Fandom: Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun (My Little Monster)
Disclaimer: I do not own the characters of TnK.

It was the spring of their third year. The cherry blossoms were in full bloom. The students of Shouyo High School were pouring onto campus to start the new year.

A wavy-haired brunette happily skipped her way past the school gates and took a deep breath, taking in all of the scene before her. She beamed with joy at all the possibilities this year could bring, "It's our third year! I can't wait to be in Mitty's class again. I wouldn't want it any other way."

"Teehee, before the crowds get bigger, I wonder what class we're all in!" she giggled to herself happily and followed the students that were crowding around the announcement boards. She stood in front of the class listings and went down each list to find her name.

"3-A.. Not there. 3-B.. Nope!" she thought to herself as she continued down the lists. Her search came to a brief halt. "Ahh! Mitty is in class 3-D! So then.. where am I?"

"Wait a minute." she had reached the bottom of the list for 3-D and her name was nowhere to be a found. Thinking she had skipped her name, she scanned through the names in 3-D once more with greater concentration. "This can't be. Where am I?"

She felt a tinge of anxiety and moved her way up closer to the list. After a third run through, she figured there was no mistake that her name wasn't on the list for 3-D. "Idiot, idiot, idiot! It's not going to appear no matter how many times I read through that list!"

"Change of plan!" she thought it would be better to look for her name instead. She scanned the next list and found Sasayan's name.

A gust of wind caused sakura petals to dance before her, but her heart sank as she read through the lists. She stood shocked in front of the bulletin boards and felt her thoughts disappear as she felt a well of anxiety overcome her.

"This is the worst."

In the hallway with the third year classes, Ooshima greeted Mizutani in front of class 3-D. "Mizutani-san, please take care of me this year!"

"Hi, Ooshima-san. Please take care of me as well," Shizuku responded politely.

A few feet away from the entrance to 3-D, Natsume stared blankly at the scene that was playing out before her. On the outside, she seemed like a lifeless body, but her thoughts were quite the opposite, "I should be in that class with Mitty. Mitty and I were supposed to make memories throughout this last year so that I could be there to support her as her best friend!"

She walked her way to the entrance of classroom 3-D and stared blankly inside as students walked past. She was so wrapped up in her thoughts of despair that Yana greeting her didn't even register in her mind.

As more students filed into the class, she felt her eyes well up at the thought of being in another class. She took a deep breath in an tried to calm down her thoughts, "Mitty.. Save me!"

A light tap on her shoulder snapped her out of her daze. She almost jumped out of her skin and slowly turned her head to figure out who the perpetrator was.

"Good morning, Natsume-san!" Her eyes fell upon Sasayan, who greeted her with the biggest smile on his face. The excitement for the new year was undeniable in his face. He motioned his hand toward a classroom behind him. "If you're looking for room 3-E, it's this way. You're going to be late if you stand around."

She couldn't hold back her tears anymore and a revolution break out inside her as the tears fell down her face upon the realization that Sasayan was in the same class with her as he went ahead and happily walked in the room.

"THIS IS A NIGHTMARE!"

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