When we arrived at the school, we looked at the school building.
[Haruka] "Man, that's huge".
At the school's entrance gate, a sign that was painted with colored pencils like in a kindergarten said "Welcome" and above it the name of the school, Shirin High School. So, kindergarten children also go to this High School? I was more interested in who the hell wrote it in such an ugly font.
[Haruka] "Hey Ace, is everything alright?".
[Ace] "Eh, yes everything is fine… why do you ask?".
[Haruka] "You were just staring into space, and I thought something was wrong with yo".
[Ace] "Eh, everything's fine really, don't worry about me".
[Haruka] "Okay, if you say so".
Was I staring into space so much when I analyzed this sign?
[Haruka] "Maybe we should go in and see what classes we're in".
So, I went into the school with Haruka. Everywhere you could see students wearing the same uniform as us. We both saw a crowd of students at a blackboard with a chart hanging on it.
[Haruka] "Ace could you do me a favor?".
[Ace] "What should I do?".
[Haruka] "I completely forgot that I was supposed to call someone, and I wanted to ask you if you could go to the board there and see if the class lists are there and if so, can you tell me which class I am in?".
[Ace] "Yes, of course I can do that".
Haruka disappeared. I turned around and saw this huge crowd of people in front of me. I tried to push through and managed to get in front. It was the class lists. I looked up my name first. It felt like an eternity as I searched for my name. When I found mine, I looked for Haruka´s. I didn't have to look far, he was only a few names below me, so he was also in my class. I was happy that he is in my class. When I tried to free myself from this crowd, a student pushed me aside with full force. I fell to the ground. Instead of helping me up immediately, he says to me.
"Watch where you're going, you white paintbrush".
Did he seriously call me "white brush"? He was about my age, a little taller but a bit more muscular than me. I thought to myself, if I get up now, this guy will really get his ass kicked. As I was about to get up, a girl with blood red hair gave me her hand. I grab her hand and she helped me up.
[Girl]"Are you okay?".
[Ace] "Eh, yes… everything's fine… haha".
As I stood up, she grabbed my bag to give it to me.
[Ace] "You don't have to help me, I can do this on my own".
She ignored me. She picks up everything that fell out of my bag, puts it in and hands it to me.
[Girl] "Here you go".
I put my bag back on my shoulder and thanked her.
[Girl] "What class are you in?".
[Ace] "I, eh… um… 1C".
Why do I stutter so much…
[Girl] "I'm going to 1C too".
[Girl] "My name is Cassidy Orlean, but you can also just call me Casy, Nice to meet you".
No girl has ever talked to me like that.…
[Ace] "M-My name is A-Ace".
Why the hell am I stuttering…
[Casy] "Ace, what an unusual name".
[Ace] "My m-mother called me that".
She looks at me briefly, glances down then back up and says.
[Casy] "I like your name"
She smiles at me. I suddenly blushed a bit. No girl has ever said something like that to me….
[Ace] "T-Thank you…".
The bells rang and everyone else made their way to the classrooms. I stopped and waited for Haruka.
[Casy] "Who are you waiting for?".
[Ace] "I'm just waiting for a friend".
[Casy] "Oh, so you already got some friends here?".
[Ace] "Eh, well… something just happened before…".
[Casy] "What happened?".
She looked at me with her curious golden eyes. I told her what had happened. She just looked at me and didn't react. Before I could continue, I heard Haruka calling out to me.
[Haruka] "Hey Ace!".
I looked at Haruka who was walking in my direction.
[Haruka] "How is it? What class are we in?".
[Ace] "We are both in the same class".
Haruka starts to smile and offers me his hand to shake. He then looks over my right shoulder and sees Casy.
[Haruka] "And who is that, if I may ask?".
Casy stands next to me and introduces herself.
[Casy] "My name is Cassidy Orlean, you can call me Casy".
[Haruka] "Casy… an unusual name, sorry, my name is Haruka Ishiki, Nice to meet you".
[Casy] "Your name is just as unusual".
Both of them talked for a while.
[Ace] "Shouldn't we go to our classroom already?".
They both agreed and we looked for the classroom. Luckily, we weren't late. The classroom was on the 2nd floor, on the north side. We all sat next to each other. Me at the window, Haruka in front of me and Casy to my right. After a while the class teacher came into the classroom and introduced herself. Only organizational matters were discussed. After class, Haruka comes up to me.
[Haruka] "Ace, could I talk to you for a moment?".
[Ace] "Eh, yeah, of course, what's up?".
[Haruka] "Should we go together?".
[Ace] "Sure".
When we were in front of the school entrance, Casy ran towards me.
[Casy] "Ace, Haruka where are you two going?".
[Haruka] "Where should we else to go except home?" replies stupidly.
[Casy] "Can I come with you? I don't feel like going home alone".
Haruka looked at me, took a deep breath and replied.
[Haruka] "Of course, why not".
Then he looks at me and grins. Is he seriously doing this for me? Does he seriously think I like her?
[Casy] "Oh, thank you".
So, we all went home together. So, this is my first day of school... Already met two new people.… I'm really excited about the rest of the school year.