~Earlier that day~
"Yoosh! First day of school at Yagami High! I can't wait!" I shouted as I patted my hands to my cheeks and walked into the kitchen.
My parents were already sitting down, enjoying their breakfast. "Morning Mom! Dad!" I greeted them as I took my seat and started eating my breakfast.
"My! I see you're all worked up Sai." My mother said, putting a smile on her face.
I took a bite of my pancake and smiled back at my Mom. "Yeah! I already know that I'll like it here better than Okinawa. No more crowded streets. Plus, we now live in a peaceful environment."
My father was reading his newspaper and lowered it after I spoke with enthusiasm. "You are right Sai. I like it here already as well. No more traffic for me." He said with a smile.
My mother couldn't help but to chuckle at our excitement. "Okay Sai. Finish up your breakfast and don't forget to bring your boxed lunch."
"Right! I won't forget that!" I said, taking the last bite of my pancake.
My father folded the newspaper, placed it on the table and stood up. He gave out a yawn and started walking towards the door. "Well, I'm off to the restaurant. Need to make preparations before the opening."
"Bye Dad. Have fun with the business!" I yelled out to him.
As he was about to step out of the house, he paused and called out to me. "By the way Sai." I stopped what I was doing and looked at my father. "I made extra sushi pieces for you to share with your new classmates." He said and left the house.
I couldn't help but to smile. My father is a very kind and generous person. My mother gave out a dreamy sigh and looked at me. "Your father really is something." She said.
I nodded my head, still smiling. "Yeah. I'm grateful for Dad." With that, I brought my dirty dishes to the sink and packed my boxed lunches. I walked towards the door and put on my shoes. "I'm heading to school Mom!" I shouted out to her.
As soon as she replied, I opened the door and stepped outside. I started walking towards my new school and started thinking:
Boy am I excited to go to Yagami High. Moving here made me not miss a single thing from Okinawa.
Life there was super boring. My classmates at my old school were boring as well. All they wanted to do was study, study, study! Boring!
I just hope Yagami High will be more fun than my old life.
"Here it is, Yagami High." I said with a smile.
I was standing outside the school gates and watched as the bell rings and students were entering the building to their classes.
It seemed no one noticed me yet which I guess is a good thing. Wouldn't want to become the center of attention all of a sudden.
I'm also impressed with the architecture structure of the school. It was really pretty, a lot prettier than my old school.
"I like it here already." I said to myself with a grin.
With that, I entered the school property and made my way towards the lobby. There, I met the principal and he gave me a choice to choose between two Sophomore classes since they both had vacant spots. The classes were either Class 2-C or Class 2-D. Without any hesitation or giving time to speak, I just said "I'll go to Class 2-C."
My new principal nod his head and handed me my new class schedule. "Enjoy your new class. You can go to the faculty office. Your teacher will be Mr. Tani."
"Thank You." I said, bowing towards my principal and accepted the sheet of paper.
I walked down the hallways and found a room with the sign 'Faculty Office'. I opened the door and entered the room. There were many desks around the room and teachers were crowding around their respected desks. All eyes were turned towards me as I stood there nervously.
"Uh. Hi. I'm looking for Mr. Tani." I said, bowing in front of the teachers.
"That is me. You must be Sai Ishikawa." I looked up to see an average height man with brown hair and glasses standing in front of me. "The Principal already notified me about you coming to Class 2-C so I welcome you." He said bringing his hand out for a handshake.
"Pleased to meet you Mr. Tani." I said, accepting his handshake.
I couldn't help but to smile. Looking at Mr. Tani already made me know that he is a really nice man. So far so good.
"Let's go to my desk. I have some books that you'll need for this semester." Mr. Tani said as he started walking to his desk.
I followed along and stood next to him. Mr. Tani was handing me a notebook as well as a few other books that's needed for reading. Pretty soon, a male student approached to the of us. "Good Morning Mr. Tani."
I looked at the student. He slightly looks similar to Mr. Tani, brownish hair, glasses but a little shorter than him. The only difference between the two is that this student carries a camera around his neck.
"Oh. Fuyuki. Do you need something?" Mr. Tani asked, looking at the boy.
I noticed that he was looking at me in a dazed way. His face suddenly turned red and looked back at Mr. Tani. "N-Nevermind!" He shouted and left the faculty office in a flash.
I stood there, dumbfounded at what just happened.
"I'm sorry about that Sai. That boy is Fuyuki. He will be one of your new classmates." Mr. Tani said with a smile.
"Oh. I see." I smiled back.
