When Hatsuharu woke up he had the strangest feeling. Something was different, he could feel it within him, but he couldn't quite figure out just what the feeling meant. He thought it was like there was someone telling him something important in the back of his mind, but he just couldn't make out what was being said. No matter how hard he strained to hear, he just couldn't make out what this strange feeling actually meant.

So he pushed it to the back of his mind and went on with his morning. If he continued to struggle with the feeling, then he would be late for school and he honestly wasn't trying to be. So he got dressed, had some breakfast and finished getting ready to leave.

Once he was out the door, he looked at his watch, which showed that it was much later than he thought it would be. "Late again? Oh well, whatever..." so he continued to stroll down the street, without picking up the pace in the least.

It's true, earlier, Hatsuharu didn't want to be late for school, but he didn't really care that much, seeing as he had been late so many times before. In fact, it was more of a normal occurrence and people would often question him when he showed up anywhere on time. It was just so out of character for him and it didn't fit his image.

By the time he got to school, walked through the hallways and into his classroom, the teacher was already in the middle of a lesson with the class. He interrupted his lesson to briefly speak with the late student. "If you keep this up, you may not have enough attendance to pass this course." He warned him. "Don't forget that three late days equals one absence!"

Hatsuharu didn't really care about what the teacher was saying, because he knew from years past that he wouldn't actually be kept back from being absent. Even with his grades not being the greatest, most teachers were just worried about him turning into Black Haru again, so they passed him regardless of how many days he had missed or how badly he had done on most of the tests.

After listening to the mindless conversation that the teacher was having with the students, the bell finally rang meaning that it was time for lunch. He grabbed his food and headed out into the school yard. It was a nice day and he thought he'd rather eat his food out there than being cooped up inside for any longer than he had to be.

It was then that the feeling struck him again. That same feeling that he had woke up with that had caught him so off-guard before. But now, he finally understood what that feeling was, because it came to him the second that he saw Tohru. The feeling he had was that he really liked her and wanted to be with her as her boyfriend.

Seeing her made him happy, but seeing the crowd of people around her did not. How was he supposed to compete with Yuki? The perfect rat that no one could ever measure up to – least of all the cow. And if he wasn't going to be enough competition, then there is always Kyo hanging around her too. Worst of all, they all live together, so they are already at that much of an advantage. Plus, they both are also in her grade, so they get to spend all day together in school. Some people just get all the luck.

"But there must be something that I have that they don't, right?" Hatsuharu said to himself, determined to find a way to make Tohru fall in love with him instead of one of the other two boys. "First things first, I'll have to get to know her more, so she can get to know me more."

Satisfied with his idea, he picked up his pace so that he could catch up to the group and eat lunch with them and hopefully, find some time to get closer to Tohru while he was at it.

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I hope that this story will make sense, because I think it's going to be kind of complex with different relationships interacting with the characters. It's a new idea, so I hope you all can bear with me and enjoy it!