I didn't want to take the limo that morning but I would not show that I was hurt by Seto's words. I absolutely refused to show the pain. During the ride I realized I shouldn't be sad anymore. I still had feeling for Mr. Kaiba no matter what he said. It was an unrequited love that I just had to give in to.
I stole glances at him looking at every inch of his body. I really was in love with him. Everything about him I just couldn't get out of my mind. But I had to remove him from my thoughts and concentrate on classes after all the first impression is a big one.
"Quiet! Now stand." Everyone in the class stood up. "We have a new student today. Please show her kindness for the duration of her stay at Domino High." He then turned to me. I bowed to the class. "Hiya, I'm Hitomi Kurono. I hope you all like me so that I can make many friends here!" I flashed a grin with a peace sign. There were echoes of hello's, hi's, and hope you have a great time here. I could've sworn I heard 'Do you play duel monsters,' but I decided to just smile and sit down.
When I got to my seat I looked over at Mr. Kaiba who was reading the textbook assignment. He was 1 row over but 3 seats back. I sighed facing forward to find not a chalk board but blond hair. I sighed again smacking my forehead. "Crap." "Huh?" The persons blond hair moved out of my sight but his face took the spot in a matter of a second.
"Oh I'm sorry, you can't see huh? Well um, I already finished you can copy my work if you want." "Really? Oh I don't know what if I get caught I can do the work myself it's just I can't see..." He tapped his chin. "I know, just copy the questions!" 'Or how about you just move your head?' I thought laughing. I didn't want to be so rude so I took his notebook and began copying the questions. Oh well less of a strain on my neck. I finished handing the book back to the boy. "Thank you so much...um..."-"The names Joey Wheeler, Hitomi right? Thats a nice name!" "Thank you! I like Joey too. It's cute in a very manly way," we both laughed but the bell interrupted our laughter sending us off to the next class.
Art. YES! It is my favorite class besides English. Looks like Joey was in this class too but I frowned when I didn't see Kaiba. "Hey there," I said walking up to Joey who was talking to a girl with short dark brown hair sitting next to him. She was pretty, in my opinion anyway. I loved her blue eyes.
"Sorry I didn't mean to interrupt your conversation." "Thats alright. So you're new the girl people are talking about right?" The girl with brown hair said pulling up a chair from the next table. "Um yeah, I guess." I sweat dropped. "Well I'm Tea Gardner, Joey was just telling me about you Ms. Kurono." "Oh please call me Hitomi," I sat in the chair. "So are you two going out?" I asked bluntly. I really wanted to know. The girl known as Tea looked a bit disgusted. "Like I'd ever go out with this bone head. He has a stomach for a brain." "Hey I do not!" Joey retorted with a fist in the air. "Hmph I would never go out with Ms Know-it-all!" They were about a second away from tearing each others heads off.
"Settle down class. God why did I become a teacher," the teacher mumbled to herself. "Okay I wanted to continue our lesson on Controversial art." She looked around the room but nobody raised their hand. I looked at Joey and Tea who just shrugged their shoulders. Slowly my hand lifted into the air. The expression that appeared on the teachers face was like I was giving her food after she hadn't eaten for over 2 months.
"Um...well..." I blushed from all the attention I was receiving. All eyes were on me. I gulped down and continued, "Famous examples of controversial art was during the European age of the 19th century. The artists list can go on but some of the names include Theodore Gericault's "Raft of the Medusa" which was done in 1820, but was construed by many as a blistering condemnation of the French government's gross negligence in the matter. Another was Edouard Manet's "Le Djeuner sur l'Herbe" which was done in 1863 and was considered scandalous not because of the nude woman, but because she was seated next to fully-dressed men.
"Excellent Ms. Kurono. I've heard of your grades in your last school. You truly are remarkable." The female teacher whom names I had found out from looking at her desk was Ms. Ariza Mikaru flipped her long auburn hair and picked up a portfolio type suitcase and moved it to the top of her desk. "Is that Ms. Mikaru's art work?" I whispered to Joey. "Yeah, I heard that her work is beautiful but it's to mature to show to high school students. Thats so wrong she's never shown anyone here as far as I know anyway." He picked up his book bag removing his sketch book to begin the assignment on the overhead projector. Glancing over to Ms. Mikaru I couldn't believe it. Besides even if its nudity or anything its a form of art. Art is always beautiful in its purest forms.
