1 Chapter 1

It was five o'clock when Lisa woke up to her cellphone alarm. She let out a somewhat irritating noise and shifter her pink blankets so that it covers her shoulders and her chin. She is already facing a battle between waking up in time for school or shrinking her student responsibilities on her warm and comforting blanket. Why is it so hard to get up at this time? Lisa can't exactly tell you. All she knows is that, objects falls to the ground due to gravity, and she can already write a dissertation as to why gravity is very strong especially between 5:00 - 9:00 in the morning.

Lisa looked out the window just in front of her bed. It's still dark outside. Typical BER months in a tropical country like the Philippines.

Lisa could feel that her eyes were giving out and just before she could already picture out her coronation for being the Ms. Universe 2020, a loud shout dominated her room.

LISAAAA!!!!!

A voice, too loud not to be surprise. Lisa was awakened by the voice of whoever dared to shout at this time on a cold Monday morning. And she wished she had been born deaf. It was Mina, her blonde short haired little sister.

" Lisa, wake up." Said her 5 year old sister. "We gotta go to school na."

She now remembers today will be her sister's first day in kindergarten. They were enrolled in the same school and the child was so excited to enter the school.

" Mina, it's too early." Lisa said and groaned inwardly. "Sleep there first."

But the 5 year old blonde won't even listen. She continued to slap her sister while saying "awake."

Lisa surrendered and woke up against her will. Even if she doesn't want to get up and think about what excuse her has in case her comes in late, it doesn't make sense. Mina won't leave her alone due to excitement.

"Ok, I'm up." She finally said to which Mina yahoo'd somewhat violently.

Lisa took a bath and got dressed. She is already in senior high school and is in STEM track because she dreams of becoming an architect one day. The gap between her and her sister is far. Their mother had not been pregnant for a long time.

She wore her uniform consisting of a red dress, a black knee-length skirt, black coat and a black necktie. She also straightened her dark hair and she's already done. Unlike other girls her age, Lisa prefers to be simple. She does not want to invest in cosmetics and is a very big fan of natural beauty. Not because she is beautiful, she is lazy to spend time in front of the mirror.

She went to the kitchen where the father and sister were waiting. Her mom dies just after Mina was born. Her dad is already dressed in office clothes as he works in a government law firm as a lawyer. Mina is also wearing a school uniform.

" Be careful there. "Dad reminded Mina. " Follow what your sister says."

"Opo papa." Mina answered happily. It was pretty obvious that she was excited to study.

" It's only now that Mina is excited." Lisa said, smiling. Of course. Now that Mina will be in school for the first time, she'll be really excited. Lisa, herself, experiences the joy of the first day of school but in the middle of the school year, it also becomes boring to the point that she wished she would have a fever. Just one time please, so that she can escape school life.

Her father look at him gently. " What are you Lisa." He sermoned her. " Don't take the excitement away from her."

They all laugh.

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"Lisa, over here." Lisa turned to the sound of a female voice. It was her two best friends, Cleo and Dane who was waiting for her at the gate. With Mina in tow, Lisa went to them.

" So, it's the dwarf's first day today." Cleo teased Mina while Dane just laugh.

"Bleeehhhh." Mina responded.

Cleo and Dane are very different that Lisa don't exactly why they become friends in the first place. Dane is very girly while Cleo is boyish. Cleo was also so wild that one time their teacher gave a recitation, and because she wanted to get plus points, Cleo raised her hand even though her answer was wrong. Dane, on the other hand, is very reserved and very well-liked, especially among men. Once in every month, Dane receives love letters that Cleo sometimes envies. But even though they have very different habits, they managed to become best of friends for the longest time and Lisa admires them for that reason alone..

They have already taken Mina to the kinder department. She didn't even cry when being left, unlike others who held their mothers' legs tightly and cried uncontrollably..

" That child is also ok." Cleo commented. "She is really accustomed to being left behind."

" Yeah, unlike others." Dane added.

Mina is really used to that. Whenever Lisa and their dad left the house, Cleo was always left with their neighbor. Because of that, she matured early than other kids her age. She could do things that the elementary schooler dislikes like cleaning the house.

Their neighbor is happy and she is very open to leave the Mina with her because she is also alone at home, her husband has a job and they have no children so she is happy every time Mina comes to them..

The three friends went to their classroom before the bell rang. They were on the same track so the three were in the same class. They went to their respective desks to put their things. Cleo and Dane then went to Lisa's desk.

" I heard we have a new classmate." Dane's gossip.

" Really? In the middle of the school year?" –Cleo

"Yeah, I saw someone earlier in the office while we were delivering Mina." –Dane

"You have sharp eyes." Lisa commented her.

Just in time, the school bell rings and Cleo and Dane are running for their desks. Later, their homeroom teacher entered.

"You have a new classmate." The teacher announced. Lisa look at Dane and she gave Lisa an 'told you' look.

A man entered, about a bit taller than Lisa, jet black hair, and very lean body. At the sight of him, the women in the room were thrilled a bit.

"I'm Kai." The stranger introduced himself. And he said nothing from there. He just said his name and bowed a little.

There was silence.

"Well, Kai," the teacher interjected to ease the tension. " welcome to 11-B. you can now sit down."

The only vacant desk there are two rows at the back of Lisa's so he started walking towards there. The class watched his every move. Lisa was so concentrated on his facial features that she didn't notice that he was in front of her.

They locked eyes for a moment. His eyes were an ocean blue. But those eyes are familiar. Lisa doesn't know when she saw it but Lisa thinks she saw those eyes somewhere. It was like a slow motion. Kai was also looking at him. She could feel his gaze against hers. He has a strong aura. It's as if Lisa is drowning in his eyes. She tried to come to herself.

She blinked.

What was that?

Lisa did not realize that she was breathing deeply. She was out of breath.

When she woke up from the incident, she saw that the new student was already seated comfortably at his desk. Her teacher is already teaching on the blackboard. She looked at her wristwatch. It's been 20 minutes since the new student entered the room. She was shocked. What happened? She doesn't know how she felt before. The music in her ears, the coldness in the skin, the piercing eyes against her own, the feeling of being cornered against nothing. Maybe it was just her imagination, but it felt so real.

Lisa tried to concentrate on the lesson and the task given to them by the teacher. Little did she know that the new student thought deeply of her. He has been looking for her for a long time and now he has what he is looking for right in front of him. But Lisa didn't seem to know him. Her memories have not yet returned.