Chapter One: A girl in a guy's uniform?
"I'm leaving now!" Yuma called out to his sister before attempting to walk out the door to go to school.
And failing miserably.
"Hold on a minute!" Akari called back before marching over to her younger brother, who had a look on his face that just said, oh shit. "You never go to school this early! What's going on?" his sister continued in an extremely demanding tone, leaning down to look him in the eye. Yuma, however, didn't say anything. He just looked at his sister for a second, before bolting out the door before Akari could say anything else to him, not wanting to listen to a lecture about honesty and telling the truth when asked for about ten minutes. He could deal with that when he got home as he'd probably just fall asleep in the middle of the lecture anyway.
Yuma had been running for about five minutes straight when he saw Inferno's trademark hair; long, bright red, and so spiky it could pop a balloon. Then, he skidded to a halt right in front of her to talk to her. This was when he noticed something wasn't quite right.
"Uh, Inferno?"
"Yes, dumbass?"
"Why are you wearing the boy's uniform?"
Inferno looked down at her shirt and trousers, before looking back at Yuma.
"I fucking hate skirts and dresses," she deadpanned.
"Takashi's going to kill you."
"Who the hell is Takashi?"
The rest of the journey to school was Yuma talking about all of his friends and how they met. Yuma expected Inferno to be pissed off with a couple of the ways he and a few of his friends had become close, but she just smiled and laughed.
"You never change, do ya?"
"What do you mean?"
"You're always so forgiving! How the fuck do you do it? I can only dream of having that much patience."
"Well, I don't know. It's just who I am, I suppose. There really was no real reason for me to forgive them, but I think everyone deserves a chance."
"Dude, you're unbelievable."
Soon enough, the pair reached the school. The grounds were practically empty as it was early. Only a few students wandered around aimlessly around the grounds, waiting for the school bell to ring so they could go inside. None of Yuma's friends were there yet, so they just found a bench and sat down, staring into space. A few minutes had passed when a certain greenette made an appearance.
"Yuma!" Kotori chirped as she came running up to meet her best friend, before continuing, "You're actually here on time! Not only that, but you're early! I am so proud of you!" she cheered. She then looked over and realised that a girl was sitting next to him, trying to avoid eye contact. Said girl then stood up, and began to walk away. Kotori had a confused and slightly upset expression on her face. Yuma noticed this and decided to shed some light on the subject.
"She's an old friend of mine. She just transferred to this school, but the problem is that she doesn't generally like to meet new people, which was why she really wasn't looking forward to this day," Yuma explained.
"What's her name?" Kotori enquired.
"She doesn't really like people to know her real name because of trust issues, but everyone who knows her just calls her Inferno."
"Why Inferno?"
"Because if you make her mad, she has such a fiery temper, it'll feel as if you're being roasted alive."
"Oh. Well, how do you know her? Why does she trust you?"
"Erm, well…" Yuma began, not knowing where to end, whilst scratching the back of his head nervously, his mouth forming into an awkward grin. Luckily for him, a blue haired boy came walking up calmly, a sensible smile on his face.
"Ah! Takashi! Nice to see you!" Kotori beamed.
"I could say the same to you, Kotori!" Takashi smiled back, before looking towards Yuma, his mouth dropping.
"Nice to see you too, Takashi!" Yuma chuckled, enjoying the expression on the boy's face.
"You're early?"
"Well done, Sherlock."
Takashi closed his mouth before straightening his uniform.
"I was informed of an new student's arrival today. Have you seen anyone new around here?"
"You must mean Inferno," Yuma stated, "She walked off over there a little while ago to be alone. She isn't the greatest with social situations."
"She's the girl with the boy's uniform," Kotori added.
"Why does she have the boy's uniform?"
"She absolutely hates skirts and dresses and things like that," Yuma shrugged, "so she prefers boy's uniforms."
Takashi nodded and took off in the direction that Inferno walked not too long ago. Just then, the bell rang and it was finally time to head indoors. As Yuma and Kotori were walking to class, Kotori decided to state the obvious.
