The bell rang just as Trio flew into the health room.
"Phew, I barely made it!" She exclaimed to herself and she searched the room for Shinna.
"You sure did, Ms. Diana," Her teacher, Mrs. Okuda said next to her ear. Trio jumped.
"Okuda-Sensei, you scared me."
"Take a seat, Ms. Diana." Trio nodded and looked around the room, finally sighting Shinna near the middle of the class. The desks in the health room were actually miniature rectangular tables that could seat four people per table.
"What took you so long," Shinna hissed as Trio sat down next to her. "I almost had this bunch of hoodlums that are at the back of the room try to sit next to me!"
"And that's a problem?" Trio whispered as the teacher turned to the white board.
"Duh! First, they're hoodlums! Second, I'm staying away from actual human contact and/or interaction as much as I can."
"You worry too much." Trio added with a laugh.
"So, you're Ms. Interaction?"
"I'm friendly enough, and I'm not known to be cold." Trio and Shinna whispered back and forth while the teacher gave her lecture. Once or twice the teacher turned around to see the two whispering and told them to stop.
About half way through the class, a tall man in a brown suit and a clipboard walked in. Mrs. Okuda didn't notice for a few seconds until the class began giggling and pointing. Mrs. Okuda turned around, very cross for a second until she saw who was interrupting her class.
"Mr. Ken." Mrs. Okuda bowed. Mr. Ken was the assistant principal. "How may I help you?"
"I have a new student to the school who was just arrived. Do you have enough room for him here?"
"Why yes sir, I do."
"Come in Shiro Nanzaki." A beautiful dark-haired boy walked in somewhat shyly. He wore a light blue shirt with dark blue jeans and black shoes. His hair was a little longer than most boys with a stripe or two of an auburn color. He looked into the faces of the children in the classroom without a smile, but not a frown.
"May I introduce," Mr. Ken said with a sweep of his hand to the back of Shiro's upper back, pushing him forward, "Mr. Shiro Nanzaki. He has recently moved here from the Azure Kingdom to the west of this Sanc Kingdom we all live in. Please be nice to him. He has not attended such a large school before. Why don't you find a seat, Shiro?" Shiro nodded politely to Mr. Ken and Mrs. Okuda before looking again at the classroom. He locked eyes with Trio, who felt a strange attraction to the new student. He smiled and she returned the smile. He walked up the aisle next to Trio's right and sat down next to her. Trio smiled again and looked over at Shinna but was met with a scowl.
"What?!" Trio whispered fiercely.
"Ms. Friendly aren't we?"
"Jerome never said we can't make friends."
"I don't trust new exchange students." Was Shinna's reply before turning back to the teacher.
The teacher regarded Shiro for a moment. Nodding to herself she said, "Shiro, this is not only a health class. I know it's a little sudden but you must have PE clothes for every other day in this class. So when we meet on Wednesday, please meet in the gym with PE-type clothes okay?"
"Yes, Sensei," he said in a somewhat quiet voice. He pulled out a notebook and began scribbling in it. Trio returned her attention to the teacher who was pointing out major diseases of the circulatory system.
After a few seconds Trio felt a cold, gentle push against her hand. Looking down, she saw Shiro's notebook with the word "Hi" at the top. Pulling it closer, she began to read the half page note.
"Hi, my name is Shiro Nanzaki, as you know. What's your name?
Trio almost wrote 'Trio Hawk'. Correcting herself, she wrote, "Diana Kai. It's nice to meet you Shiro.if you don't mind me asking, why did you move here?"
"My father. He has an 'important' project and he says he knows where the final pieces of the puzzle are. I don't see why I had to come."
"I'm sorry, Shiro. What can I do to help?"
"Be my friend."
"Deal (!" Shiro chuckled. Shinna, who had been listening very carefully to the teacher, glanced over at Trio with a glare. Trio shrugged.
A few seconds later, the bell rang.
"Now don't forget, Wednesday, meet in the gym with PE clothes. Have a good day class!"
"Bye, Mrs. Okuda," some of the students said. Shinna looked over at Trio and scowled again.
"Would you stop that?" Trio said crossly.
"You're much to friendly."
"Hm," Trio scowled back and walked off. Shiro came up behind her and tapped her on the shoulder.
