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Summary: Moving to a new town didn't stop Hikari from being an optimist. She tries to make friends and get used to Odaiba, but a certain cold-hearted blonde classmate was making it hard for her. Things became worse when the two were involved in countless events together. Coincidence, or destiny?

A/N: I'm only just experimenting…

1. Just moved in.

Yagami Hikari had been up since four in the morning, and she had been staring out her window ever since. She saw the sunrise, and she listened as the town slowly 'woke up' - a new day has begun. And for her, it wasn't just a new day. It was a new day in a new town.

She got up and took a shower in the new bathroom of the new apartment, and she took her time choosing the right attire to wear for that day. She wanted to make a good first impression to everyone she was about to meet at her new school that day, so it was only natural that it took her quite some time to get dressed. Once she was done, she grabbed her stuff, and exited her room, only to tiptoe into the room next to hers.

Hikari ignored the large warning sign pasted on the door of said room (the sign read, "KEEP OUT IF YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOOD FOR YOU!" in large, red letters written using a crayon), and she made her way quietly towards the bed. She took a spare pillow as quietly as she could before throwing it to the sleeping figure under the blanket.

"Oniicha~n!Get up! Get up! It's our first day at our new schools! You don't wanna be late, TAAAA-III-CHIII!"

Her one and only brother groaned and threw the pillow back at her before rolling to the other side to continue his sleep. "Dear God, all I ask for is a peaceful sleep session, and for puppy-sized elephants," groaned Yagami Taichi, "and since you can't give me puppy-sized elephants, can't you just PLEASE let me have a good night sl-"

"C'mon, stop grumbling, oniichan. Mum wants us to walk to school together," Hikari said, throwing the pillow back at Taichi, "but if you don't want to, I'm fine with it. See you later! Good luck finding your way to school!"

With that, she went on ahead, not bothering to wait for Taichi. But when she was climbing down the stairs (the elevator was out of order), Taichi came racing towards her, looking very untidy.

"That…was…really…unfair!" he panted.

"Well, congratulations, Sleepy Head, you're finally up," she said teasingly. "C'mon, to school! To school!"

The Yagami family had just moved in to Odaiba. It was a nice town, in Hikari's opinion, and she was excited to meet new friends. It might come across as a little weird for someone to actually enjoy moving away, but that was how she honestly felt. There's no point in mourning, as she had always said, so why not make the best of everything? Her parents were slightly worried at first, seeing her being all chirpy, but they were grateful for it later - Taichi, who was three years her senior, had thrown a kind of tantrum and had refused to talk to anyone when he discovered that they were moving - and one tantrum was definitely enough!

"I don't get it," Taichi said as the two of them walking down the street towards their new schools, "how can you be so...cheerful all the time?"

Hikari shrugged. "I'm not always cheerful, niichan," she said, "but I always try my best to be happy. I mean, being sad and depressed is not good.

"Yeah, yeah...whatever, Miss Psychology..."

She merely laughed at this. "Come on, Taichi, cheer up. You might meet other soccer freaks here - so chill!"

This had actually managed to cheer her brother up a little, and he was actually grinning like his old self again as they parted ways - he headed off to his school, looking both excited and nervous - and Hikari said goodbye and good luck to him before going off to her own school. She made her way towards the Principal's office first, and along the way, she managed to get the general layout of the school.

The principal was a friendly chubby man in his late forties. The usual greetings were exchanged, and later, the principal asked his secretary to show her to her new class.

"The kids here are generally good kids," the secretary informed her as they made their way up some stairs. "Sure, there are a few delinquents, but as long as you stay out of trouble, you'll be fine. Here we are."

The secretary stopped in from of a classroom and knocked on the door thrice. Hikari could hear the lecture inside the class stopping abruptly and soon after, the door swung open, revealing a tall woman.

"Hello, Miss Miyamori," said the secretary. "This is your new student, she just moved in."

Hikari bowed. "Hello."

"Oh, hello!" said Miss Miyamori with a smile. "Thank you so much for showing her the way, Mrs. Taka. I'll take it from here."

The secretary bowed and left, and the teacher, Miss Miyamori, ushered Hikari inside.

"Students! We have a new friend joining us today," said Miss Miyamori as she closed the door of the classroom. A low buzz of excitement began to fill the classroom as everyone turned their attention towards Hikari. Miss Miyamori went back to her seat and looked at some of Hikari's old school records. "She's from Hinode, Tokyo and had just moved in. Please welcome, Yagami Hikari."

