Chapter 5:
The teacher just happened to be none other than the Headmaster.
"Hello class, please take your seats," he said happily. Everyone looked at him, then did as they were told. I was staring forward, looking at my "father" when Yumi whispered to me.
"Rotten luck, huh? I heard that he's gonna become our permanent teacher," she says, rolling her eyes. I cover my mouth to hide the giggle that is sure to burst out.
"As you know," Headmaster started, to get our attention," today is Valentine's Day. Today, we will give out Valentines to the people we care about," he said, a longing look in his eyes. I raised my hand.
"What if you don't want to give one to someone, because you don't like anyone?" Ichiru and Aido make a face. And so does the Headmaster.
"That's not a nice thing to say Yuri," Headmaster says. When he said "Yuri" I heard whispers going around asking about who I was. I guess that's to be expected. To them, there are two Yuki lookalikes in here. And I've been going to the Night Class, so none of them have met me, or Yumi, who just got here not too long ago.
The Headmaster had noticed this, too. He waved all five of us down to where he was standing.
"Class, we have some new students, my new children, Ichiru, Zero's twin, and Yuri and Yumi, Yuki's triplets." Everyone stared at us blankly.
"Hi," I pipe up, "I'm really excited to be in class with you... uh, I hope we have a good year together." I scratch the back of my head. We all head back to our seats. That was totally embarrassing, and not worth any time. I sit down.
"Class, now we will be handing out Valentines," Headmaster states, a look of determination on his face. "We need one person to hand out everyone's." Yumi raises her hand. "Yumi, go ahead," Headmaster said, looking proud that she had volunteered.
Yumi takes all of the Valentines and starts passing them out. A lot of them are going to the elite class (now called that because the classes are combined). She hands me one. From Aido. It says: To: Yuri, From: Hanabusa. Nothing on the back, no message. I crumple it up and throw it to the side.
"I LOVE YOU!" I hear Ichiru squeak. I whip my head around to see him clung on Zero. I bite my lip to keep from laughing. I turn back around to see Yumi blushing like crazy. She's holding a note.
"What's that?" I ask, my curiosity overpowering me. She hides it behind her back at lightning speed.
"Nothing," she says breezily. I don't buy it. She turns on her heel to pass out the rest of the Valentines, and I get a glimpse at who the note was from. Takuma. I stand up and tip-toe over to her. Luckily she doesn't hear me, and I snatch the note from her. I read it out loud.
"Yumi, I love you. Will you go out with me?" Whoops, I shouldn't have read that out loud, Yumi's going to kill me. Takuma's head hits the table as he faints. Yumi looks like she could kill anything. "Sorry," I say handing her the note back. "So, you are going to go out with him, right?" She blushes.
"No, I don't like him," she says, trying to be void of emotion, though it doesn't work for her.
"I already figured out all the couples," I say, smiling at how smart I am.
"Oh really?" Yumi looks at me like she doesn't believe me.
"Yeah. I've observed enough to figure that you and Takuma are supposed to be a couple, Zero and Yuki, Ichiru and Yori, Kaname and Ruka, and Akatsuki and Seirin." Haha! I'm so smart.
"What about you and Aido?" she asks.
"No. I'm going to be a free girl." I smile.
"Well, I've thought this over too. Zero and Yuki are obviously together, Ichiru and Yori would be cute together, Kaname and Seirin, Akatsuki and Ruka, you and Aido, and all that's left is me and Takuma." I think she actually wants to go out with Takuma.
"Well, except for me and Aido, I think that's a pretty good list," I say.
"Class, we will be having a Valentines dance. I need my kids to come down here." We all run down to his spot at the front of the room. "I need you to get something for me," I whisper. Zero groans.
"What do you need?" Ichiru asks.
"I need random supplies for a dance," he says worriedly. Wait, he doesn't have the supplies yet?
"Okay, where do we go?" Yumi asks, probably thinking that this is just an excuse to get out of class. He tells us all of the details and sends us off. We head over to the store and pick up random pink, red, and white decorations. Yuki, Yumi, and I make Zero carry most of the stuff.
I look over and see the Hobo that stole my money.
"Hey! You! Give me back my money!" I say, taking off after him.
"Yuri!" I hear Ichiru shout. I also hear everyone's footsteps close behind me.
"Yuri, stop running. It's useless." Zero says. I turn around, tears in my eyes.
"He was the one that always stole my money. Or food. I just wanted to get it back." Yumi and Yuki come over to me and hug me. Zero walks over to the guy who had also stopped running. I heard Zero's voice.
"You think it's funny to steal from a little girl?" I'm happy, but mad at that statement. I'm not that little. I start walking in the direction of Cross Academy.
"Yuri? Where are you going?" I turn around to smile at them.
"Home," is the one word I say.
"What about Zero?" Ichiru asks.
"He'll catch up." I turn back around and I start walking. Everyone follows me and we make it back rather quickly.
"Oh good. You're back," the headmaster breathes.
"Yup! And we got party stuff," I say smiling. I feel a tap on my shoulder. I turn around and see Aido standing there, blushing. "What?" I ask sharply.
"Would you... go to the dance... with me?" he asks.
"No." I turn back to my family. I hear Takuma talking to Aido behind me.
"You've been rejected," is what he says. I smirk, and they shuffle away.
The Headmaster has a weird idea to put people together to dance. He said that he would choose pairs, and then we could dance with whoever we wanted to. Some people groan at this, but I think it's a good thing. I have a plan. I will need my P.I.C. after class.
"Okay, class dismissed." Everyone gets up, and walks out. Ichiru is about to, but I yank him back in by the cuff of his shirt. I pull him over to the Headmaster, who is sitting at the desk.
"Can we make the list of people? Father?" His face lights up at me calling him "father".
"Do whatever you want!" he trills.
"Yay! Ichiru come on!"
"What are we doing?" he asked.
"We're fixing Yumi and Takuma up. We are creating the list!" I sit down and pull out a piece of paper and a pencil. This is what I write:
Yumi-Takuma, Yuki-Zero, Seiren-Kaname, Ruka-Akatsuki, Yori-Ichiru
"Okay Ichiru. I'm done!" I hop off of the chair and skip out the door.
Ichiru's P.O.V.
I pick up the paper that Yuri had written on.
Yumi-Takuma, Yuki-Zero, Seiren-Kaname, Ruka-Akatsuki, Yori-Ichiru
She forgot her and Aido. I'll just add it to the list.
Yumi-Takuma, Yuki-Zero, Seiren-Kaname, Ruka-Akatsuki, Yori-Ichiru, Yuri-Aido
Back to Yuri's P.O.V.
I flop down on my bed with a feeling of satisfaction. I'm playing Cupid.