"You do realise that everyone's going to stare at you since you're on time for once, right?"
"Yes, yes I do."
Soon, lunch break began and Yuma and the rest of the Numbers Club made their way to their usual spot, but there was already a red-headed girl in the boy's uniform there.
"Inferno!" Yuma cheered, excited to see his friend.
"Shit," Inferno muttered, turning around, "social interaction…"
"DETENTION! NO SWEARING IN SCHOOL!" Takashi screeched, pointing a finger at the unfazed teen. Inferno just stuck her middle finger up at him whilst keeping a straight face, before turning to Yuma.
"Sorry, didn't realise this was your spot. I'll just leave no-" Inferno was cut off by the excitable boy.
"No, no, no! You're staying here with us!"
"Ugh, do I have to?"
"Please?"
"Seriously?"
"Ple-"
"I already know where this is going, so fine, I'll stay. But you owe me big time!"
"How big?"
"Dragon sized."
For the next half an hour, Inferno sat awkwardly amongst Yuma and his friends, not knowing if she should say anything, or make any kind of small talk, so she just sat there, trying desperately to avoid eye contact with anyone. Especially Takashi, who'd been giving her a death stare ever since the middle finger.
Tokunosuke was the first one to try to talk to Inferno, not wanting the awkward atmosphere to crush anyone any more than it already had. But whenever he tried to stay something, he couldn't bring himself to say anything.
"I know you're trying to talk to me, ya know?" Inferno said, catching everyone off guard.
"How the heck!? Can you read minds, ura?!" Tokunosuke gasped, obviously as shocked as everyone else. Inferno just smirked.
"Guess I'm intimidating ya, huh? Heh. Oh well, can't be helped, I guess," she said before turning to look Tokunosuke in the eye, "I suppose that's just who I am."
At this point, Tokunosuke was hiding behind Takashi, mumbling something about her having a serious flip side to her. Yuma just laughed awkwardly, before giving a side glance to Inferno, who glanced back, and then looked away. Thankfully, the bell rang before anyone could say anything else. Inferno got up, looked at Yuma once more, before turning and walking away to her next lesson.
A couple of hours later, the school day had come to a close and Inferno was walking home, looking down at her feet, before she heard a familiar voice behind her.
"Hey! Wait up, ura!" Tokunosuke yelled behind her, running to catch up. Inferno just sighed and turned around to face the short boy. "How did you know what I was thinking? You do realise how cool, yet kinda creepy that was, right, ura?" Tokunosuke enquired.
Once again, Inferno sighed.
"Look, I don't mean to be scary, okay? It's just the way most people see me. Yuma's one of the few people who actually sees me for who I am, not just some angry and intimidating bitch. He's pretty much the only real friend I have. So that's why," Inferno started before turning away, "If you ever hurt him in any way, shape or form again, I'll see to it personally that it's dealt with. Clear?" she finished before walking away.
"Cr-Crystal…" Tokunosuke murmered, watching Inferno walk away.
Okay, so this is my first proper chapter to this story! I actually feel really accomplished!
(Misael) For once.
Yea- HEY!
(Yuma) Hey! You got some reviews from your last post! Why don't you answer them?
Wait what? *grabs the piece of paper and reads it* Huh. People actually like this?
(Misael) People actually like this?
*doesn't look up* Since when did I get a parrot?
(Misael) *shuts up but gives me the middle finger*
*ignores* Okay, let's see here...
RebelOfTheSands- No, I'm blessed that you've actually taken the time to read my terrible stories! I don't know how long you've known I've existed, but it must've been a while if you were so thrilled. Sorry for the wait!
BlazingDarkness- Your review made me laugh, so much. And Yuma, keep your mouth shut! It's none of your business as to what she does! And as for Inferno's character, I'm glad you like her so much!
Thanks so much you guys! If I was next to you in real life, I'd give you a cookie! :3
(Yuma) You never give us cookies...
Do you review my work?
(Yuma) No...
Exactly. Anyway, if you guys have any suggestions or helpful criticism, I'd love to hear it! See you all later!
