Mika and Makoto walked down to lunch, meeting up at their usual table with their small group of friends.

Renji Watase had been a good friend of Mika's since the first grade. The two of them had banded together as children, though at the time the only thing they had in common was the constant teasing of the other students.

Renji's best friend Yu Akimino, had only recently joined the ragtag little group.

Across from Renji and Yu sat Kaito (A.K.A Cloud) Ichihara and his best friend Jaden Nakamura.

Jaden and Mika hadn't gotten along at all since grade school when Jaden's mother had given Mika a stuffed rabbit and told her it was from Jaden. Mika had thanked him profusely and the boy had hated her ever since.

Kaito was only hanging out with the group because there was nowhere else to sit.

"Morning guys."

Mika's greeting came back to her in bored murmurs as she sat down.

"What are you so giddy about?" Renji asked her not bothering to look up from his PSP.

Mika tilted her head, taking a bite of soba, "I'm not giddy…"

Yu leaned over the table a bit muttering "Here comes Fuwa, wonder what her problem is…"

Mika froze as Shina sauntered over to the table, and stopped next to her, "Mika-chan, can we talk for a minute?"

Every nerve in Mika's body screamed 'bad idea' but Mika was too polite to refuse.

Makoto shook his head, telling her to say no as well but Mika smiled at Shina, not wanting to cause a scene, "Sure."

Mika followed Shina into the bathroom, wondering what sort of punishment the girl had planned for her.

Maybe she could break the mirror as a distraction and then make a run for it, or lock herself in one of the stalls until the bell rang.

All of Mika's hopes were dashed when the bathroom door shut behind her.

Shina had brought back up.

Mika laughed nervously, turning back towards the door, "Maybe I should go finish eating… I missed breakfast so…"

The girl in front of the door refused to budge.

Mika yelped as the Shina caught her by the shirt and hauled her back into the center of the room.

"Who do you think you are you little bitch?"

Mika tried to break free as Shina caught her by the ponytail and slung her into the wall. Mika's head collided with the brick wall, leaving her dizzy and frightened. Shina had always been stronger than her.

She made another dash for the door only to have Shina slam her against the door of a bathroom stall, fingers wrapping around her throat.

Mika kicked out, trying to put distance between herself and Shina.

She struggled to pull the girl's fingers away from her throat; tears began to stream down her face again. She didn't want to die, not like this, not when it wasn't her decision.

Mika's head began to swim as she struggled to get some oxygen.

Fight back you idiot!

Something inside her snapped, and before Mika realized what had happened she had pulled free of Shina, bending the girl's fingers backwards as far as she could manage and backing her up against the wall.

"If you ever touch me again I'll kill you," she hissed.

The girl at the door rushed over, pulling Mika roughly away from Shina.

Mika jerked out of the girl's grasp, her head throbbing.

"What on earth is going on in here?"

All three girls froze as Momaru Sensei entered the room, " We were goofing off," Mika said feeling woozy but trying not to show it, her gaze snapped back to Shina, "Right guys?"

"Y-yeah we were just kidding around."

Momaru-sensei stared at them for a few seconds before nodding, "Alright then, don't be late for class."

The moment the teacher was gone Shina and her friend darted out of the room and Mika teetered backwards catching herself with the wall and sliding carefully down to the floor.

She didn't have the energy to cry, but she felt like curling up into a ball and sobbing.

Mika put her head between her knees, trying to catch her breath and just wishing the throbbing in her head would go away.

When she looked up her eyes snapped to a pair of crimson ones. He was smirking at her, leaning against the mirror.

After a few more moments Mika pushed herself clumsily to her feet.

A fragile smile spread across her face, as she stumbled passed him and out the door.