Chapter 2: School Days

~Rin's P.O.V~

As I walked next to Rinto, I felt my stomach start to churn with nervous fear. I unconsciously leaned next to Rinto, feeling the need for comfort. Rinto looked down at me and smiled affectionately, patting my head.

"You scared?" He asked me, the brotherly gentleness in his voice. I nodded, feeling somewhat calmed by him. That was the thing about Rinto: even though he is the biggest pest (besides my guy friends) he was the big brother I could count on. Our mom, Lola, was always working to support our family since our dad died. I felt saddened now and sniffled. Dad had died in a car accident heading towards work one morning. Rinto had been nine, while I was eight. I must have sighed aloud, because Rinto chuckled and put his arm around my shoulders as we neared the school.

"You will be fine! Trust me high school isn't all that bad…well not really anyway! I'm sure you will have fun! Just don't let me catch any boys trying to hit on you…I'll give them my fist as a little welcoming gift!" He said grinning. I rolled my eyes, but giggled.

"Well I gotta go! Have fun!" He said, walking towards his group of friends. I waved to him and started walking around, looking for my own friends. A flash of magenta, teal, and green caught my eye, and before I knew it, I was on the ground being squished by three of my best friends.

"Rin!" Gumi squealed, rubbing her cheek against mine.

"Gumi, Teto, Miku get off of me before you kill me!" I laughed, pushing at them so I could breathe. Once I was up, I was hugged by Miku, then, Gumi, and then Teto. I hugged them back, smiling happily.

"Rinny! I missed you so much!" Miku said, her pig-tails swinging nearly slapping a random person.

"Oh wow I just talked to you on the phone two days ago, Miku!" I giggled.

"Well that's not the same as seeing you in person…hey you're finally getting some boobs!" She said, pointing at my chest.

"Kyaaa Miku! Don't point!" I said, flabbergasted, feeling my cheeks heating up.

"Aww she's blushing!" Teto laughed, pinching my cheeks.

"Oh stop embarrassing the poor girl!" A voice came behind us. I turned to see Luka behind us, wearing her school uniform like the rest of us. I ran and hid behind the taller and older girl.

"Save me oh wonderful Luka!" I mock-wailed. She smiled and pulled a pink umbrella out from her bag wielding it in front of her like a sword.

"Stand down evil girls who torture poor Rin!" She laughed. I stuck my tongue out at them.

"Never!" Gumi, Miku, and Teto shouted in unison. Gumi had a carrot in her hand (probably her lunch) and Miku had her leek covered binder out. "Charge!" Miku shouted and the three of them ran toward Luka and I.

"Run! Little girl, run!" Luka said laughing, taking my wrist and dragging me under the school's sakura tree. We panted while laughing seeing the girls follow us and ended up laughing with us.

"I sure missed you baka's!" I said in between laughing. Everyone was smiling when the guys showed up.

"Hey Rin, Miku, Gumi, Teto, and Luka!" Kaito said, carrying and ice-cream cone. Gakupo waved and went over to Luka, who kissed his cheek. I made a puking motion with my hand and got smacked by Luka, who rolled her eyes, but smiled. Yuuma held back though, looking unsure. I walked over towards him and smiled.

"Hey Yuuma! What's up?" I asked, looking into his goldish-green eyes. He smiled and shoved his hands into his uniform's pockets.

"Oh hey Rin...nice day today..." He grinned. .

"Yea I'm glad it's not raining, I mean who wants it to rain on the first day of school?." I replied, looking at the clear blue sky which held a few white fluffy clouds.

"Yeah that would suck if it did..." He said looking at the sky.

I looked at my watch seeing it was 7:45. I better start looking around the school now so I know my way around.

"Hey tell Miku and the others that I went to check at the school, please?" I asked him, my eyes pleading. He smiled and nodded and I started jogging to the wooden double doors of the building. I pushed on one and walked into the clean hallway. The floors were freshly waxed and it smelled of lemon and cleaning products.

"Mmmm...nice...to bad it's not oranges though..." I sighed. I started walking around aimlessly, feeling stupid.

"Great..." I muttered, ooking around for something to tell me where I was. I spotted Mikuo, leaving the library with some books.

"Hey Mikuo!" I said waving. He smiled and walked towards me, tucking the books under his arm.

"Hey Rinny! What's up my orange buddy?" He said smiling as he walked up to me.

"Ah the usual...getting lost like always." I said grinning. He chuckled.

"Well if you want, I could show you around." He said.

"That would make you the most awesome person in the world!" I said laughing.

"Well okay then. As you can see this is the library. Down that hall to the right is the gym and the cafeteria," He said pointing down the hallway to our right. I nodded locking the information in my brain.

"Down the hall to your left is the music hall and the art room," He said pointing to the left hallway. I felt great knowing there was music and art here.

"Down by the office, which you passed on your way in, there are two hallways, the right one is where you grade is and the left is where I am." He finished. I nodded, feeling like my brain was about to explode with information.

"Are you doing anything extra-curricular?" He asked me. I looked down at my schedule, hoping I got both art class and music class. I didn't care if I was in gym or not...well maybe I do, but I heard we could only be in a certain amount of classes so...yeah. I looked down, seeing I had all three classes. I did a jump of joy inside my head, saying "Who's the man...or women...or crazy teenage teen...".

"I'm in art, music, and athletics." I stated, feeling amazing. Mikuo's eyes flashed with happiness...I think it was happiness.

"Awesome I do to! What class periods do you have art and music? I know the guys have gym at the same time as the girls." He asked. I gulped. Athletics with guys?! Oh no..., I thought, panicked. When I answered though, my voice was steady and calm.

"I have Art last period and music third period." I saw him smiling, while biting his lip.

"We have those same class periods together as well then." He said. I smiled and put my hand up so he could high-five it.

"Awesomeness!" I cheered, feeling that this day couldn't get any better. Of course I had to be right. As Mikuo and I were walking back out of the school building and towards our group of friends, I saw him.

Len was coming up the steps towards the school building that we were coming out of.

Duh duh duuhhhh! Cliff hanger xD! I am so sorry again for making everyone wait this long for a new chapter T^T I blame athletics for putting me in track! R&R please! :D