Four

Everyone was anticipating to look at these new exchange students at dinner that night. The whole dining hall was filled with talks about the new exchange students, only a few of them were minding their own business. One of which was Ohtori Amane. She wasn't too concern about the buzz that was going on in the dining hall at the moment. Then again, she wasn't too concern about anything but trying not to draw much attention to herself. She tried to tune out the conversations that the other girls were having, but they were too loud for her not to hear a glimpse of them. Apparently, Spica would be receiving three students from the exchange program. And also, one of the three students seemed to rival with her because of her athletic built.

"I think her name is Rayne." One girl said excitedly.

"No, her name is Rei." Another girl said with much enthusiasm.

Amane let out a sigh, knowing that no matter how hard she tried to block them out, she wouldn't be able to do so. Sure, she loved her Spica students, but there were times that she wished they could be quiet and wait patiently as she was.

Suzumi Tamao was observing everyone at the dining hall with interest sparkling in her eyes. She had heard that there would be three students joining Miator, the problem was she didn't know how many students from St Lilian Girls' High School would be joining Astrea's Schools. She also heard that there would be two exchange students joining Lulim, and three joining Spica. With all these rumors without no proof of how many students Astrea would be getting, she couldn't make a 100% guess of how many exchange students that Miator would be receiving.

The blue-haired girl turned to look over at her new roommate and love interest, watching the red-haired girl practically jumping in her seat in excitement. Nagisa's eyes were sparkling in excitement as they glanced around the room. She didn't know if her arrival had such effect such as the exchange students' arrival, but for her to be a part of the excitement was a new experience for her at the Strawberry Dorm. She was, along with the rest of the students at the dining hall, surprised by the fact that the Etoile and the three Student Council Presidents weren't there. It was as if they were having a secret meeting with these exchange students that the rest of the three schools would be the last to know.

"Tamao-chan! Tamao-chan!" Nagisa softly called out to her roommate.

Tamao giggled at her friend's excitement. "Yes, Nagisa-chan?"

"Do you know who they are?" Nagisa asked curiously. When Tamao shook her head she pouted. She was hoping that her roommate would know. "Really? You don't know?"

Tamao nodded. "Yes, I don't know who they are. I would love to know but under some circumstances, I haven't seen Rokujou-sama around today."

Just as she finished her respond to her friend, Shizuma entered the room with the other three Student Council Presidents. Everyone in the room immediately stopped talking and indiscreetly faced the entrance door. Shizuma silently chuckle to herself at the reaction at their entrance. This wasn't all new to her at all. This was to be expected from everyone. They were like kittens, always curious about new things that may or may not concern them. At least they were pretty to look at, in Shizuma's point of view.

Shizuma proceed to walk to the front of the room, knowing that all eyes would be on the eight students that were following her and the Student Council Presidents. Unfortunately though, it was her job to introduce the eight exchange students to the whole Astrea schools, alone. All the three Student Council Presidents already went to their seats, and she knew that Shion's and Miyuki's eyes were on her. While Miyuki was watching to see if she could perform the task right, Shion was merely watching to see if Shizuma would slip up. Shizuma inwardly sighed, knowing that there was no stop in Spica and Miator rivalry.

She stopped in front of the dining hall, and after clearing her throat to get everyone attention, she smiled and started introducing the new eight exchange students from St Lilian Girls' High School. Once she introduced them to the rest of the school, she led them to their respectable seats at the dining table. The Roses were glad that they would be able to sit next to each other, but only under their assigned schools. Shizuma had fun watching Sachiko's expression when she saw the younger girl was feeling uncomfortable. She did wonder if Yumi wasn't there, would Sachiko even give her a glance. She didn't mind that she had already caught Sei's attention, since she already knew that Chikaru had also caught Sei's attention too. The rest of the quiet ones just keep to themselves, and if she wasn't mistakenly, Shizamu Yoshino would be quite interesting to observe closely.

The clock stroke and it was time for her to say the prayer before the meal. Everyone all clasped their hands together, their heads bowed as their eyes closed. Shizuma ran through the prayer for what seemed to be hundred times ever since she became an Etoile. Then again, it was to be expected from her. This was one of her duties after all.

After dinner, everyone had gathered around the Roses family when they decided to go to the lounge. The three sixth graders had no problem keeping up with all the questions and interacting with the females that were gathering around them. Yoshino seemed to be scaring most of the females away when she saw them gawking at Rei. The latter didn't seem to mind, not when she was oblivious to the fact that she was gaining a little bit of fan. All the girls were very interested in Shimako because of her beauty and elegance that she was giving up. Yet, it only made it quite difficult for them to approach her when she looked so serene. Yumi, on the other hand, was getting bombarded with compliments from both Miator and Lulim girls. She was getting a little uncomfortable but it didn't show through her action. However, she could feel how tense Sachiko was sitting beside her. It was as if Sachiko would to be given the chance to kill without anyone pressing any charges, she would commit a mass murder. Although the quiet and serene side of Sachiko was alluring and captivating, the quiet and fuming side of Sachiko was not. Then again, Yumi would gladly take whatever side that Sachiko would give her.