Mr. Tani was done providing me the necessary books just as the second bell rang. "Guess it's time to start class. If you follow me Sai, I'll introduce you to your fellow classmates."
With that, I followed Mr. Tani towards the second floor as we stood outside a room with the label, 'Class 2-C'. I wasn't even inside the classroom yet and I can hear a big commotion going on in there.
Wow, they sure are pretty loud. I thought to myself.
I looked at Mr. Tani and he let out a sigh. "Sorry about this Sai. My students do tend to be loud most of the time but don't worry, you'll get use to them after a while." He said with a nervous smile.
"Oh that's no problem Mr. Tani. I actually like it here already." I said with a smile.
"That's good. Would you mind waiting out here for a bit? I'll open the door again to let you in once I introduce you." He said.
I nodded my head, letting him know that I didn't mind. Mr. Tani opened the classroom door and entered. The loud noises that were heard a moment ago died down immediately. I could faintly hear him announcing a new student coming in and he finally said my name. "I would like to welcome you all, Miss Sai Ishikawa!"
The door opened as Mr. Tani nodded his head, signalling me to come in. I took a nervous gulp and thought, Here goes nothing.
I entered the classroom and stood right by the podium. Mr. Tani stood next to me and started speaking. "Miss Sai Ishikawa, why don't you spend the next couple minutes talking about yourself so we can get to know you a little more."
"Sure thing Mr. Tani." I said, smiling towards my teacher. I looked around the classroom as numerous eyes were fixed on me. I took a deep breath and started my introduction. "Hi there everyone! My name is Sai Ishikawa. I moved here from Okinawa due to family businesses. My family and I have a sushi restaurant business so we basically moved here to open one." I gave out a bright smile and then a nervous laugh. "To be honest, I really like it here in Yagami High much better than my old school. With that, it's nice to meet you all and I hope the best for us!" I bowed in front of my classmates as they continued to stare at me.
Mr. Tani clapped his hand and smiled. "Thank you Sai. Let's get you to your seat so we can start the day. We have an empty seat right behind Kenji Harima." He spoke and then pointed towards the back right hand corner of the room. "Harima, will you please raise your hand so that Sai can know where she's sitting?"
At first, there was no response but then a hand rose and I walked towards it. As soon as I made my way towards my seat, I noticed that this Harima person did had his hand raised but with the help of another girl. There was a girl sitting next to him, child looking with cute tiny pigtails on the side. She was the one who secretly rose Harima's hand while Harima himself was sleeping the entire time.
I was dumbfounded to see this. How can someone sleep throughout the entire morning? Was he already asleep from that loud commotion I heard earlier? How fascinating...
Mr. Tani cleared his throat as he approached his desk. "Alright class. Take out your pencils and erasers. We're going to have our-" Before Mr. Tani could finish talking, he looked at his empty desk and made a realization. "Oops! I forgot the papers at my office." He let out a deep sigh and looked at the class. "Class if you'll excuse me. I'll be back in a few minutes."
With that, Mr. Tani rushed out of the classroom and the room was silent for a couple seconds. I reached for my bag and started taking out my utensils, unaware of the fact that majority of the boys in the classroom were completely staring at me. It wasn't until I looked away from my bag that I noticed the stares. I looked at each of them nervously.
"U-Uh...Hi?" I said in confusion. Why are they all looking at me like that? They all seemed really dazed.
A moment of silence went by and all those boys that were staring at me stood up from their seats and started shouting, "WILL YOU MARRY ME!?" I jumped up from my seat, startled at their sudden proposal and looked around nervously.
"W-What!?" I shouted in confusion once again. I probably had a shocked expression. Their enthusiasm is something I did not expect one bit.
Most of the boys started walking towards my table with dazed expressions and what seems like hearts in their eyes.
I could tell I was starting to feel overwhelmed by this attention. What is going on?
"Alright boys! Break it up! She will not marry any of you!" Said a girl with shoulder length blue hair and chest almost as big as mine.
"Yeah! Show some respect you perverts!" Screamed the childlike girl with the tiny pigtails.
The two girls pushed all the guys away as they made their way back to their seats. They never once looked away from me. It just made me feel even more nervous.
"W-Woah...I have some intense classmates..." I whispered.
"Ignore all those guys. They're just perverts." The blue haired girl said, flashing me a smile.
"Yeah! If they bother you again, Mikoto and I will protect you!" The childlike girl said, giving me a thumbs-up.
I looked back at the blue haired girl, She's Mikoto.
Mikoto let out a cheesy smile and placed her arm behind her head. "Well, now that she mentions my name, I'm Mikoto Suou."
"I'm Tenma Tsukamoto!" Said the childlike girl.
