Chapter 1

THE OHTORI ACADEMY

The school bell rang. Students began to come out while chatting as another day at school ended and everyone went about to do their thing.

Among the crowd of students was a dark haired boy,walking slowly with his bag slumped over his shoulder and not seemingly interacting to anyone and just minding himself.

He hadn't gone far from the school entrance and presence of students in uniforms around him lessened a bit.

A high-pitched voice began to call him.

"Hikigaya-senpai!" "Senpai...wait!"

The boy was slightly annoyed but stopped and turned around to face the girl coming after him

'Wakaba. What does she want now?'

I just can't get a break,Can I?

I,Hachiman Hikigaya was finally looking forward to a normal student life in Sobu High School but got hit by a car just before my very first day to save a dog.

A dumb decision for which I'm faced consequences.

Being a school with Academic demand,there was a threat that I would struggle there while I recovered in hospital.

Apparently a broken limb was no excuse for absence and not doing tests and assignments.

Then one day,a mysterious letter in white envelope and old fashioned seal arrived and got an invitation to attend a mysterious school.

It turned out to be THE Ohtori Academy!

A really big-shot school from Elementary to High School level and it picks students through some unknown criteria.

What got me and my parents puzzled that we didn't even try to apply to this school so how they got my name and address and didn't even reveal any criteria through which I had been selected.

I still find it a bit unsettling. Komachi wanted to come too and transfer to middle school section but we couldn't even find any process to apply when we researched online and information was very sparse other than that being prestigious and all that.

So I got my own boarding room and my rather old fashioned green uniform and surprising enough I adjusted quite well.

None of that petty assholery like in my old middle school and able to keep to myself for most part.

Except that this junior girl from Middle school still pestering me! What did I do wrong?!

"I finally caught up! Hehe!"

I didn't want to show my annoyance by sighing but I did anyways.

Thanks to doting on Komachi I had a soft spot for my Kouhai,although she was even more energetic and unpredictable than my dear imouto.

We both started walking again towards the town just outside the school. This whole place had an Elite vibe but many commoners also attended this school. Wakaba and I included.

So time for a pep talk I guess.

"What is it Wakaba-san? More boy troubles?"

Now that came out harsher than I intended.

""Ehh! How rude! I just wanted to hang out but you are hard to find in school,senpai."

"Is that so?"

"Yes! Yes! Anyways the senpai who had been troubling me has been taken care of so you don't have to worry about it."

"Saionji something,was it? President of the Kendo club. What do you mean by 'taken care of?"

"Ah! Well,you know the friend and I mentioned before,Utena Tenjou-sama. She stood up for me and while I'm not sure what happened but today that senpai's girlfriend Anthy Himemiya-san broke up with him and they hang out together now. In fact Utena-sama moved in her dorm where Himemiya-san used to live alone."

As she kept on chatting I found myself drifting in my own thoughts.

In fact we're walking along the same road where I first met her. She was distraught and not paying attention;I was barely able to save her from incoming traffic without getting into another accident.

I couldn't have left her in that state so we sat down in a nearby Café and she spilled the beans about how that Saionji guy cruelly rejected and then humiliated her by posting her love letter to the notice board for everyone to see and laugh.

That honestly gave me flashbacks on all the little pricks I knew since elementary school and their cruel behaviour because of their popularity or whatever.

"Oh! I need to go that way. Let's talk again later,senpai!"

She said loudly while waving her hand at an intersection and ran of before I could respond. She's a strange girl but interesting.