Hi. This is my first fanfic. Please comment on what you think should happen. It is a Kotoko/Irie and there will be romance soon but this chapter is just an intro so you can see my style of writing. Please comment on how I can improve!

Chapter 1

"We're almost there!" squealed Kotoko, bouncing up and down in her seat, looking outside her window in excitement. Shigeru Aihara looked back and chuckled. He moved his gaze from her to the window, where there was finally signs of civilisation, and sighed. His eyes scanned over the houses that they would soon be considering as part of their neighbourhood. He was still unsure about his decision to put all his money towards this house. He had a steady income from the restaurant but he had a bad feeling about this. Seeing his daughter so happy though gave him new confidence in his investment. She was sad when they first left for Tokyo, but, as the trip went on, she got happier. He hoped that she might set up a better life here because, despite being top of her class, she had trouble getting friends.

"Only quarter an hour left now," the driver said, tilting his head to peer left.

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"It's so big!" said Kotoko excitedly to no one in particular. It was the same thing she had said when she reached the house, running round in circles around the dining table with arms high above her head and a delighted expression on her face. Of course she didn't make the same pose now, seeing as she was in school and she wanted to preserve what little dignity she had left. She was exploring the school grounds, waiting for her phone to ring and tell her that she could come into the office and start the test. This test, she was told, would decide which class she would be placed in; Class A was the highest while Class F was the lower group. Although she hadn't done the test yet, she was confident that she would get into one of the higher groups given she came 10th in the national. Kotoko wouldn't tell this to people of course. She tried to be as modest as possible, especially in a new school.

"RING, RING!" the phone cried. Kotoko sat straight up, startled from her daydream. She blinked ahead a few times before moving her gaze to the phone. It continued the annoying noise before Kotoko silenced it with a quick movement of her hand. "Hello?" she said into the phone, despite knowing who was on the other side. After listening to directions to the room of the test, she muttered a thank you before hanging up and rushing to the given place.