Thanks to DevilishBea-Anime-Couple-Lover and abiecula for the reviews. I'm glad you liked it. I love that you took the time to tell me to continue :) Because I love this story idea too haha
So here's chapter 2. Read and review telling me what you think. I'm trying very hard to keep Zero's character close to how he is in the anime/manga. So tell me if I did or not. Ok, enough talk... Enjoy!
Chapter 2
'Calculus is going to be the death of me!' Yuuki thought to herself. She was hardly getting anything that has to do with this class. And unlike her best friend Yori, she actually cared about her academics. The teacher was writing up the latest equation but she was lost at the very beginning. She was so engrossed in her thoughts and her notes that she had a delayed reaction to the late arrival to the class.
She looked up as soon as Mr. Shinji declared the new transfer student was to sit in the empty seat next to her. She rolled her eyes for the third time today, 'Like we need another boy in this class'. As he was approaching them to take his seat, Yuuki gave him the once over. He had unusually silver hair that was kept short with the most beautiful lavender eyes she had ever seen, even though she would hate to admit that. Actually she didn't think she knew anyone with those colored eyes. He was really good looking, tall and lean figure so she knew she was going to hear it from Yori. But there really wasn't that much else interesting about him. He had a bored expression painted on his face.
Bored now, she got back to try and figure out this problem. Although when he sat down beside her, she heard someone catch a breath right beside her. She was correct. Yori was sizing him up right now and was probably thinking of ways to get to talk to him. Whatever, it really didn't matter to her. He was just another guy that Yori would fall for and he would drop her.
A half hour went by and the bell rang. Yuuki was nowhere near up to speed as she thought she should be. She really was going to fail this class and she could kiss Harvard or Yale goodbye. As she was getting up, Yori hurriedly whispered, "Did you check out the new student?"
"Oh my gosh, Yori. You should know by now that I have no interest in dating." Yuuki stated clearly.
The blonde shook her head, "No I didn't mean for you... I know that. I meant for me." She got all starry-eyed. Oh god, not another one of her rants. "He totally seems like he's got that whole bad boy exterior but I bet he's absolutely great. I mean he is so hot... I have never seen someone as good looking as him. This must be it. He must be my soul mate... I can feel it."
'Yeah that's what you said about the last boyfriend.' Yuuki thought sarcastically. Her friend really was unbelievable. She looked over to see that he was now on his way out of the classroom. He looked positively bored and no amount of emotion was on his face. Yori was still blabbering on and on so Yuuki shook her head and said, "Well if you want dibbs on him, you better try to talk to him now. Every other girl in here are looking to snatch him up."
She knew she could never talk sense into Yori so she stated the obvious. She wasn't lying. She observed as he was walking out of the room, every girl in the class blushed and sighed dreamily. 'And I bet he is eating it up. He's probably one big playboy. With looks like that it wouldn't be a surprise'
"You're right, Yuuki! I have to turn on the Yori charm... works every time." She winked at the brunette and Yuuki just had to giggle. She really was impossible when it came to hot guys.
She gathered all her books and looked up at her friend, "I'll see you at lunch then."
Hurrying to her next class, Chemistry, she did not seem to notice anyone else in that class. She went right to her seat and tried to study more on her Calculus. Chemistry was an easy task for her. She already knew what the teacher was talking about as soon as class started. So she was back into Calculus. She was so engrossed in it, she failed to notice her pencil falling on the floor. A pale, lithe hand picked it up.
Zero was so bored at the moment. He already knew the material so he was glancing off into space. He looked to the floor and saw a pencil that must have belonged to the girl in front of him. He had no choice but to pick it up and give it to her. It looked like she wasn't listening to the lesson either. He tapped her on the shoulder and she turned around to look at him.
She really was a pretty brunette. She had long, chocolate brown hair paired with wide chestnut colored eyes. But as soon as she laid eyes on him, her perfect brows turned into a frown."Yes?"
This took him by surprise somehow. Usually girls got all giggly and blushed whenever he made any move to talk to them. Not that he cared much. But from the way she was looking at him, it looked like she would rather have been left alone.
"... You dropped this." He held out the pencil to her. She looked to make sure it was surely what he said then nodded.
"Thanks." Then she hurriedly turned back around. Why did he get this immediate sense that she disliked him? He didn't do anything that could provoke this feeling. What the hell? Why do I care anyway? She's probably just another snobby girl. Why was he over thinking it? Zero never thought this much about a girl. Strange.
After getting the pencil back from the silver-haired guy, she got back to her studying. She had no time to think of the situation. Though by the time Chemistry was over, she still had no idea what was going on in her Calculus class. She sighed. Why couldn't this be any easier? Plus there was a big exam on the material in just a little under a month. How was she going to get this? She got up out of her seat, gathering her things and hurried off to her next class.