"Ladies! Ladies! Ladies! We will be seeing each other more so try to relax a little." Sei said with amusement in her tone. Even though she was tired of seeing all these girls around her, which was the first, but it was as if they weren't getting any sort of privacy, which was true.

"Yes, I am sure that we will be crossing these halls quite frequently." Youko said with a polite smile, that seemed to swoon most of the girls in Miator and she admitted, she didn't even know how it did that.

"Can we call you by your titles at your school?" One of the girls asked excitedly.

"Oh can we please? It sounds so cool!" Another girl added.

Eriko chuckled and nodded. "If you wish, we do not mind it at all."

When they all turned to look at the Roses' soeurs, Miyuki and Shion were already standing in front of them with disapproval look on their faces. The girls instantly let out several apologies before they scattered off with their friends. Youko let out a sigh of relief before she turned to look at the two.

"Thank you for saving us. We were wondering when they would leave us to ourselves." She softly spoke.

"Probably never if we didn't decide to intervene." Shion spoke with a sigh. "My apologies, however, I didn't think that Spica's students would act like that."

Eriko giggled and shook her head. "It's understandable. There's no need for apologies for both ends. I'm very sure if the situation was reversed, the Lilian's students would be very interested about you as well."

"I do wonder though, why did Lilian send the whole Lilian's Student Council here?" Miyuki asked curiously.

Youko sighed as Eriko shrugged, though Sei didn't seem to care the least bit. "We do wonder that ourselves."

"Well then, we do hope that you all enjoy your stay. Have a good evening." Miyuki said with a smile. The Yumayurikai said their farewells as well before both Shion and Miyuki left the lounge.

"You know, that Miyuki is quite nice." Sei commented. "And pretty." She later added.

"Everyone's pretty to you, Sei." Eriko said with a roll of her eyes.

Sei laughed and shook her head. "Nope, not everyone. I think Yumi is the prettiest!"

Yumi immediately blushed. "Rosa Gigantea!" She half-shrieked in embarrassment.

Sei turned to look at the younger girl. "What? You want me to prove that? Or rather, show you how pretty you are?" She asked in a flirtatious tone that everyone was quickly to pick up on.

When Yumi was too embarrassed to even respond, Sei took that silent answer as a 'Yes'. And since she did, the blonde hair woman stood up from her seat and went over to Yumi. She was aware of the fact that everyone was watching her, and she knew that Youko was watching her in amusement. Not to mention Eriko as well. So when she made it over to Yumi's side, she immediately wrapped her arms around the younger girl's neck while blowing hot breath against her ear.

"Should I give them a show, my little Yumi?" Sei asked seductively with a wicked grin now spread across her face. She could hear the students in the lounging area gasp, but none of them came from the Yumayurikai. This scene had occurred too much for them to even act surprise, not to mention they did know of her personality.

Yumi, on the other hand, was beetred from head to toes, and she could literally feel her whole face burning up from Sei's action and words. If she was to open her mouth and speak at this moment, she would be stuttering out incoherent words that would urge Sei on even more. So the only thing she could do now was to look down at the floor and pray that Sei would let go off of her already.

"Rosa Gigantea," Sachiko stated coldly. "Please let go off of my petite soeur." She demanded, her eyes were cold as eyes as they were fixed on Sei.

Sei wasn't affected by the cold glare, nonetheless. She was hoping to have this kind of reaction from Sachiko anyway. With Yumi here, she knew that both reactions from both women would make quite a show for her to behold. So with the chuckle that was leaving her parted lips, she let go off of Yumi with her hands up in a surrendering gesture. " Such cold, icy tone, Sachiko." She teased. "It almost sounds like you two are dating."

Sachiko blushed and looked away, trying her best to hide the blush by covering her face with her hair. Youko chuckled at the reaction, while Eriko watched on in amusement. Sachiko soon to recover from her embarrassment and turned to look at Shimako, whom was watching Yumi with a worried expression.

"Shimako." Sachiko spoke softly. The said girl turned to look at her, her eyes silently asking her what Sachiko would need her to do. "Please try to control your Onee-sama once in a while."

Shimako sighed and shook her head. "I believe it is too late for me to control her, Sachiko-sama."

Sei, Youko, Eriko and Yoshino burst out into a fit of giggles. Even though they were in a new school ground, they knew that their Yumayurikai relationship would never change. And poor little Yumi, she was still recovering from the embarrassment that Sei had given her. The girl wouldn't hate Sei though, no one could ever hate Sei. She knew that Sei was a flirty person, but unfortunately for her, Sei only picked her to flirt with.

Chikaru was watching their interaction from her side of the lounge, intrigued by the relationship that they all had. For a student council that big, she was surprise that there was no conflict between them. A smile formed her face, it was definitely time for her to get to know these people better.