"What class do you have next Diana?"
"Um..yea! Geometry! Which is right after lunch."
"Do you mind if I follow you? I'm a little lost."
"Sure."
Shinna aka Tana, grabbed Trio's arm and pulled her through the door.
"Come on DIANA, we're going to be late for lunch." Trio tried get away from Shinna but she would hear nothing of it. Trio turned around and mouthed, 'sorry' to Shiro and he nodded his understanding.
As soon as they were in line, Trio forcefully ripped her arm from Shinna's grip.
"Would you knock it off!"
"No! We've got an identity to protect."
"Then why do I even bother to go to school!" Trio spat, walking outside. Shinna frowned and sighed a regretful sigh.
"It's for your own good, I know it is. I can feel it. That kid's gonna cause problems."
Trio stomped outside, making her way to the apple trees in front of the school. Sitting down on the roots, and looking up at the blue sky and wispy clouds, she thought.
'Why do we even come OUT if we're suppose to always keeping away from people. It's not fair. Why can't I be a full human? Shinna won't even let me TALK to Shiro, much less be his friend. Besides, yes, she can't and won't rule my life. I will talk to him and be friends with him.'
Thinking back a little she thought of what he had wrote, "He has an 'important' project and he says he knows where the final pieces of the puzzle are." Trio shivered. 'I wonder if his dad is part of the "X".'
A hand touched her shoulder and she jumped. When she looked up, her eyes met Shiro's. He smiled.
"I thought you might be hungry," he said, pulling out a carrot. Seeing as you ran out of the cafeteria."
Trio smiled. "Thanks. I'm sorry about Sh.I mean, Tana's behavior. I don't know what got into her."
"It's okay, so long as she stops it."
"What?"
"I want be friends with you. I didn't really appreciate her attitude to me." He sighed. "Look, I'm very frustrated with my dad moving me here, and I'd really like someone to talk to."
"I know, I'll ask her about it."
"Thanks, I just want a friend. Humans are social creatures, we need company. I just don't want her to hate me just cause I'm your friend."
"Me neither." They didn't say much the rest of lunch, just sat, enjoying each other's company.
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"Phew, I barely made it!" She exclaimed to herself and she searched the room for Shinna.
"You sure did, Ms. Diana," Her teacher, Mrs. Okuda said next to her ear. Trio jumped.
"Okuda-Sensei, you scared me."
"Take a seat, Ms. Diana." Trio nodded and looked around the room, finally sighting Shinna near the middle of the class. The desks in the health room were actually miniature rectangular tables that could seat four people per table.
"What took you so long," Shinna hissed as Trio sat down next to her. "I almost had this bunch of hoodlums that are at the back of the room try to sit next to me!"
"And that's a problem?" Trio whispered as the teacher turned to the white board.
"Duh! First, they're hoodlums! Second, I'm staying away from actual human contact and/or interaction as much as I can."
"You worry too much." Trio added with a laugh.
"So, you're Ms. Interaction?"
"I'm friendly enough, and I'm not known to be cold." Trio and Shinna whispered back and forth while the teacher gave her lecture. Once or twice the teacher turned around to see the two whispering and told them to stop.
About half way through the class, a tall man in a brown suit and a clipboard walked in. Mrs. Okuda didn't notice for a few seconds until the class began giggling and pointing. Mrs. Okuda turned around, very cross for a second until she saw who was interrupting her class.
"Mr. Ken." Mrs. Okuda bowed. Mr. Ken was the assistant principal. "How may I help you?"
"I have a new student to the school who was just arrived. Do you have enough room for him here?"
"Why yes sir, I do."
"Come in Shiro Nanzaki." A beautiful dark-haired boy walked in somewhat shyly. He wore a light blue shirt with dark blue jeans and black shoes. His hair was a little longer than most boys with a stripe or two of an auburn color. He looked into the faces of the children in the classroom without a smile, but not a frown.
