He saw her the minute she walked through the school gate. She was tall and slim with shoulder length black hair and violet eyes. Something silver winked at her wrist. He wondered what class she would be in as he saw a teacher hurry over to her and lead her away.

Ren made his way to his class and took his usual seat in the back. He sat at the window, and no one had the desk next to him. He preferred it that way.

He was staring out the window thinking about the plans he had for that night when the teacher called his name, pulling him out of his thoughts.

"Ren!"

"Here," he muttered glancing up.

"We've already taken attendance." The class laughed. "As class representative, I need you to show Seina around. She's new to our class and our school."

He looked at the girl; the same one he'd seen that morning. Ren wasn't sure he could form words properly so he nodded in agreement. The teacher muttered something to Seina and pointed toward the empty desk next to Ren. Seina walked back to it and placed her things on the desk.

"Thank you," she whispered to Ren.

He looked at her and saw there were flecks of grey in her violet eyes. She tucked a stray hair behind her ear, and Ren saw the silver around her wrist was a bracelet with stars hanging from it. She was beautiful. Not that he was interested.

Seina was trying to pay attention to her teacher, but she could feel Ren staring at her. He had pale ice blue eyes and dark brown hair. She wondered if he would be taller than her. Not many of the boys she knew were. He was cute. Not that she was interested.

When they had a break, Ren asked her, "What school were you at before this one?"

She smiled. "I had a private tutor."

"Oh. What made you decide to come here?"

She shrugged. "My parents thought it would be a good idea for me to be around people my own age. I've spent most of my life traveling with them."

"Traveling? For like their business?"

She thought a moment. "I guess you could say Rolling Star is their business," she muttered.

Ren looked at her in awe. "Rolling Star? The band?"

She laughed. "Yes."

"You're Kana and Shuuhei's daughter?"

Her finger trailed over the three stars on her bracelet. "Yes."

"Oh man. I'm going to their concert tonight. It's supposed to be great."

"It will be," she said with certainty.

"Rolling Star is my favorite band. Are you going to be there?"

"I'll be backstage as usual."

"I was trying to get backstage passes. They sold out before I saved up enough money with my job."

"You work?"

"A little. I help out occasionally at the store my uncle owns. I don't get a lot of hours though."

"That's too bad."

Ren shrugged. He was about to say something else when the teacher called the class to order.

...

"No texting while in school. We talked about this," Shuuhei reminded her when he came to pick her up.

"I know, but it was important," Seina pouted as she took the envelope from her father. "I'll be right back."

Shuuhei watched her walk over to a boy just a little taller than her and hand him the envelope. The boy's eyes went wide as he looked at Seina, the envelope and then at Shuuhei. Seina said something to him and then walked back to her father's car.

"Why do I get the feeling you just made his day?"

She smiled. "I did. Ren wasn't able to save up for the passes before they were sold out."

"So I'll get to meet him tonight."

"No. Rolling Star's guitarist meets him tonight."

"It's good that you made a friend here."

"It's different being with people my age. All the girls do is talk about the cute boys in our class."

"Ren being one of them?"

"He was mentioned by a couple girls."

"No dating while in you're in school."

Seina laughed. "I'm not going to date him. Ren is just a friend."

"Right."

"He's the class representative. He showed me around the school."

"You forget that I went to a high school like this. I know how these things work."

"Maybe things have changed since you were in high school."

Shuuhei shot his daughter a look. "I doubt it." He pulled into the arena parking lot and got out of the car with Seina behind him.

"Dad, I think this was a good decision. I think I'm going to really like going to school."

"That's good." He wrapped his arm around her. "Let's go tell your mom that you've invited a boy to meet you backstage."

Seina laughed and walked with her father into the arena.

...

"Him," Shuuhei whispered to his wife. Kana looked at the boy he indicated.

"He's kind of cute."

"Kana," Shuuhei began.

"She's going to date eventually. You can't stop her forever."

"She said they were just friends."

"They've only known each other a day. We knew each other almost a year before we started dating."

"That was different. We were older than Seina is now."

Kana shook her head at him and greeted the boy that approached them. "Thank you for coming to the show. Shuuhei said you're Seina's friend."

Ren stared at Kana. "You're pretty."

She smiled at him. "Thank you."

"I have all your albums. I think Rolling Star is awesome."

"Thank you," she repeated, holding out her hand for the poster he was holding. Ren handed it to her and watched while Kana and Shuuhei signed the poster.

"I never thought I'd have a chance to meet you." Ren turned to Shuuhei. "Thank you, sir."

"You're welcome."

Ren turned and saw Seina. Instead of her school uniform, she wore jeans and a Rolling Star t-shirt. "Oh. Seina. I wasn't sure I'd be able to see you before I left. I have to catch the bus." He looked at his watch. "I don't think I have much time."

She glanced at her parents who gave her a slight nod. "We can arrange for transportation home. It's no big deal."

"Oh. Well... I..."

"Come on. I'll show you what I do during a concert." She took his hand and dragged him off.

Yumi and Ikkaku walked over to Shuuhei and Kana.

"Is that the kid she met at school?" Ikkaku asked. Shuuhei nodded.

"Did you see the way he looked at her?" Kana asked Shuuhei. "He likes her."

"She's not allowed to date while she's in school."

"Weren't you her age when you had your first date, Shuuhei?" Yumi asked.

"That's not the point."

Kana laughed. "Relax, Shuuhei. She told me she wasn't interested in him or any other boy in her class."

Shuuhei sighed. He didn't relax though. He remembered not being interested in Kana when he first met her. Here they were seventeen years later married and watching their daughter grow up.