Hikari bowed. "Good morning."

Her new classmates greeted her in a mixture of different enthusiasm. Some had bright smiles on their faces, and some had the, "Meh, whatever" expression on.

"Right. Class monitor?" the teacher called. A girl with dark wavy hair stood up. "Please make sure that Miss Yagami feels welcome, eh?"

"Yes, Miss Miyamori," said the girl with a smile.

"Miss Yagami, you may sit…ah wait, all desks are occupied. Hmm, let's see, let's see…" The teacher looked around the class, and then her eyes caught something that made her good mood change. Hikari looked, too, and saw exactly what it was that had bothered the teacher so much: a blond boy who sat at the very back of the class wasn't paying attention at all. Instead, he had his eyes shut and was leaning against the chair at ease, clearly asleep. His even had his earphones on, and in an instant, Hikari knew that the guy hadn't been listening to the teacher's new announcement and to what the teacher was teaching before Hikari came in.

The whole class followed the teacher's gaze, and the small buzz that had been going on since Hikari entered the class began to die down.

"Well, Miss Yagami, it seems like someone isn't so welcoming in this class," said Miss Miyamori before barking in a loud voice, "TAKAISHI!"

The blond boy opened his eyes slowly, frowning. Hikari noticed that he had a pair of amazingly beautiful blue eyes, but those eyes looked…cold. And even when he saw the class's 'you're screwed!' looks; he still looked incredibly calm (yet his face was mixed with visible annoyance).

"So. How far away did the clouds carry you? Hmm?" the teacher said in a dangerously casual voice.

Hikari did not expect him to reply, but he did. "Over the hills and far away," said he.

This was the last straw. "TAKAISHI, I WANT YOU TO BRING A DESK AND A CHAIR FOR MISS YAGAMI! THERE ARE SOME IN THE UNUSED CLASSROOMS! GO!"

The boy stood up quietly, and went. The class was still very quiet.

"I'm sorry you had to witness that," said Miss Miyamori, sounding as if she was trying to suppress her anger. "Been trying to deal with that one since forever...I hope you don't mind my little...well... Right. Please wait until Takaishi comes back, Miss Yagami… Now, back to our lesson…"

Hikari had to wait for about ten minutes before her new desk and seat came into the class. The Takaishi boy brought the desk first, and then went to get the chair. Since there was not much space left, he had to set the desk next to his own. He then settled down on his chair once more.

"And I'll have those earphones, thank you," said Miss Miyamori as she saw the Takaishi boy took out his earphones. Rolling his eyes, he stood up, went to the front of the class to hand over the item, and headed back to his seat. He now looked positively pissed.

"U-umm...thank you for the, uh, desk and chair, by the way," Hikari said with a smile, but the guy didn't seem to hear her.

Or was he ignoring her?

"Well…I'll say sorry after this," she thought.

-X-

Mis Miyamori's class had ended, and the next teacher wasn't there yet, so naturally, the class began to grow noisy. A few girls had introduced themselves to Hikari, and they even managed to exchange e-mail addresses. Everything was going smoothly, except for one thing: Hikari had been stealing glances at the blond student sitting next to her (it appeared he had a backup pair of earphones, for he now had them on once more), but his face seemed so cold and so unwelcoming that she hadn't the courage to say thanks and/or sorry to him. He was minding his won business by staring out the window quietly.

"Hi, Hikari," came a girl's voice, and Hikari took her eyes off the boy. It was the class monitor.

"Oh, hi," she said, smiling.

"I'm the class monitor, Nakamura Miharu," she said, offering her hand and Hikari shook it. "Doing all right?"

"Well — um, yes, I am," said Hikari, a little hesitantly. However, Miharu seemed to know what was bothering her.

"Just ignore Takeru," she said. Upon seeing her puzzled face, Miharu nodded at the blond boy. "He's Takaishi Takeru, the 'loner' of this class. Every class has one, right?"

"Two in my old class," Hikari said.

"Now that must've been awful!" said Miharu, grinning. "Well, this one never really talks much, but he will if people ask him things that he has to answer — or if someone picks up a fight with him."

O…kaaay, this guy is something. "I…well…you know, the desk and the chair thingy…"

"Well, it was his fault," said Miharu, rolling her eyes. Hikari smiled a little, but before she could say anything, a loud voice interrupted.