"Oh no I forgot to bring my sketch book," I panicked seeing everyone with theirs out. Everyone laughed. "Huh what's so funny? Why is everyone laughing?" I asked sitting back down in my seat. "Well because you're new so you didn't get one dear. All my students receive sketch books for this class." I froze then my head dramatically fell on the desk. "Nyaaahh sooooo embarrassing, so embarrassing." I repeated over and over. Ms. Mikaru handed me one. "Here you go please do the assignment I put up and I would like it if you stood after class." She smiled. For some reason her smile gave me chills. It was sort of creepy. "Am...I in trouble?" I asked not knowing what was going on. "No, no of course not. I just have to explain things to you so you know where we are at now. As for you Mr. Wheeler," her voice became deeper, "you ARE in trouble. You as well will stay after class." Joey's expression was one someone would have if they found a Centipede crawling on their face.
The bell had rang 20 minutes ago signaling lunch. Boy did they have lunch early.
"Mr. Wheeler I see you haven't done 2 of my assignments, which were both worth 20 percent of your grade." Ms. Mikaru sighed rubbing her temples. Joey just sat in the chair in front of her desk his knees continuously shaking. "I'm sorry! Please don't fail me! I need to keep my grades up or I'll lose my apartment." Ms. Mikaru sighed again.
I knew what Joey was talking about. It's a program for High School Students that if they wanted to live alone or in most cases were forced to live alone The Board would provide them with a place to live as long as they continued to receive passing scores as well as cause no controversy in school. If any should be done the consequences would be horrid. I wondered why he was in such a thing. I honestly felt bad. I had to do something!
"Ms. Mikaru, sorry for my eavesdropping but if I may I have an idea." Joey smiled widely at me smacking his hands together as if praying and getting on his knees in front of Ms. Mikaru's lap. "Please teach listen to what she has to say. I'll do anything!"
I gave a half smile. "Okay you may continue Hitomi," Ms. Mikaru allowed me to go on. "Okay well how about you give Joey a huge extra credit project thats say worth 40% of his grade?" Joey's jaw dropped. Ms. Mikaru tapped her chin. "Oh and because I'm new and don't want a failing grade as well we could be partners, it could count for both of our grades!" Joey grinned giving me thumbs up. "I don't know..." the brunette kept tapping her chin and bobbing her head up and down as if thinking. I saw Joey clawing at the wall in the corner muttering 'noooooooo'.
I smirked then made my face completely emotionless. "We'll clean the art room every Friday and won't let you lift a finger." She looked up. "Deal." We shook hands. I felt like I sold my soul to the devil for some odd reason but I glanced behind me to see Joey upper-cutting the air with his fist. He added a "Yahoo" for effect. I rolled my eyes releasing the grasp on Ms. Mikaru. "I'll have the project for you tomorrow." "Great!" Joey and I both exclaimed in unison.
"Thank you so much Hitomi! I don't know what I would've done without you!" I blushed rubbing the back of my head. "No-no problem Joey I'm happy to help." We turned the corner heading into the lunch room when someone called us. We both turned around to see a tall man in his early 20's. He had long straight jet black hair and piercing green eyes. He wore a black blazer on top of a white button down shirt, black pin-striped slacks, accompanied with black leather shoes.
He. Was. Hot. "Um yes you called?" I asked. I felt like a giddy school girl. Great. "Sorry I know it's your lunch break but can you please show me where the office is, please," He begged. "U-um of course! I'm happy to help!" I escorted the ebony haired man to the office where the guidance counselor told him to take a seat. I had realized Joey came with us when I sat down next to Mr. Mystery.
"So what's your name? Are you a new teacher?" I asked excitingly I tried to calm it down a bit but I couldn't help myself. "Didn't they tell you?" he raised his naturally perfectly shaped eye brow. "Huh tell me what?" I was completely confused.