Tenma then walked towards two more girls that were standing behind Mikoto. One girls was fairly tall with beautiful blonde hair wrapped in two separate pigtails while the other had short dark reddish hair and average height. "These two are also our best friends." Tenma said, smiling.
"I'm Eri Sawachika." Said the blonde one.
"Akira Takano." The red hair girl said coolly.
"Pleased to meet you all." I said, smiling towards my new friends.
They all seemed very nice and cool. This is great!
The classroom door opened once again and Mr. Tani came back with a stack of papers. "Sorry about that Class. I had forgotten to bring the exam with me. I hope you all studied for the English Language Test."
Mr. Tani started walking around the classroom, handing out a sheet of paper to each student. Once he reached towards Harima's desk, he shook his head. "Haima, were you sleeping the entire time?"
Harima stirred and sat up slowly. "nhm...what?" He said softly.
Mr. Tani sighed and handed him a sheet of paper. "Never mind that. Here's your test and don't flip the paper until I say so." after that, Mr. Tani walked up to me. "Sai, I know this is your first day here. You have an option to opt out of today's exam."
"It's okay Mr. Tani. I don't mind taking the exam. I'm curious to test out my English Language Arts skills." I said, giving him a smile.
"Alright. Here you go." Mr. Tani said as he placed the sheet of paper on my desk.
As soon as he walked away, I looked forward and realized that Harima was looking at me.
"Who the hell are you?" He said in a mean, cold tone.
"Uh..H-Hello." I said nervously. My eyes widen at his sudden tone of voice.
I observed Harima and noticed that he has a tan skin tone, slick long black hair with a single strand sticking out and black shades covering his eyes. He sort of has a bad boy attitude.
Things were feeling really awkward between Harima and I. That's because he slept through my entire introduction so I'm pretty sure seeing me behind him out of nowhere would throw his off guard.
Tenma was the one to break the ice and spoke to Harima. "Oh Harima you sleepy head. That's Sai Ishikawa. She's the new girl in our class and my new friend." She told him with her bright smile.
Harima's mean expression changed when he looked at Tenma and let out a slightly softer look.
"Oh. If that's the case. I'm Harima Kenji. Pleased to meet you." He rapidly shook my hand and immediately turned back around.
"O-Okay?" I said in confusion. This school and this class just makes things seem more interesting. I thought with a smile.
As soon as Mr. Tani handed out the last sheet of paper, he stepped forward and faced the classroom. "Okay Class. You may now start the exam."
I flipped over my sheet of paper and read through the questions. This exam is just a translation exam. Easy as pie! My hellish crammy old school forced us to learn how to translate in English and I guess that finally paid off.
So, I spent the next couple of minutes writing my answer away until Harima suddenly stood up from his seat and screamed. "Ahh!"
Every one of us were startled by his sudden scream and looked at him in confusion.
"H-Harima? Is everything okay?" A concerned Mr. Tani asked.
"Holy crap. This test is so easy that I forgot to write my name." Harima said as he gave out some exaggerated laughs.
All the other students started laughing along. Heck, even I was laughing. It was pretty funny of Harima to do that even though I don't know why he had to exaggerate it.
"Alright Class. Harima learned his mistake. Let's get back to finished the exam." Mr. Tani said as we all continued focusing on out test.
A couple more minutes passed by and I had just finished writing my final answer. I gave out a victory sigh and smiled happily. Too easy!
"Oops" I heard Harima said quietly as I looked at his back and noticed his eraser hitting the ground from his desk. The eraser bounced around and landed next to my foot.
I bent over to picked up the eraser. Just as I was going to hand it back to Harima, I saw some writings on it. 'You forgot to write your name.' was written on the eraser.
"Eh?" I muttered as I looked at my paper. Harima was right! I did forget to write my name! How did he know? He's sitting right in front of me. That's very weird.
I wrote on the other side of the eraser, 'Thank you so much!' and handed the item back to him. Harima didn't look quite happy. As a matter of fact, he looked even more troubled. Almost as if this message wasn't meant for me.
"Alright class the exam is over. Please hand in your paper." Mr. Tani said as I passed my paper to Harima. I could see him frantically scribbling on his exam as I just stared at him.
Harima sure is an interesting guy. I thought to myself.
Lunch time came around and the girls and I formed a circle with our desks. I became a part of the gang with these ladies suddenly.
"Oh boy! Lunch time! I wonder what Yakumo made today!" Tenma said excitedly as she opened her lunch box.
"Eh? Whose Yakumo?" I asked curiously.
"She's Tenma's younger sister. She's in Class 1-D." Mikoto said, answering my question.
