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Once they had gotten far enough away from the others, Yuma seemed to stop and caused Yuna to stop with him. Although he had not said anything, Yuna already understood what his brother wanted to say. Since he felt the exact same way as Yuma.

"I know, Yuma...I just...I don't know how, and I don't know how to react and...I don't want you to get hurt..." Yuna said that, as he took Yuma's hand. "We will find a way to apologize properly, but for now...lets just focus on what we can do. And ourselves. We still have a lot to do".

After Yuna said that, he went and made sure to pull his brother along towards the boy's dorms. The boy's dorms, along with the girl's dorms, the large central building, and various other classrooms, halls, and facilities were all actually a part of the large center building. This allowed students to get from the dorms to the central building, or to the nurses office, without having to go outside in case the weather was particularly harsh. However, there were plenty of plazas and interior courtyards with no roofs that allowed sunshine to get in when it was sunny, though inversely also meant standing in these areas when it rained or snowed would be a bit troublesome. Additionally, although they had no personal experience on the matter, it was true that the boy's dorm and the girl's dorm had equal standards and were built the same.

The boy's dorm itself was a large tower, very tall but also very wide. Inside there was a lounge, stairways and elevators, and various media rooms. There were also some rooms with crafting and magic tools as well, and it looked like there was even a small bowling alley in one part. It looked rather nice and comfortable, and the floors were clean and even in some areas carpeted and well maintained, so one could walk around inside the boy's dorm without having to wear shoes or even socks.

And as they would go up more floors, they would discover other features. This included the bathing and shower room. It appeared that instead of setting up each individual room with a shower or bath or toilet, there was one rather large one that everyone could use. Well there were actually three, separated by a few floors each so no one had to go up several floors just to use the bathroom. This was apparently done because of cost and maintenance benefits, and so that they would not have to tear up the entire dorms for a year re-doing the plumbing or have to worry about students leaving the water on and causing the bill to spike. There were not any dividers for the showers or seperate baths, but this was designed originally hundreds of years ago. Plus, it was believed by psychologists that this would help students form and strengthen bonds with each other through naked socializing, and had therefore been encouraged.

Even if a number of pranks also came from this, it was deemed that so long as they were harmless, it could help them fit in and would let others get to know them better and let them get to know others better. In the academy, it was said that they wanted to provide an envirornment that showed that where one came from and who they came from did not matter, only that they and the efforts they made mattered.

Eventually, after passing a few movie theaters, gaming rooms, other lounges, and a medical station, they finally made it to their room. As each room was meant to be occupied by two people, with a window being in the center of the wall opposite of the door they would come through, there were two beds, two closets, two desks, two dressers, two sets of slippers, two towels sized for them, and also two sets of gym clothes, one for each of them. Although, the gym clothes seemed to be mostly the same design as when the academy first was founded, a white tunic with a belt to tie around the waist, with no sleeves, and red outlines and designs, with the bottom part of the tunic stopping right before the knees.

The only thing that would be different between their room and others is that the luggage that was brought to the room, their luggage, would be unique to them of course. Of course, Yuna was still a bit on guard because he noticed looks from the older students that realized they were new students.

And then, as Yuna looked at the beds, he turned around to Yuma. "So, I guess we should probably take a bath or something...it looks like we are on the same floor as one, so we could just take off our clothes here, wrap a towel around us, and such. I do want to know, which bed do you think we should use, or should we alternate and use a different bed each time for the fun of it?"

Yuna spoke, first bringing up the baths and if they should just wear a towel there, or what, and then asked about the beds. This was because in the past up to this point, Yuna and Yuma had always slept in the same bed as each other, and Yuna did not want to change that, especially after their parents had died and they were the only ones each other had. However, judging from his awkward pacing, it was obvious Yuna was procrastinating on bringing something up. But, since he knew Yuma was the same as him, he figured his job at hiding it was silly and Yuma probably already knew...

"I am pretty sure the boys outside are probably waiting for us to do something or another, and seriously embarass us. Given that they all made those looks, I think it might be some sort of newbie initiation...it might be embarassing, but it also might help us make friends so..."

Yuna said that as he started to take off his outer layers, like his jacket. He was a bit nervous, something he rarely showed to anyone fully outside of Yuma.

"...I suppose we should just accept our fight, no matter how embarrassing it is, and go with it? Otherwise, we might get ostricised and it might be difficult to make friends...and such".

Meanwhile...

Zuuka looked at the reactions of hte others, and found himself positively reinforced by everyone praising him and saying he helped. Or that they at least looked appreciative. However, he still felt concerned for Alison despite what she said.

"Even if you are good at sewing, you know...well, I mean, you are older then me so you might but...you are supposed to disinfect the wound as well, and after giving treatments, I think you are supposed to take enhances for your immune system in case an infection already got in...well, that is what I learned anyways".

It seemed he was having difficulty communicating with people, and as Abigail went to leave and check out the dorms, and Luke wanting to see the pool, though he considered Luke might just be joking, and with Alison...not saying anything about where she wanted to go, Zuuka was also at a loss of what to do with them. He didn't know anything about a pool, or if Luke was joking or not, but he decided he should at least get settled in his own room...though, he was concerned about going alone...but also together...

Oddly enough, Zuuka would be a lot less nervous if he was alone actually, and that might even be really obvious to those around him right now. And also...

"Well, uhh...I should probably go find the Boy's dorm myself and see about my room. Luke, if you want, you could come with me...help make sure we dont get lost...anyways, I better go to unpack my things. Also, I am still soaking wet. I want to change out of my wet clothes, and maybe take a proper bath".

Getting a bit more confidence with that last part, Zuuka stood up and waved farewell to Alison and maybe Luke depending on his choice as he went and headed towards the boy's dorm. Thankfully, once Zuuka set his mind to an objective, it helped him focus and be more confident, especially when the objective did not involve normal socialization, and with that he was quickly able to find the boy's dorm. It was still exactly the same as when the twins arrived earlier, including the feeling Yuna got.

He could tell, given by the sheer number from what appeared to be all types of personality, they were expecting something from him. It probably was not just random bullying because of hte Blacklight name, but rather something that happened to all newbies. As he walked and walked until he made it to his room, he sighed in relief as he was able to strip off all his wet clothes and launched himself into the bed on the right. Because he had been wearing soaking wet clothes the whole time, and did not want to strip naked in front of everyone, being in this room right now was bliss for him.