Chapter four:

Kyoko walked through the gates of her new dorm. The sun was setting, and she had to be quick. The main doors were a bright magenta pink, which didn't surprise kyoko since it was the school's main colour. Stepping in, she took the elevator, pressing for level 'c'.

The inside of her room was simple enough. Instead of pink walls she expected, everything was neat and minimal. Thankfully, it seemed the headmaster respected personal taste, at least on some level. Looking at her neighbour's side, on the right, kyoko inspected just who was going to be her new 'room buddy'. She saw one of the photo frames, then froze.

"mo… MOKO-SANNN!" she danced around the room in joy. "I'm going to be living with Moko-san!" across the other side of the oval, Kanae shuddered. She had a bad feeling about something.

Without having time to take a shower, she changed into her new uniform. It was modest, a black skirt and suit top, with a white shirt and tie.

don't tell me… she didn't get lost did she? Kanae kept glancing at the clock above the menu. It had been nearly 20 minutes since kyoko had gone. Already, dinner was almost over. She looked at the last ready-made meal on the counter. Should I… no! Mo, why should I save her dinner? That annoying brat can get it herself! Fighting with an internal war in her head, Kanae finally caved. With reluctance, she got out of her seat and took the last meal, keeping it with her.

Kyoko looked at the crowd, trying to spot her new raven-haired-best friend. Lucky for her, it was too obvious, a path had cleared around Kanae, it almost seemed like people didn't want to sit next to her. Without thinking, she called her. "Moko-sann!"

Ignoring the glares and snickers, she sat next to Kanae, who was as equally annoyed. "You wouldn't believe it, moko-san," she said. "we're room buddies!"

"yay." Kanae rolled her eyes. This is going to be an interesting year…

"here." She handed the saved meal to kyoko. "a welcome gift, or whatever." Before she could bear hug Kanae, the door opened, and the room silenced.

Kyoko didn't know why the room was so on edge. Without notice, a young girl walked into the cafeteria, with chestnut brown hair. She stormed up to the cafeteria, staring at the frigid cook.

"um, yes miss?"

"I want some milk." She held out some coins, "my grandfather says you can give me some." The staff seemed to recognise her. Without asking further, he retrieved some strawberry milk from the fridge. "here you go."

The nervous cook watched as she left the cafeteria, immediately whispers followed after the event.

"who's that?"

"idiot. That's Maria Takarada."

"Takarada? As in Lory Takarada?"

"duh. Didn't you hear her? She's obviously his granddaughter."

"she seems weird..."

Kanae explained to kyoko that it was the headmaster's granddaughter. "she's got a weird grudge for everyone," she explained. "don't try to talk to her. She doesn't like any of us around here." Kyoko wondered why she seemed so pessimistic towards everything. At 7:00 the dinner bell started, and everyone began leaving the cafeteria.

"looks like it's time to leave." She said. "after this, it's time to have our showers. There are bathrooms in our dorms, but they're shared, so be careful."

"of what?"

"you'll see."

The shower rooms were a mess. Although the room was big, it wasn't enough to prevent the claustrophobia that was the infamous 'shower-hour'. Instead of getting in quickly, Kanae and kyoko were standing coldly on the benches, with their towels.

"it's… interesting."

Kanae smirked. "told yak." They waited for about ten minutes, before Kanae took a shower before anyone else could. Unlike her, kyoko seemed reluctant at being pushy, and waited. By the time she could go, the showers only had 3 minutes left. Kanae told her earlier that they were only available at certain times, because of 'past incidents'.

Ahh... she sighed as the warm water poured down. After she was done, or at least after the showers were done, she reached for her towel. To her surprise, her hand felt nothing on the door, where her towel had been. Huh?

She carefully unlocked the door, trying to spot her towel. No one was in the room anymore. Glancing around naked, she became worried. " Someone! Is anyone here? Can someone please help me?"

After a few minutes passed kyoko sighed and sat down, covering herself. She was miserable. On her first day, she had already had her towel stolen. Her phone was in her room, so she couldn't reach moko-san.

After her panicking, kyoko thought she might as well walk through the corridors, naked. Hopefully no one would see her. However, instead of the door pulling open, it was stuck. She was stuck. Crap.…oh my god! Come on, open! Open! Urgh, open! Please! It wouldn't budge. The only exit, from the room she realised, was the window. Kyoko opened it. Thankfully, the headmaster' favourite flowers weren't kept in this particular garden. Thank god. She cringed, before putting her foot through the window.

What's taking her so long? Kanae looked at the time on her phone. Kyoko was 20 minutes late. She thought it was hilarious how reluctant she was at taking showers, but now she worried. is she okay?