13 SENTINELS: Aegis RIM: ANOTHER STORY - [PART I] (BOOK I)

9.2. Iori's Perspective: Sakura High: New Building Class 1-B [Break Time] (♫)

[July 3, 2129]
[11:32 AM, Wednesday Morning]

Today is Wednesday.
It was now break hours.
Class went like normal.
You pay attention, take notes, and study for the upcoming quiz on the specific topic of the week.
For Iori though, it zoomed as fast as light.

She after all...
Slept through the entire morning.
And because she had been sleeping, she didn't notice class was done.
Let alone break period that had already started two minutes ago.

Miwako:  "Iori-chan..."

Iori:  "Mrgh?"
Iori:  "H-huh?"

Miwako:  "Good morning, sleepyhead."

Y/n: "You're finally up, sleeping beauty?"

Iori: "..."

Miwako: "You were sound asleep."

Iori: "Class is over?"

Y/n: "Been over, love."

Miwako: "The teacher kept giving you dirty looks."

???: "Duh."
???: "You slept through the whole class."

Y/n: "You are?"
Y/n asks softly.

???: "I'm Kisaragi."
???: "Kisaragi Tomi."

Miwako: "Ah..."
Miwako: "I'm Sawatari."

Y/n: "It's a pleasure to meet you, Tomi-san."
Y/n kindly bows to her.

Tomi: "Y-you can call me Tomi."
Tomi: "..."
Tomi: "Wow, you are very respectful and kind."
Tomi: "I've heard different rumors of you."

Y/n: "Hmm?"
Y/n: "What kind of rumors?"

Tomi: "That you're very monotone and don't really care about trivial things."
Tomi: "Maybe I'm talking to the wrong twin?"

Y/n: "That's T/n you're speaking about, all right."
Y/n: "She only does that so she can get excessive attention away from her, although it's not really working when she's with Amiguchi-san most of the time."

Iori gets up from her seat...
Iori: "And I'm—"

Tomi: "Fuyusaka-san, right?"
Tomi: "I heard the teacher trying to call on you."

Iori: "Really?"
Iori: "I didn't notice..."

Tomi: "Nice to meetcha."

Iori: "You too, Kisaragi-san."
Iori: "..."
Iori: "I've barely even started my high school life..."
Iori: "And this is how I start my first impression?"

Y/n: "Perhaps don't be sleeping all the way through class and maybe it could've went well successfully."
Y/n chuckles.

Iori: "Ah, meanie..."

Y/n: "Paying you back tenfold for teasing me before~"

Iori pouts.

Tomi: "You all can call me Usami."
Tomi: "Weird nickname, but I'm used to it."

Iori: "In that case, you can call me Iori."

Miwako: "It's nice to be on a first-name basis."
Miwako: "I'm Miwako."

Y/n: "You can call me Y/n, no need for formality, Usami love."
Y/n says as she smiles sweetly to Tomi.

Tomi blushes.
Tomi: "Y-yeah."
Tomi: "I guess Megumi had her all wrong, she's really a genuine sweet person.'

Y/n: "Iori, I just noticed..."
Y/n: "Your forehead is red."

Tomi: "Well, she was sleeping on the desk."