Issei looked away as he released an inaudible sigh.
Just as he predicted, some of the girls were already giggling in his direction, while some of the males took their time glancing at him with uncertainty and judgement in their eyes.
He hadn't even been in his first classroom for less than five minutes, and here he was, already being judged upon.
The teacher looked at her new student and offered a sympathetic smile.
"Why don't you introduce yourself? You don't have to be so shy."
Complying with his teacher's suggestion, Issei looked up at the class, and he bowed down in respect.
"H-hello. My name's Issei Hyoudou. I'm new here. So please...take it easy on me."
A number of the girls noticed the soft-spoken and quiet tone in Issei's voice, and they felt a bit confused. The males on the other hand, rose some eyebrows as they noticed Issei's last words.
"Take it easy?" One of them whispered to the other, "What's he talking about?"
The teacher blinked as she too noticed Issei's last words, but she made a reassuring smile.
"Why don't you go take a seat?"
A girl suddenly raised her hand from her desk, intending to get Issei's attention.
"Hyoudou-kun, over here! You can sit with me."
Issei looked up and saw a black-haired girl with innocent violet eyes. The girl smiled and patted the desk next to her.
Issei walked over to the desk, and sat quietly as he listened to the teacher. He noticed some of the students giving him weird looks, most likely about his eyes.
Sitting comfortably into his seat, Issei quickly noticed that the girl was not too subtly looking over at him. She then edged forward to him to whisper.
"My name's Yuuma Amano. It's nice to meet a new student as cute as you." She said with a wink at the end.
Not expecting the words to come out of Yuuma's mouth, Issei blinked in surprise, and he mumbled a hesitant thanks in reply.
Holding back a giggle, Yuuma smiled warmly and looked back to the teacher. Had Issei not turned to look back at the teacher, he would have seen Yuuma's eyes quickly glancing to him from the side.
'What's with this kid? Azazel-sama told me to watch him. He also told me that this young boy had a strange energy.
But this aura is so ethereal. It's completely untainted. I've never sensed anything like it before.'
She continued to watch Issei with an unreadable look on her face for the rest of the class period.
End of School
As he made his way out of the school, Issei placed his hands in his pockets and tread forward, his hearing picking up the chatter of the students around him.
"His eyes. They're so strange-looking."
"One brown, one yellow-orange. The right eye looks like the color of the sun."
"Issei-kun!"
Blinking in surprise, Issei turned around to see Yuuma running towards him. She smiled at him, and put her hands behind her back.
"I was just wondering. If you wouldn't mind, would you like to hang out sometime?"
Issei blinked several times, and he was about to respond, until he noticed that the Sun was descending slowly. Looking back at Yuuma, Issei shook his head and sent her a sad expression.
"Sorry. I have to go. I've got to go back home. I'll see you tomorrow, Yuuma-san." He said quietly.
Yuuma once again noted his soft-spoken tone in Issei's voice, and she felt herself a little captivated by it. As she watched Issei leave, Yuuma's confused expression evaporated into an impatient look.
Atop of the building of Kuoh Academy, four young women stood watching Issei depart his new school. One of the girls; specifically a red-haired individual, sighed.
"Such a very interesting boy. I haven't seen anyone quite like him. He's so quiet and shy it makes me want to hold him and give him a hug. Though, his eyes seemed to be subject of mostly everyone's minds."
"Ufffuffu."
A well-endowed girl with black hair tied in a ponytail with an orange ribbon, let out a seductive giggle as she watched Issei cross the bridge.
Her violet eyes seemed almost seem to gleam as she turned to look at her red-haired friend.
"Ara ara. Fufufu. Despite that baby face of his, he's so mysterious. That aura radiating off of him is so otherworldly. Uffuffu, it makes me want to spoil him so much already just to see his reaction."
"It's his first day, and you already have the urge to spoil him?" A third girl with glasses commented in annoyance.
Her eyes narrowed in contemplation as the visage of Issei started to disappear from her and the rest of the girl's sights.
"He's certainly gathered my attention. His aura is so utterly clear. I don't think this young boy is even aware of how potent his aura is.
He's earned quite the stares from the other students. But he just looks away, albeit in a reclusive manner. What do you think?"
She turned to look to the girl next to her, with the latter having knee-length black hair, and blue, semi-rimmed glasses. The girl adopted a serious expression as she answered.
"His eyes. They contrast so much. One is brown, like the color of an innocent doe. But the other one has the color of our Sun. Hmm. Such a strange boy."
"Fufufu. Does he interest you that much, fuku-kaichou?" The orange ribbon-wearing girl asked.
"You misunderstand me." The blue-glasses wearing girl responded as her face developed a pinkish-red tinge.
Don't be so embarrassed. You're not the only one who's interested in our little kouhai."
Smiling at her friend, the crimson-haired girl narrowed her eyes.
"And to think, Azazel has already sent some of his subordinates to watch him. Yuuma Amano, or should I say, Raynare is proof of that."
Looking down at Yuuma who seemed to be deep in thought, the crimson-haired beauty then looked towards Issei, and her blue-green eyes brightened.