Chapter 1: First Encounter

"...an...!"

'A voice..?'

"...chan...!"

'Who are you calling?'

"...Yuu-chan..!"

'Yuu-chan? Me? But, why..?'

"I have something to tell you, Yuu-chan."

'Who are you..?'

A boy with medium length golden, wavy locks and a pair of sapphire eyes stared right into his emerald ones. He was just about his height, only slightly taller. They were standing facing each other, their faces only inches away. Yuu stared at the other boy in awe. Milky white skin, thick eyelashes and most of all, that captivating sea blue eyes.

'So pretty. Just like a doll.'

"Yuu-chan."

Slender white fingers grazed his right cheek gently, sending a jolt of electricity throughout his body and straight to the core of his heart.

Thonk!

"Ouch!"

The boy with a slightly messy jet black hair groaned in pain and rubbed his neon green eyes sleepily as he sat up straight on the floor. It turned out that he had fallen from his bed, his upper body entangled in his checker patterned blanket. "It's that dream again... that makes this the seventh time, I guess." The boy sighed as he pondered over any cryptic meaning behind these recurring dreams.

Right on his sixteenth birthday, Amane Yuuichiro or commonly known as Yuu by his friends, had a dream of a very beautiful boy with blond hair and eyes as deep blue as the sea. He had never seen or met the boy before but something told him he'd shared a connection with the mysterious blondie. A bond so strong it was almost too surreal and simply unrealistic.

"What a way to wake up, Yuu-kun." A light chuckle escaped from brown-haired boy with dark green eyes known as Saotome Yoichi who just entered his room after knocking. "I came to wake you up but it seemed that you're already up on your own." Yoichi spoke with a smile. He was Yuu's hostel mate and shared a room next door with another first year like them in an all-male boarding school for high schoolers.

"You should probably search for a roommate now, Yuu-kun. Either that, or a personal alarm clock." The brunette tirelessly reprimanded the black-haired teen in a gentle tone while picking up the scattering books on the floor and fixing up the bedsheet. Yoichi could passed as a doting housewife by the way he always take care of others.

It had been three months since they started living in the dormitories and Yuu haven't been able to find a roommate yet, unsurprisingly. The answer lied in his relationship with a man in his mid twenties named Guren, in other words, his uncle.

Having a very scary and freakishly strong uncle as your Mathematics teacher was one thing, but due to that, no one dared to share a room with him, the nephew as they wanted to avoid any relation with the teacher altogether. His unfriendly and brash attitude could also had contributed to the facts on why he was still roommate-less.

"Are you all right?" The brunette stared at the unmoving boy.

"Yoichi..." Yuu yawned and replied with a goofy grin. "Yeah.. I just had a nightmare, that's all." The green-eyed boy laughed sheepishly while scratching the back of his head. 'I lied. It was definitely not a nightmare but the most pleasant dream I ever had in my whole life.' He could still feel the tingling sensations sent down his spine when their skins came into contact. Why did it felt so real even though it was just a dream?

"Heh, are you sure it's not some kind of a wet dream?" A voice mockingly asked, snapping the black-haired boy out of his reverie as he barked back, "What the hell do you mean by that, Kimizuki you jerk!"

A tall bespectacled boy with short pink hair stood by the doorway while snickering as he glanced at the fuming green-eyed boy. His name was Kimizuki Shihou, Yoichi's roommate and their classmate. "Then, what's with that face of yours?"

"Ha?! What's wrong with my face?!" Came the irritated response from the hotheaded raven-haired boy. He and Kimizuki had always been at each other's throat ever since the first day they met. Yuu swore that Kimizuki must had been his worst archenemy in the past life or something.

"Uh.. you should look at it yourself, Yuu-kun." The soft spoken Yoichi held a face mirror in front of the still glaring Yuu.

"Look at what, there's nothing wrong-!" Yuu looked into the mirror and froze immediately. Right now, he was staring at a face that resembled very much like his own but his cheeks and ears were scarlet red, his emerald eyes sparkled in a glittering luster. Why the heck did he looked like a freaking blushing schoolgirl who was madly in love with someone?!

"Huh, what a pervert. Let's go already, Yoichi." Kimizuki lazily tugged on one of Yoichi's arms and walked out of Yuu's room with the shorter boy.

"Ah, wait Kimizuki-kun. Hurry up or you'll be late for class, Yuu-kun!" Yoichi worriedly peeked into the room once more and warned the still stupefied boy sitting on the floor before he was dragged away by the pink-haired boy.

