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CHP 4: Reunion of Friends

The next day, the gang was walking down to class. Yami had texted them, telling them about this suspicion. They had decided to ask the three girls about these friends.

As they walked to class together, their plan slowly came into play.

"Hey, Rui, Rei, Mitsu, Heb, do you know these three new students?" Joey asked, wanting answers.

"Umm…" Rui, Mitsu and Rei started nervously. Mitsu and Rui started to fiddle with their hair, while Rei started to scribble on her sketch book. It was a clear sign that they were nervous.

Heba looked at her friends with worry in her eyes. 'They're afraid to bring up their childhood. The only ones they're comfortable to discuss it with are only each other and Fukuseishi Ei. I understand that. They all went through the same thing, at the same time…' Heba thought. She sighed, knowing full-well they were uncomfortable talking about it. Heba proposed, "Girls, do you want me to help you explain it to them, or you explaining to them yourselves? You don't need to tell them if you don't want to."

The whole gang looked at her, excluding the 3 girls. Then the gang looked back at the girls, eager to know the answer to Heba's proposal.

"W-we prefer waiting for Fukuseishi Ei then tell them about it with her." Rui answered Heba.

A look from Heba, and the gang knew that they stepped on a territory they shouldn't have. They had forgotten that their childhood was a touchy subject for the three.

They continued to walk to class, but this time in uncomfortable silence. The 3 girls were nervous, and the nervousness filled the air, causing the unwanted silence.

They entered the class 15 minutes before the bell rang, and sat down the same silence floating in the air around them. The students in the classroom noticed, and turned their lively chatter into hushed whispers.

"Ring!" the bell rang as it always did at the start of class. Grumbles of unhappiness and annoyance were immediately heard. The teacher entered just as the grumbles started to appear, and she smiled bitterly towards the students. She understood their gesture.

"Well class," Miss Lim started, gaining the attention of all the students, "we have 3 new students." Whispers filled the air within the second. Miss Lim cleared her throat, and looked sternly at the students. The students heard of the teacher's reputation, and quickly stopped all conversation, and sat up straight, looking at their teacher straight in the eye.

A smile of contentment was on her face seconds later.

"Please come in, girls." The teacher invited, looking at the door eagerly.

3 girls walked in, and Rui, Rei and Mitsu's immediately brightened as the last one entered. This did not go unnoticed by the gang.

"Would you introduce yourselves, girls?" Miss Tan requested.

A girl with snow-white hair went first. "Hi. (2) I'm Ryou Bakura. I skipped a grade when I was in elementary school. So, I'm 15 years old."

"Malik Ishtar," the girl with platinum gold started, as gasps came out the lips of students. "the same age with Ryou here." She finished as she pointed at Ryou with her stuck out thumb.

The last girl introduced herself. She never looked up. "Fukuseishi Ei. Age 15." she introduced in a small voice. The gang had to struggle to hear what she said, since they were at the back of the classroom.

Rui, noticing their struggle and confusion, she explained, "She can be extremely shy when she wants." Mitsu added, "And not literally wanting to. You get what she means." Rei also informed them of what Fukuseishi Ei said.

"How did you know what she was saying?" Bakura (1) asked, not believing the others couldn't hear what she was saying, while the girls could hear her loud and clear.

"Oh. A tactic the three of us mustered." Mitsu explained shrugging her shoulders.

"Oh, and what is this tactic?" Marik asked, raising a brow.

"Lip reading." Mitsu and Rui answered at the same time.

Miss Lim cleared her throat, "Excuse me, may I have your attention, please?"

Mitsu, Rei, and Rui immediately turned back to the front of class and gave the teacher an apologetic look. The teacher understood that the teenagers sometimes just couldn't control themselves, so she just smiled back.

"Girls, find an empty seat and sit down." Miss Lim ordered kindly.

There were two empty seats in front of Bakura and Marik, and their look-alikes had taken them and sat in front of them. Mitsu, Rui and Rei waved their hand slightly, trying to get Fukuseishi Ei's attention. And they succeeded. The three girls pointed to an empty seat beside Rei, and she sat down beside them.

"Long time no see, Fui." Rui whispered, using Fukuseishi Ei's nickname.

A/N:
1] I only now notice that Bakura and marik didn't have any screen time since chapter 2. Hehe. Sorry Bakura and Marik lovers. *Scratches head and grins sheepishly* I promise I'll give them more screen time.

Review? Or any ideas are welcomed! If you thought of something, and would like to change somewhere within the story, PM me or review, and I'll give you the right to post the story as yours, and it will be considered inspired.

Till next time! *Waves hand*