Hey! So here's chapter 2 :) Hope you enjoy it.

Disclaimer: I do no own the Persona series, Atlus does. I am a mere teenager who is waiting patiently for Persona Q which is also not mine

"Good morning, class," my new homeroom teacher began. "My name, as some of you may have already known, is Kenji Tanaka. I will be your homeroom teacher for this school year."

Tanaka sensei looked like he was in his mid-twenties, possibly nearing his thirties, and had a mop of black hair. Like the other teachers, he was wearing a business suit making him look professional.

"Seeing as there are some new students here, why don't we all introduce ourselves to everyone?" and with that, the entire class 1-2 groaned.

"Sensei," a red-headed guy at the back called. "Why do the old students have to do it too? We hate introductions."

"Well, it wouldn't be fair if only the new students introduced themselves now, would it?" Tanaka sensei replied calmly. "They should get to know you guys as well."

"Who's 'them'? There's only one new student here and that's her," the same guy pointed at me.

"Rude much?" a girl with brown hair sitting two desks away from said. There was a boy sitting on the desk between them though I couldn't make much out of his face since he was resting his head in his arms, sound asleep. It was a miracle that he managed to fall asleep under all that ruckus.

"All right, you too, that's enough," our homeroom teacher tried to calm the bickering students down.

"I don't mind."

Everyone diverted their eyes from the two students who were arguing a while back and turned their focus on me. It made me feel really uneasy.

"I- I don't mind being the only one doing the introductions thing," I said while looking at the fists on my lap.

"If that's fine with you then, please," sensei gestured me to stand up from my seat with a smile.

"I'm Michi Nakano. I recently moved in from Iwatodai where my father adopted me, so… uh," I stuttered trying to find the right words to say. "I- I'll be in your care!" I then bowed very low.

"Thank you, Nakano-san, please sit down," sensei smile.

After surviving a day of school, I finished putting all my things in my bag and was about to go home to rest until…

"AAAAHH!" I flinched and searched for the source of the scream which was, apparently, right in front of me.

It was the girl who was bickering with the boy from this morning.

"Is something wrong…?" I asked her clearly concerned as to why she was suddenly screaming in my face.

"You're that girl that left the handkerchief!"

"T-the what?"

"From my family's restaurant!"

'Oh.'

"Oh, you're that waitress," I said dully. Honestly, I have no idea how to react in these sort of situations.

"You bet I was," she said cheerfully and stepped back with her brown wavy hair bouncing with her every, energetic, move. "Oh, that's right, I haven't properly introduced myself yet."

She suddenly took a few steps back and paused for a few seconds before putting a hand on her chest.

"My name is Midori Kitagawa, it's very nice to meet you," she said with a calm and gentle smile and a small polite bow.

It was such a quick change of character that I was left utterly speechless.

"Midori, stop scaring the transfer student," a male voice came from beside us, I turned around and saw the rude red-head walking to our direction. "Hey, you shouldn't get too close to her," he suddenly said to me.

"Tch, you're one to talk. If remember correctly, you were the one that was being rude this morning," Kitagawa-san said hotly.

"And how is that scaring her exactly?"

As the two began to bicker again, I backed away slowly only to bump into a person who happened to be watching the entire time. I looked up to find the face of a male student with striking similarities to Kitagawa-san only with a more boyish appearance and shorter hair.

"Oh, uh, sorry," I turned around to give a small bow.

"It's all right," he smiled then looked at the two bickering students. "I'm Masaki Kitagawa." 'So they're siblings…"

"Nakano Michi."

"They're always like that."

"Huh?"

"Those two; Midori and Kenta-kun. Just ought to let you know since you're stuck with us for a whole year."

"You seem to know them a lot," I smiled at him but in truth I was jealous. I found it pathetic that I was jealous of a guy who barely know.

"Haha, do I? Well I guess it's a given since Midori is my sister after all. We're twins."

"What about Kenta-san?"

"The three of us have known each other since our elementary years. Even back then, those two were as lively as they are right now."

"Seems nice."

"It is. Now, if you'll excuse me," Masaki-san walked over to the two and put a hand on both their shoulders causing them to stop. Kenta-san and Midori-san both looked at him and Masaki-san just smiled at them. This went on for another minute or so until everyone felt really uncomfortable including me and I was just standing there watching them.

"W-well I guess it's about time for us to get going," Midori-san broke the silence.

"Y-yeah, me too," Kenta-san said.

"Midori-san then looked at me and said: "Do you wanna walk home with us?"

'They seem nice. Also, Dad told me to socialize more,'

"Sure, thanks."