"He's the new student teacher. The only class he actually teaches is a counseling class. They told us last week. You weren't in the school yet Hitomi." Joey interrupted by sitting between us.
"Oh, well it's nice to meet you then sir! I'm Hitomi Kurono! I just transferred here today!" I shook his hand. "Nice to meet you I'm Kioshi Tate. I guess I want to be the cool teacher around here," he tapped his temples, "so the students can call me Mr. T, I pity the fool!" He grinned. Joey apparently didn't get it but I did. "So you're from America? Wait did you say your name was Kioshi?" "Yes." He stopped punching the air and frankly looking like a maniac. He had the looks of a mysterious bad ass type but the personality of a ditz.
"Oh, nice name," I smiled weakly. Great a new teacher with my brothers name.
"Why?" he questioned sitting back down. "Oh heh no reason so are you from America?" I quickly changed the topic. "Yes, well I came to Japan because I've always wanted to see this place but I realized I had no job so I had to get one and well I thought I'd continue my teaching career over here but I somehow became a student teacher by accident. I have no clue how that happened. But as long as it pays the bills and since I am half Japanese I can speak the language fluently. I'm also half British." "Thats so cool! Can you speak any other languages?" I asked. Boy was I getting interested in this conversation. Joey was tapping his knee which turned into slapping, then punching and bouncing his leg up and down. I didn't notice it because I was so involved in the conversation.
"And thats how I met the Queen of England and got this scar." He pulled down his sleeve finishing up his story when the Guidance counselor came up to us. "The principal will see you now." Joey had gotten up to get a drink of water in the hallway. "Oh excuse me Miss," Mr. Tate said to the Guidance Counselor, "can you make sure both Hitomi and the boy with her get their lunch. I'm afraid they missed it because of me." "I'm sorry but," the woman began. "Please Miss," he looked at her name tag, "Hiroshima. I would appreciate it oh so much." I blinked. He was totally drawing her into it. He was completely different then from before now he was mysterious and romantic looking. My, my can he really persuade because as soon as he touched her arm she immediately said YES.
Mr. Tate bowed with one last thank you he went into the office to only have Mr. Kaiba coming out.
"Hi Mr. Kaiba!" He glanced over at me. "Hitomi what are you doing in the office? Did you already break something on your first day here?" He stole a glance from his watch. "No! No, sir I haven't broken anything at all yet! I mean at all no yet, no yet!" I smiled.
He sighed. "Hurry up and go to your next class." My stomach growled. He sighed again. They say that every time you sigh you loose a minute of your life. Poor Mr. Kaiba. "Did you eat? It sounds like there's another person in there. You need to take care of yourself more often." He put his hand on my forehead then my stomach.
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What was this? It was as if yesterday didn't even happen. Why was he being so nice all of a sudden? Could he have had a change of heart? Does he have guilt from the statements made yesterday? Where's Joey? Where's everyone? Why is nobody here in the office? And why am I thinking of all these questions now? The bell sounded.
"Great I'm late. I'll talk to you later." Kaiba sped off to his class as I just collapsed on the chair. Joey walked back in. "Hey," he looked around, "where is everyone?" I shrugged my shoulders. "I don't know." "Oh sorry about the wait I was telling the cafeteria ladies to make another lunch." The guidance counselor from before came in breathing rather roughly.
I hoisted myself off the chair and followed Joey to the cafeteria where I ate what was put on my tray. I didn't really care what I was eating for all I knew it could've been human brain but at that moment all that ran through my mind was what just happened in the office.
"I'm so glad we get to miss this period of class. It is boring old Science. Ugh. Don't you just hate that class Hitomi?" "Huh? Oh uh yeah" "Are you okay you seem spaced out?" "I'm fine. Peachy. Joey?" "Yes?" I inhaled before continuing.
