Chapter 3
White Crows

"They sprinkled moon dust in your hair of gold and starlight in your eyes of blue."

The sun was shining bright, rays of it penetrating the curtain-less windows of the classroom, reaching the surface of my desk. I sat quietly in the seat where I've sat in since my first day as I waited along with the whole class for the first teacher of the day to enter through the doors of the classroom.

It's been a week since my first day, and so far, I've been able to adjust to the school pretty well and fast. I didn't get lost as much anymore every time I'd go to the lady's room. I can already find my way on my own to the canteen, and I've already been introduced to most, if not all, my classmates.

My face was buried in a book when I heard the door slide open.

I checked my watch for the time and saw that it was still too early for class to start. I looked up, away from my book to see who it was.

"Tsukiko!" Kanata's voice filled the classroom. He stood up hastily and rushed to the side of the girl with long, light brown hair and big brown eyes. Not far behind, Yoh walked to where Kanata stopped and greeted the girl with a smile. I heard the chair to my left move, and when I turned to look at Suzuya, something was different about him. His radiance was magnified. He was obviously really happy.

He walked up to where the three were and joined in the conversation. "Hey there. How're you doing?"

"Suzuya! I'm very much okay now." She laughed and flashed all of them a sweet smile. She looked really pretty and she seemed really nice.

"okay class, take your seats." The teacher entered through the open door and took his place in front of the whole class. The four dispersed and went to their respective desks. The girl sat to my right so I decided to introduce myself to her, seeing as that we're the only girls who studied in the school.

"Hey! I'm Minami Karin. I'm a transferee. It's nice to know that I'm not the only girl here in the school." I laughed and flashed her the happiest smile I can form with my lips.

"Hello. I'm Yahisa Tsukiko. It's nice to meet you." She laughed at my remark. "It's not that bad. You'll get used to it. I was able to." She beamed at me one last time before facing the front to listen to the lecture.

After the last period before class, I quietly packed my things, thinking of what I should do during the one hour break. I kept my bag and made my way to the door, but before I could exit the classroom, someone called out to me.

"Karin! Where are you going?" I turned around only to see that it was Suzuya. He had a look of confusion on his face. Ever since my first day, I've always had lunch with him. Today was the first day I decided not to do so.

"I'm planning to look for a club to join." He walked to where I was as I spoke. "I don't want my world to revolve solely around academics that's why I'm planning to add another activity to my schedule."

"But don't you want to eat lunch first? I can accompany you after eating if you want."

"No, it's alright. I had a heavy breakfast so I'm not quite hungry yet. Thank you though, Suzuya." I reassured him with smile.

"Okay then. We'll be at the rooftop if ever you finish early." He smiled.

"Yes, yes. Thank you again." And with that I went on my way to look for a club.

I walked through the hallways to look for the bulletin board where clubs posted their announcements. And after some ten minutes, I finally found it. It was exactly as I dreaded it to be. Most of the clubs were sports clubs. And since the school only has two female students, they never really considered forming teams for females.

I looked through the posters and papers. There was the Taekwondo team, the baseball team, and swimming team. They were all sports-related clubs! I wanted to tear them to pieces until I came across one particular poster; the Glee Club poster. Singing was something I loved to do. It relieves me from stress and negative feelings. I scanned the paper and saw that they were looking for new members.

"I wonder if they would accept a girl. I doubt. Well its worth a shot."

I took note of the date, time, and place of the auditions.

I checked my watch to see that it has only been fifteen minutes since I left the classroom so I walked to the stairs that led to the rooftop to find Suzuya.

My eyes fell upon a certain silver-haired, boisterous boy in the hallway while I was looking for the stairs. He was alone so I decided to go to him.

Our relationship improved by a lot since we first got introduced. He talks to me more often now. Suzuya was right when he said that kanata was really fun to be with. He's never dramatic and he always speaks his mind. He makes me laugh all the time with the way he and Yoh usually argue.

"Kanata, I'm going to where Suzuya is, do you want to come?"

He looked like he was spacing out. His eyelids were half closed. He slowly turned his head to face me.

"Oh hey Karin. What's up?" The words came out so weakly as he backed up until his back hit the wall with a thud.

"K-Kanata? Are you alright?" I started to feel scared. Something at the pit of my stomach was telling me that something bag was going to happen.

He slid down the wall as his eyes closed completely. I quickly knelt in front of him to catch his head from falling on the floor. I wrapped an arm around his shoulders as I rested his upper back on my lap.

"Kanata! W-what's happening?" I started to panic. I banged on the door nearest to me, hoping that there's someone there who could help us.

"Please help us!" I didn't stop banging until i heard steps rushing to the door. The door slid open quickly and a tall, silver-haired boy with his hair parted to the side came out through it. He looked down at me to quickly survey the situation. He knelt, facing me to get Kanata's arm. He slung it around his shoulders and wrapped his other arm around Kanata's waist. In no time, we were heading to the infirmary.

He brought him to the nurse and was instructed to lay him on the bed. I stayed at the foot of the bed as I intently watched the nurse check Kanata.

After a long minute, I felt a hand on my shoulder. I looked up and it was the the guy who helped me bring Kanata to the nurse.

"He's going to be alright" He flashed me a confident smile.

"I hope so. Thank you by the way for helping us uhm-"

"Shiranui Kazuki" He said.

"Kazuki." I smiled at him. "I'm Minami Karin the-"

"Transferee, yes. I've read your records." He gave me a lopsided grin. "I'm the chair of the student council, if you do not know. I've known you already even before we've met because of the papers the administration office forwarded to me."

I didn't know what to think of the boy. He was overly confident but odd as it may seem, he wasn't annoying.

"I have to go. I still have some paper work to do. Are you fine here on your own?" I nodded as an answer to his question. "Well, I'll be off then. Oh, I'm in need of man power in my office. I'd really like it if you could fill in the position for me. If you're interested, just go to my office." He said with his back facing me before he passed the door frame and shut the door close.

How convenient was that? I laughed to myself as I made my way to the side of Kanata's bed. I sat on the chair beside him as I thought about whether to take the position or not.