"Oh. How nice." I said with a smile.
Eri looked at my lunch box, she probably noticed that I brought a huge lunch. "What did you bring Sai?"
"Oh. Well, since my family is part of the sushi business, my Dad made a couple extra sushi pieces to share." I said as I opened my lunch box and showed my new friends my food. There were at least 40 pieces in the box.
Tenma's eyes lit up as she observed the different type of fishes in my box. "Woah! This looks awesome!"
"You bet! They look delicious!" Mikoto added.
Eri's jaw dropped. "You're father made those?"
I nodded my head and smiled. "Yup. Feel free to take some. There's more than enough!"
With that, the girls dig in and each took a bite. Judging from the looks on their faces, they all seemed satisfied.
"This is good." Akira said.
"Delicious!" Tenma said.
"Ditto!" Mikoto added.
"My! This is the finest sushi I've ever had!" Eri complimented.
I couldn't help but to feel shy from the compliments. "Thanks guys.."
With that, I spent majority of lunch time getting to know more students in my new class. I was introduced to mainly the girls, Karn Ichijou, Mai Otsuka, Tsumugi Yuuki, Megum Sagano and Kozue Mihara. It was cool to meet them all.
"You know, I got to meet all the girls in the class. What about the guys? I only got to know Harima's and Fuyuki's name." I said as I shrugged my shoulders.
I didn't notice that all the guys were eavesdropping my conversation and they all seemed rowdy once I mentioned Fuyuki's name.
"Fuyuki you sneak! How does she know your name but you didn't know hers before!?" Shouted one voice.
"He probably introduced himself to her without us noticing!" shouted another voice.
"You didn't grab her boobs did you!?" Yelled a third voice.
The boys seemed to crowd around Fuyuki with angry glares as Fuyuki stood in the middle all nervous.
"N-No! I-I didn't do anything! H-Honestly!" Fuyuki yelled, using his camera to shield himself.
I got up from my seat and looked at the group of men. "What's going on over there?" I asked curiously. I stepped away from my chair and was about to walk over to the group until Mikoto grabbed my arm and stopped me.
"Trust me Sai. You do NOT want to go over there." Mikoto said.
I looked at her in confusion. "Why not? They seem nice."
Eri chuckled at my comment. "Oh Hon." She started speaking as she placed her hand on my shoulder. "Those boys over there are such perverts. All they can think about are girls. They were already smitten by you before you even showed up."
My eyes widen from Eri's sentences. What did I do to cause all of this attention? Are the boys always like this?
"I-I see." I stammered. "Well, I still want to get to know them. At least know their names so I can get familiar with everyone." I said, hoping to convince the girls to let me go.
The girls looked among each other and they all sighed.
"Guess we can't stop you there." Mikoto spoke. "I'll go with you just in case those boys tries to make things awkward for you."
"Thanks Mikoto." I smiled at my friend as she swung her arm around my shoulder and walked me towards the group of boys.
As soon as we approached them, they all stopped their rowdiness and immediately stood there, faces flushed.
Mikoto took a deep breath and stood in front of me. "Alright, listen here boys. Sai wants to know your names. So introduce yourselves and I want NO FUNNY BUSINESS!" She emphasized the last few words.
Fuyuki was the first one to step up. "Well, you already saw me earlier today, I'm Takeichi Fuyuki." He said nervously, his face was really flushed.
Next was a guy with short blue hair who seemed really shy. "Hi there. I-I'm Kentarou Nara." He said nervously.
Standing next to Nara was a big guy with very little hair, nearly showing his baldness and he had a look of a buddha. "Ganji Nishimoto." He said directly. I smiled and nodded my head towards him.
The next guy had long orange hair sticking on the top of his head. He's pretty short, in which maybe using his hair might've helped him seem taller. He pointed at himself with his thumb and tried to give me a flashy smile. "Jiro Yoshidayama's the name babe. Say, how about going out with me huh?"
The moment Yoshidayama finished his sentence, Mikoto knocked his head to the ground. "Didn't I just say NO FUNNY BUSINESS!?" She yelled as she sat on the ground, holding onto his head. I just stood there and blinked a couple times. These boys sure are weird and funny.
"Hey there, I'm Ryuuhei Suga and my buddy here is Hiroyoshi Aso" Suga, short red hair, fairly tall and had an earring on his left ear. He had his arm around his friend, Aso, who has black hair with point bangs. "Hi." Aso managed to say after trying to free himself from Suga's grasp.
I couldn't help but to laugh at the two. I took another glance at Suga and noticed that he was sort of charming. But I am a woman who don't normally go after guys just for their looks. They gotta have a good of personality as well.