"What would you do if you liked someone a lot but it was an unrequited kind of love?" He gulped down his food and without hesitation answered. "Well I would still love that person no matter what. Love is such a crazy emotion thats for sure. Anyway why are you asking this? Do you like someone?" His tone went down to a whisper. "Well, I...um..." "So you do like someone. Who is it?" "I...uh rather not say, sorry." He laughed. "I expected that answer. Well I hope it's not Mr. Tate." He grimaced. "I don't like that guy." He stabbed his fork into the meat. "He seems odd..." I laughed. "You're one to talk he's not the one stabbing the table." Joey looked down and he saw that he had stabbed through both the meat and tray.
"Oh Hitomi can we do the project at your house?" I gulped hard. "What? Why?" I asked back. "Well my house is being fumigated and I'm currently staying at my friend Tristan's apartment and well...his house isn't big and it doesn't exactly have the freshest smell. Small space, big stink, bad combination." "No problem. Of course we can do it at my place." A lunch lady passed by and raised her eyebrow at us. "Kids these days have no self control. Damn the media." she muttered and kept walking. We looked at her and slowly what she was talking about logged into our brain. My face flushed bright red. "Stupid perverted lunch lady!" Joey yelled shaking his fist.
"Joey lets go, our next class is about to start. Oh we have that counseling class next. We'll have Mr. Tate...sorry Joey." Joey was muttering incoherent cusses.
"Okay, class as you all know, I am Mr. Tate but you can call me Mr. T! We're going to be exploring the wonderful world of the textbook!" Everyone groaned. He laughed. "I'm just kidding! I want to have as much fun with this class as possible. But to get to the real topic at hand I actually wanted to discuss people's views on the emotion known as love. We see it in movies, fairytales, on tabloid and magazines, we even see it in everyday life. So what is love to you?" Joey and I took our seats. Kaiba was in this class. Yes! Wait...no. After what had happened. Great.
"Hmmm...let's see...how about you." He pointed to Seto. "Oh Seto Kaiba. Heh who would've thought I'd get you of all people as a student ah well what is your view on love." Seto rolled his eyes. "It's a waste of time." Nobody said anything. "Well that's interesting that you see it that way Mr. Kaiba." "All he cares about is his money." Joey smirked. Kaiba glared at him. "Which is something you don't have you filthy mutt." I heard sighs and "here we go again" through out the class room. "Call me that again and see what I do to you money bags," Joey raised his fist and put his foot on the table about to leap off of it at anytime. Kaiba stood up. "Fil. Thy. Mutt. I shouldn't waste my precious breath on you. You're not even worth spitting on." Joey was about to leap off but I stood up and tried to hold him back. "Joey stop! Stop you're gonna' hurt someone or yourself!" "He's only gonna hurt himself if he doesn't keep that yapper shut. Stop snapping your leash you filthy dog." "Why you,"-Joey broke out of my grasp for a split second and grabbed Kaiba's shirt about ready to punch him. "Stop it you two!" I yelled. They both began swinging at each other I ran between them and blocked my head from getting beat from both sides. I awaited the blows, but they didn't come.
"Enough!" I uncovered my head glancing up. "I will not have such intolerable insolence occurring in my class. You're both men act accordingly! If you want to brawl do it somewhere else and not in my class or you will suffer consequences." Joey and Seto winced as Mr. Tate tightened his grip on their fists. The glares coming from both sides were so intense that I felt it. It was like getting hit by a car several times.
"Hitomi, dear please be more careful with yourself. If I hadn't stopped their little brawl you could've been hurt." "R-right I'm s-sorry." He was right if he hadn't stopped them I could've been injured.
Seto and Joey were in the office the whole day after that. So I was alone for the rest of the day because I hadn't seen Tea around at all. I sighed putting my head down in every class waiting for that stupid annoying school bell to sound its final ring of the day.
I ran to the office sliding in. "Safe!" I bobbed my head up and down looking for Seto or Joey. "Hey Joey, hey Mr. Kaiba!" they both looked up the glares ceasing when looking at me. "Hey Hitomi!" Joey waved. Kaiba just looked forward. I started hearing Bonnie Pink's 'Last Kiss' playing from my butt. "Why is your butt playing music?" Joey asked. "Ha, ha very funny," I flipped open the hot pink Razr Motorola Mokuba gave me. No wonder he didn't want it. It was hot pink after all.
