Kaiya felt the deceleration of the car as it slowed to a halt. Looking out the window, she saw a small apartment building; her new home. Her parents, or, more accurately, her adoptive parents, were sending her to a new school in another town this year, but that didn't really bother her too much. Not one to have many friends or any semblance of a social life, Kaiya mostly kept to herself. She would spend most days reading or playing video games, and she was content with things. When her parents told her she would be moving to a new city and school, she replied with "it's not like I have any friends here, and the chance to live by myself sounds fun." Hearing this, however, she had to reassure them that she would take studying seriously, and that she would be responsible by herself. It was annoying to Kaiya, being talked to like a child, but she understood where they were coming from. Living alone carries a lot of responsibilities with it, and she did fully intend to keep up with those responsibilities. On top of all that, her parents were paying the rent for her, and giving her an increase in her allowance, a metaphorical cherry on top of the already good deal she was getting.
The entire day she arrived at her new home was spent unpacking and organizing/decorating the apartment in a way that her mother felt was appropriate for a teenage girl like her. Before she knew it, it was evening, and her parents were getting in their car to go home, to leave Kaiya by herself. Giving her parents one last hug, and reassuring them that if she needed anything she would call them, and that she would have at least one call a week so they could check in on her, they departed, the car disappearing behind a house as it turned a corner.
"They're finally gone," Kaiya said, giving a sigh of relief. Making her way into her apartment, she made one last look towards the direction her parents left in before closing the door. She made herself a small dinner and went up to her bedroom after she was finished. She looked at the calendar app on her phone and saw she had 3 days before school started for her. She was somewhat dreading starting school again, but mostly because she'd have to deal with a bunch of strangers asking questions about her. As a private person, she didn't like to talk about herself, especially about her past. In her last school, people eventually gave up trying to talk to her, unless it was for something important that they needed. Now she'd have to get to that point again, if she could. It wasn't as if she hated people, it's just she didn't particularly like interacting with others. She wasn't afraid of them, but just indifferent. She'd rather be left alone where she could just read her books in silence. Setting an alarm for the morning, she went to bed for the night.
The next morning, when she awoke, she made herself breakfast before going to the store to pick up some school supplies that she was required to get. A new school uniform, notebooks, pens and pencils, everything that a student would need at their school. Her parents had ordered the uniform ahead of time, which was lucky for her because it was tailor made for her. After paying for her things, she made her way back home, which was just a few blocks away from the store, a convenient spot to get pretty much anything she'd need.
On her way back she saw several of her fellow students, knowing this because they were in the same uniform that she had just picked up. Several, in particular, caught her eye. The first was a particularly energetic looking girl with a red bow in her hair, who was basically jumping all over some plain looking boy who looked pretty annoyed with her clingy behavior. She assumed they were a couple on their way to school. Right behind them was a small girl with pigtails in her hair. She looked young that Kaiya almost mistook her for a middle schooler, were it not for the school's uniform she was wearing, indicating she was going to their high school. To Kaiya, she seemed almost too small, but she chalked it up to genetics and moved on, passing another girl who Kaiya could only describe as beautiful, with long, flowing, violet hair, whose face was buried in a book. If Kaiya could manage to make any friend at school, she'd want it to be her. A passion for literature, being entranced by the words on the pages, that girl was someone who understood the value of reading.
Kaiya eventually returned home. She tried her uniform on to see how it looked on her, and was surprised at how good it looked. It was significantly better than her previous uniform. The taupe coat, red bow, orange vest and blue skirt looked great together, and it was pretty comfortable too. She normally wasn't a fan of wearing skirts, but this was alright. After she was finished, she changed into her normal clothes and decided to relax with some light reading, which turned into an all day event because before she knew it, it was already time to go to bed.
"I guess time flies when you are doing something you enjoy," she said, putting a bookmark where she stopped. Setting the book on the nightstand, she fell asleep, her first full day in a new city, by herself, was behind her.