"What are you doing here?" I hiss at the pitch black haired boy with vibrant green eyes.
"What do you mean? Do you not want me?" The boy sniffs like he's about to cry.
I knit my brows while looking at him with helplessness. Why can't I be more tough on him? Why? I am so weak!
"Of course not. I haven't seen you for a while." I smile although my mind wants to tell him to go back.
"I knew this would be a good surprise for half way. Did you miss me Deer?" Orion asks like a spoilt child.
"Of course I did." I smile gently. "But how are you here? Won't Edith know your missing?"
Orion's smile pauses and he avoids my gaze.
"You didn't? Oreo!" I whine.
"Saisho volunteered to cover for me." Orion pouts and rubs his feet on the floor.
I touch my nose. "Aish! Whatever will I do with you?"
"You can give me a hug for one." Orion suggests.
I smile and hug him. Because of the height difference I barely reach his chest. I reach up to pat his hair but I only touch his shirt.
"Oh sorry. Old habit." I apologize when not feeling his long hair.
"Don't worry Deer. You just have to get used to it." Orion smiles.
We pull away. He hasn't changed much since we last met. Although from the hug I can tell that he has put on a bit of weight which has taken the form of muscles.
"Isn't this a good surprise? Ow!" Orion yelps when I stomp on his foot.
"There. That's your punishment. By the way where are you going to stay?" I ask changing the topic.
"Nicholas. He has a huge villa." Orion replies with a smile.
"You can come live with me." I offer.
Orion shakes his head and smiles widely.
I narrow my eyes trying to make out what he's up to before it hits. "Are you going to keep your identity a secret?"
Orion nods. "I'm going to play a huge prank on your friends. Well the ones that don't remember me or don't recognize my brilliant looks."
I flick his forehead. "Okay. It's better to keep the secret that we're related. I want to just be a Blackwell."
Orion nods obediently. "So..... will you help me hide from Edith?"
"Of course." I reply without any hesitation.
"Yay! This is going to be fun." Orion laughs.
I join in. "The Woods Brothers would be so jealous."
"Right? That's why I came up with it."
"Hahahaha." We both burst into more laughter.
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
"Are you in or out?" I ask Nicholas, Reiji and Daniel.
"I'm in." Daniel agrees first with the prank.
"I'm also in." Reiji says.
Nicholas thinks about it for a moment. He sighs, "I'm also in then."
Orion jumps up and down. "This is going to be fun. Is this how human school is everyday?"
"No. Probably in the first month you'd be found out." Daniel says.
"I bet a week and they'll be found out." Reiji bets.
"Okay."
The two shake hands after agreeing on the price of the bet.
Nicholas shakes his head and turns away from the two. "So where did you talk about this?"
"In the swimming pool building." I respond and take a seat across from him.
Nicholas nods. "Are you going to do competitive swimming?"
"No. I agreed with the Principal that I will only join races to boost the school's reputation but won't compete in regionals or nationals."
"Oh."
The five of us start talking about how the plan that we are going to use to fool Quantum, Quasar and Ren. We came up with the excuse that Orion is another close friend of the family and has been in the sub friend group of mine (main one being the Myth's. Sub being Daniel, Li triplets and the three bosses plus a few other people).
"Okay." Orion smirks and says after we finalize the plans.
"Let's go tell them." I smile widely.
"You mean introduce them." Nicholas corrects me slowly.
I roll my eyes. "Let's go get the prank started."
"Yeah!" The boys agree.
We all clap our hands while walking out of the door. We locate the three who are in class 1-3. Unfortunately Nicholas was called away for an emergency (someone ran into a wall and broke his nose) and Reiji followed to assist Nicholas so only Orion, Daniel and I follow through with the first step of the prank.
"Isn't that the new boy?" Ren asks when seeing Orion following Daniel and I into the classroom.
"Yeah." I nod.
"What is he doing with you?" Quasar asks starting to get suspicious.
"Guys this is Orion Stone, a close friend of the family. Like Danny we have known each other since we were born. Our birthdays are actually really close together with each other." I introduce Orion.
"Nice to meet you. I've heard a lot about you, Quantum, Quasar Tanaru and Ren Yamashita." Orion friendly smiles.
"Hi." The three respond a bit stunned that they knew his names but after remembering my introduction earlier isn't surprised that he knows.
"So why did you only just join now, Orion?" Quantum can't stop himself from asking.
Orion smiles. "When I heard that Adi was going to be sent to school I was against it and wanted to follow but my family didn't allow me and forced me to stay as to manage the company. They are very strict and scary."
Orion says in perfection though it's mostly because we didn't change much of his backstory except instead of being a Yukimura he is instead a Stone and a long time friend. He still has many siblings and a strict and powerful family. Not to mention still being a supernatural.
The bell rings after we talk for a few minutes.
"What class?" I ask peering at Orion's papers.
"Class 1-1." Orion replies after reading the number.
"The top class?" Quasar gasps which is very inaudible but because of our great hearing we manage to understand him.
"Orion is a genius." Daniel explains.
"He must be. Not even Daniel is in the highest grade." Quantum nods.
"He must be rich too." Quasar mutters.
"He's the heir of Stone Corporation. Of course he's rich." Ren says.
"Huh? Stone Corporation?" Quantum and Quasar exclaim.
Orion, Daniel and I nod confirming it.
"But that's the biggest international company?"
"Yes. I took over the company at the start of the year." Orion replies calmly.