"Hello?" I answered. A lady appeared on the other line. "Is this Ms Kurono?" "Um, yes?" I replied unsure. How did she get this number? "Oh good the Kaiba corporation forwarded me to this number. I wanted to remind you of Mr. Kaiba's meeting with my boss." "Oh right!" I said like I knew exactly what she was talking about. "I was just about to remind him actually," I was lying through my teeth. I had to act like I was on top of things or I would look stupid. "Of course right," I nodded like I knew everything. "Please forward the information to my cell phone." I laughed into the phone. "Yes, okay thank you miss. I'll make sure he gets there! Bye." I sighed wiping my forehead. I leaned toward Mr. Kaiba's ear whispering to him the information and that I would forward it directly to his Palm Pilot.
He nodded taking out his Palm Pilot. My phone started playing 'As If in A Dream' by L`arc~en~Ciel. I knew who that was. "Hey there," I cheerfully greeted. "Uh, hm okay! I'll tell him. Okay see you later babe!" Joey was completely confused at what was going on. I leaned back over telling Kaiba that, that was Mokuba and he was going to stay after school to see a basket ball game.
"Make sure you pick him up after," Kaiba was rapidly pressing things on his black high tech Palm Pilot. "Of course." I bowed.
"What the hell?" Joey said. I had completely forgotten he was there. "Oh Joey here's the homework you missed." I smiled. "Do you want me to wait or just go?" Kaiba glanced at Joey's pissed expression. He loved getting the "mutt" mad.
"Do whatever," he got up and went into the principals' office completely ignoring the secretary telling him that a meeting was occurring inside the room.
"What was that about?" Joey asked. "Oh I work for him." "What? You work for money bags? If he forcing you?" He was about an inch away from me with suspicion clearly plastered across his face as he looked me up and down. "No, no. Actually ersome events took place...don't worry about it." I grinned. "Anyway so my place Friday after school."
The week sped by as if I just blinked. "Mr. Kaiba you leave today right?" I asked while we drove to school on Friday morning. "Yes." He was looking at his laptop. "Good." He looked up raising his eyebrow. "What does that mean?" I waved my hand in front of my face. "No, no I mean GOOOOD! You're going to that meeting! Yay!" I sweat dropped.
"I'll be back Monday for the vacation. Try not to break anything," he gave me a slight glare as a warning. "Of course not! Of course not!" School was so boring today besides Mr. Tate's class. Joey and Kaiba hated it but I loved it! We actually got to give back to the community by helping clean up and I got to paint a mural it was great. Seto didn't enjoy cleaning and Joey well he was just as clumsy as ever which definitely gave Seto juice for jokes and insults. And as you guess they got into a fight causing paint to spill all over me. Yeah that wasn't exactly fun but what came next was hilarious. They got completely scolded by Mr. Tate and had to get TIME OUTS! Ha watching two teen boys standing in the corners cussing was funny. As for after school I had to help Joey clean the art room like we promised. Kaiba completely disappeared. I assumed he had already left for the meeting seeing as how I saw luggage in the limo this morning.
"Come on Joey!" I yelled. He gawked at the front of the mansion. "You live in the Kaiba mansion?" He asked me crossing his arms over his chest. "Yes. Now come on!" "No way," he pulled his arm away from my grasp. "You think I'm gonna' go in there? I hate Seto Kaiba. I'm not going into his house." It was time to use my female traits.
I placed my hand on Joey's cheek. "Please?" I made my voice smooth and low almost into a whisper. My lips were about an inch away from his. "He'll be gone all weekend so you won't see him at all. And besides if you come in," I moved my body closer to his, "we'll be all alone to do the project." I made sure to emphasize the word 'alone.' His face was completely flushed and I smirked grabbing his hand. He was completely dumbfounded.
'Ha boys always fall for a female persuasion. And besides some alone time with Joey will be great. If Kaiba doesn't want me then I'll make Joey all mine.'
Did I just sound like a real bitch? Or was that just me?