"May I introduce," Mr. Ken said with a sweep of his hand to the back of Shiro's upper back, pushing him forward, "Mr. Shiro Nanzaki. He has recently moved here from the Azure Kingdom to the west of this Sanc Kingdom we all live in. Please be nice to him. He has not attended such a large school before. Why don't you find a seat, Shiro?" Shiro nodded politely to Mr. Ken and Mrs. Okuda before looking again at the classroom. He locked eyes with Trio, who felt a strange attraction to the new student. He smiled and she returned the smile. He walked up the aisle next to Trio's right and sat down next to her. Trio smiled again and looked over at Shinna but was met with a scowl.
"What?!" Trio whispered fiercely.
"Ms. Friendly aren't we?"
"Jerome never said we can't make friends."
"I don't trust new exchange students." Was Shinna's reply before turning back to the teacher.
The teacher regarded Shiro for a moment. Nodding to herself she said, "Shiro, this is not only a health class. I know it's a little sudden but you must have PE clothes for every other day in this class. So when we meet on Wednesday, please meet in the gym with PE-type clothes okay?"
"Yes, Sensei," he said in a somewhat quiet voice. He pulled out a notebook and began scribbling in it. Trio returned her attention to the teacher who was pointing out major diseases of the circulatory system.
After a few seconds Trio felt a cold, gentle push against her hand. Looking down, she saw Shiro's notebook with the word "Hi" at the top. Pulling it closer, she began to read the half page note.
"Hi, my name is Shiro Nanzaki, as you know. What's your name?
Trio almost wrote 'Trio Hawk'. Correcting herself, she wrote, "Diana Kai. It's nice to meet you Shiro.if you don't mind me asking, why did you move here?"
"My father. He has an 'important' project and he says he knows where the final pieces of the puzzle are. I don't see why I had to come."
"I'm sorry, Shiro. What can I do to help?"
"Be my friend."
"Deal (!" Shiro chuckled. Shinna, who had been listening very carefully to the teacher, glanced over at Trio with a glare. Trio shrugged.
A few seconds later, the bell rang.
"Now don't forget, Wednesday, meet in the gym with PE clothes. Have a good day class!"
"Bye, Mrs. Okuda," some of the students said. Shinna looked over at Trio and scowled again.
"Would you stop that?" Trio said crossly.
"You're much to friendly."
"Hm," Trio scowled back and walked off. Shiro came up behind her and tapped her on the shoulder.
"What class do you have next Diana?"
"Um..yea! Geometry! Which is right after lunch."
"Do you mind if I follow you? I'm a little lost."
"Sure."
Shinna aka Tana, grabbed Trio's arm and pulled her through the door.
"Come on DIANA, we're going to be late for lunch." Trio tried get away from Shinna but she would hear nothing of it. Trio turned around and mouthed, 'sorry' to Shiro and he nodded his understanding.
As soon as they were in line, Trio forcefully ripped her arm from Shinna's grip.
"Would you knock it off!"
"No! We've got an identity to protect."
"Then why do I even bother to go to school!" Trio spat, walking outside. Shinna frowned and sighed a regretful sigh.
"It's for your own good, I know it is. I can feel it. That kid's gonna cause problems."
Trio stomped outside, making her way to the apple trees in front of the school. Sitting down on the roots, and looking up at the blue sky and wispy clouds, she thought.
'Why do we even come OUT if we're suppose to always keeping away from people. It's not fair. Why can't I be a full human? Shinna won't even let me TALK to Shiro, much less be his friend. Besides, yes, she can't and won't rule my life. I will talk to him and be friends with him.'
Thinking back a little she thought of what he had wrote, "He has an 'important' project and he says he knows where the final pieces of the puzzle are." Trio shivered. 'I wonder if his dad is part of the "X".'
A hand touched her shoulder and she jumped. When she looked up, her eyes met Shiro's. He smiled.
"I thought you might be hungry," he said, pulling out a carrot. Seeing as you ran out of the cafeteria."
Trio smiled. "Thanks. I'm sorry about Sh.I mean, Tana's behavior. I don't know what got into her."
"It's okay, so long as she stops it."
"What?"
"I want be friends with you. I didn't really appreciate her attitude to me." He sighed. "Look, I'm very frustrated with my dad moving me here, and I'd really like someone to talk to."
"I know, I'll ask her about it."
"Thanks, I just want a friend. Humans are social creatures, we need company. I just don't want her to hate me just cause I'm your friend."
"Me neither." They didn't say much the rest of lunch, just sat, enjoying each other's company.
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