Aishi Ryoba yelled, telling her son to get downstairs because if he didn't leave soon, he would be late for school.

"I'm coming, mother," yelled Ayoshi as he came down the stairs.

"Here, quickly eat," she told her son as he sat at the table and gave him a plate of food.

Ayoshi started to eat and as he ate, he started to think. "Mother?"

"Yes?"

"Will I ever find my senpai?"

"Of course you will."

"But I am already in my second year of high school."

"That's when I found my senpai. So don't worry."

"I am incapable of worrying or any emotions," Ayoshi said in an emotionless voice. It's bone-chilling, but Ryoba is used to it.

"Hehe! You will when you find your senpai. You'll feel anger, jealousy, possessiveness, and sadness, but you'll also feel happiness, excitement, and love."

"Is that all I will feel?"

"Hehe, of course not. However, you must have your guard up."

"Why?"

"There will be people who will try to take your senpai away from you. There were so many who wanted mine. It was difficult for me. So while you're trying to find your senpai, make sure you make some friends who can help you along the way," she said in a serious tone. "Now go, before you're late."

"Ok," Ayoshi said as he got up. He grabbed his school bag, walked out the door, and checked his watch. He had seven minutes left before the gate closed and he was thirteen minutes away, so he started running as fast as he could. As he ran, he bumped into someone. They were taller than him, so he fell to the ground with a loud thud. The guy turned around and he saw a guy with orange hair and eyes.

Osano turned around and looked down at Ayoshi. "Tsk! What is wrong with you? You bumped into me," he yelled.

"Sorry, I'm going to be late and decided to run," Ayoshi said.

When Osano finally got a good look at Ayoshi and blushed at his handsome, cold face. He reached out to help Ayoshi get up and Ayoshi took his hand. 'Wow! His hands are soft,' he thought when their hands touched. "It's ok, but… but next time leave your house earlier, dummy," he said as he stared at Ayoshi's face.

"Thank you," as Ayoshi said this, he noticed that the stranger was in a daze and hadn't let go of his hand. "Will you let go of my hand?"

Osano snapped out of his daze and snatched his hand away. "It's… it's not like I wanted to hold your hand," as he yelled, he noticed that Ayoshi didn't have an annoyed look like others do when he talked with them. It made him feel happy. 'It feels nice not being looked at like an annoying pest, but it's not like I like the feeling,' he thought as his face heated up.

Ayoshi simply hummed at the stranger and stated, "We should hurry or we will be late."

Osano looked at his watch and realized what time it was. "Oh no!" He quickly grabbed Ayoshi's hand and started running. "If we're late, I'm blaming you," he yelled as they were running. When they finally ran through the school gate, Osano hunched over, panting heavily. He looked over at Ayoshi, shocked. Ayoshi looked completely fine and looked like he just went out for a stroll. "Ho-how are you… not ti-tired?!"

"I do a lot of running," Ayoshi calmly said.

Before Osano could say anything back, someone yelled in their direction. "Osano-kun! Where have you been?" Yelled the black-haired stranger as he ran over to them.

Osano turned around and yelled, "Taro-kun!"

Taro finally got to Osano and asked, "Where have you been? You weren't at the park."

"Sorry, but this dummy," Osano pointed at Ayoshi, "bumped into me before I could get there and distracted me."

Taro looked behind Osano and noticed a slightly shorter black-haired boy. "Hello. My name is Yamada Taro," he said to Ayoshi.

Osana turned back to Ayoshi and said, "And my name is Najimi Osano. Don't forget it!"

"My name is Aishi Ayoshi."

Before they could say anything else, the bell chimed.

"I have to go to class. Goodbye," Ayoshi said and then walked into the school building.