"Hiya, Yagami Hikari!"

Turning around, she saw a boy with spiky hair skipping towards her. Miharu sort of groaned, and folded her arms.

" Uh - hello there," Hikari replied.

"I'm Motomiya Daisuke, nice to meet you!" he said, shaking her hand. He had this energetic personality, and he reminded Hikari a little bit of Taichi.

"Nice to meet you too, Motomiya Daisuke...did - did you have Red Bull for breakfast or anything?" Hikari asked with a slight giggle.

"Hehe - ah! Please, call me Daisuke-kun," said he, now grinning rather sheepishly.

"Um, hello? I was talking, Daisuke. It's rude to interrupt!" snapped Miharu. "Anyway," she said, turning back to Hikari, "this is our class timetable and the names of our teachers. Also, this is the list of clubs available here for you to attend. I'm in the Broadcast Club and Loser Daisuke is in Soccer Club."

"I'm SO not a loser!" Daisuke protested.

"Whatever," said Miharu absent-mindedly. "Choose one extracurricular club and then tell me so I could hand it off to Miss Miyamori, kay?"

"Okay, gotcha," said Hikari, scanning through the list. Hmm, let's see…

1. Broadcast Club

2. Calligraphy Club

3. Choir Club

4. Dance Club

5. Chess Club

Hikari read the list thoroughly and found two clubs that attracted her attention: the photography club and the school newspaper club.

"Hey, is the photography club okay?" she asked.

"Oh, I'm sorry! It totally slipped off my mind — the Science Club and the Photography Club is full…"

"That's all right — I'll join the newspaper club then," she said happily. And that was settled.

—X—

During lunch break, Miharu and Daisuke were kind enough to show her around. Hikari made friends easily with Miharu's and they all got along pretty well.

"And this is obviously the cafeteria," said Fujiwara Kumiko, one of Miharu's best friends. Beside Kumiko, there's the quiet Harukichi Aida, the tall Saruwatari Michiyo, the talkative-and-cheerful Anami Arisa, and also Abukara Naora. "Oh dang…just look at the line!"

"Better start lining up now, ladies, or we'll have nothing to eat," said Michiyo, and that was what they did. When they had all receive their food, they sat down around a table.

"Go away, Daisuke, this is the girls' table!" said Miharu. After much complaining, and a threat from Naora, Daisuke finally left them alone.

"So! Is there anything you wanna ask?" said Naora before slurping on her fruit juice.

"Umm…not much, but…" Hikari looked over her shoulder. She had noticed Takeru Takaishi before when she was lining up: the guy was eating alone at a table nearby, reading a magazine. She turned back to face her new friends. "I think I need to apologise to him. You know, for the hassle earlier with the desk and chair thing."

"I told you it was his own fault," said Miharu absent-mindedly as she munched on her salad.

"Yeah, well — I haven't said thanks," Hikari lied. She did say thank you, but he didn't seem to hear it. Or maybe he had ignored it. Nah, he didn't hear it...

Oh, okay, he ignored it! Fine, so what? Maybe he was a little annoyed, she would be too, if she were in his shoes - but he would get over it if she apologised…right?

She stood up and went towards Takaishi's table, carefully choosing her words.

"Er, hello," she said. Takaishi Takeru looked up from the magazine and stared at her with his (oddly cold) blue eyes. She smiled a big smile at him, but he merely returned to his magazine. "I'm sorry. You know. For earlier. And thanks, that must've been heavy, huh?"

He stopped eating and glared up at her. "Miss Yagami: The Queen of Desks and Chairs, huh?"

Well, touche! The least you could do is laugh at my joke!

"Well, I told you I'm sorry," Hikari said again, now frowning. The other didn't reply, but instead, he stood up.

"The Queen Of Lunch-Disturbers, too?" he said before walking out of the cafeteria. Hikari watched him go, frowning and gaping, trying to think of an insult to shoot back at him.

WHAT. THE. HECK. IS. WRONG. WITH. THAT. GUY? Just accept her goddamn apology! Was it THAT hard?

The first day in a new school, and she'd already make an enemy!

A/N: I hope you've had a fun time reading this! On to chapter two!

A friendly note: This story is currently undergoing reconstruction. Nothing much, just editing the grammar and spelling mistakes and such. :) Thank you for reading!