Ryuto

This is how my day went as an outline: As soon as I left Hikaru to find my class, I was attacked by a weird American who said I should join the football team. Then after I found my classes, I realized that it was full of idiots and I could not believe that my sister and I had entered Gakuen Academy—the most famous academic school—to find ourselves surrounded by morons.

"God, I hope Hikaru's all right," I muttered to myself, clutching the strap of my messenger bag. I entered the cafeteria to find my twin and saw her sitting alone with her lunch untouched in front of her. I started toward her when three guys joined her; then, I ran for my sister.

Hikaru smiled as I approached her. "Hi, Ryuto," she said. "Guys, this is my twin brother, Ryuto. Ryuto, this is Feliciano, Ludwig, and Kiku. They're in my history class."

"You look so much like Hikaru!" cried the boy she pointed out as Feliciano.

"Yeah," I said, staring at his weird curl. "We're twins." I sat down next to my sister and pulled out my lunch box.

As we started eating, other students filled up the tables. Only a few, including Hikaru, were girls and the rest were all boys. While other tables were being taken, a group of eight boys came up to our table and crowded around us. I recognized the American guy immediately—he had blue eyes and unruly blonde hair—and he recognized me…unfortunately.

"Hey! You're the dude who ran away from me!" the American shouted.

Hikaru glanced at me. "You know him?" she asked.

"Ah," I said, my face reddening. "He's just some guy I met earlier."

"Oh, that's right!" the American said. "I forgot to introduce myself—I'm Alfred Jones and I'm the hero!"

I gawked at him. "I'm Ryuto Sohma," I told him.

"Ah! No way! You're Japanese! Have you met my friend, Kiku? He's—"

"Please, quiet down, you fool," said a guy with caterpillar eyebrows. "You're disturbing him. Ah, I suppose you found your classes all right, Miss Sohma?" the guy asked Hikaru.

"Yes, thank you!" my twin said with a smile. "Ryuto, this is Arthur. He helped me find my class today." She seemed to be enjoying herself.

The rest of the boys were introduced to my sister and me—Lovino Vargas, who looked much like Feliciano only with a temper whereas Feliciano was happy-go-lucky; Francis Bonefey, who Hikaru didn't like at all; Ivan Braginski, a large guy with whitish hair and purple eyes; Yao Wang, a Chinese with a long brown ponytail; Antonio Fernandez Carriedo, a Spanish guy who seemed take an interest in Lovino Vargas; and finally, Gilbert Beilschmidt, an albino guy who kept claiming he was awesome.

Hikaru immediately immersed herself in a conversation with Ludwig and Feliciano, leaving the rest as my companions.

"Ryuto, right?" Gilbert asked me and I nodded. He leaned close to me. "Your sister seems to be taking an interest in my little brother, doesn't she?"

I glanced at him and then at Hikaru. I watched as her cheeks turned a slight tinge of pink as she talked to Ludwig, who also seemed to be blushing slightly.

"And he's your brother?" I asked Gilbert.

Gilbert grinned and immediately, I stood up. "Hikaru," we're going," I growled.

Hikaru and the others stared at me. "Wait, what?" she gasped.

I shouldered my bag and glared at my wide-eyed sister. "I said we're going." I started to turn around when I was met by a pretty blonde girl and a blonde boy standing behind her. They both had green eyes, only the girl's own was much lighter.

"Um," said the girl in a whisper. "She held out a small plate of delicate-looking cookies. "I…I made these in my cooking class…for you. I…I, uh, heard you were new so…" The girl shoved the plate into my hands and ran off with a blush on her face.

"Look," said the boy with a stern expression on his face. "My little sister is very sweet so don't you dare go hurting her. Do you understand?"

I nodded. When the boy left, I sat back down, staring at the cookies.

"Defeated by the Swiss," said Gilbert, smirking. "That was Lily and her big brother. My guess is that Lily has a crush on you even though you've just transferred here."

"Do you want to know who else likes you, Ryuto?" asked Ivan.

I looked at Ivan. There seemed to be an evil aura surrounding him, and I reminded myself not to get on his bad side. "Who?" I asked.

"My little sister," Ivan said. "Her name is Natalia. She's…she's scary."

"Are you serious?" The thought of older brother being scared of a younger sibling was, in a word, weird. Sure, Hikaru—who was only a few minutes younger than me—could be a little frightening but that was when she got competitive.

Ivan smiled creepily. "Da, I'm serious," he said.

"Ryuto," said Hikaru, poking me with her pinky. "You might want to finish your lunch. It's almost over." She clicked her wooden chopsticks in her fingers playfully.

When I finished my lunch, the bell ran and everyone left, calling out to each other. Surprisingly, a few of the others called out to me, too. After a moment of wonder, I shouted back: "See ya!"

This school just might be all right.

A Note from your Author:

As I might have mentioned in the previous chapter, I didn't know how to separate Ryuto's chapter from Hikaru's chapter so I just uploaded it in the same chapter. Now I figured it out and thus, Ryuto's chapter is separated! *laughs* Thank you for reading!（＾ｖ＾）