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Chapter 4: Adjusting to life

My eyes narrowed at the pair of emerald eyes. Standing up I brushed myself off, picked up my discarded books and started to walk away until I heard someone call out my name. Sighing, I kept on walking trying to ignore the constant calling of my name.

"Awww come on Miss Botan, what's wrong?" The owner of the emerald eyes asked, teasing lightly.

"Nothing. Come on or were going to be late for school." I quickly hasten my pace, before I started to sprint down the concrete road. I was being followed step by step down the nearly empty street.

"Well whose fault is it, I bet Hisuke tried to wake you up but you didn't listen again." A giggle escapes her lips as her emerald eyes silently laughed at me.

"It wasn't my fault Akari, I was so tried." I whined half heartedly as we entered the steel gates of Meiou High. The large white structure will be my school for the next 3 years.

As soon as we got through the gate, an awkward silence passes through the courtyard. All eyes on us as we past numerous amounts of students, all in which were whispering to each other. I could hear that the gossip on everyone's lips was that I was the infamous Hisuke's younger sister.

"Well you're popular as you were last year Botan-chan." Akari whispered to me as we maneuvered through the crowd of students.

The curious stares from the bystanders watched our every move. I suddenly became very aware around them, I found myself secretly eyeing those while a giggled at what Akari was saying. "I'm not popular, they're just curious about the new lower-class man. "

"Right, but you're certainly causing a big stir, Botan. It sure doesn't help that you're the little sister of the infamous Hisuke. Hope that doesn't get to your pretty little head." The emerald-eyed girl giggled out.

She squealed happily and jumps up, a happy smile quickly formed on her face when she frantically waved someone over.

Somehow I already knew who it was without looking. It could only be one person that could cause Akari to smile like a lovesick fool. It was one of Hisuke's stupid friends, someone by the name of Yukato Kowasu.

"Hey Yukisura," A stupid flirtatious smile appeared on his face as he walked over to us. His coffee colored eyes skimming over Akari's body before he finally looked her in the face, turning he acknowledged me with a quick smile. "And hello Miss Botan, where's Hisuke?"

I turned away and waved off his question nonchalantly, "I don't know Kowasu why won't you ask around the school. Maybe one of those girls I heard Hisuke said you've been hanging around with will know."

Hearing a sigh from behind me I heard Akari said good bye to Kowasu and ran up beside me again, "Ouch Botan-chan that was cold. Why don't you like Yukato?"

I smiled sweetly at her, "I like him fine Akari, it's just I don't really like how he's flirting with you. I just don't want you to get hurt again."

Putting a reassuring hand on my shoulder she smiled, "Don't worry about it, I may like him but it's not that serious. I mean he's a player, but I can't help my attraction to him. He can be really sweet you know, and he's cute too. Beside would I think about having something serious with him, I mean he's just like--"

Akari stopped herself; her eyes started to grow distant and sad as a bittersweet smile appear on her face. "He's just like my Yusuke…"

"Akari he's not like Yusuke." I reassured her, knowing that what she said was true but I didn't want to believe it myself.

"No he's exactly like Yusuke! Don't lie to me Botan, except Yukato has dark blue hair when my Yusuke has black. But other than that they're almost the same person!" She whispered, her emerald eyes lowering to the ground.

"No that not true, Yukato is much cockier than your Yusuke."

"No Yusuke had enough pride for both of them put together, he also a much bigger jerk than Yukato…but he was my jerk." She forced back a heart wrecking sob, and my heart began to ache.

"Akari…" I started but then I felt someone hitting a bag over my head.

Turning around my rosy eyes glared darkly at a pair of laughing crimson. "What the hell did you do that for Hisuke?" I screamed.

"That was for not waking up this morning and this," he hit my head two more times "is for throwing your pillow at me, and the other one was for making Akari cry so early in the morning."

"But I didn't mean too! Honest I didn't!" I cried out. His only comeback was a click of the wrist in a whatever sort of manner as he disappeared through the crowd of students in front of the school door.

I grew furious and ran after my retreating brother, in the distance I was able to hear the yelling of Kari but I ignored it. I suddenly hit something hard and was falling backward, but I felt a hand encircling my waist and pulling me forward toward my savior's body. Gazing up I saw a pair of worried amber eyes.

"Are you alright Miss?" A familiar male voice filled my system and the last thing I remembered before my whole world went dark.

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