Akihira Shino's Story

Rina sighed as she leaned against the stone wall by the front doors of the high school she attended, waiting impatiently for her boyfriend to show up so they could go around to the garden and through it to their new class. Her petite figure was practically hidden by the numerous students milling about although she was all but ignored. Every student who passed her would bow in respect, slowly making the slender teenager grow even more irritable as each one did this.

Sure, the attention was rather nice but it was annoying too. Everyone could pick apart the SA class from the average students by the clothing they wore; black, white and grey plaid pleated skirts, or black or grey dress pants for the boys, with a white dress shirt which was usually paired with a grey or black jacket. Ties were a must, red in colour, for female and male students alike. As for the rest of the school, they were stuck with uniforms that consisted of plain grey pleated skirts, or slacks in a guy's case, with black jackets over a starched white dress shirt. And, of course, the red tie for, once again, male's and females. Fascinating.

The dark brown haired student, who was currently waiting, was actually one of the most highly ranked student's in the entire school. She held the rank of 2nd and was damn proud of it.

" Kyoya, where are you..?" Rina muttered as she flipped open her cellphone and glanced to the screen with chocolate brown eyes that were currently hiding her frustration. If he didn't show up in the next thirty seconds she would go on ahead to the class. She wanted to see everyone including the newest object of her attention.

And sooner rather than later.

Shino:

Shino lingered by the entrance of the school building, eyeing Rina and her boyfriend curiously. He clumsily recovered as his bag began to slide off his narrow shoulders, and tossed his bangs out of his face with a flourish. Today was a new day. He was going to completely banish his clumsy, silly aura and replace it with a new attitude. He was going to straighten things up a bit. He didn't want Rina thinking he was a totally unorganized mess of a person. That wasn't the kind of guy anyone wanted. And he needed to be perfect, at all costs. He needed to be perfect for her.

Shino tossed his scarf around his neck farther, standing up straight. No more slouching, he told himself. He waved politely to Makimi as she passed by on her way to class, but she didn't seem to notice. He walked by a bed of flowers in full bloom. They were beautiful, elegant and graceful. They seemed to be taunting him. Telling him that no matter what he did to change himself, nothing would do the trick. He was beyond help. He would never raise himself up to Rina's level.

Kenji:

Kenji threw his cigarette off the curb, rounding the corner back onto school grounds. He often wandered away for a while, not long enough for anyone to miss him. Usually. He'd been caught occasionally, but they wouldn't dare expel him. His family was too rich. His grades were barely passing, so his dad was pretty much buying his son's way into higher level classes. Kenji knew he'd never make it in the academic world. His brain just didn't work that way.

The garden breeze was strong, and the sky was full of clouds. Kenji hurried into the school building just as raindrops began to fall. He cursed silently, remembering he had again forgotten his homework. Oh well. He probably wouldn't have finished it anyway. He threw the door to his next class open, just as the bell rang, and took the last available seat, next to a girl named Makimi whom he'd heard of but never spoken to. She was supposed to be smart. Sweet. A real goody-goody. He sighed and prewpared himself for a long, boring day of classes that he was bound to fail all of by the end of the year. Great. His parents would be thrilled.

" Morning," Rina responded, lifting her head to receive the kiss she knew Kyoya would place upon her smooth skin. It was a rather regular routine by now and, if she did say so, this made it both boring and somewhat frustrating for their relationship. The girl thrived on a feeling of recklessness, adventure and, hell, some routine but too much was kind of annoying. And she wasn't afraid to show it as she rolled her eyes at the male, his arm winding around her waist as they started off toward their classroom. " I know it is, you're late," she sighed, turning her head to look around them as she lightly shrugged out of Kyoya's grasp and continued to walk as though nothing had happened.

A boy stood a few feet away, catching Rina's dark brown orbs' attention for an instant as she raised an eyebrow before glancing back over at her boyfriend. That was Akihira Shino, Kyoya's best friend since elementary school and Rina's most recent source of amusement. So to speak. He wasn't bad to look at though, she thought as she flashed a small 'apologetic' smile upward toward the much taller Kyoya and nearly ran into a boy she'd had a 'thing' with a mere few weeks ago.

Luckily, she avoided that collision before it could have got nasty and picked up the pace through the gardens holding Kyoya's hand tightly until they reached the class and she found a seat. Of course, Rina assumed Kyoya would sit next to her for now but.. she'd change that eventually. After all, he did practically anything she ever asked.