The walk home was rather… chatty? Well, they were chatty anyways. I would just nod and agree to whatever they were saying. They mostly gave me things to know about the town. The place was known for its many food joints where students always go to after school. There was also this town square where everyone hung out most of the time. Midori-san and Masaki-san both talked about how very little people have been going to their family's restaurant. Ever since the new café opened up in front of their spot they've been losing some customers.

"We used to have lots of customers too," Midori-san pouted. "I mean it wasn't that many like the big-shot restaurants but at least it was something."

"Don't worry, we can still manage," Masaki-san said.

"Yeah, I know. But it just makes me kind of sad that some of our customers left us for that café. It's like they didn't even bother to look back."

'Tell me about it…"

"I'm sure there are still some people who want to go back to your restaurant," I tried to comfort the twins.

"Yeah, I hope so," Masaki-san said with a smile.

"Don't jinx it."

"Shut up, Kenta-kun," Midori-san grumbled.

"Ah, this is my house," I said stopping in my tracks after noticing the familiar building.

"Seriously? We live just a few blocks away," Masaki-san told me.

"Haha, this is nice; we have a new neighbor!" His twin commented.

"Hey what about me?"

"You live, like, ten blocks away, Kenta. That's not near."

"Well, I guess I should be going now, thanks for walking with me here," I told them.

"No problem. Hey, want us to give you a tour around school tomorrow?" Midori-san suggested.

"Stop bothering her," their red-headed friend muttered a little too loudly. Though, Midori-san just ignored this.

"Yeah, that would be nice."

"All right! After school tomorrow, then."

"Yeah," I smiled.

"Anyways, we gotta get going. We'll see you tomorrow at school, bye!" she said cheerfully.

"Bye, thanks again," and just like that, they were gone.

Quickly, I went inside the house and took my shoes off. The house smelled of curry and rice. That could have only meant that Dad was cooking.

"I'm home!"

"Welcome home," Dad appeared in the hallway with an apron wrapped around him. "How was school?"

"It was okay, I guess."

"Who was that by the door? I thought I heard a girl's voice," 'Was she that loud?'

"That was a classmate of mine. She, her twin, and her friend offered to walk home with me."

"Oh? Looks like you're finally making friends," Dad smiled at me and I smiled back, happy at the thought. But deep down, I knew what was going to happen.

"Yeah, they seem nice. Really energetic, though. But still."

"Invite them over sometimes."

"Dad, we only just met…" I said that but he just shrugged as if to say 'You never know.'

Dad probably knew about my problem of not having any long-term friends. I had friends, of course but every time either of us left, everything just ended right there. Back in the orphanage, I had many friends. But once they got adopted, they disappeared from my life. It was as if they had never existed in the first place. There was this one boy though who I was close friends with. We would always play together all the time. We would always tell each other stories and talk about what it would be like to finally have a real guardian. Everything was so peaceful back then. There were kids who would leave but he always stood by my side.

Until that day…

"Hey guess what!" he had run towards me with a gigantic smile plastered on his face.

"What?" he would only be this cheerful when something really amazing happened.

"A couple want to adopt me!"

That simple sentence broke my heart. He was going to leave. He was going to vanish. It seemed selfish but it didn't at that time. The only thing that was on my mind was 'why.'

"That's great…!" confused at my fake enthusiasm, he looked at me worriedly.

"What's wrong?"

Tears had fallen down my tiny face before I could opened my mouth to talk.

"D- Don't go…," I mustered out between small sobs. He had embraced me and told me something that was still fresh in my mind up until now.

"I'll always be here. Even when I'm away I'm here," he let go of the small me and looked into my face with full confidence. "I'll write to you! I'll tell you my address and you can come visit me!"

I never got the letter.

After he had gone to move in with his new parents, I waited. I waited and I waited. Every day I would sit on the stairway outside the orphanage expecting to see a mail man anytime soon. But nothing came. I gave up hope.

It wasn't until my dad adopted me that I felt happy again.

"Mi-chan?" I snapped out of my thoughts and noticed that my father was giving me a worried look. "Is something the matter?"

"N-no, it's nothing," I reassured him. "I was just remembering some things."

"Like what?"

"Midori-san, the girl earlier, is going to give me a tour of the school tomorrow at dismissal. So I might come home a bit late."

Dad looked skeptical about what I told him but then sighed and said: "All right. Want to help me prepare dinner? I think I might be burning the curry a little…"

I laughed at him and went to the kitchen to put on an apron.

I was grateful for him.

This took me a while because of school and the fact that I have no idea what I'm doing. I'm just doing this for fun lol

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