"My mind is spinning, my heart is beating..."

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Chapter 4: People around me

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"Hello, sir Van!" Tomoyo greeted him, the others just bowed.

Van looked at them, "Oh, you are some of the students in my class, right?"

"Yes, sir." said Tomoyo sounding cheerful.

"You are Tomoni?" Van asked, scratching his head.

Tomoyo sweatdropped, "Eh-heh. Tomoyo, sir. It's Tomoyo Daidouji."

"Ahh right, sorry about that Tomoyo." he apologized. "Why don't you guys sit beside me here. You can stay here with me, you know. This tree gives good shade, and you can really feel the wind blowing through your hair."

Sakura sat at his right, Syaoran was beside her. Eriol at his left and beside him was Tomoyo.

"Sir, when will we meet our other teachers?" Eriol asked.

"I will invite some teachers to come on over. More or less, you'll meet all your teachers by tomorrow." Van stated to his pupils.

Then Chiharu passed by them, "Hello sir! Hi guys!" she greeted.

"Hi, Chiharu!" Sakura greeted back.

Tomoyo and Eriol smiled in reply.

"Hey," mumbled Chiharu. "Is that you, Li?" she asked Syaoran, looking at him.

"Yeah Chiharu, it's me." he replied plainly.

Then she looked at Sakura and Van and smiled at Sakura. Then she faced Syaoran "Good luck to you, Li!" she told him, running off.

"Good luck with what?" mumbled Sakura.

A small shade of red appeared on Syaoran's cheeks. "I... I don't know..." he said, facing the other direction.

Then Tomoyo winked at Syaoran, "Hey Syaoran," she teased him. "Do you-" but she was cut by their teacher's words.

"Oh! Look at the time, breaks finish. Let's head to the classroom, guys." said their adviser as he glanced at his watch and stood up.

The four stood up and marched in a straight line to the classroom.

Then Van interrupted, "Sakura, you lead your classmates, okay?"

Sakura smiled, "Yes, sir!" she replied.

While they were in the classroom, they were waiting for mr. Van to arrive. Then Chiharu tapped Sakura's shoulder. Sakura glanced at her.

"Ne, what is it, Chiharu?" she asked.

"Sakura," Chiharu mumbled shyly. "it seems that your officially Van sensai's favourite."

Sakura's eyes widened, "Whaa? Me?" she asked, pointing at her face. Then she faced front and blushed a little.

Then Van came into the classroom, everyone kept silent. He opened the drawer at his table and took out his class record. He scanned the names of his students.

"Students, all rise." he announced.

His students all stood up.

"Fall in line in alphabetical order." he ordered them.

The students promptly did what they were told.

"Arianna Achi you sit here, the rest follow the pattern. I've already arranged a seat plan for you guys. Just look at the list, okay?"

The students nodded and slowly went to their new seats.

Sakura was the student closest to the teacher's table, Chiharu was beside her. Eriol was in the very front seat, Tomoyo was at his right. Syaoran was seated at the very back seat, beside Naoko. Yamazaki was nearest to the door. Everybody was properly seated, but there was still one vacant seat beside Syaoran.

Van sighed, "I was so busy introducing myself that I forgot to check the attendance. It seems that one is absent for today. She will sit beside you, okay Syaoran?"

Syaoran nodded silently at his seat.

Then, the door slammed open. A girl opened the door, puffing and out of breath.

"Sorry I am so late!"

Van looked at her, "Who are you? And explain yourself." he told her.

She stood straight, but still kept her eyes closed, "I am Rika Sasaki. I am so sorry for being tardy, sir. This will never happen again." she explained, finally opening her eyes.

"Alright, that's fine with me." he replied. "Never let it happen again."

Rika looked at him, her cheeks turned red, she felt funny.

Van looked puzzled and asked her, "Are you alright, Rika?"

Rika snapped out of it, "H-hai!"

"You may sit at the vacant seat beside Syaoran Li." he told her, pointing at Syaoran.

"Y-yes, sir." she mumbled, walking quickly to her seat.

"As your punishment for being late, you will clean the room after class." he stated.

Rika frowned, but nodded her head.

Sakura raised her hand in the air.

"Yes, Sakura? What is it?"

"Sensei, I will voluntarily help Rika clean the room." she suggested to him.

