I arrive at the school 10 minutes before homeroom starts. I find a vending machine and buy a coffee, just something to wake me up and give me some energy, for I'm still lacking breakfast. Oh well. There's always lunch. I head back to where my homeroom is. 2-B, 2-A... Here we are. I turn the corner to open the door, but...

"Ow!"

"Ack!"

As soon as I open the sliding door, another figure collides into me. I fall back, unready for something like that to happen. I get up again and stare this kid down. He's a blond and he's wearing his uniform unbuttened.

"Watch where you're going."

"Like hell I will!"

The blond is clearly suprised by my answer, but the suprised look turns into something of utter disgust towerds me.

"Excuse me?"

He steps forword a bit. I stand my ground, but my legs are shaking a bit. First day and it looks like I'm already going to be getting in a fight.

"You watch where you're going, asshole."

Again, a look of suprise at my answer. His hands ball up, as if he's ready to brawl with me. I immediatly ball up my fists also. I'm going to let him attack first, so it looks like he started the fight.

"Yoshiki! Man, calm down!"

A voice cuts the tension between this Yoshiki kid and myself. We both turn to locate the voice. Yoshiki clearly knows the person that interupted the battle.

"Satoshi. Thank god. This kids being an ass."

The Satoshi guy walks over to me and holds out his hand.

"I'm Satoshi Mochida. You must be the new student."

"Yep. That'll be me. I'm Ryou Funai."

I shake Mochida's hand. He's much more calm and relaxed than that Yoshiki. I get the feeling that I'll like this guy.

"You in this homeroom?"

Mochida points his thumb behind him to point out the classroom.

"Yep."

"Nice. I'm also in it, along with Yoshiki here."

Mochida pulls over Yoshiki, who's trying to escape into the classroom. I nod at them.

"Nice to meet you two."

Yoshiki stares at me, and I can still detect a faint trace of hatred in his eyes. Or is it envy. I'm unsure. I step into the classroom and instantly everyone in the room was staring at me. Feeling paranoid, I step inside a bit farther. Everyone is still staring at me. I think I begin to blush. I've always hated being the center of attention. A single girl rises from her desk and walks over to me.

"Hi, I'm Ayumi Shinozaki, the class representitive."

Ayumi extends her hand out to me. I take it and we give a firm shake.

"Pleasure to meet you, Shinozaki-san. I'm Ryou Funai, the exchange student."

"Mm."

Shinozaki-san's eyes are no longer focused on me, but are staring at Mochida. Well, someone obviously has a crush.

"Um... Where should I sit?"

"Anywhere that's open is fine."

Shinozaki-san walks past me and heads over to where Mochida, Yoshiki, and another girl are. Weird. I choose to sit in the back where I feel isolated. That's total bliss.