yin & yang, ririka x oc

𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕖𝕖 / how can you be so carefree?

"Welcome to Hana class, year 2." A tall, brown haired woman with glasses exclaimed. "My name is Miss Ito."

"Thanks for having me, Ito-sensei." Y/n bowed her head.

"Vice President." Miss Ito bowed to a masked Ririka standing beside the girl. Ririka bowed back silently. Turning to Y/n, the teacher smiled. "Could you please introduce yourself to the class?"

"Sure thing," replied the girl. Walking up to the teacher's podium at the front of the class, she opened her mouth."Hajimemashite, I'm Y/n L/n!" The h/c girl smiled, putting her thumbs up. 

Her eyes abruptly widened, and she gasped. "OMG, are you who I think you are?!?" She squealed, jumping up and down. "Hey, hey, hey... Yumeko! Nice to see you!!" Running around the podium, she ran up to the black-haired girl's desk.

Yumeko stood up and reached across her desk to give the e/c girl a hug. "Y/n-san! What a pleasant surprise!"

"Girl, I haven't seen you in like, for-ever!"  Y/n laughed, putting her hands on the woman's shoulders.

"Yes, same! I hope that fact that we are now in the same class will give us time to catch up!" Yumeko replied. Suddenly, her face took on a different tone. Her usual brown eyes began to glow an ominous red. "Plus, now-"

"-we can finally gamble together!" finished Y/n, her e/c orbs beginning to glow in unison.

"Oh! I must introduce you to my friends, Mary-san and Suzui-san!" Yumeko exclaimed, snapping out of her trance. She gestured an arm to a blonde girl in pigtails and a brown haired boy. As Ririka watched from the corner of the room, Y/n began to get acquainted with Mary Saotome and Ryota Suzui.

"H-hey, she's hot..."  Ririka heard a male student in the front row whisper to one sitting next to him. The Vice President recognized the second man to be Jun Kiwatari, infamous for stirring up trouble with female classmates. No charges had been pressed against him yet, to Ririka's surprise and dismay.

"Yeah, hmm... maybe we could get her and that Jabami bitch to strip for us." He uttered back to his friend, smirking.

At this, Ririka's neck cracked ever so slightly, as she swiftly turned her head to stare down at the two from her perch in the corner. She narrowed her eyes underneath her mask, and lifted her head a bit to look down at them. After all, she was definitely above them as the Vice President.

The first boy noticed this and poked Jun, eyes wide. "H-hey, that's the Vice President..."

Jun turned around in his seat to see the glaring Ririka. He gulped, loosening his tie. "Y-yeah, well, we can finish talking later..."

'Men, ugh. Why do they think they can make their obligatory dirty comments? It's very disrespectful to women.'  Ririka scrunched her nose, seething. Turning to look back at the perky and cheerful Y/n, now in full conversation with the majority of the class; she pressed her lips into a line and frowned slightly.

'They're going to take every once of her happiness and use it against her. All just for gambling... let's not forget what this school is about.'  thought Ririka sadly. 'One that seems to be your friend one minute will end up becoming a bully when you're anointed a house-pet. They're all so two-faced.'  

She stared around the room, at girls and boys alike; all pretending to be friendly just so they could drag another unsuspecting person down to their level.

She'd seen more than enough of her share of people who were full of happiness to be able to come to a new school, and then have their dignity and respect wrenched away in a trivial gambling match. Gambling decided your future here at Hyakkaou.

'How can she be so carefree?'  wondered the masked girl, now crossing her arms across her chest. 'She said she knew about the order here at the academy, so how is she so calm about it?'

Little did Ririka know how appearances could deceive completely.