"The One Who is Numbered Infinitely"

By: Anjellove

Chapter 2:

Day 1

Snickers and rash whispers are filling the classroom of 3-A even in this early morning. Of course, everyone is talking about the sudden soon-to-be appearance of a new student. Even without seeing the guy, some are already making a big fuss out of him.

"You heard of it, right?" Mochu asks, sitting in an empty seat in front of Natsume. The red-eyed student looked up from the manga he is reading.

Brows furrowed. "So?" he asks nonchalantly.

"Well, from what I've heard he's also a special star like Natsume." Koko chimes in, scratching the back of his dirty blonde head.

"And the skills are also exceptional." Mochu says again.

Ruka smirked. "So what's it got to do with Natsume?" he rests his chin on his palm.

Koko shrugged. Mochu shrugs too.

Natsume raises a brow at the two.

"Well…just thought you should know." Mochu ends with a sigh. "A very boring Hyuuga, as usual." He mumbles, getting Ruka to chuckle showing his amusement.

"All right, free time over."

The guys continued to mumble strings of curses as they go back to their seats, coming face to face with their homeroom teacher. Narumi smiled, seeing all of them complete and in order for the first time.

"As you may already know, we have a new student who will reside in this class for the rest of the school year." Narumi started, amethyst eyes boring at the class, taking every single reaction and it seems that the topic itself aroused the whole school's interest…including 3-A. "I think there should be no more time to be wasted. Come in."

More murmurs erupted throughout the room. Some of suspicions, some in admiration and some just for the heck of talking.

"Everyone quiet!" Narumi ordered as he looked at the new student who just entered the room. Brown neck-length hair and coordinated brown eyes.

Silence begun to engulfed the room.

-More silence

-New student stares at everyone else

-Everyone else just stare back at new student

-Superbly Deafening Silence (SDF!)

"Talk." Narumi elbowed him.

"What am I supposed to say?" the new student asked in a low voice.

"At least introduce yourself." The teacher answers.

Natsume couldn't help but raised a brow. Just how weird can things get in this school? He saw the new guy clearing his throat and unbuttoning the first two buttons of his uniform, and then he speaks. "Hi. I'm Sky. You can call me Sky, too."

-Silence again…

-Sky looks back at Narumi

-Narumi shakes his head in a sudden letdown

-Class breaks down into a horrifying guffaw

Natsume rolls his eye. "Tell me why did I ever come to this class." He drawled out in a bored manner that has Ruka smirking.

"But isn't he interesting." The blonde says instead, cerulean eyes boring straight at Sky.

"Enough of that." Narumi clapped his hands. "Any questions you would like to ask for Sky?" Koko was the first one. "Yes, Yome?"

"What's with the gloves?" his curiosity fully leaking out of him as he even pointed at Sky's gloved left hand. And it caught Natsume's attention.

His red eyes watched his every move. He saw Sky sneaking a glance at Narumi. The teacher only smirked then as if some message has been passed through their eyes, Sky sends Narumi a smirk too. A brow raised. Natsume leaned to Ruka. "Is it just me or did I see sparks between them." He jabbed a thumb at Sky and Narumi.

Ruka focused his sight on the subject. "Didn't see any spark but there's definitely something." Natsume nodded.

"I'd rather you not ask about it." Sky answered.

Koko yawned. "Very much unsatisfied." He mumbled.

Sky sighed. "Okay. I got into an accident four years ago." he started, brown eyes scanning the room until it fell permanently on red ones. Natsume stared back at him. "I lost an arm and literally broke a leg. That's what." He finished.

"Then what's that?" Mochu stood up, pointing on his left arm.

Sky shrugged. "Some permanent substitute."

Natsume smirked at him amusingly.

Ruka finds him even more interesting.

Koko's thinking buddy-buddy.

"Anymore?" Narumi asked until he saw no one daring to raise their hands. "Seems like you're satisfied now. Sky take your seat."

"Available seat!" Koko called. Sky gladly sat beside him. "Thanks." He mutters.

"No problem." Then he points at Natsume who is at the right of Sky. "That red-eyed party pooper is Natsume."

Sky saw him glaring at the dirty blonde. He smiled awkwardly.

"Don't mind him. He's always like that with an evilll~ look." Koko says again, emphasizing the 'evil' in a miniature evil manner.

"Oh and Natsume," Narumi called. "Since you're the only one without a class partner, I've decided to tie you up with Sky." He smiled mischievously.

Natsume cringed, suddenly directing his glare at the homeroom teacher. "You've got to be kidding me." He said with a dangerously cold voice.

"Oh no, of course not." Narumi let out a mocking laugh. "I am very, very serious in fact."

Sky took a glance at the red-eyed to his right only to see a gritting Natsume. Slowly raising his hand, Narumi called him. "It's okay. I can manage without a partner or whatever you call it."

But Narumi only clicked his tongue, clearly disapproving. "Sorry hun, this is school policy. You two, live with it."

Sky sighs.

