I, Kazuki Kurokawa, is an Introvert and I belong from the "Lower Caste" in the hierarchy in our school.
As just as you heard, about being in a group of a "Lower Caste". There is also caste above us.
In every school, there's always a school student hierarchy and it's divided into three.
First, the highest hierarchy known as "High Caste", where extroverts with good looks and great grades belongs to. Some people will also say that they are almost perfect.
Second, the hierarchy known as "Middle Caste". This is where students with average looks and has also average grades. The people of this caste are treated normally by everyone.
And lastly, the third and last caste, known as the "Lower Caste". This is where even people with average grades or either great grades belongs to. Why they belong even though they have those? It's because they have something that society doesn't want to have. Those things that society doesn't want to have is, for example, gloomy person, ugly person, an introvert and much more.
Well, for me I'm what you would call a gloomy one, as well as an introvert, so for that, now I'm in the group of the "Lower Caste".
Thankfully, even though I was in the "Lower Caste", I was able to avoid troubles during the first year of high school in this school.
As of right now, I'm sitting at the back seat near the window, peacefully looking outside the window.
"*Sighs*... It must be great that until now, my second year of high school, I can still avoid troubles.", I muttered to myself.
As just I muttered to myself, someone approached me and greeted me.
"Kurokawa, Good morning." [???]
"Good morning to you too, Hayasaka." [Kazuki]
The one who greeted me is my one and only friend, Mana Hayasaka. She is in the same grade, we have the same age and also the same hierarchy as she is known as a gloomy one that wears shady glasses. Also, her seat is next to mine.
"How are you during the spring break?", I asked.
"Great, I guess? How about you?" [Hayasaka]
"Hmm... Also great. By the way, can we stopped talking like this like we just met first time? It's weird." , I said as it really is weird.
She laugh a little and said, "Hehe... Yeah, let's stopped it."
Some may say she is gloomy one, but for me I see her as a cute one even though she is wearing glasses. Her laugh made me smile too.
She is the only friend I created during first year of high school. We have things in common and mostly why we became close friends that fast was because, we are both interested in reading books and I would say, the books were the ones that make us meet.
"By the way, let's have a great year once again, Kurokawa.", She said.
I responded.
"Mhm! Let's have a great year again, Hayasaka!" [Kazuki]
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Break time.
"Hayasaka, should we eat lunch at the rooftop?", I asked.
"Sure, it's kinda crowded here so let's eat there." [Hayasaka]
As you can see, Hayasaka and I hate loud crowded places, so we tend to sometimes eat at the school rooftop when it's too crowded at the classroom.
We head to the rooftop and arrived at the rooftop, however...
As we opened the door to the rooftop, we immediately saw a girl standing next to the fence with a depressing aura and immediately thought it's a bad sign.
Hayasaka and I are stunned and confused on what to do next.
After a few seconds, I decided to speak to the girl at the fence.
"Umm... I know, it isn't my place to say this as an Introvert of the Lowest Caste but...", I said, took a deep breath and continued.
"Please, don't waste your life if you are being unhappy with your life! You know what? I'm an Introvert but I found a friend that gave me happiness!" [Kazuki]
Once again, I took a deep breath and continued.
"If you don't have any friends, if you'd like, I will be your friend!" [Kazuki]
As I said that, the girl who was facing at the fence turns around and it turns out that girl whom I was stopping from doing such thing was... Our school idol that even lower caste know, Tohko Himejima from the Higher Caste.
As she faced us, Hayasaka who is by my side was stunned and as for me...
I apologized...
"I'm sorry for stopping you... I know, I don't have the rights to be stopping someone like you... I'm sorry.", I apologized with fear but she gave an unexpected answer that Hayasaka and I, didn't expected.
"Don't worry about it, I'm not going to yell at you for stopping me even though you guys are from the lower caste...", She said, took a deep breath and continued.
"But instead, I will thank you for what you did." [Tohko]
"(Eh? She's not going to yell at us?? I'm sure most of the higher caste people will do that)", I thought.
She again started speaking and asked me something.
"You, can you tell me what's your name?", She pointed her finger to me and asked me.
So, I answered.
"My name is Kazuki Kurokawa. Second year, Class A" [Kazuki]
"Kazuki Kurokawa, I see..." [Tohko]
She said and continued.
"Okay, Kazuki Kurokawa, I, Tohko Himejima will repay your kindness and will be back soon... Mmm..." [Tohko]
She said that while walking her way out of the rooftop.
Hayasaka, on the other hand who is silent until now, started to speak.
"Hey, Kurokawa, what did just happen and what's going to happen now?", She asked as if she was confused.
Even though she asks that, I don't know the answer to her questions.
All I know now is... I have a bad feeling about this and I don't think I will like what will happen.
But that bad feeling is not what I'm expecting as the next school day... Something outrageous and unexpected happened?!