Soon, someone grabbed my hand and started caressing it. I looked to see who it was and there was a guy with messy blonde hair and green eyes. "Last but not least, Me, Kyosuke Imadori. I say, you are quite the lady. What cup size are you? D-Cup just like Miko's?"
"Huh?" I looked at Imadori with questionable eyes.
"Come on, tell me your cup size." Imadori asked again.
I was quite surprised to hear this question coming from Imadori. We literally just met and he has the courage to ask me something like that. These girls weren't kidding when they said that they were perverts...how funny.
"Imadori! I'm gonna kill you!" Mikoto yelled as she kept bonking Imadori's head.
I couldn't help but to stand there and laugh. I honestly do like it here. My classmates are more funner than those at my old school.
"What's all the commotion going on here?" A guy with a black mushroom cut hair style walked towards us. His glasses glared as he gently pushed them back and stared at Mikoto and Imadori. "As your class representative, I, Haruki Hanai, will not tolerate this."
Oh? We have a Class rep here? That's good to know. I thought to myself with a smile.
Imadori stood up and wiped the dust off his clothes. "Jeez Hanai. We were only kidding around."
Hanai shake his head and turned his attention towards me. "Hello there Miss Ishikawa. I am Haruki Hanai, your class representative. I do hope to help you with whatever needs you have." He said, holding his hand out for a handshake.
"Thank you Hanai." I said, shaking his hand in respect.
"Alright Sai. That's everyone. Let's get back to our seat." Mikoto said.
"Well, It was really nice meeting you all! I look forward to the semester together!" I said as I bowed in front of the guys.
They all had their same dazed expression but this time, I noticed them drooling around in their dreamy like state. With that, Mikoto dragged me back towards the rest of the girls.
"So, how was it?" Tenma asked.
"It was fine. They're all pretty funny though." I said, giggling towards myself.
"You know, I noticed her eyeing towards Suga." Mikoto whispered quietly so that only the five of us can hear.
Eri choked from her drink and looked at Mikoto, eyes wide. "What!? No way!" She then looked at me.
I felt my face getting flushed from being the center of attention once again.
"N-No! I wasn't eyeing him!" I said, trying to defend myself.
"Sai must think he's charming." Akira said.
I rapidly nodded. It was almost as if Akira could read my mind.
Tenma had sparks in her eyes as she clapped her hands. "Ooh! You should talk to him more Sai!"
I waved my hands around nervously. "N-No way! I mean, sure he's charming and all but I wouldn't want to do anything else until I get to know everyone more." I lowered my head in defeat.
Mikoto sat there and laughed. "Okay Sai. We won't tease you anymore. But, if you ever change your mind, I can hook you guys up."
I chuckled nervously. "I-I don't think I need that..." I turned around and sighed. Then, I noticed that there was a guy sitting behind Tenma, staring out the window. He also has a mushroom hair cut like Hanai's but his was neater. It was strange that I never noticed him before.
"Hey ladies." I began talking, "Whose that guy?" I asked.
Eri looked at the direction I was pointing at. "Oh him? He's Oiji Karasuma."
"Tenma's crush." Akira blurted out.
I looked at Tenma and she was putting her finger to her mouth, shushing the girls. "Akira! D-Don't say that so loud!" She said quietly.
"Tenma had the hots for him since freshman year." Mikoto said, teasing Tenma.
"M-Mikoto!" Tenma's face was all flushed from embarrassment.
"Awh. That's really cute. Don't worry Tenma, your secret is safe with me." I said, winking at the girl as she pouted, fearing that the boy would hear our conversation.
The rest of the school day went by in a breeze. School was over and the girls offered to walk me home.
We all chatted and walked together until we reached to my apartment. I waved at the girls and headed inside to be greeted by my Mother.
"Welcome home Sai." My mother said with a smile, she was in the middle of prepping dinner.
"Hey Mom." I said as I walked next to her and snuck a piece of cooked chicken in my mouth.
"How was your first day?" She asked.
"Better than Okinawa." I said, flashing her a smile.
"That's good. Your father said the same thing." She said.
"Awesome!" I shouted in excitement. "It would be better if we could live in an actual house. Probably one that is closer to the restaurant."
"I agree. Tell you what, I'll let you handle that job. You can find a house for us as long as it's within a good price range." My mother said.
My eyes lit up. "Really? Sounds good to me!"
I gave a thumbs up towards my Mom and went straight to my room. I took out my books and started reading the chapters.
My school life is going to be fun now that I'm at Yagami High!