Masaki Academy is a very good school, apparently. I hate it, personally. My first day and students are already being loud. And to make it worse, there are way too many students and classrooms! I'm going to get lost right away!
"Rise, bow."
Homeroom, so boring! After the bell rings, I'm alone while classes change. Everyone except me seems to have someone they know in this class. How do people expect me to make friends? Whatever. I pull out a manga and start to read while the students all chat happily. Students don't really notice me.
Halfway through break I receive a text. I pull out my phone and smile. It's my brother.
Hey, Michiko! How's school going?
It's going great, Toshio! People love talking to me!
Lies! Tell the truth.
I hate it.
He asked for the truth. With a sigh, I flip the page of the manga. I'm only reading ads now. I already read the rest of the manga. Twice. I need to check online, I guess.
"Yamamoto-san, what brings you here?"
I turn around and dread fills my eyes. "Go away, Yukio-kun."
"Why?"
"Because I hate you."
"Why?"
"You're annoying."
He looks hurt. He winks a brown eye. "I'm here visiting my sister. I have to go to this school for two weeks. Great that we get to be in the same class, right?"
"Not if you want to live."
My phone vibrates. I pull it out. Another text from my brother.
Is it really that bad? Miss Kyoto?
No. Yukio is here...he is visiting his sister...if I lived in Kyoto I wouldn't have to deal with him!
Haha.
I look up at Yukio, who is reading my text messages. "Go away, idiot!"
He sighs and goes back to his desk. I look over. Even he has friends. Do I give off a bad aura? I look at the manga in my hands. Surely one manga won't mean anything?
Whatever. I hate people anyway.
Something tells me I'm going to hate this new school, too...
