a/n: I'm sorry for not including Runa a lot in this chapter, she'll be in the next chapters to come! Hope you enjoy this chapter and more notes at the end :)
y/n: your name
l/n: last name
e/c: eye color
I step into the classroom calmly, just to see two people sitting at a long table, one girl with waist length raven hair, and the other with honey-blonde hair in high pigtails. They were both taking cards from a cardboard box, three cards to be exact. I didn't want to interrupt so I closed the door behind me as quickly and quietly as possible. The two girls had gambling chips on their desks, wait-huh? I decided to just watch what was happening to maybe determine what the hell is going on.
The honey-blonde stuck her arm into the box for three new cards, and so did the raven haired girl. They got ready and when they both were ready with a card of their choice they showed the cards they had picked, it was a draw. I had figured the gist of the game. It was sort've like rock paper scissors, but just with cards. Each round a person would draw three cards and play rock paper scissors with the card of their choice. I couldn't tell how much they were betting, but it looked like a large sum of money, but then that raven haired girl lost, but wanted a rematch, and was betting more than 1 million yen, I couldn't hear how much though. But then the whole match turned around, in the raven haired girl's advantage, who I assume is named Yumeko since I heard people calling her that. But suddenly, Yumeko won, with one move.
I heard Mary, the golden-blonde haired girl gasp in surprise but it quickly turned to rage and disbelief. Yumeko asked her in a sly manner, "Can you pay what you owe?", and Mary responded, hanging her head with shame, "I don't have the money on me." and a lot of people stared at Mary in shock, and suddenly someone pointed me out. "Hey! Who are you?", a girl with brown hair at her shoulders asked me with her hands on her hips. "Oh, I'm y/n l/n I'm in this class..", I trailed off. "Oh! A new student! Like me!" Yumeko squealed delightedly, clapping her hands together.
Yumeko came up next to me and introduced herself, " My name is Yumeko Jabami! It's so nice to meet you!" "Really nice to meet you too Yumeko!", I said happily since I already halfly gained Yumeko as a friend. Mary quickly snapped her head up and walked over to you to introduce herself. "My name is Mary Saotome. Very nice to meet you." Mary said formally bowing her head slightly. A brown haired boy trudged up behind Yumeko, almost like her shadow, and introduced himself quietly, "I'm Ryota Suzui.." "Nice to meet you too!" I said almost as a reflex.
Everyone sat down at their desks, as if gambling was something normal and no big deal. A girl came over to me and introduced herself," I'm Hirami Aika! I will be your guide for today! After homeroom I will give you a tour, and feel free to ask me about anything!" Hirami said in a positive tone. "I'm y/n l/n but you probably already know that, you're my tour guide after all." I said in a normal tone. "Of course I know your name!" Hirami giggled, stealing glances at your e/c eyes, which weirded you out. "Well meet me outside the door after class!" Hirami said cheerfully, skipping back to her seat.
As homeroom ended you got out of your seat and grabbed your bag walking towards the door, almost forgetting about Hirami. But she was right there and got started giving you a tour right away. The school was so huge that you had only just finished the tour as lunch break started. Hirami grabbed your arm. " I know i'm the tour guide but can I ask you something?" she muttered while fumbling with the hem of her black skirt. "Of course. Ask away." I replied wondering what was making her so flustered. "Well there's no easy way to ask this, but do you maybe listen to girl in red?" she replied blush tinting her cheeks. "Yeah I do she's one of my favorite artists.", I replied, "You haven't shown me the lunch room yet." I told her trying to change the subject. "Oh right! You know what gambling is correct?" she said going back to her usual peppy mood. "Yeah, why?", I looked at her confused. "Oh well I forgot to mention but uh, well, this school is basically a gambling school. Since so many rich kids go here, they gamble. I'll explain more in a bit.", she said waving me to the lunchroom doors. "Get ready to see a gamblers paradise.", she said with an obviously fake smile on her face as she opened the doors.
I looked around the room and it hit me like a huge wave. People were playing poker, roulette, etc. "I should explain more. When you gamble here, if you go into debt, you will become a house pet, which is like what those people are doing. The people with the tags." Hirami said, pointing to numerous people. I stared in absolute shock as I saw them waiting on other kids every command. "Well, their debt is basically owed to the student council. The student council is a group of people who are considered the best gamblers, gambling to get into the council. The president became the president after gambling with the previous one, and obviously winning. The only way to get out of being a house pet is paying what you owe. The one right every house pet is given is to gamble with one of the people on the council, to repay their debt, but the house pets have always lost, and had more money they needed to repay. I guess that about sums it up. Have any questions?" Hirami asked with a cheerful attitude, that made no sense at a moment like this. " I don't have any questions for now, thank you for everything." you told her wandering off.
a/n: thank you so much my two proof readers for helping me tehe, also if you have any tips comment them!
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