to the park. Isn't that near your house? Why I should walk you home?"He said calmly.

Her face blushed as she heard what he said. "Oh, let's get going then. I want to go there to." She stood up and shrugged him off to hide her blushed.

"No, you won't." He caught her wrist, and placed his sweater to her. She stunned by his actions, her face redder. He cared for her. "Go home or ..." He is leaning to her, making her blushed even more and whispered to her ear. "I'll kill you." She shocked.

He walked pass her this time, going to the exit door. Literally leaving that girl stunned.

"Hey!" Finally, she got her realization. "You said you'll always behind me!" She shouted and made him stopped automatically.

She smiled "Haa, good boy!". She walked lightly passed him and make out her tongue to him. She opened the door and walked casually to her home. Along while she walk, she got her body warmer, his sweater help her increasing her temperature. She smiled unknowingly reminding her situation before.

Takeru walked behind her, watching from her back. It's all he can do, for now. Being one of them, He can't make things suspicious. But, He needs to make sure she is safe by now. It's just her first day. He watched her worriedly, acknowledge by his protectiveness toward her.

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So, this is it. Sense something like de ja vu? Yes, I admit it. I insert a scene from Koreans Drama 'The Heirs'. Nothing special, but I just love the scene and can't help to smiling like a fool when watching it. There, when the girl character reminding her boyfriend words when he said 'I will always behind you, keeping you safe' in rather playfully way. Sorry, but sadly I also don't own 'The Heirs' matter.

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