The next 2 periods passed by in a blur. She did remember though that she had another class with the new student. So that's 3 out of the 4 in the morning? Jeesh but whatever. She couldn't for the life of her remember what his name was though. When she found Yori waiting for outside of the lunch room, she could see that the girl was in a good mood.
"Yuuki," Yori waved her over, "You'll never guess what happened! I got to talk to Zero!"
Zero! That was it. Anyway back to her friend, "That's good Yori. What did you talk about?"
She looked to the floor, "Well it wasn't nothing big. I was the one that initiated it anyway." She looked up at her best friend, "I just asked for the Calculus assignment we had to do."
Yuuki shook her head, "Jeesh, Yori. I thought I was expecting to hear u guys were going out or something by the way you waved me over."
"I can't help it! He makes me heart beat really fast and I get so nervous!" Yori exclaimed. "I told you he is the one for me."
The brunette had to roll her eyes at that. The 2 girls got their lunches and went to sit at their table. They chatted about school but mostly Yori wanted to talk about Zero. Yuuki knew she was in for a whole month on this one. Glancing around the lunch room, she spotted the mysterious boy. Beyond the jock table, she could see him sitting alone, doing what looked to be homework. She was quietly observing him while she could hear her friend blabbing away in her ear. She didn't know why she was so interested in what he was doing.
For as long as she could remember, she thought guys were all the same; boring and pathetic. Always afraid of getting into a relationship and always bailing out when the going got tough. Sure she had her share of guys asking her out. The ever popular, Kaname Kuran, tried but was instantly shot down. And for a long time her view on guys were always proven right. From what Yori would always cry to her about. So why did she get this feeling that he wasn't like all the rest?
'I must be losing it or something. Maybe I'm getting sick or something' Yuuki thought. She went back to her conversation with her best friend. Only 4 more periods then she could start hardcore studying on her Calculus.
The rest of the day was as boring as ever. Zero knew he would hate this school. He knew he would have hated any school he would have chosen. He reminded himself though he had to finish and graduate. Better paying jobs with a high school degree. Whatever, he could bear the rest of this school year.
He especially hated all the new breed of girls he had to deal with. Having to deal with them cry and run when he wouldn't accept a dinner invitation or the more rated R requests. He wasn't mean, he was sure of that. He just had no interest in dating. Girls were all the same. They were so flaky and could be a down right bitch. All they wanted was a boyfriend. He found them pathetic, always swooning over cuter guys. Zero just didn't see what the big deal was about him. He thought he gave off that aura that said leave me alone. I guess all those girls thought that as a challenge. Maybe they liked the idea of making him finally fall in love with someone.
He never had a girlfriend obviously. Like what he said above, he just thought it would be a waste of time. He decided that he would just live his life until it was his time to go. He would love to have the opportunity to see his family again.
He closed his eyes as he was sitting in his one bedroom apartment. He would give anything to just see them one more time. Or maybe try to change the course of events that happened that horrible night. But he couldn't. So he would just get through his life until his time was finally up.
Girls was the last thing on his mind. Although one girl did perk his curiosity. That pretty brunette, Yuuki her name was. He didn't know why. He hasn't even spoken more that 3 words to the girl. Maybe it was because she didn't fall all over him. She looked like she downright hated him. It was different he must say. But nothing to spark an interest or anything.
So pushing her aside, because he had no idea why she was on his mind in the first place, he went to get dressed to go to his part time job.
Yuuki was having a bad day. First her mom forgot to wake her up so she was running late for school. Then her favorite parking spot was taken at the school parking lot. Her locker wouldn't open so it was making her rush even more. So when she got to first period Calculus, she was so not in the mood for it. After getting all her other homework from all her other classes done with ease, she spent most of the night studying Calculus. She still didn't know what sign or cosign meant, and what is this tangent? So you could hear her groan when she saw they were moving to a new lesson that you did have to know all that stuff.
Freaking out was what she was doing. So she had no choice. She had to talk to Mr. Shinji about this. So this was how her bad day got even worse. As soon as class was over, she hurried over to the teacher.
"Excuse me, Mr. Shinji."
The older man looked up from his desk and smiled, "Yes, Yuuki?"
Yuuki did feel embarrassed asking for help. I mean she had all the top grades, so it was a surprise to her that she had to ask. But she just swallowed her pride. "Ummm I was wondering if there was any way that you could help me with this. I still have no idea what we are doing."
He nodded, "Of course I could. I have noticed that you haven't been catching on to it. Because from what I have heard from other teachers, you seemed to be exceptionally bright."