"So, Sakura." he protested. "It is not right, because you came to school on time, quite early actually, and she was late." he explained sternly. Then his facial expression changed, "But, it is still your choice, do as you wish."

Sakura sat back down.

Van sensai had invited all the teachers of his students. All their teachers seemed nice and approachable, except one. Mr. Yuu Roukfan.

"Students, I am mr. Yuu Roukfan. I will be teaching mathematics in your class. I don't want any students interfearing me during class. Call me sensei if you wish, but never call me without terms of respect. Do I make myslef clear?" he stated.

The students blankly nodded their heads.

"Do I make myself clear?!" he shouted.

"Yes, sir Roukfan!" replied the class in chorus.

"Good. That is all." he said as he was about to leave the classroom.

All the students were staring at him.

Then he glanced at Sakura. "And you, the girl with auburn hair and green eyes!"

Sakura stood up from her seat, shaking, "Yes, sir?" she asked.

"What are you staring at?!" he shouted at her as he left and slammed the door.

Sakura sighed, "What's his problem?" she mumbled, then she sat down again.

Then after a few hours it was lunchtime, Sakura and her party hanged out with their adviser at lunch near the Sakura tree. Sir Van knew they were coming and prepared tables so that they could all eat properly.

"Thanks sir!" said Chiharu.

Van looked at her with a puzzled face, "Thanks for what, Chiharu?" he asked.

Chiharu blushed a bit, "For the tables you set up…" she mumbled shyly.

He sweatdropped, "Oh, it's nothing." he said as he sat down.

Naoko sighed, "Oh Chiharu, I think you've fallen bad…" she told her.

"Fallen bad? What did you mean by that, Naoko?" Van asked confusedly.

Naoko shook her head, "Oh sir, you don't get it… I meant-"

"Nothing!" Chiharu interrupted as she put her hands on Naoko's mouth. "Right, Naoko?"

Naoko had no choice, she just nodded her head.

Van looked strangely at the two, "O-kay."

They all sat with him and started eating their lunch. After a few minutes, it was lunchtime of the 3rd and 4th year students. Sakura saw her brother, Yukito and Nakuru together.

"Brother! Yukito! Nakuru! Over here!" she shouted, waving her hand at them.

Yukito heard her and glanced at her. He smiled at her and waved back. He pulled Nakuru and Touya and they went to her.

"Hey, Yukito. What're you doing?" the two shouted.

"It's bad enough that you made a bet with Nakuru…" Touya added.

"It's your fault why we were late in the first place, Touya." he replied.

"You never told me abou this bet, Yukito." sighed Touya.

"Well, there's nothing you can do about the past. I've already won." Nakuru said proudly.

"And besides, we can eat over there near the Sakura tree. There's a table there and your sister is there as well."

"Yukito!" Sakura exclaimed as she hugged Yukito.

"Hi Sakura." Yukito said to her, patting her head gently.

"Hello there, Sakura." greeted Nakuru.

"Are we going to eat here, beside this… monster?" Touya asked annoyingly.

Then sir Van stood up, "Oh, sir Van, I'd like you to meet my older brother, Touya," she told Van as she pulled his arm. "and Yukito and Nakuru, his friends." She added, pointing at the two.

"And guys, this is our adviser, sir Van Luigi Diamond."

Yukito smiled at him, "Nice to meet you, sir."

He just smiled back.

Nakuru grabbed his hand and said, "Hello, sir! It's nice to meet you." She told him.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, too." he responded.

"Nakuru." said Eriol.

Nakuru stopped shaking his hand and looked at Eriol. "Oh Eriol!" she said. Then she went to him and hugged him, "Are you okay?"

Eriol laughed, "Yeah I'm okay. Maybe you should eat now." He told her.

Nakuru let him go, "Your so cute when you say that you know." Then she sat down., "Come on Yukito, sit beside me, let's eat already."

Yukito smiled and sat beside her, "That's a great idea, I'm kind of hungry myself."

"It's a pleasure…" mumbled Touya blankly.

"Yeah, a real pleasure eh." he told Touya annoyingly.

Then there was complete silence, the two were killing each other with their stares. Then, the bell rang. It broke the silence.

"Guys," Van told his students. Tell your classmates to line up and I will be there shortly."

Sakura and the others looked at each other and exchanged confused looks.

"Well, what're you guys waiting for?" he asked then.

They all shook their heads and went to their room.

Sakura couldn't help but feel bothered…

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