Natsume glares.

15 minutes past 1200 o'clock. South, South-East of Alice Academy

"Wow! I still can't believe you're going to live in this five-star hotel like dorm room." Koko exclaimed letting his eyes scan Sky's special star room.

The personal library and kitchen, the mini study and living room, there's even a fireplace and a plasma TV. "What more can you ask for?" Koko mumbled to himself.

Rolling his red eyes, he took his time to leave the room unnoticed. "Natsume." Sky called. And without waiting for the boy to turn around or even respond, he continued to speak. "Thanks for showing me around, by the way, even if it was against your will." He said, lowering his voice on the last part. Then he smiled.

"Whatever." Natsume replied instead and left.

Turning to Koko, "Yome."

"Hmm?"

"Get out."

"Stingy Wierdo."

"Whatever joker. I still have tons to do."

Koko smiled. "Fine. See ya later." Koko lastly said making a beeline off the room.

After assuring the door is tightly locked, Sky grinned, jumping right to his queen-sized bed. He sits up and ran to the dresser, looking at the Sky on the mirror with that toothy grin. "Damn Mikan, you're really great!" then she runs back to the bed squealing her throat off.

"Fukuzawa! I really can't believe I'm here!"

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Day 3, about 1200 o 'clock –lunchtime in Alice Academy Cafeteria

Koko invited me in their table along with Ruka and the still missing Natsume.

"We've got an hour of free time after lunch." Koko started, then trying to unnoticeably steal my lunch.

"So? What's your point?" Ruka queried with such mixture of both curiosity and amusement as he started offering me some of his own lunch. "My very important point is, where should we spend douching?" Koko answered.

"Douching?" I asked as I am very much confused.

"Fool around. Wasting." I heard Natsume answer instead.

Pivoting my half body to take a look at Natsume and greet him. "I see. A slight touch of euphemism there." I said.

Koko's face turned twisted. "I don't really get what euphemisms are but we're just coding our words for safety measures." Said he, head shaking.

Natsume took his time on the other hand to sit beside Ruka instead.

"Why are you here?" Natsume asked out of the blue, his eyes directed towards a certain me.

"Koko invited me." I answered.

He turned to Koko. "Wow, I didn't know we're holding a party now that you even started to invite unwanted presences in our table." He started saying with his voice dripping in sarcasm,

"Relax Natsume, it's just Sky. I think he's harmless." Ruka butted in.

I didn't even realize that my mannerisms are already kicking in. I look down on my food as if it's the best thing in the universe as I hear them arguing about me. Of course, who am I to just squeeze myself into their group when I'm clearly a weird, untrustworthy-looking newbie?

I look up when I noticed that they abruptly stopped their current bickering.

"What are you doing?" Koko asked. That's when I realized that they are all staring at me, with the table moving intensely due to my flicking with my left hand, the automail.

"Sorry." I mumbled, hiding my hand away and quickly standing up with my lunch.

"Where are you going?" Ruka said.

I smiled at him. "Happy time with myself." I answered. "Anyway, I apologize my legal intruding." Then I left them, heading towards the far eastern corner of the cafeteria near the counter.

"Fukuzawa me," I mumbled.

"I wonder what that means, but hi." A pink haired girl sat on the opposite side of the table.

Okay, so why is there a girl here, sitting in front of me?

"You're a woman!" I couldn't help but exclaim.

She laughed. "And so are you." She retorted.

What the heavens?!

"What blasphemy are you saying? I am a full grown man, can't you see that?" how did she know? How the heavens did she knows by just looking?

"You can't fool me, kiddo. I'm not as dumb as these guys." She said in half serious, half teasing manner.

Sighing, "How?"

She shrugged her shoulders. "I'm taking up medicine. So don't be so surprised if I knew just with one look." She answered.

Silence.

More silence.

Too much deafening silence.

The suspicious woman, taking up medicine in college laughed.

"Don't worry." I look at her. "I won't tell anybody. This is our dirty little secret." She said reassuringly. And as if given another atom of oxygen to breathe in, I felt relieved.

"Thanks, I guess." I muttered.

"By the way, Misaki Harada." I beamed at her.

"Mikan Sakura, girl me. Sky, boy me."

"Okay. Sky, boy you. Nice to meet you."

"Just Sky."

"Okay, Just Sky."

"Whatever. So why is Misaki here?" I asked.

She shrugged her shoulders again, the Misaki-way. And I kind of love that. "Part time job to pay for my studies."

"Where?"

"Tokyo University."

Sounds familiar. Where have I heard of it?

"What about you, why are you here?" It was Misaki's turn to ask, as she successfully pulled me out of my trance.

A bittersweet smile made its way to my lips. Slowly, I began to open my own story to Dr. Cafteria Big Sis. I thought I felt myself in the same condition as my lungs. Filled and drowning in excess water. And she just sat there. Not a word came out of her, neither a sound. But she continued to listen to my unbelieving story of tragedy.

PS. I've been feeling a little suffocated.