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She sighed.

'He's not following me,' Kagome thought, looking behind her, finally letting out that breath of relief, 'Good.'

Just why was he so persistent?

'It's annoying,' She thought, slowing down her pace as she shoved her hands in her pockets, irritated that she would have to look through the clubs another time, 'I already told him to stay away from me.'

Now she would have to go out of her way to avoid him.

'Might as well get some homework done,' Kagome winced at the thought of math, 'I'm going to have to find a different spot.' Now that Suoh knew her favourite spot to relax in during lunch and her free period, she would have to find somewhere else.

She walked through the long halls until something pink caught her eye.

"What?" Kagome uttered, stopping to stare at something she certainly did not expect to see, "Is that...?" She blinked, bending down to pick up what looked to be a bunny plushy, "What the hell?"

Just what was something like this doing here?

'Does this actually belong to a student?' Kagome shook her head at the thought, not sure if she would ever be able to understand her rich classmates who preferred their sheltered little bubbles and knew nothing of reality, 'Is there some kind of 'lost-and-found' at this school?'

Well, she could always just drop the bunny off at the Chairman's office when she saw him next...

As she turned a corner, she glanced back, relieved to see that Tamaki really had not followed her, but let out a sound when she roughly bumped into something and would have fallen if not for her skills she would rather keep secret.

"Oi," A red-haired male looked at her and with his face, it looked as though he was glaring at her, "Watch where you're going."

"O-oh," Kagome recognized him as one of her classmates, Kasanoda Ritsu, a fellow outcast whom many students were afraid of for reasons she really did not know, "I'm sorry," She said sheepishly, "I really wasn't watching where I was going."

Kasanoda stared at her, causing her to blink and then frown, "I already apologized," Kagome huffed, "What more do you want?"

"Why the fuck aren't you running away screaming?" Kasanoda demanded, inwardly taken back by the lack of fear this girl was showing, though perhaps, since she came from a middle-class family and was the new student, maybe she did not know who he was?

"What? Why should I be running away?" Kagome's frown deepened, "I said I was sorry already. I'll be going on my way now." She stated with a tense tone.

"No, wait!" Kasanoda called out when Kagome began to step around him, stopping and he flushed a little under her scrutinizing stare, "I didn't mean it like that!" He shouted, cursing himself internally when he raised his voice unnecessarily.

"Okay," Kagome said slowly, peering at the red-head when he seemed to mutter to himself under his breath, "Can I help you with something?" She really hoped he wasn't like those three students she just encountered.

"You're the new kid, Higurashi Kagome, right?" Kasanoda took this chance, hoping this girl did not know he came from a Yakuza clan, "We are in the same class," He raised his arm shakily, "Kasanoda Ritsu."

"It's nice to meet you," Kagome took his hand, noting how it shook when she touched his skin, "Kasanoda-san."

"Uhh, yeah," Kasanoda flushed again, noticing that she was holding a pink bunny with her other arm and knew vaguely he had seen it somewhere before, "I know how the other students treat you," He said bluntly, "And it's fucking disgraceful. If you want," He swallowed thickly, "We could hang out during lunch."

It was rather awkward and Kasanoda's eyes were darting everywhere but at her, "It's a kind offer," She smiled and abruptly thought of Tamaki and how not every student looked at her in disdain, but... "It's best not to get involved with me."

Despite how their classmates were afraid of him (probably because of his face), he certainly had a chance to make friends and connections and she did not want to ruin that for him.

Someone like her did not have a place in Suoh's and Kasanoda's world.

"Please, excuse me," Kagome bowed, "I need to make a decision on what club to join." She went to move past him, but he surprised her when he shouted out something she did not expect.

"Join the Gardening Club!"

Violet eyes narrowed from a distance.