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Shizuka hazily managed to get through her daily classes and was greatly relieved when the final release bell rang. She quickly exited her last class, Honors English, got what she needed from her locker and made her way out into the fresh air.
A gaggle of popular girls passed by and took the time to glance over at her and then burst out in laughter. Shizuka blushed and hung her head and she took a seat on the front garden wall. Where on earth was Joey? She looked about, trying to spot her conspicuous older brother, but couldn't spot him.
She spotted Tea and was about to wave and call out to her when Yuugi rushed out of the school, wrapped his arm around the brunette's waist, kissed her lightly and together the two hurriedly made their way down the street.
Why hadn't she noticed so many couples at her old school, Shizuka wondered. It seemed that every which way she turned, another handsome guy was linking arms with some artificially-coloured girl. Why did guys like those shallow girls anyway?
She supposed it was a high school thing; it was all about outer appearance. If one wasn't baked to a crisp and had perfectly done hair, one was nothing. But really! Those girls-- those girls didn't deserve all the attention, did they? They were all just so desperate. They only looked at "today" and considered themselves individuals even though their looks (and minds) were all a perfect carbon copy.
Another bleach-blonde girl passed by and laughed obnoxiously, obviously at a (probably completely stupid) joke that the guy she was clinging to said.
Then again…
Shizuka wished she could be one of them; how she wished she could be a shallow, beautiful girl. Sure, they had problems too, but mostly ones about the millions of boys who flocked around them or having a relatively "bad day" consisting of breaking a nail and loosing their lip gloss.
In the middle of her thoughts, though, the schoolyard became silent as a sleek black limo pulled up. The front door of the school opened and out walked the definition of debonair. All eyes were on the thin, fit man as he made his way to the expensive car.
As he smoothly slid into the backseat, Shizuka caught a glimpse of Mokuba, whom she remembered from back at Battle city. Not only did she see the lively young boy, but as the door swung closed, she could have sworn that she could have seen The Seto Kaiba flash a smile at his younger brother.
Such an action left her puzzling. Everyone claimed Kaiba, big bad Kaiba, was so evil. Joey ranted day in and day out that he was the most gutless, moral-less jerk on the face of the planet. But could such an awful man really be so kind?
Surely, such an absolute monster of a man wouldn't have alerted her when lunch ended. And if he was as bad as everyone claimed, how on earth could he be so loving to his little brother.
"Yo, Shizuka!" Shizuka shot up and found her brother and Mai grinning down at her,
"Gosh, 'Zuka, you've been completely outta it for five minutes!" Joey said as he hauled the redhead to her feet, "Now come on. Mai an' I is got a study date." With a grin, he took the blonde corseted-woman's hand and began down the street.
Shizuka slowly followed the two giddy blondes down the road and sunk into her daze again. Lunchtime had been horrible. So many mean girls had laughed at her-- and for no apparent reason! She was already tired of all the girls with eight feet of leg and a stick-ish figure. Every which way she turned, a starving-looking girl was latched on to some handsome guy.
What made them all so likeable anyway? Sure, they were pretty on the outside… but why couldn't stupid guys just look past it! All they wanted were girls like--
Like Mai. Like Tea.
It wasn't that Shizuka specifically had anything against them but-- but they had it so easy! Guys flocked to them daily! They had boyfriends, looked gorgeous, and everyone listened to them! Shizuka knew, though, that Joey originally like Mai… just because she was "hot."
"So, Shizuka, how was your first day here at Domino?" Mai asked over her shoulder. Shizuka looked up from her misery and faked a smile,
"Oh, it was… it was fine." she said, hoping she sounded convincing enough.
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"Hey, Seto?"
"Yes, what is it, Mokuba?" Seto asked as he continued to type something on his laptop, the limo jolting along.
"Wasn't that Shizuka Kawaii?-- the red-headed girl sitting on the front wall?"
"Shizuka Kawaii?" Seto asked, his fingers uncharacteristically pausing on the keys.
"Mm-hmm! She's really nice!" Mokuba said with a grin before he turned back to the window.
"Shizuka Kawaii. . ."
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