The blonde girl's mouth was a small gap as Akurei stared at her.
"Do you know Sae? She knows Toji." She pointed a slender finger at him.
Toji blinked, in turn pointing his finger to the tan girl next to him. "This is Momo Adachi. My…girlfriend?" He smiled hopefully.
"Not if you hang out with her," Momo said, brushing by quickly.
"Follow her," Toji told Akurei, "She sure to lead you to 1-3." He followed beside her, walking with a slight slouch.
"So she's your girlfriend, huh? Some character," Akurei commented.
Toji grinned. "She's a good kid. I really like her a lot." They turned the corner and Akure noticed the numbers above the doors, seeing 1-3 in the mix. She quickly turned, checking her surroundings so she could remember it for the next day.
"Whoa, be careful," Toji said quickly as the girl stumbled a little before catching her balance again. "You looked really different at the mall. I guess you're not used to school uniforms, huh?"
"I'm not used to dressing anything even remotely like this," she replied, walking into homeroom 1-3 with him. "Where should I sit?" she asked quietly, her eyes scanning the room for some unoccupied seat.
"There's one right behind where Momo sits," he said, pointing to a vacant desk behind the girl she had met earlier.
She hurried over and sat down, watching as Toji sat diagonal to Momo. Taking out her binder and her pencil case, she ducked down in her seat, hoping to avoid being noticed. Where she used to go to school, new students (always deemed The New Kid. A nickname that stuck for at least a year, on average) were either snubbed or scooped up into the "loving" arms of "popularity." Both options made her uncomfortable, so she took lots of notes and didn't raise her hand as the teacher asked questions.
Akurei glanced up as a note landed on the edge of her desk. She covered it with her hand quickly, looking to the source. A guy next to her was staring ahead to the teacher. Sae leaned out from her seat a row past his and waved at her. Akurei smiled and opened the note under her desk, taking one more quick note from the teacher's lecture before looking down into her lap for Sae's note.
Hey, Akurei! Way to go with getting in on Toji! I thought I was out of the loops, but thanks to you, I'm back in! A cousin after my own heart!
Sae