Piko's Pov

Much to my utter dismay, the blonde boy dragged me all the way to the unfamiliar science room.

We were a little late, so the entire class was already sitting at their assigned desks. Dozens of eyes were on me the instant I had walked into the room. Everyone was always interested in the new kid, which was always the most dangerous part of my plan.

Overly curious people were a nuisance and they ask a lot of potentially dangerous questions.

I know shouldn't have felt anything towards the people sitting in front of me, but their very essence made me want to grab and wring all their necks. I wanted the blonde boy gone most of all. He seemed like the kind of person who would become attached to me as my friend, and I couldn't do that. Not again, not after last time.

I shuddered slightly, but I guess Len dismissed it as nerves.

"Well, I'm gonna go sit down at my desk, Akio-kun, the teacher probably wants you to introduce yourself to the class." Len stated as he hesitantly pulled away from me. He and the blonde girl quickly took their seats.

Swiftly I walked over to the teachers desk, where a man was shuffling through some papers, probably the lesson plans for the day.

I stood there silently waiting for him to acknowledge me, so I could get this over with. He continued to shuffle through the papers, oblivious to the fact that I was standing next to him.

I gave a slight cough and he flipped his head upward and stared into my eyes.

"Oh, sorry, didn't see you there. You, must be the new student, Akio?"

I gave a slight nod of my head.

"Ok, then I guess it's time you got acquainted with the class, would you please introduce yourself."

I walked over so that I was in front of everyone, and in a rather unexcited tone stated out loud, "My name is Akio, I'm not so formal that I'd like anyone to use my last name, so just call me Akio please."

A surprised look was stuck on everyone's face, including the teachers. I didn't care, naturally, the less they know about me the better.

Silence had filled the room, it was quite clearly strange to everyone that I refused to tell them my last name.

The awkward silence was finally broken by the teacher.

"Ok then, Akio, um, would everyone else please introduce themselves to Akio."

Name after name went by agonizingly slow. I looked at each person as they calmly recited their names, but I wasn't really paying any attention. Why should I? I didn't give a damn about any of them. They were only obstacles in my plan.

The last person to tell me their name was Len, he was the only one I actually bothered listening to. I don't know why exactly, but whatever.

Calmly I recited the proper response. "Nice to meet you all."

Those words were met with smiles from everyone, but they felt dull and almost robotic in my mouth.

"Akio, you can go take a seat over there by Len." The teacher pointed over towards the now familiar blonde.

Why is it that I keep getting stuck with the one person I don't want to get close to today?

Sorry for the really late update, but BB and I are actually writing a story, with original characters and everything! So that's been time absorbing for me, because I don't like their designs and have to keep redrawing them *sigh* So, I don't know when I'll update next, but hopefully sometime soon. Also, I just realized how utterly confusing the last chapter seemed, so I hope this makes up for it.