A/N: I'm not a proficient writer normally, but caffeine pills do magic! I am not condoning overdosing this stuff here but personally, I'll take advantage of this new-found mental alertness to produce more work.

The homeroom has started.

Harumi was one of those students who was too engrossed in the morning disturbance at the gate that she barely made it on time. Her class was 1-E and located right next to the classroom were the stairs, which was just perfect because not only will they provide her with the best access to the school cafeteria downstairs, also they will enable her to go up to the roof and have her short getaway almost every short break they have between classes. Those who have already graduated high school may find this just amusing and pointless, but it was huge to a 24/7 lively and hyped high school student stuck in a school with the tightest regulations in existence. In fact, Harumi was almost disgusted by her goody-two-shoes classmates. Their attitude seemed too disingenuous and the brunette found it pretentious as to present the betterment that fundamentally did not exist in the first place. There were too many complaints she could have made, but we will stop here for now.

The homeroom teacher began the roll-call and it was a perfect time for Harumi to look around and check out her classmates as to see which ones are pretty and which ones look friendly and so on. And it took her less than 5 seconds to spot the blonde that was in the center of the commotion that transpired in the morning. 'Oh, so she's in the same class. Nice!' It was just another excitement factor added to what could have been a flat boring school year.

"Miyamura Yuzu."

"Here."

'Oh, so her name is Yuzu. Good to know!' Harumi had her eyes right on her and decided to chat her upright as the break starts. The homeroom speech, however, lasted unusually long because the very transfer student had her hair dyed freaking light blonde and there were just too many regulations she was breaking and the teacher had to inform her every one of them while reminding every one of those rules, too, so that they would not even dare to think about making the blonde an example and breaking bad. The young teacher who was still not very used to teaching and a bit awkward towards her pupils did not have a heart to directly chastise and humiliate Yuzu in front of everyone on her very first day in school. It was one of her many a trait the young girls of high-schoolers loved about her, regardless of the fact that most students were nice and well-behaved without being told anyway. Even Harumi could not help finding her homeroom teacher admirable and sometimes even cute. Anyhow, she could not drag out her speech forever and the first break came. Harumi saw Yuzu trying to make friends by casually mentioning her gyaru lifestyle and inviting her peers to join her to karaoke while, to no one's surprise, failing miserably. Getting awkward reactions and no response from her peers, the blonde fidgeted while looking confused and disappointed which was the queue for Harumi to jump in.

"Hey, come here, you."

Hamuri grabbed the oblivious transfer student and dragged her into the corner.

"Hi, Harumi here, nice to meet you."

A short introduction bemused the other girl a little bit, but Hamuri continued.

"You can't do that here, you see."

"How do you mean? Oh, by the way, I'm Yuzu as introduced earlier."

The confused girl replied with a bit of a dumbfounded expression. 'That's cute,' thought Harumi.

"What I mean is, most of the girls here have been brought up in this greenhouse of a school since they were 6 to show respect to one another and behave all the time. You might as well call them nuns because that's what they are as far as I'm concerned."

Harumi explained the environment of the school in detail so that the girl would not make any more unnecessary mistakes in the future.

"So that was it! Thanks, you're a life-saver. Can I buy you a drink?"

The girl kindly offered, getting all excited to have found someone to talk to. 'Yep, pretty cute indeed.' The brunette was already starting to feel like they had been friends for years.

"Sure! But the next class is about starting now, so let's talk in the next break."

Both girls waved hands and went back to respective seats. Harumi's heartbeat rhymed with the loud class bell. The class was about to start, and so was the new stage of her life.