Summer had ended and now it was time for Hikari to get up and start her first day in school.

Except the said girl was still deep in her slumber and there were no signs of her waking up. The alarm had stopped ringing after ten minutes of blaring loudly and amazingly Hikari hadn't budged once.

Akai had passed by Hikari's room and saw the neatly stacked summer homework beside her desk. 'She must have finished it all last night' he thought.

Akai held back a snort. He knew he told Hikari that she should go out and enjoy summer. But it seems that she really did enjoy it, forgetting the pile of works waiting to be done.

He was amazed though, at how fast the girl had finished her school work in just a matter of hours. He let the girl sleep soundly to recover the hours lost for cramming her homework.

After all, it would be fun to see her reactions when she finally wakes up and realize that she was utterly late.

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"Damn you Shuu-nii! Why didn't you wake me up?" Hikari scowled at the said man while hurriedly putting on her socks. She didn't even bother combing her hair and just tied it to a bun. With her visible eye bags and messy hair, one would think that she's already in her exam week, instead of her first day.

"I was unaware that I had to do such a thing when you've already set an alarm," Akai responded with a hint of amusement in his voice while watching his fake cousin moving in a rush.

"It was that alarm's fault for not being loud enough," she grumbled. "And you should have been the nice cousin you should be and wake me up," she glared accusingly at him.

Not really having an appetite, Hikari just grabbed a piece of toast and started to head out.

"Have fun at your first day," Akai said sarcastically.

Hikari groaned.

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In every shoujo manga that Hikari read, when one had been running late for school, it was compulsory that the main character would have a toast in her mouth, constantly checking the time and therefore having a lack of awareness in her surrounding, causing her to bump to an unbelievably attractive male character.

Who would have thought that the exact thing would happen to Hikari, and she wasn't even in a shoujo manga.

"Ow!" the boy exclaimed when he was thrown to the ground due to the sudden collision.

Hikari thought the scene would go exactly as if it was like they're in a shoujo manga, the boy would be the perfect gentleman Hikari had fell in love with blah blah.

"Watch where you're going, old hag!" the boy stood up and brushed the dirt off his uniform.

Flustered at the boy's lack of manner (and slightly disappointed by his reaction), Hikari had a hard time trying to come up with a retort that would be hurtful enough so she settled with a glare.

Hikari stood up and straightened her skirt. Since she was horribly late, she didn't bother sparing the rude boy a glare and ran to her school.

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"Where were you? I didn't see you at the opening ceremony!" Sonoko said to her friend.

"Sorry! I woke up late today because I crammed all my homework in one night and then there was this boy who I bumped on the way and he was so irritating!" Hikari rambled.

"Ooh was he a cute one?"

Hikari rolled her eyes. "Did you not hear the part where I said he was irritating?"

"I did, but that doesn't describe his appearance."

Hikari was about to reply when their teacher came.

"Hai, hai! Everyone please settle down. Today, we have a new student!"

All of Hikari's classmates, including Sonoko and Ran, looked excited at the thought of a new friend. Only Hikari paled and wished that God, whoever He was in this world, wouldn't play a sick joke on her and make that arrogant boy her new classmate. Just like in any cliché romance manga.

Relax, she thought. You're not even sure that the boy lives in this area, much more that he decided to transfer to this school. I mean, what are the odds?

"Tsubaki-kun, please come inside."

A boy with a pale complexion and black eyes that seemed to see through you entered. His brown hair was a little bit messy but it was obvious that it was well-combed before. He was wearing a polite smile and an aura of professionalism. Sonoko's eyes turned to hearts when she saw the new kid.

"Good morning. I am Fukunaga Tsubaki. It is a pleasure to meet all of you," Tsubaki bowed a 90 degree bow. The girls in the class swooned at his polite actions.

Hikari, still in her silent monologue, didn't notice that Tsubaki had entered.

Ran nudged Hikari from her side. When she looked at her, Ran cocked her head to the front, pointing to the transfer student.

Hikari gasped. Oh God, someone was playing a cruel joke on me.

"Oh ho," Sonoko said loudly. "Are you that mesmerized to Tsubaki-kun?"

"You!" Hikari shouted, ignoring Sonoko's words. "Why are you here?"

Tsubaki, unnerved by Hikari's actions, smiled. "Do I know you?"

"You bumped into me a while ago. You called me an old hag and didn't even apologize!"

Tsubaki again, smiled. "I'm sorry, I cannot remember. I don't pay attention to things involving.. unimportant people. And with your.. condition right now," he gestured to Hikari's messy hair and her eyes that had lacked sleep. "You couldn't blame anyone for mistaking you for an old hag."

Hikari was dumbfounded. She was pretty sure he was the arrogant guy earlier who acted all jerk-y, but now he was acting all polite and professional.

Wait, Hikari thought. Did he just call me unimportant? And he called me an old hag twice this day now!

Hikari glared at him. The class was looking back and forth to the new rivals. They were feeling the tension that she and Tsubaki were giving off. Hikari was pissed off by that polite face he was making and she badly wanted to rip that fake smile off his face.

"Hikari-san!" their teacher said. "You shouldn't be like that to your new classmate. Sit down."

Hikari, not realizing that she was standing the whole time, sat down with her face red, from embarrassment and anger.

"Now," their teacher looked around the room. "Oh, turns out the only vacant seat in this room is behind Hikari-san's, so sit there and try to get along with her, all right Tsubaki-kun?"

Gee, what are the odds, she thought bitterly.

Hikari continued glaring at the boy who didn't seem to be slightly bothered by her.

When he sat down, he leaned towards Hikari and whispered, "I hope we get along, obaa-chan."

Hikari had found herself plotting the boy's murder all throughout the period.

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Hey guys! I decided to change my way of writing, I hope you don't mind! And so sorry for slow updates, I'm still trying to figure out what to write next so the readers would still want to read my story. I hope you don't mind me adding another OC but trust me, Tsubaki will make the plot interesting.

Hikari: What? He'll be in the story for a long time?

Author: Uhh... yes.

Tsubaki: Why? Afraid that people would like me better than you, obaa-chan?

Hikari: *growls*

Author: *smiles nervously* uhh see you guys next time!