Chapter 2 – An unexpected person

"Hajimemashite*. My name is Corvus. Yoroshiku onegaishimasu*." The person who uttered that sentence bowed towards the members of STARISH and QUARTET NIGHT.

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"Ne, Masa-chan!~" called the energetic red-head as the boys were walking back to their rooms. "What did you think of Corvus?"

"Che! Looks like an ass-kisser to me!" declared Syo as he tipped his head back and puffed his chest out.

Natsuki chuckled. "I don't know, Syo-chan! Looks like a pretty nice guy to me!" said the platinum blonde as he slid his arm around the smaller blonde which earned a "Get off me Natsuki!"

"I agree with Shinomiya." stated the one called Masato simply. He wasn't one for long sentences.

Ren gave a smirk. "But appearances can be deceiving, no?"

"Like you." retorted Tokiya from the end of their group and Masato wanted to give him a trophy for saying that.

As much as Masato loved Ren, his partner was getting extremely cocky nowadays. Not that he wasn't cocky before. This time, he was just that much worse than usual.

Syo and Otoya were snickering in the background.

"That hurts, Ichi." said Ren in a pathetically sad voice. More of his drama.

Tokiya said nothing. He just walked on and Masato practically wanted to give the stoic boy a hug. Tokiya was a genius at avoiding Ren!

Sliding his eyes over to the window, Masato saw their strange guest again.

Corvus, huh?

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"You think you can settle down here, Corvus?"

Corvus nodded his head. "Yep! The room is spacious and everything looks perfect!" He turned on his heel to face his family. "Thanks a lot, brother."

The person whom Corvus referred to as his brother gave a slight incline of his head. "Just call me Camus. We're not even real brothers."

"Right, right. Sorry." said the other teen and patted his step-brother on the shoulder as he left him to his own devices for the time being.

Corvus threw his travelling bags onto the floor and flopped onto the bed. Staring up at the beige coloured ceiling, he couldn't help but smile to himself.

He had seen a lot of interesting faces today, and he was itching to get to know them better.

Especially one called 'Hijirikawa Masato'.

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"Achoo!" Masato excused himself after the sneeze.

He wiped his nose and felt his forehead. No, he was not running a fever, nor did he feel sick.

Someone must be talking about me.