「Another」※×⇞°«'-* Kouichi Sakakibara x reader *-'»°⇞×※

✳⇞‥*°- Chapter 1: Rough Sketch -°*..⇞✳

【May 6th】

"There's going to be a new student?" She asked, finally looking at the boy standing next to her. "Yeah-"

"What an awful timing. Exams is just around the corner, how unlucky." The girl interrupted, her eyes made it's way back to the novel she was currently reading.

"Say...Teshigawara-kun, have you studied for the exam?" She asked the boy, not once sparing him a glance.

"Have you?" She repeated, even though both of them knew the answer well.

"He probably didn't" a boy with glasses joined in the conversation, "this is Teshigawara-kun we're talking about right?" Another boy spoke up, his voice was soft and gentle.

"Good morning Kazami-kun, Mochizuki-kun." She greeted them, closing her book, she faced the two boys.

Kazami, is the boy with glasses. Based on what the girl was told, both Teshigawara and Kazami are childhood friends. The other boy, is Yuuya. She usually calls him Mochizuki-kun since she doesn't talk to him as much -if compared with the other two-.

"Good morning, (y/n)-san" they returned her greeting, both speaking at almost the same moment.

"Hey! Why are you looking at them when they talk but, not looking at me when I talk!" Teshigawara protest, crossing his arms against his chest. A frown marred his face. The girl turned around to face Teshigawara, giving him a blank expression.

"I was reading. Who's this new student?" She spun on her seat to face the bespectacled boy, changing the subject almost immediately after giving a plausible excuse. Even if they were to linger on the previous subject, it wouldn't lead them anywhere and would most likely be a waste of her time.

"I met him last week, he was hospitalized and was supposed to join us back then." Kazami replied, "oh, so it's a boy? Why am I not surprised..." the girl said, as she rested her cheek on the palm of her hand, her elbow propped on the wooden desk beside her.

"Say, is it today? The one that we've talked about?"

"Ahhh...but, he shouldn't be, should he? Kazami has confirmed it"

"But, he isn't 100% sure of it"

There was a thick tension in the air, accompanied by an uncomfortable silence between the four of them. The tense atmosphere was suffocating, a wave of dysphoria caused their stomachs to twist.

'it must be a coincidence, right? After all...'

Her thoughts were cut of by the sound of the school bells that echoed throughout the whole class. The three boys left to sit in their own chairs without a word, while the girl turned around to face the chalkboard at the front of her classroom.

Her eyes wandered to the top left corner of the chalkboard. The date 'May 6th' written with white chalk had caught her attention. May started a few days ago, yet there were no signs of-

Her thoughts were interrupted by the homeroom teacher. Not long after he spoke, a boy with messy brown hair walked into the classroom. Was this the new student they were talking about?

(Y/n) POV

"Did everyone enjoy their golden week?" Mr. Kubodera asked. His question was followed by an uncomfortable silence, thus, he continued speaking. "Today, I'll introduce to you a new student."

"Erm... I'm Sakakibara Kouichi. Please treat me kindly."

The small nervous smile on his face faltered, his expression was both confused and uncomfortable.

the new student is a boy around my age (15) with messy brown hair, his hair was long enough to cover the top part of his ears. He looked mature for someone our age, I really hope he is mature. The boy is probably 10-15 centimeters taller than me.