The three-way
Chapter 9
By KellyQ
Morning drizzle came down onto the city, creating a light mist. A loud yawn escaped from the back of Yuma's throat as he and his cousin made their way to school. He grumbled about the whole thing of having to wake up early; he wasn't used to getting up at six in the morning. He was used to getting up and only having ten minutes to get ready before he and Astral left for school.
They entered the school grounds to see a couple of students were milling about as they entered inside the building. Astral and Yuma made their way down the quiet hallway, and they stopped in front of a blue door with the label: LIBRARY on the glass window.
Astral opened the door and they walked in. On the right side of the large spacious room were chairs and long tables. Mixtures of students were sitting there, among them were Kaito and V looking at V's laptop. The left side was six rows of shelves containing various types of books and Mangas.
Astral and his cousin made their way over to the table and put their damp shoulder bags next to their feet. V rotated the laptop to show Yuma and Astral that he had a couple paragraphs and a picture of a mitochondria cell. "This is a good start," Astral acknowledged after reading it. "I did some research myself that might help with what you got." He pushed the chair back and grabbed his bag. Astral pulled out a folder that had a picture of numbers on it. He opened it up and pulled out three copies of a list of various types of mitochondrial diseases. He handed Kaito and V each a copy. "This could work," Astral started to explain. He put the folder in his shoulder bag and placed it by his side as he pushed himself closer to the table. "We could put what you have at the beginning and list what different types there are …"
Yuma glanced away, feeling like he was going to fall asleep. He scanned the room until he heard the door open. Yuma shifted in his chair and his face lit up to see the one person he had been looking for. "Shark!"
Everyone around the room paused at what they were doing and eyed Yuma for a moment. He had already gotten up and made his way over to Ryoga was. Standing next to him was a girl with the same colored hair but longer. It parted in the back, and her bangs hung around her thin face. She had peach soft skin and moist pink lips. She wore a nice silk white blouse, and a cotton skirt with black leggings, and matching white shoes.
"You didn't tell me that you have a sister!" Yuma babbled without keeping his voice down. He smiled to her and extended his hand out and she took it. "Hi, I'm Yuma! And you are-"
"Get lost," Ryoga cut in, giving Yuma a fixed glare.
"That's a—hey-!"
Yuma halted in mid sentence when Ryoga's sister placed her hand on his arm and gave her brother a light scowl. "Don't be grumpy. My name is Sophie, and I'm sure you know my brother."
Yuma smiled and nodded his head and let go of Sophie's hand and turned his attention to Ryoga. "Where have you been Sh—Ryoga-?"
"It's none of your business," Ryoga grumbled looking at nothing in particular before he turned and started to walk toward the door, "now come on, Sophie, I still need to show you the rest of the school before the bell rings."
"We can do it together," Yuma suggested. He didn't want to sit and be bored with the project he and his cousin was assigned too. Yuma was more interested in what was going with Ryoga.
"Excuse me," came Astral's voice filled with annoyance. Moments ago, he had gotten up, walked over, and stood next to his cousin. "But I am not doing our part of the project myself, Yuma. The health teacher assigned us to a presentation and it has to be done together. "
Sophie smiled kindly at the two. "Don't worry about us. My brother will take care of everything."
Yuma smiled in return, his expression warm. "Okay. But if you need anything, just let me know."
Sophie gave Yuma and Astral a polite curtsey before turning to follow her brother around the school. "Is Yuma a classmate of yours?"
Ryoga sighed slowly. "No. He's just someone who keeps bugging me during lunch."
Sophie chuckled. Ryoga glanced at his sister and raised a brow wondering what has gotten into her. "I'm sure it's because he wants to be your friend." Ryoga grumbled at this. Sophie frowned with confusion. "You could have some friends, Ryoga, and it wouldn't hurt for you to have one to start with." Ryoga sighed.
The hallway was starting to fill with various students by now—going to their lockers to get what they needed or put their stuff away. The bell rang and Ryoga and Sophie headed to their classes in separate directions.
