1: first day

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you stood at the gates of your new school, staring at the campus from the outside.

why the hell did i need to transfer during my final year... you asked yourself.

a couple months ago, your mom announced you were moving to japan, or more specifically tokyo, for her job. despite your best attempts to stay in your home country by yourself, she insisted on not leaving you alone.

you weren't really sure why you had to move to japan since she constantly traveled for work and was never home, but it was whatever.

so you sucked it up and moved with her.

it would be great if you made some friends in japan, but you weren't holding out hope for that.

"now where's the girl who's supposed to show me around?" you wondered with a sigh.

apparently a student on the school's welcome committee was supposed to come meet you at the entrance and give you a tour. it seemed a little excessive, but you appreciated talking to at least one new person that day.

not a second later, you heard someone call out your name, the voice sweet but tentative.

you looked over to see a short girl with long coral colored hair approaching you.

"yes?" you asked, your face remaining blank as hers lit up in a smile.

"oh, it is you! welcome to the school. i'll be showing you around today. my name is tachibana, but you can call me hina." she said with a bright smile.

"thanks hina. it's nice to meet you." you said back.

"nice to meet you too. the office gave me a copy of your schedule." she handed you a piece of paper with your classes listed on it as well as a school issued welcome packet. "are you ready to go?"

"sure." you answered, and she lead you in through the school gates.

there were plenty of students standing around, waiting for classes to start. you could feel their eyes on you as you trailed half a step behind hina, walking towards the main building.

"have you seen her around before?" someone standing near the school gates asked. he stood with three other guys, all whose attention seemed to be on you.

"no, but she's walking with takemitchy's girl. she must be new." another one observed.

"she's hot." a third person commented as he stared appreciatively at your backside.

"don't you guys have better things to do than stare at her?"

one of them rolled their eyes.

"we're just having fun. we'll see you tonight, kakucho."

the one they called kakucho nodded.

"later." he said dismissively before walking into the building.

"over there's the gym for gym classes, and here's the locker room to change. there should already be gym clothes in your locker." hina pointed towards a sign for the girls' locker room.

"cool." you said somewhat unenthusiastically.

you had walked through most of the school at that point but no matter where you went, you could still feel people staring at you. the school wasn't that small, so you wouldn't think they'd notice when a new student came in.

maybe it's because i'm a foreigner?

"and your classroom is right over here... you're actually in the same class as with one of my friends."

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