Cold Cold Cold | Blue Lock

Chapter 3

Multiple whispers filled the hall of the first-year stratum once they got an announcement of a new student arriving soon. While this might be an occurrence that happened occasionally seeing as how Ego likes to invite players at random times, that still didn't stop the curiosity within the students. 

Choosing to remain ignorant of the whispers, [Name] was quick to walk over to the location of her assigned classroom. A few stares were directed her way as she searched for the room, but thankfully no one outright approached her. 

It didn't take long until she finally found the classroom with the same label as the one in her schedule. Walking near the automatic door, it immediately opened up allowing her to walk in.

Multiple eyes followed her figure but she merely ignored it in favor of grabbing a seat at the back corner, the one place where she'll have the lowest amount of students surrounding her being.

Just like most reactions she elicited when walking in a room, a storm of whispers was immediately conjured up as they were most likely talking about her. If she were anything like how she was before, she'd have definitely shied away, but seeing as how her career had heavy publicity, she was used to this treatment. 

"Ah, hello..."

Despite her vehement wishes for no one to talk to her, life seems to be against that seeing as she is now forced to socialize. Begrudgingly looking up, curious cyan eyes met her own.

"Can I help you?" She spoke coolly as the teen with the bluest hair she's ever seen eyed the chair beside her. 

"Sorry for the bother but is it okay if I sit next to you?" His voice was calm as he asked. "I usually sit there and I didn't expect the empty seat best to it to be taken today so..."

"Do what you want." [Name] gave a dismissive shrug as she brought her phone out to start scrolling around her social media apps. The male staring at her sweatdropped a bit at the action before pulling the chair out and sitting down.

The next few minutes between them were dead silent as one scrolled through her phone and the other chose to observe the other students around him. After a while, the latter sighed before turning to look at the girl beside him.

"I'm sorry if this may seem sudden but can I ask for your name?" [Name] perked up at the question as she immediately knew where this question would lead to. "You just look like someone I know and..."

A sigh escaped [Name]'s lips as she put her phone down against her desk and stared at the other head-on. A small blush coated his cheeks as he waited for her answer.

"Itoshi [Name]."

A surprised expression quickly overtook his face as everything made so much sense now. He wanted to ask for more details but the stern stare he was being given refrained him from doing so.

"Hiori Yo, nice to meet 'cha then [Name]-san." Hiori stuck out a hand as he waited for her to grab it. [Name] merely stared at it impassively before looking away and grabbing her phone again.

"Just [Name] is fine, no need for any honorifics." She stated as she leaned down to pull out wireless earphones. A small smile appeared on Hiori's face as he nodded to himself. 

'Yep, definitely an Itoshi.' He thought as he remembered the first few interactions he had with Rin.  Speaking of that man, Hiori couldn't help but observe how similar he and [Name] looked.

From the dark hair to the green eyes and up until the expression she wore, they were almost identical. He'd honestly have observed her far longer if he could, but their first subject teacher finally arrived causing him to turn away.