Before I knew it, I was done with my morning classes. I knew I was hungry, because my stomach rumbled loud enough to catch the attention of passersby. As a one hour break period was allowed before afternoon classes, I decided to go to the cafeteria. I followed a large group of students who I assumed were going there, keeping my head down as to not attract any unwanted attention.
Sadly, my plan didn't work, as a boy and girl on the fringe of the group walked up to me. The boy had blue eyes and blonde hair, and I noticed that his bow was untied. I recognized him, he was in one of my classes- math, I believed. The girl had two blonde drill pigtails, and was wearing a skirt instead of shorts. I realized that must be the uniform for girls. How...different.
"Hi!" The boy said to me, and waved. "You're the new student. Ciel, right?"
"Yes," I replied. Someone must have been paying attention during the horror of my self-introduction. Strangely, the only teacher who let me introduce myself to the class was the one in math.
"We're going to the cafeteria," he said, and pointed to himself and the girl. "Want to sit with us? It must be hard being the newbie. You'll get used to it, though." He smiled at me, and I stared at him in disbelief. Maybe I'd actually end up making some friends here.
"Yeah!" The girl agreed. "Come sit with us. The more, the merrier. My name's Elizabeth by the way," Elizabeth said, quite smugly. "You can call me Lizzy."
"And my name is Alois," Alois stated.
"Ok, let's go get some food. I'm starving," I said, getting to the point.
"Let's!" Lizzy and Alois chimed in unison, which I can't say that I didn't find creepy.
After I bought and payed for my lunch, which consisted of a slice of cake, numerous lollipops, and a soda, I sat down at Alois and Lizzy's table. They stared down at my plate in surprise.
"T-that's your lunch?" Alois asked me, eyes tearing up.
"Yes…" I said, unsure of what he was getting at.
Alois threw back his head and started laughing, while Lizzy looked embarrassed.
"Sorry about Alois. There's nothing wrong with your lunch, really." She punched Alois lightly in the arm and gave him a look. His laughter eventually quieted down.
We made small talk for a while, and I almost ate all of my lunch, but then he walked into the cafeteria. My biology partner. Along with four other people who looked almost like him. The group of five walked over to a table in the corner of the cafeteria, not even bothering to get any food.
I stared at them, noticing that they shared many of the same facial features. They almost seemed like siblings.
Alois noticed me, and whispered into my ear, "That's the Michaelis family. All super hot, popular, and totally unreachable."
"Who is the one with the black hair?" I asked him, not even trying to hold back my curiosity anymore.
"Well, two of them have black hair. The one with glasses' name is Claude, while the one without is Sebastian." Alois answered, a blush appearing on his face at the mention of Claude.
"Sebastian," I breathed. So that was his name. Not so mysterious anymore, are you?
Suddenly, as if he heard me, Sebastian's head snapped up and he looked directly at me. The look he gave me was one of pure, white hot hatred. I saw him stand up, mouth, sorry, to his siblings, and practically run out of the cafeteria.
The stalker inside of me wanted more than anything to get up and follow him.
I decided to give in, and do so.
I jumped out of my seat, and Alois and Lizzy got up as well.
"Ciel, what are y-" Lizzy cut herself off when she noticed Sebastian had left from his table.
"Sorry," I told my new friends, and then bolted after Sebastian.
I saw him turn a corner around the hallway, and then enter the main office of EGA. I put my ear up to the door to listen in on him, wondering what I could have possibly done to make him want to go to the front office.
"-sfer. Really, just in biology. I'm sure you can figure out a way to make it work out for me." His muffled voice traveled through the door.
Transfer? He wants to transfer out of biology? Does he really hate me that much?
No. I couldn't let this happen. I needed to know more about Sebastian.
But what can I do?
I decided to do the only thing I could. I slammed the door open and barged into the front office. Sebastian turned around with a look of panic in his eyes. His hand covered up his mouth and nose as he whispered, "Excuse me," to the secretary. He then passed me, bumping into my shoulder, before stepping out of the doorway and out of my line of sight.
"Is there anything you need, sweetie?" The secretary asked me, a look of question in her eyes.
"N-no, I'm fine." I ran out of the office and back to the cafeteria, where upon realizing that the free period was already over. I went to the rest of my classes almost robotically, wondering how my first day at school could get any worse.