Alex was crossing paths along with the students that he never has seen in his life. They were all new students that everyone in the large open field in front of the school building that gathering in one place, but it's barely too see a student here who has friends as they were a bit awkward as they walk on the open field.
Alex has been parked his bike somewhere at the school and tailing some students he thought that they knew where the new students should go.
In the few seconds of walking with new students, he glanced to the side of the school building's main door that has a huge soft board that apparently has a similar structure of a billboard but standing at the single pole.
It appeared that all new students went there and trying to look on the piece of paper that has been pinned on the soft board. It turns out to be the names of students that are written at the certain papers that should tell what section they would be and where would the new homeroom they would be.
Alex was a bit small compared to those students in front of him, because of it, he was unable to see the papers on the soft board. Alex seemed to play with the students as he moving left and right, finding a place to see the papers as he walks with his feet standing at his phalanges.
It took him more than a minute and waiting for them to leave this place. And finally, he was near enough to see the names of the papers.
"(Alex...Alex...Alex...)"
He muttered his name multiple times as he was searching his name on those papers.
"Ah!"
He found it.
He was in the C class. And his homeroom was 12 on the second floor.
Since he found his name and room number. He left that place and entered the main door of the school building.
Before he entered the hall, he passed the shoe locker, and also that made him a bit uncomfortable.
The school system here has been adapted from Japan that needed to clean their school, planting, or something you would found there. Since it was adopted from Japan, they also using shoe locker to switch their shoes they wearing on outside and wear school shoes.
Since it was a new school year, new students did not know which shoe locker they would use so they temporarily skipped it and went to their room without changing it. Of course, they would have to clean those dust after school.
Walking at the hall, he noticed the new student has arrived in their homeroom and it seems that some knew each other and showing off their ability.
One of them at the side of the hall was playing with some fire he created on his hand that shaping like a tornado. The male students that it seemed to be in the second year gathered at the rear entrance and looking at some girls who were new in the school.
Alex thought.
(Finding girls to be their girlfriend huh. Well, I'm not planning it. I barely even talk to a popular girl on my last day of my Junior high.)
He remembered the last day of his Junior high, the day of his graduation where he was alone in their homeroom and the most beautiful girl was been taking a lot of pictures with some boys that had a crush on that girl. Meanwhile, Alex had a crush on that person. Having great white and soft skin with a perfect face made her become famous for being the most beautiful girl at their school.
Alex is such a loner.
(Or maybe she thinks I'm a weirdo because of these glasses.)
He had a secret that he never told anyone. Well, of course, he was a loner. However he never even told it on his parents as they noticed that he was wearing a reddish-black shades on his face that made him a bit prideful.
(I hope I didn't get it since birth.)
Few minutes of walking in the hallway, passing some students who were showing their powers as his eyes were downcast and frowned from the jealousy he felt from people he saw.
He's not jealous of how unique their ability is, but how good they were in talking with other people.
Alex has been suffering from great anxiety on the sudden talks to people he never met nor trusted. He was actually okay with the crowds but he could not make a conversation with other people.
Hiding the facts that he was truly a loner, and weirdo.
He reached his homeroom without any problem and entered the door like he has been already there for a very long time. His appearance that made him looked like a person who was part of a gang or something because of his shade, but the atmosphere change later on because his body wasn't very muscular compare to those people on gang that were always involved with crimes and riot.
He sat at the backbench and next to the window like no one noticed him. Although all of their eyes on a few students that have already been there for a minute before he arrived have been staring like they seen a famous person.
Alex never intended to look straight at the students around here and his eyes were downcast until he sat on the seat he picked. Acting like he was busy on a certain things like texting as he was holding his phone and looking at some social media platforms, but deep inside, he was feeling more and more awkward over time as he was staying in the classroom with few people.
The room has 4 seats horizontally and 5 vertically. As time goes by, the free seat has been taken with some students until a few minutes, all the seat has been taken except one.
At Alex's next seat at his left, no one sat in that place.
Alex noticed it and began to wonder about his overthinking.
(It's freaking first day of class and they already don't like me?)
He asked himself with lacking of answer. Alex himself was confused about why since they were many students who have been here but no one sat next to him. Only a certain person who was sat next to him was the front seat from him.
But it's better to call a person "seatmate" when he's on your side. That is also made Alex more troubled as expected. He was at the corner of the room, so obviously he was alone at that place.
The sliding door was opened that made all the students here get attention.
It was their teacher.
His face looked young compare to the teachers at this school, he looked like in the mid-twenties and wearing a fashionable dress. A denim jacket, a simple black pants, a plain white shirt, and a golden colored belt that made him like he was in the fashion show. It's simple but good, he was handsome in the other hand.
At his age, it was normal to him since he looks so young. Or maybe he just trying to get all girl's attention and makes him popular at school. Or some bastard who use girl students at his advantage to do something fishy.
Well, it maybe would never happened. Since he was a teacher, he got more responsibility towards his students.
The teacher climbed the platform and approached the shiny wooden table in the middle and placed it there.
"Hi. My name is Lucas Aldort. I'm twenty-three years old and I just graduated last year as a science major." He then wrote his name on the green board with the chalk from the flat metal below the board. "I will be your homeroom teacher for the rest of your first year Senior high school.."
His voice was surprisingly a good tone. Like he was able to sing very high notes.
All the girls here apparently looked like they found their prince charming as their eyes were shining like a star on the dark-blue night. He was so handsome that he made all the girls became active in the class.
Lucas, as he named himself placed his hands both on the table and wear his lovely smile. "Okay, then. Introduce yourself..." He began to look around the area. "Oh! Let's start from the corner, near the window."
Alex wasn't really paying attention to the teacher and keeping his head down for some reason. But he was shocked at the moment when he heard the "corner" word from the teacher himself.
He immediately stands up and knocking his chair back that made all of his new classmates turned their heads at the same time, like a multiple robot that coded to move certain parts at the same time. That makes him feel more agitated until now.
"AAHH! AH! M-my n-nam-name i-iiissss... A-Alex! ALEX GIBSON!" He was shaking, literally. His voice was trembling in fear like he saw a ghost or more than that. He then bowed his head a bit. "Ni-nice to meet you!"
The class clapped after he introduced himself in front of everyone.
It was worth clapping. The shy boy who never actually got in a conversation and hardly talk to people, forced himself to introduce himself to everyone. His classmates and including the teacher was surprised that this person was shy at his age but he put his effort to speak up. That's why they clapped.
(...I didn't mess up, right?)