Kyoya could always feel the looks that were sent his and Rina's way. It seemed everyone looked to them as a perfect couple. He lead Rina towards the SA class, but he could feel her shrug out of his grip, making him grind his teeth together, but kept a smile on his face, moving his hand to his side. He smiled down to her as she smiled apologetically up at him. As he looked back up they nearly crashed into Shino, Kyoya's best friend, "Hey Shino, What's up buddy?" he asked, smiling brightly at his friend. As they reached the classroom, Kyoya sat between his girlfriend and his best friend, Shino. He leaned back against his chair until the teacher came in, searching for papers.

Kenji:

Kenji glared stupidly at Makimi as she greeted him, not used to such a fond "good morning" from one of his peers. He noticed her red cheeks and excessive blinking. She had nice eyelashes. Kenji yawned, still not fully awake, and turned his attention to the other side of the room. He didn't have many close friends, but everyone knew him. He had quite a reputation, in fact. Apart from the attention he got from being so highly ranked in the SA classes, he was also known for his rude outburst, angry explosions, and all-around bad attitude. He noticed Rina and her boyfriend, Kyoya, chatting and Shino staring on enviously. The teacher stumbled forward, mumbling something, but Kenji didn't snap to attention. His eyelids were heavy. His stomach rumbled hungrily.

He remembered his unfinished homework questions, and huffed impatiently. He wished he could only remember these things, even if he had to resort to copying somebody else's work. He noticed Makimi pulling her papers out of her book bag, and he had an idea.

"Hey, uh, Makimi," He whispered, leaning over in her direction, "I, well . . . I didn't get my homework done. Can I copy yours real quick? I heard you're pretty smart." He shot her a convincing smile. "Please?"

Rina heard her boyfriend's teeth grind together behind her, the sound rather grating and annoying to her, as they entered the classroom. Kyoya was chatting with Shino rather animatedly, the smile on his lips only partially forced now as he did so. This nearly caused Rina to laugh bitterly but, of course, she held the bubbling negative emotions within her from tumbling from her lips and burning Kyoya cruelly.

She felt a tad put off as Kyoya placed himself between her and Shino, causing her to be nearest to the wall and making her annoyance level rise all that much more. Yes, the girl would be finding a new seat sometime soon as her dark eyes swept over the classroom and took in the teacher who had just entered and was scrambling to organize her thoughts... Let alone the many papers littering her large desk.

The name on the blackboard read "Ms. Toyama", clearly indicating their new teacher's name as she searched among her desk.

Rina couldn't help but think of how long this year would be; sitting next to the ever-clingy Kyoya and away from any other guys and girls, including good friends, and what appeared to be a scatterbrained teacher? How boring.

She pulled out one of her textbooks, not necessarily for this school's curriculum, and began to page through it. Her eyes scanned the words as she soaked up bits of information on most of the systems of the body. Since she was still deciding on her job choice for the future, she was rather happy to have it narrowed down to three possible choices; neurosurgeon, anesthesiologist, and oncologist. She found it amusing how different each was and had faith she'd manage to achieve at least one of the three, with little to no issues. Of this she was quite confident.

" So," Rina finally said softly, her tone off-handed as she raised her eyes from the pages to look over at Kyoya and Shino, " By this time next year, I think I'm aiming to finally beat Kenji." Her eyes darted to the male for an instant as a slow smile spread over her lips, displaying her self-confidence and radiating warmth. Which, to be honest, was completely different to how she'd been acting toward Kyoya, especially him, earlier. Then she turned and glanced over at another who had entered the room, beaming at the male as she waved over at him.

" Ishida!" She called, not bothering to raise her voice due to the room's size and the small amount of people within it. " How was your vacation in China?" Though, of course, she ignored her two sister for the time being.

Kenji:

Kenji was utterly surprised by Makimi's harsh reaction. Usually people just did what he wanted. He looked at the ground for a moment, almost ashamed of the notion of cheating, but quickly recovered. He watched her blush and throw her homework in the bin. Kenji hadn't guessed a girl so sweet and shy could be so saucy. "Fine, I'll leave you to be a good girl and do your own work," He whispered harshly in her direction, "I know plenty of other girls who are always willing to lend he a hand. Next time I'll know better not to count on you!" He huffed around, facing the front of the room. His bad mood was expanding, overwhelming him, and he was still very hungry and tired. The day was definitely not off to a good start.

