Today was Frank's first day of High School in the Japanese High School he has been attending… he hoped to meet new people and make friends, to become someone different than the last years, something like a reset. But would that go as he expected?
Already something incredibly fantastical that not anyone would believe had happened to him, so he believed that at least he should be able to make a friend in this world based on the sheer luck he had to have for that to happen to begin with.
He walked downstairs as he met his stepfather, sitting in a chair atop the table.
"Good morning Frank. Did you have another all-nighter playing games? It will be the last you will have now. How do you feel about High School? Excited? Haah, the times when I was in high school sucked, so I hope it is not the same for you," he said.
Frank's stepfather was of Japanese nationality, and this was clearly shown on his deep black and glossy hair, slim complexion, pale white skin, and black eyes, he was a rather handsome young man, nearing his mid-thirties.
However, he often wore glasses, making it difficult for people to notice his handsome face. Luckily, Frank's mother did.
His name was Okita Katsumi, which meant Self-controlled or restrained, which always showed in his calm and often silent nature.
"Nii-chan! Good morning!" said a little girl with blue eyes and short black hair, which only reached her neck in a bobby-styled cut. She was the young sister of Frank, daughter of his stepfather and mother, her name was Kamei Kimiko, Kamei for short.
"Good morning… And actually, I slept quite early last night… Didn't you hear a storm last night? Or was I the only one?" asked Frank.
"A storm? Nii-chan, you are nuts! There wasn't any storm last night" said Kamei while eating rice alongside vegetables, a rather healthy breakfast.
"I am fairly sure that last night the sky was as clear as ever… Maybe it was one of your crazy dreams that you often talk about, playing too many video games until night makes your mind go crazy when you sleep, son," said Okita while sipping some coffee.
"Frank, no more games until the weekend, okay?" said Frank's mother, named Amelia. Both Frank and his mother were formerly of American Nationality but had been traveling the world since he was very young, until one day, his mother suddenly found the 'ideal man' on Okita, and moved to Japan to finally settle down after so long.
Since then, she had become quite the responsible mother, changing her ways, and becoming more similar to the typical Japanese mother, caring and responsible… unlike how she used to be, which was quite wild and irresponsible, always buying junk food for the young Frank while never cleaning anything.
"Mother, it's not the game's fault! I REALLY heard a storm last night! And lightning even clashed against the window, go look up to my room, the window is broken!" said Frank.
"The window is broken?! Really? We'll have to repair that immediately, I'll buy a new window online… and we can ask my father to put it back, he's good with it" said Okita with extreme calmness, as if a window breaking was something normal.
"What did you do, Frank?! Don't break windows again, okay?" asked Frank's mother… as if they were completely ignoring his words, they simply didn't believe in something that they didn't experience nor heard last night except for only him.
"Nii-chan, don't be bad!" said Kamei.
"Sigh… Is there any point in trying to convince them? Was it really just my imagination then?" thought Frank as he began to dig into the freshly made pancakes of his mother, which were smooth, fluffy, and big, generously covered in syrup and a small piece of butter on top. He then sipped in the coffee and was ready for school.
"Well, sorry for the window, I'll make sure to compensate it with good grades," said Frank.
"Wait, nii-chan, I wanna go with you!" said Kamei.
"But, Kamei, we are not going to the same school anymore…" muttered Frank, petting her silky black hair and kissing her on her forehead.
"Be a good girl at school, okay?" he asked.
"Okay! Make sure to not break windows anymore!" said Kamei.
"I am not a window breaker!" said Frank, walking outside the house as his mother stopped him again, grabbing him from his uniform.
"Ungh!"
"You forgot your bento box!" said his mother, handling Frank a small box made out of wood, which was warm to the touch, filled with his lunch.
"Ah! Right… I almost forgot, anyways, bye!" said Frank, hurriedly leaving his house as he walked through the streets in the neighborhood where he lived.
Frank was hurrying up because he wanted to take the express train, which he needed to go to this new High School where he had moved for his last years in Tokyo, where his family had moved two years ago. Before that, he used to live in a rural area name Hida Takayama, which was filled with many shrines, which he often visited with his mother, who had become quite the fanatic of Japanese culture.
The move to Tokyo happened because of new work opportunities for his father, who wanted to offer his family a more comfortable lifestyle with more commodities, choosing to become a wage slave in a corporation in Tokyo…
Frank still could not believe how his father would sacrifice such a beautiful house in Hida for Tokyo at all… and even after two years, he still cannot, although he had gotten used to Tokyo more or less…
It was a cramped city filled with too many things and too many people, but it was still amazing how he had easy access to many things, there were supermarkets at every corner of their neighborhood, libraries that sold all types of Manga and Light Novels, Gaming Shops with the latest games and consoles on sale… Frank could not deny that this was a nice plus that Hida did not have so easily available as it was in the rural side of Japan.
Reaching the train station, Frank found that there were already dozens of people, but it was still rather a small amount from how cramped it would become after 7 am. Japanese people were very responsible with their schedules, and woke up very early… unless he were to wake up at 4 am, he would never find this place empty. And even then, there would be people working at such hours.
As he sighed in relief while waiting for the train that would come at 6:30 am, he glanced around as he… felt the slight presence of someone glancing at him.
Such perception was never part of his senses, but since he traveled to the other worlds, he clearly felt rather different, and Frank's senses had multiplied due to having leveled up…
Frank glanced to his back, as he found a young girl, perhaps on his same age if not a few months younger.
She had a slim and tall body, with a youthful and beautiful pale white skin, her irises were dark purple, and her hair was pure black like the night, made into braids that rested at each side of her shoulders. She wore a similar uniform to him, except that she obviously had a shirt, with tight black stockings.
"Do you need something?" asked Frank.
"You…" she muttered, her glare was so strong that it seemed to pierce Frank.
"Hm?" asked Frank.
"…Nothing, sorry," said the girl, averting her glare from him.
"What's up with her?" wondered Frank, as he saw the train approaching the station.
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