Chapter three:
Kanae Kotonami had reluctantly agreed to show kyoko around, under the request of Yashiro and Jelly. Although she would never admit it, she almost felt sorry for the girl. She led them first around the main building kyoko had seen. The front yard, where kyoko had fell, had a large garden around the edges, while a huge path connected to the main entrance of the building. Kyoko had been told that the headmaster's favourite flowers were roses.
The building surrounding the garden was called the main wing. It was around three stories high, and surrounded the garden like an upside down 'u' shape. Along the sides were two gateways, leading to other parts of the school.
Kanae led kyoko through the main door of the first wing. They then went up a giant stair case, which was supposedly the direction towards the headmaster.
"The headmaster would definitely want to meet you," Kanae explained. She had learnt that only kyoko's guardian had checked into the 'palace'. "Our headmaster is a giant love-mon" Kanae cringed.
"love-mon?"
"yes, well… you'll see. He's a giant enthusiast for love." Kanae sighed. "Through all the years I've been here, the headmaster has made it insanely clear that I should 'fall in love'." Kanae mocked his statement. "anyway, if you want to avoid his wrath, whatever you do, don't argue with his wishes."
After Kanae's warning, kyoko and her arrived at the door of his office. Before she could knock, a strange man opened the door. Kanae's reaction told kyoko this was not the famous headmaster.
"greetings, miss Kanae, and miss kyoko." The strange person bowed, he looked like a butler to kyoko. She wondered how he had gotten her name. she reluctantly bowed back.
"The headmaster is not available at the moment," he glanced behind him. Kyoko and Kanae only heard video game sounds. "It is a busy time for him. Miss Kyoko, I will schedule a meeting tomorrow afternoon." Without asking what was behind the door, Kanae and kyoko bowed thanks, before heading down the staircase.
"I suppose I should show you around the rest of the school." She looked at her watch. Although kyoko wasn't a judgemental person, she had a feeling the magenta coloured watch wasn't exactly Kanae's choice.
"well, we have a good two hours before dinner. I guess I could show you around."
Kanae explained the rooms inside the first wing. "The first wing is the main building people see before they enter, so our headmaster placed his office there. There's also the infirmary on the left side. You've already seen that though. On the right is the staff cafeteria. Above are the offices for the teachers. There's a main English office, a main science office, you pretty much get the drift. Anyways, it doesn't really matter, since we don't have to go there much." Kanae headed to the left big gate, located under the building. The gate led them to what Kanae called the 'left wing'.
Kyoko awed in amazement. The left-wing building had a giant yard too, only it was twice as long to get to the building. The yard was covered in lush greenery, with a greenhouse in the middle-left of where they were walking. "It's beautiful…"
Kanae smirked and shrugged, but she couldn't help but secretly agree. The garden was kept nice the entire year. "I guess it's nice and all. The left wing has a gardening club, and they pretty much take care of the garden by themselves." When she looked at the map in her hands, one Kanae had picked up from the first wing, she noticed a pattern of the buildings. While the first wing looked like an upside down 'u', the left wing looked like a 'c', while the right wing supposedly mirrored it.
Kanae explained the rest of the map. Like the author, she was too lazy to explore the entire campus. "the three buildings above contain most of our classes, including the stadium on the far right. The right wing is mainly for the arts, like theatre, graphic design, and music. Since the left wing is so peaceful looking, the headmaster decided that the library would be there too. Oh, and the left wing also has the main core subjects, like English, maths, and history." She then pointed the main buildings above them.
"the two buildings next to the stadium have the rest of our classes. And when you go up from the left," she moved her finger up." That's the cafeteria. The rest above is the oval. On the top left, past the oval, is the gymnasium, the changerooms, and the outdoor pools. On the right of the oval is the dorms."
The dorms, kyoko saw, had gates around the premises. Kanae explained that this had its perks.
"whatever you do, don't climb them," she said. "the gates are there for a reason. God forbid what would happen…" Kanae trailed off. Kyoko looked at the map, noting that there were three buildings. The furthest from the oval was the girl's dorm. Under that was the boy's dorm. (totally not gonna use this to my advantage later). Before those, closest to the oval, was the staff dorm. Kyoko didn't seem to have any idea what Kanae was annoyed about. She sighed.
"It's just so annoying!" Kanae started to ramble. "these stupid girls, they think they're so smart. So, then they go and try to climb the walls, for Mr what's-his-face, and end up breaking their feet!" kyoko wondered who was so interesting. Before she could ask, Kanae ended her rambling, and realised what she had said.
"it's… not that big of a deal. Mo, it's not like you'd try anything reckless like that." Kanae glanced at kyoko. No way in hell would she ever try anything. Glancing at her watch, she saw the time.
"crap, it's almost dinner." She looked at kyoko. "well, you don't have your uniform yet, you should probably get changed before you go in. where's your key?" kyoko showed Kanae her room key, labelled '40c'. Kanae internally cringed at the realisation, but didn't show it.
"well your room looks like it'll be on the right side, level three. Are you good getting there?"
"I think I'll be alright…"
"good. Well, if you need help, I'll give you my number." Kanae reluctantly switched phones with kyoko's exchanging numbers. "Moko san! Does this mean we're friends?" kyoko went in la la land.
"Mo, no! we are not! It's just a number. Now get going, I'm going to be late!" Kanae stormed off, feeling secretly happy that kyoko, the annoying girl, wanted to be her friend. She had no idea what to think about her new nickname though.
Kyoko looked happily at her phone. She had made a friend! On her first day! She snapped out of la la land, and began walking past the buildings. Like many new students, she failed to notice the headmaster, looking out his window, judging her. So, this is Mogami's step daughter…