Yuki Kaida drummed her fingers on the desk. Kyo was late… then… She stared wide eyed at the new student. He looked shocked and deeply unhappy, and Yuki couldn't blame him in the slightest. He was soaked. Maybe Kyo wasn't late. Yuki looked up at the air vent. Kyo's blonde head popped out and winked at her. Kyo was the trickster of the Garden, and he was quite mean when he wanted to be. The new student shook his head, his face red, and ran from the room. Poor guy. Yuki sorta pitied him. Kyo disappeared from her view of the vent, and about six minutes later sidled into the commons.
Matt cursed under his breath. Apparently not many people at Garden liked him. He knew who had done it, but had resolved not to tell. It was that Ryo Hishono kid. Earlier that day, Ryo had stolen his backpack. It had taken him all morning to find it. This guy seemed like trouble. But, as he had heard his mother say so many times, 'ignore them', and 'two wrongs don't make a right'. He looked over at the picture Keiko had given him, which he had pinned up on his dorm wall. He heard a knock on the door and rushed to it, a dry black t-shirt on, tucked into a new pair of jeans. His hair was spiked every which way all over the place because he had just attempted to dry it. Not that that was unusual.
"Hello?" he was surprised to find it was the quiet girl that always sat in the very back during class. What was her name again…? Yuri, was it? No, Yuki. That was it.
"Yo." She seemed rather embarrassed.
Matt nodded and stepped aside. "Come on in."
"Thanks…" she walked in hesitantly.
"Sup?"
He really wanted to know what she wanted. People never came to see him, much less a pretty girl. Yuki was tall and very thin, with black hair with electric blue streaks in it. She had the greenest eyes, and wore punk rock style clothes.
"Hey, I just wanted to apologize for what happened earlier. Part of it my fault. Ryo and I had planned on dumping on you, but only by book-checking you. I had no idea he was gonna pull that dumb stunt… well, in any case, I dropped by to apologize. And while you're at it, forgive my friend. It's not likely he's the type to apologize. Well, sorry and I'll see ya around." Yuki shrugged.
"Hey, don't worry about it."
"Really?"
Yuki had been expecting Matt to get really mad, or at least ticked off just a little.
"Yup. Why?"
"I wasn't expecting you to take it so…" Oops… "Um…" Didn't mean to say that out loud…
"I guess I don't really blow up easy. Learned it from Dad." Boy, does Mom have a temper on her, though…
Yuki smiled. This guy was completely relaxed, and he didn't eve know her. He let back his guard infront of the girlfriend of the guy who soaked him. That took some nerve, at least if you asked her. She stored away that piece of information about him. And he was really, really cute. She pushed that thought to the back of her mind. She was already dating Ryo. She shouldn't think that Ryo's favorite trick victim was cute. Absolutely not.
"Hey, to be the friend of a trickster you're pretty cool. You up for coffee tomorrow morning?"
The words were out of his mouth before Matt could stop them. Oh no… this was gonna be so embarrassing… Why was he stupid enough to say that? She was probably already taken… probably already had a boyfriend….
Kuso, I should've said I had a boyfriend! He seems so much nicer than Ryo, and cuter…But I can't! Ryo would kill me! Matt's cool, and I really don't wanna turn him down, but I don't have an option. I'm really gonna regret this, aren't I?
"I'm sorry. I'm…. busy. I have to… study with Eyno! For a written SeeD test. Wish I could, but… I can't." lied Yuki.
"How about Saturday then?"
$h!t… are you trapping me on purpose, Matt?! "Saturday? Um…" She quickly tried to make up and excuse, but came up completely blank.
"Never mind." Matt shrugged.
"Bye Matt." Yuki felt her face grow hot, and she edged towards the door.
"See ya Yuki." Matt waved her off. It seemed to Yuki that a wave of ice was emanating from him. She turned and strode out of the room.