A Shine through the Winter

Akimitsu's first day in Nada Senior Hingh School.

On a sunny day in the winter morning, Akimitsu Chino steps into the premises of Nada Senior High School, an all-boys high school. Akimitsu, a gorgeous boy with slightly short brown hair and bright eyes with long lashes, had a firm body that made him look masculine.But unlike his name, Akimitsu , was a shy, silent type and a full-fledged introvert.Making conversations and interacting with people was pretty hard for him.He had spend all his middle school in solitary no friends at all.But this time he wanted to make relations ,even one friend would be enough for him.

*Akimitsu in Japanese means bright while Shuto in Japanese means winter.

[Class 10 - B]

On the other hand, his new classmates from 10-B were chatting about the new transfer student .
While Shuto Honda, seated at the back of the fifth row (near the window), though he was neither interested in his surroundings nor in the gossips, but something caught his attention. That was the beautiful name Akimitsu. For him, this name made him feel a strange warmth even if he had heard it for the first time.

Shuto was a handsome black haired guy , he had sharp eyes , he was tall with a muscular and sturdy body. He sure was an eye-catcher; apart from his appearance, his tranquility leveled up his charm. He often seemed aloof, drifting into his own world, absorbed in his thoughts.

"Kon'nichiwa, Akimitsu Chino desu. ( Hello my name is Akimitsu Chino) ....

When Akimitsu introduced himself, Shuto paid no heed—he didn’t even look at him.As if his existence bothered him.

Touji Senpai " There is only a vacant seat so you have to take that only"

"𝔥𝔞i (yes) s𝔢𝔫𝔭𝔞𝔦."

Be it fate, Akimitsu had to occupy the seat parallel to Shuto(last bench of the forth row) as it was the only one left empty.

"𝔨𝔬𝔫𝔦𝔠𝔥𝔦𝔴𝔞,𝔪y...𝔪y 𝔫𝔞𝔪𝔢 𝔦𝔰..A𝔨𝔦𝔪𝔦𝔱s𝔱𝔲 ."

Despite being an introvert, Akimitsu initiated the conversation and introduced himself to Shuto.Though, if he wanted, he could have approached someone else—someone from the third row or the seat in front of him—and that would’ve been much easier. But he chose Shuto Honda.

Shuto replied with his hoarse voice, 'Do you think I am deaf?I heard it before...".

Poor Akimitsu didn’t expect that kind of reply. For the first time in a long while, he had shown some valor by speaking to someone first—but the outcome was nothing like he had hoped.

Yet again, Akimitsu , who was not good with loud voices, mustered up all of his courage and replied back, 'I 𝔱𝔥𝔬𝔲𝔤𝔥𝔱 y𝔬𝔲 𝔴𝔢𝔯𝔢𝔫'𝔱 𝔩𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔫𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔰𝔬 ...I.....𝔰𝔬𝔯𝔯y'.

Leaving the side of the window, Shuto looked at his nervous and scared face. He toned down his voice a little and said,
''What are you making this kind face for.. 'tch', are you a nursery kid?"

Akimitsu apologized again and quietly took out his textbooks.

As Chino arranges his books and stationery, he hears a calm yet cheerful voice from the seat at his front: 'I am Kobe Ito. Nice to meet you'.

Akimitsu flinched a bit and said, '𝔬𝔬𝔥...𝔥𝔦𝔦...𝔫𝔦𝔠𝔢 𝔱𝔬 𝔪𝔢𝔢𝔱 y𝔬𝔲'...

You seemed to be kinda quiet-type, very opposite of your name, huh? No need to act so timid; we are guys. We need to be strong, ya.

*In Japanese Akimitsu means Bright Light so here Ito  means he is not cheerful at all unlike his name.

As Ito talked, Chino just nodded to everything he said.

Touji Senpai's class ended, and he called up Akimitsu and suggested he should take help from Shuto for academics and told him that 'that guy' may look scary and rough but is a softie once he opens up to someone.

Akimitsu was average at academics though he was a sincere student and paid attention in the class . He absolutely loved Art, be it drawing, painting ,sketching or portraits.
While Shuto, who seemed distant in class,like having no care of what sensi is saying or what's going around him but then too he always managed to be on top scorers lists. So even if his classmates were not much fond of him, they treated him respectfully.

*Sensi - Teacher

Akimitsu wondered why Senpai talked about Shuto to him.

Though he was bewildered by Honda's behavior from earlier, he didn't think he was a scary type. He contemplated him to be a thoughtful person.

Although Akimitsu didn't talk much and was not good with human interactions, he sure was pretty observant and knew how he softened down after Shuto saw his panicked face .

After a long, tiring day, Akimitsu returns back to an empty but sober looking house and welcomes himself.

He cooked some curry rice and left some in the refrigerator.

As he sat down on his study table, he reminisced about the tall, handsome-looking guy some feet away from his desk .

He grinned, took out his books, and started studying, as he had to catch up a lot.