She blushed at this. She hated compliments. "Umm well yes. But I just don't seem to be catching on at all."
"Oh don't worry, Yuuki. I'm glad you could come to me for help. That means you really want to try." He gave her another small smile, "I'm sorry though I don't really have the time to myself." Yuuki looked defeated. She definitely was going to fail. "But I think I can set you up with a tutor."
Her eyes brightened. "That would be great, Mr. Shinji."
"Great! And luckily he hasn't left yet. You can meet him." He said. "Mr. Kiryuu, could you come over for a minute please?"
Yuuki had to keep her mouth from opening in shock. The new student was going to be her tutor? How could this be? She looked over to see the handsome guy walk over to her. "You needed me for something?"
The brunette could have died right there. "Umm Mr. Shinji, he hasn't even been here for that long. How could he help me on my work?"
Zero's eyes slightly widened. He was going to help her with what? He looked over at the older man. "Actually, Yuuki, before Zero came to this school, he was in advanced Calculus. And he got very high marks on it. But since our school here only offers Calculus, he came to this class. So no one would be a more better pick than him."
ADVANCED Calculus? Yuuki looked over at the boy as he slightly shrugged. So he actually was a pretty smart guy? Wow, she never would have guessed. The teacher continued, breaking her train of thought, "So Zero, would you mind maybe 3 or 4 days a week tutoring Miss Cross here?"
Welcome to her own personal hell. Did she want this strange person, a boy for that matter, tutor her when she should already know whats going on? That would be a hell no. But she had no other choice. She looked over at him to wait for his answer.
After awhile he finally shrugged and said apathetically, "Sure."
The teacher smiled, "Great... now you two better head to class. Here I will give you a late pass."
They each took a pass from the teacher and headed off to Chemistry. Walking side by side, Yuuki was intenally freaking out. Why did this have to happen to her? The new handsome guy would have to teach her how to do Calculus. Hopefully, this wasn't just a play for her. She has had this happen before. Except it would be switched; Yuuki would be the one to tutor them but if they ever got alone, the guys would try to put the moves on her. After awhile, she just stopped doing it all together. She looked to the silver haired guy beside her.
He was just staring ahead, not saying anything to her and not even looking her direction. She had to start talking because she needed to know when they could start. Hopefully, he really was going to tutor her. "Um, excuse me?"
No reply came from the strange guy. Ok, Yuuki thought she was going out of her way to be polite. He should have the same courtesy to do it back. So she tried again, "Uhh, excuse me?"
Still nothing from him. Not even a glance in her direction. This is the first time that the brunette has ever been ignored. Well fine, if politeness doesn't work, she will just have to try a different direction. "OIIII! Are you deaf?"
Finally, he stopped walking and looked in her direction. She stopped just a little ahead of him. "No, I'm not. Just didn't feel like answering you."
Yuuki could feel anger build up inside her. That's why he was ignoring her? Jeesh, he was a bigger jerk than she thought. But she had to kind of be nice. I mean, he was the one going out of his way to tutor her in something she desperately needed the help on. So she repressed her anger and said, "Oh, well I was just wondering when would be a good time for you to start my tutoring?"
"I'll get back to you on that." He stated simply then started to walk past her.
She quickly fell in pace with him, "Well I would like to know as soon as possible. I mean, as you can tell I'm not getting the hang of it at all and I would like to know what the teacher is talking about."
He stopped walking again and turned to her. He looked her straight in the face and asked, "So you really want my help with your Calculus?"
The brunette girl looked at the silver-haired guy, confused. "Umm well yeah. I thought you agreed to what Mr. Shinji proposed to you?"
"I did but I have been over this with other girls. So I never take it seriously."
"What does that mean?"
He scoffed, "Like you don't know. I just thought this was just a plan of yours just so you can spend time with me. Girls are all the same."
Okay, she just couldn't take it anymore. This guy needed to have his ego be shot done a peg or two. "This is nothing like that. Why would I want to spend more time with the likes of you? Actually when Mr. Shinji called you over, I dreaded the very thought of me having to get help from you. And I take offense to that comment. Because FYI, girls aren't all the same."
Zero had to admit he was taken back a bit by the brunette's words. No girl; no, no one has ever talked to him like that before. He thought when he was asked to do this, Yuuki put Mr. Shinji up for this. But looking back she did seem to not like this arrangement at all. This girl could possibly right. She could be different from any other girl he has met all his life.
He smirked and said, "We have a study hall 6th period together right?"
Yuuki nodded lightly but was wondering where he was going with this. He started to walk forward again and said to the girl, "Prepare yourself."
He smirked to himself. This could surely be interesting.