The Megane

Introductions began slowly but surely. Surprising similarities were discovered as well as stark differences.

Hyuuga Junpei, however, was having a hard time coming to terms with the now-enlarged party. Although captain of his team at Seirin, Hyuuga had never actually felt like he was good at taking charge. He'd always thought Kiyoshi would've been a better leader, though he didn't tell him that.

If it was just Seirin and his friends, Hyuuga probably would've been fine. But despite his rough demeanor and infamous clutch mode, Hyuuga was actually quite introverted, and although he'd learned to perform under stress, there were still times when he felt like hiding away with his Sengoku figurines.

If he told Riko this, she'd laugh at him and push him into the crowd.

Hyuuga took a deep breath and pushed up his glasses. To his dismay, the closest person to him was Midorima Shintarou, one of the Generation of Miracles who notorious for his prickly personality.

(He was also a fellow megane-wearer, something Hyuuga tried to ignore.)

Midorima himself was looking a bit out of place, twirling his lucky item of the day around his fingers. His ever-present companion, Takao, was a few yards away chatting with a nervous-looking brown-haired boy. Hyuuga knew Midorima wasn't shy, but it didn't seem like he thrived on social situations either.

The next closest person to Hyuuga was a dark blue-haired boy, with red rectangular glasses perched on his nose. He was in an animated conversation with a silver-haired boy who, to Hyuuga's continued discomfort, was also wearing glasses.

(At this point, it could be said that a one Touno Hiyori saw the incidental gathering of megane and quickly exited the scene so he could not be compared to those nerds.)

Hyuuga decided he would have better luck with two strangers than Midorima Shintarou, so he cleared his throat and walked up to the pair.

The silver-haired boy spoke first. "Ah, hello. It's a beautiful day, isn't it? And it's always nice to meet new people." He smiled gently.

Hyuuga was reminded of Kiyoshi, a guy with an effortless friendliness. Hyuuga was sure Kiyoshi was making his way around, introducing himself to every person he didn't know.

"I'm Serizawa Nao," the boy said.

Hyuuga introduced himself in turn, then fell into an awkward silence.

The dark blue-haired boy eyed Hyuuga and pushed up his glasses in a way that Hyuuga found somewhat pretentious.

(Even though Hyuuga wore glasses, he wasn't that kind of nerd, though if judging by anything, it seemed that this boy was.)

"I'm Ryuugazaki Rei," he said. "I was just introducing myself to Serizawa-san here, as he is the most esteemed senpai of Haruka-senpai. We were talking about the theories of sports medicine. Have you heard of the new development that was just announced the other day?"

Hyuuga had not and spent the next few minutes listening to an entirely too scientific description of what Rei described as "a beautiful mix between theory and practicality."

It was during Rei's discourse that Midorima, who had evidently been eaves-dropping, spoke up. "That's nonsense," he said. "There's no proof whatsoever that that sort of things works."

Hyuuga wanted to point out that Midorima wasn't exactly the king of who should determine proof or not, but he wisely held his tongue.

Instead of looking peeved at this interruption, Rei and Nao listened to Midorima's argument quite intently, and all three then continued into an intellectual debate that was far too advance for one of Hyuuga's level.

Even though he only understood half of what was being said, Hyuuga found himself rather entertained.

Maybe today wouldn't be so bad after all.

A/N: Hey, everyone! I hope you enjoyed this part. When I first started writing this, I wasn't even planning on including Hyuuga's POV, but I knew I wanted to write something about the megane, so he's just the megane character I ended up using! See you next time!

~ J. Dominique