Atsushi's life in Gavaldon can be called quite dull all he ever sees are dark and grey colors yet he never complain and was strangely satisfied, he never really had any friend in his village, sure kids play with him but most of the time they either give him strange looks or insult his strange features so as to avoid people becoming more unsatisfied with him if they just met he try to give them a good first impression and if he already knew the person he tried to be friendly and never get in their way that was how he lived his entire life there.

So when he was whisked into the School for Good even though he knew he won't be staying there he at least want people to have a good first impression of him maybe they can exchange a few words it will be memory of a lifetime for him if he marries a girl and have kids and when they marry have grandsons he can tell them stories about this place he can boast to them that once upon a time he went into this place even if it was just a short visit. And maybe the person who is behind him one day will get his own storybook he can tell his grandchildren that he met that person when he was still a student and that person have a good impression with him.

Why so glum? a voice sounded on his back he was so focused on himself and his thoughts that he hadn't seen the stranger's reflection when he went behind him. Atsushi turned around to see a boy with an amicable on his face and an orange hair.

This, atsushi thought, an everboy should look like.

Haha, the boy laughed and said, you are spacing out again that was a beautiful smile you got there that smile shouldn't be covered with all this doom and gloom only nevers like doom and gloom, then he extended his hands and said, Hi! My name is Tanizaki Junichiro nice to meet you! he flashed atsushi a bright blinding smile, that smile swept away all of atsushi's bad mood he took the boy's hand and said, nice to meet you too, my name is Nakajima Atsushi of Woods Beyond he flashed a small smile towards him, atsushi felt like he should let the other party know that he was a reader so he emphasized the word Woods Beyond he wanted to know how the other party will react if he knew he was a reader.

Wow! you're a reader, tanizaki said with surprise not missing the emphasized words Woods Beyond he quickly composed himself.

Good looks, Good temperament and Good upbringing too definitely deserves to be an ever, he must be a prince somewhere, his presence are too extraordinary then again all people who got into this school whether royalty or a commoner is definitely not as simple as he or she looks, atsushi thought.

Then he (tanizaki) grew dumfounded, wait...i'm sorry but what did you say your name was again?

Atsushi patiently told him his name again, My name is Nakajima Atsushi.

Tanizaki's eyes widened he was excited he met another person who was like him he met another person with a unique name he didn't know if other people also has this strange name, even if there were he never met them in his entire life at least he would like to meet even one person and they together can lament on their strange names other people got normal names they can comfort each other. Tanizaki took atsushi's hand and shook it up and down wildly.

Atsushi's image of tanizaki cracked a bit, he was puzzled, is he (tanizaki) really that happy to see him? (atsushi).

Nakajima san! No! Atsushi! it's decided from now on i'll call you Atsushi, he said firmly, Tanizaki hugged atsushi.

Atsushi was so stunned that he forgot to react he only came back to his senses when tanizaki gave him a friendly slap in the back atsushi just stared at him.

*cough* *cough* feeling embarrassed at himself tanizaki came out of his excitement and composed himself, due to his good upbringing he can calm himself quickly but because of this unexpected meeting he lost control of himself for a moment.

*cough*... atsushi kun you might be surprised at my umm... sudden outburst but i have a reason to, can i ask you a question? though this might sound offensive.

ask away, atsushi said, What sort of question can offend me at this point, i'm not in Gavaldon, atsushi thought.

Okay, here goes...Atsushi did you feel that you were somewhat different from other children in your village?

Notes:

Endless Woods - Where all the fairy tale happens.

Woods Beyond - is what all the residents of the endless woods call gavaldon, gavaldon is the only village beyond the woods.

Reader - all the people from woods beyond are readers, storybooks are magically delivered to a bookshop and the people there reads them so that's why they are called readers they can only read the stories and not interfere with it.

Ps: i did not misspell princes in the last chapter it's natural only boys will pass by that hall way because the tower they are in are the dorms of the boys.