Yuu shook out of his bewilderment and darted his eyes to the round clock hanging on the wall. "7.50?! Crap, I'm gonna be late for class..!" He fumbled out of the blanket and got into his school uniform hastily. The uniform was a black gakuran lined by two strips of light green colour at the end of the sleeves and along the buttons from top to bottom. Glancing at his school timetable on his study desk, the blackhead immediately paled. "G-guren's class..?"

First period: Mathematics

A dark haired man with well proportioned muscles slept on his seat with both of his legs on the teacher's desk and an opened book on his face. The whole class stayed in silence. No one dared to make any movement nor noise, not even breathing sounds. No other sound could be heard except for the ticking of the clock on the wall.

'Tick! Tock! Tick! Tock!'

Out of the blue, the door of the classroom swung open at full force and a boy with bright green eyes entered with an ear-cracking voice. "SORRY I'M LATE, GUREN!"

The sleeping man popped his eyes open and took the book on his face before throwing it straight to his nephew's face at lightning speed. "SHUT THE HELL UP, DAMN LATECOMER!"

"OW! THAT FREAKING HURTS, STUPID GUREN!" Yuu retorted angrily and tried to land a kick to the taller man, red marks started appearing on his face from the impact.

"CALL ME SENSEI, YOU SHITTY BRAT!" Guren deflected the kick easily and caught hold of his nephew's leg before throwing the boy into the air.

'"WHO WOULD WANT TO, YOU BARBARIC OLD FART!" Yuu shouted back and landed safely on his feet after doing a full somersault in the air.

The two continued bickering non stop while the other students in Class 1-C sighed tiredly. 'Here they go again.'

"Mou, Yuu-kun..." His friend, Yoichi watched the fighting duo with a worrisome look.

"Don't mind those two idiots, Yoichi. Like uncle, like nephew, aren't they?" Kimizuki cast a boring look to the front of the classroom, with his left hand under his chin as a support. 'Monday mornings just suck.'

Just then, the sliding door of the class was pushed open slowly and enter an unfamiliar boy wearing a modern school uniform consisting of a dark blue coat with white long sleeved shirt underneath and a red tie. Long black slacks fitted his lean legs perfectly accompanied with a pair of shiny black shoes. He looked like a prince straight out of a shōjo manga and carried a majestic-like air around him.

Noticing his presence, Guren instantly stopped the useless verbal fight with his mannerless nephew and cleared his throat. "You must be the new student. Come here and introduce yourself to the class." The Mathematics teacher smiled (smirked?) sweetly and added threateningly to the green-eyed boy with a death glare. "Yuu, go to your seat. Now."

Yuu grumbled in dissatisfaction and trudged towards his seat. Then, he finally faced in front and got a proper look on the new student in their class. The boy had silky yellow hair that were a bit wavy and covered both sides of his ears and a pair of sapphire droopy-like eyes. His skin was as fair as the white snow and his soft pink lips moved as he spoke monotonously, "My name is Shindo Mikaela. It is a pleasure to meet all of you." The doll-like blonde gave a small bow.

Instinctively, Yuu could've sworn that their eyes met for one crazy second.

Various reactions exploded inside of the classroom. Girls and boys alike, some were swooned by the transfer student's inexplicable beauty, others were burning with jealousy while a certain black haired boy was left frozen on his seat. 'W-wait a minute... where have I seen him before? Why do I feel like I've met him so many times..?'

'Yuu-chan.'

He saw a glimpse of the boy's face from his dreams, the soft voice, the sensational touch-

"AHHHH IT'S YOU?!" Hit by a sudden realisation, the boy with bright green eyes stood from his chair abruptly and pointed accusingly at the blonde. The boy who had just introduced himself as Shindo Mikaela, unblinkingly stared in return at the green-eyed boy with an unidentified emotion.

"Do I know you..?"

To be continued...

A/N: Honestly, I planned for this to be a One-shot only but things somehow got out of hand and now I'm thinking of writing a few more chapters for this fic. A friendly reminder, updates will be sporadically since I have another ongoing Akakuro fic called Red String of Fate that I planned to complete first.

Translations for the Japanese words I used:

chan - added behind someone's name to show closeness and familiarity

kun - added behind someone's name to call them with respect rather than casually

Sensei - teacher

Mou - geez (or something like that lol)

Gakuran - A typical Japanese school uniform usually black/navy blue in colour. The top has a standing collar buttoning down from top-to-bottom. Buttons are usually decorated with the school emblem to show respect to the school. Pants are straight leg and a black or dark-colored belt is worn with them.

Shōjo manga - A manga aimed at a teenage female readership. The name romanizes the Japanese 少女 (shōjo), literally meaning "young girl". Shōjo manga covers many subjects in a variety of narrative and graphic styles, from historical drama to science fiction — often with a strong focus on human and romantic relationships and emotions.