Mr. Kay glanced toward the door when it opened to see Yuma yawning and Astral looking a little irritated when they entered the room. "Is everything alright?" he asked Astral watching his two students sit down for third period.
Yuma grumbled. "We have a health project with V and Kaito about the mitoch—the Mitond—"
"The Mitochondrial Diseases," Astral corrected.
"That's a serious disease. You can die from it if your cells don't give you the energy you need to move about, eat, and talk," Mr. Kay explained.
Yuma's eyes widened with shock remembering the whole thing with Kaito and his brother. The bell rang and the rest of the students came in and sat down. In the mix were III, IV, and V. They pulled out their notebooks for math. Mr. Kay got up and he started to hand out two pages of math problems. Yuma worked until the door opened and Sophie stood there, out of breath, like she had been running for a while.
"Oh, hi, Sophie!" Yuma greeted with a smile.
IV was the first to give Yuma a look before averted his gaze to Sophie. He couldn't keep his eyes off her as he felt something for the first time. He clutched his chest, trying to keep his heart from beating.
He had been in various relationships with girls, but his lack of understanding social skills and personal boundaries led him to some serious trouble since the age of four.
Sophie stood there for a moment to catch her breath. She walked to the front of the class and bowed in front of the teacher. "I'm sorry that I'm late, Mr. Kay!"
The math teacher smiled. "That's okay. I talked your brother before-hand, so I was expecting you to come in at this time."
Sophie let out a sigh of relief letting her shoulders relax. She turned and smiled when she realized that Yuma was in the same class, and she took a seat next to him. Sophie pulled out her notebook and went right to work. Yuma watched her for a moment. He wanted to ask her questions, so he tore a strip of paper off and started to write some things down.
"Alright class, it's time to wrap up of what you have done with math and take it home for homework if you're not finished."
Half of the class groaned and started to put their things into their school bags. Sophie, Astral, and V got up and went over to hand their assignment to Mr. Kay. Sophie turned to see that most of the class was empty, but three—IV, Yuma and Astral. Yuma was still sitting at his desk, and Astral was waiting for him to be done with his math problem.
IV was at the door, ready for her to approach him. Sophie took a moment to take in his features. He wore a fine white long trench coat with a gold trim down the front. His creamy colored soft skin was soft, and reddish eyes that had no emotion. He two-colored hair that was blonde on the left side, and dark purple color on the right side was parted on either side of his head.
Astral was the first to notice IV trying to get Sophie's attention with a sweet smile. Yuma noticed it too and narrowed his eyes as he watched Sophie walk toward the door. IV reached out to kiss Sophie's hand when another hand grasped his. IV snapped his head to the left to see Ryoga standing there with intense look in his eyes.
IV smiled, not fazed with Ryoga's stone expression. "You didn't tell me that you have a cute sister."
Ryoga narrowed his eyes. "We should get going, Sophie," he said, letting go of IV's arm.
"And we should get going too," came V's voice, he was standing on the other side of Ryoga, "III is waiting for us."
Yuma blinked a few times and just remembered that it was lunch, his face lit up as he went after Ryoga when IV and his brother went the opposite direction.
"Wait!" Yuma caught up with Ryoga and Sophie and walked ahead; he turned and started to walk backwards putting his hands behind his head. "Can I have lunch with you guys?"
Ryoga stuffed his hands in his pockets and looked away. "I guess."
Yuma's face lit up with excitement before he lost his footing and he fell on his butt forcing Ryoga and his sister to stop walking when they realized that Yuma still hadn't gotten up. "I'm okay!" He reassured, getting to his feet and scratching the back of head with embarrassment blushing. "Shall we get going? I'm hungry!"
Sophie giggled, she had to admit that Yuma had a lot of positive energy radiating off his body and he was cute. Ryoga sighed, his thoughts not too far off with his sisters.
To Be Continued …