Shino:

Shino vaguely tuned out on the conversation between Rina and Kyoya, and glanced up as Ishida walked in, happy as ever, on return from his vacation. "Ishida! How was your vacation in China?" Rina asked. Kyoya looked somewhat annoyed at Rina's friendliness to Ishida, but Shino thought nothing of it. Everybody loved Ishida. He was just a great guy, super nice and really smart. Not to mention, rank three in the SA class. Shino smiled as Ishida took a seat near the group, smiling and greeting his friends.

Ishida smiled as he turned in his seat to face his friends, smiling brightly, "China? Oh It was great! Plenty of pretty girls, and lots of fine attractions!" He looked to everyone in the room, seeing the other Kobayashi girls, he turned back to Rina, "Rina? I had no clue your sisters were in this class as well!" He smiled and shook Rina's hand, "Oh and, congratulations on your number 2 spot! Your parents must be so proud!" Ishida toned his smile down slightly as he looked to Kyoya, who looked back to him almost annoyed. He let go of Rina's hand, smiling wider, "Oh what a dedicated boyfriend you have Rina," Ishida smiled sincerly, "But it seems I still haven't said hello to your sisters."

He moved over a few desks sitting besides Makimi, Kenji on the other end, who seemed to be in a bad mood, Ishida touched Makimi's arm, smiling, "Maki! How are you! It seems I haven't seen you in a while." Maki turned to him, blushing, causing Ishida to laugh, "Aw, Is mean old Kenji bothering you? That's alright, It's not just you, he acts that horrid way with everyone." He grinned hoping for a reaction, he even went to the extent of wrapping an arm around her and patting her knee. He looked over to Kenji grinning, "Tsk Tsk, see this is how you should treat a lady. Your way is sure to repel them." He grinned before letting Makimi out of his grasp, "Well, Maki, I'll probaly stop by your house later just to, you know, hang out."

He turned, looking to other student he hadn't recognized, he walked up to Kohei smiling, he sat in the seat beside him smiling, "Hello, I'm Tsukimori Ishida, are you new to this school? I feel I've seen your face somewhere..."

" That's awesome," the girl replied with a smile, actually happy to see the smile drop from Kyoya's face and the annoyance to show upon his expression. Although that was probably bad in a relationship, to purposely hurt and anger your partner. Oops, oh well. Rina was guilty of it a hundred times over anyway. " Oh, and congratulations on rank three!" She added at the exact moment the male had said the same for her own rank, forcing her lips to peel back and reveal her straight white teeth in an excited grin. " Hardly," Rina muttered softly, easily covering her words with a light laugh before thanking him cheerfully. Her small hand was engulfed by Ishida's in a handshake, comforting and nice in its own way.

He released her hand saying, "Oh what a dedicated boyfriend you have Rina," to which she nodded. " Yes, and I'm glad to have him with me." Her hand easily found Kyoya's as she smiled, feeling her stomach boil in anger at her lie. Not that anyone could tell the difference. She felt a whoosh of air leave her as Ishida walked off to greet her sisters, both of whom had made it into the class.

Ishida smiled brightly, "Yes, of course! I remember watching you with my father! No need to be sorry, you were really very good, it was quite impressive!" Now he scratched the back of his head, "I've played a few sports, but I've never really been any good at them." He grinned, "My true assets are in the classroom, hence my being here." he finished by gesturing to the classroom.
He looked back to Kohei, "Well, since your new here, I could show you around, and tell you about a few of your classmates." He said looking around the classroom, pointing to and listing off the names of their classmates, as well as their ranking and small facts about them. "Ryota Kenji, Rank 1, really his father pays for his rank, not to mention he has bad temper. Then sitting next to him is Kobayashi Makimi, Rank 6, she's really nice, if you ever need anything you could always go to her, or me of course. She and her two sisters are in this class too, smart family... See that girl texting? She's Kobayashi Yuki, Rank 4, also nice, kinda distracted by her boyfriend, some college guy. Then over there is Kobayashi Rina, Rank 2, she is pretty... confident. She's dating Akami Kyoya, Rank 7, he's usually level headed and such. And sitting next to Kyoya is his best friend, Akihira Shino, Rank 5, nice enough guy." He smiled again to Kohei, pointing to Masato, "And finally, he is Shi Hoon Masato, Rank 8, nice and sunny personality. Though you might already know that, you two were talking earlier, right? Or was that my imagination?"

((hope you guys don't mind me 'introducing' everyone, if you don't like it i will edit it))