CHAPTER 1

CHAPTER 1 -- Miyamoto Ayumi (宮本あゆみ)

--Seiko Junior and Senior High School (成功中学校 •高等学校)-- named after Yumi's mother- seikou also means successful. Seiko High is an elite school where all of the community's outstanding, richest families send their children to school. Some are sons and daughters of a huge shipping line company, company owners, stockholders, hotels, clothing lines, or even owns several huge malls all over the country. It takes Millions to wear their school uniform and if you do, you are highly respected and all of the other schools look up to you.

"kyyyaaaahhhhhh, Yumi-sama" everyone around her, cheering.

She bows down to them and walks towards the school entrance.

"Yumi chan, ohayou!" a girl greets her and swiftly another 3 girls walk beside her.

"ohayou!" she replies with a sweet smile.

"such an entrance, as usual"

"come oonnn, stop it Nao chan" Yumi says as she steps on the stair.

--Huge door creaking-- A guy voluntarily opens the huge door for them - trying to get their attention, and bows down as they pass by him. The crowd clears and the corridor is now their runway. The place fills with silence and everyone's at the side watching them as they pass by heading towards the large-main stairs, making their way up. Her friends then shooed the people inside their classroom as soon as they get in, Fubuki sways her hand and in a brief moment, no one is there except them.

"So have you heard about Kenta dating Shinji Kana?" Fubuki asks.

"No way, I thought you said he's hitting on you Seika? hahahaha" Mikki mocks.

"Damare!"

"ahahahahahaha"

And they began laughing so hard, mocking at each other except Yumi who's just sitting at the center. Just as Nao chan's about to speak, a guy's presence who is sitting at the corner next to the window, unnoticeable, catches their attention. Fubuki's about to shoo him away but Yumi stops her.

"Let him be," she said.

Then the girls continue chit-chatting, while Yumi, on the other hand, is secretly glancing at him. --first bell chimes-- Everyone then dispatches themselves to their chairs. Each classroom consists of only 10 students according to social ranks. Yumi and her friends are in 11-1 for they are daughters of the biggest companies in each industry.

"minna san, ohayou" a young-looking teacher enters the classroom.

The classroom representative immediately stands up as well as the rest of the class.

"see-no!"

"ohayou gozaimasu!" they all say in synchrony as they bows down.

The teacher smiles at them and they all be seated.

"So today. . we'll do something new," he announces as he grabs a crystal jar at his side. "you will be group by pair. . and not like your usual pairing that you get to choose your partners, this one will leave you no choice"

"uuuhhhh! I hate that sensei. . what if I don't like my partner?" Seika appeals.

"welp, you gotta endure it" he answers without hesitation.

One-by-one, the teacher asks them to come to the front and pick a small piece of rolled paper inside the jar. By the time he asks them all to go find their partner, all of them run towards Yumi and asks her number. "hora!" she says as she shows her paper with the number "3".

"uuuhhhhh!" everyone groans with dismay.

"welp, I guess it's us then," says Mikki while placing her paper next to Fubuki's.

Everyone is busy looking for their partners except a guy who is silently sitting on his chair, looking at his paper.

"I guess it's us then," Yumi says and shows him her number.

Everyone in the classroom heard what she said and abruptly drops the noise, and looks at her standing at the corner of the room, extending her arm to the guy sitting next to the window.

"eeeeeeehhhhhhhh?" they all say.

The guy slowly looks at Yumi emotionless.

"yoroshiku ne" she says with a cute voice, tilting her head a bit as she smiles sweetly.