Tuesday, 7th of April 2009. 17:05
Well as first days go that hadn't been too bad, after all most of the day had been taken up with the usual preamble that you get as the school year starts.
During lunchtime he'd managed to convince Toriumi-sensei to let him have a look through the club list, so he could find out who this S.E.E.S. was and which teacher was bonkers enough to advise it. Sadly he'd hit a brick wall in that aspect; there were no clubs in the book that fit the name or nothing else seemed to fit. He'd even resorted to asking his homeroom teacher if she knew what S.E.E.S. was, lying through his teeth about how he'd noticed that a dorm mate was a member and he was interested about what they did. Alas the teacher didn't know what the hell he was talking about. Seeing that he'd made an excuse that he'd probably read the armband wrong and he'd have a word when he returned to the dorm.
However this little fact-finding exercise left him with more questions than answers. The biggest question being: What the hell was going on?
Deciding that a decent walk would help him sort this all out, he quickly stood up from his desk, having a quick stretch before moving to get his bag.
"Sup dude," a voice to his right greeted. "How's it goin'?"
The first thing of any real note was the royal blue baseball cap, not something worn often around here, the shirt of the same colour stood out too along with the gold chain. "Who are you?" May as well get the basic questions out of the way.
"Me?" the baseball capped teen queried. "I'm Junpei Iori, nice to meet ya. I transferred here when I was in eighth grade, so I know how tough it is bein' the new kid. So I wanted to say: 'Hey'."
The sentiment was nice; the little wave when he said "Hey"' was just silly.
"... See what a nice guy I am!"
Yep silly could sum it up. Luckily he was saved as the door slid open and Yukari entered the homeroom.
"Hey it's Yuka-tan!" Junpei turned to the incoming brunette. "I didn't think we'd be in the same class again."
This comment was greeted with a sigh. "At it again, huh? I swear you'll talk to anyone if they'll listen," the brunette started to berate. "Did you ever think you might be bothering someone?"
The look of shock on the face of Junpei was priceless. "What? But, I was just bein' friendly."
"If you say so," Yukari dismissed before turning her attention to the new boy. "Anyway, looks like we're in the same homeroom..."
"Seems so." Granted it would have been hard not to notice when said person is in front of you.
"Funny, huh?" A small smirk was his only real response.
"Um, hello? Are you forgetting that I'm in this class too?" The other teen asked before a smirk appeared on his face. "By the way, I heard you two came to school together this morning. What's up with that? C'mon, gimme the dirt!"
"Wh-What are you talking about!?" Yukari stammered before her eyes turned hard. "We live in the same dorm. There's nothing going on, okay? Why are people even talking about it!? Now you have me worried..."
Charming.
While the white-haired junior may not have been interested in a relationship, especially with this girl, at the moment, having the attractive brunette dismiss the idea so completely stung. When Yukari turned her attention back towards Haruto, completely oblivious to the snub she'd just delivered. "Hey... You didn't say anything to anyone about... You know what, did you?"
"No." He confirmed with a shake of his head.
"Okay, good," she stated as she let out the breath she was holding. "Seriously... Don't say anything about last night, alright."
The ruby eyes closed as the junior placed his head in his hands; she couldn't have just said that could she?
The look of astonishment on Junpei's face answered that.
"Wh-What?" Yukari asked after seeing the look on the taller teen's face.
"La-Last Night…?" Junpei replied to her query finally cluing the brunette that her last comment could be taken to mean something else.
"W-Wait a minute! Don't get the wrong idea!" she replied. Mortification written over her features as her voice attracted the attention of most of their classmates. "Listen! I just met him yesterday…" Technically this morning. "… and there is absolutely nothing going on between us! Geez…"
Honestly, he was surprised that she hadn't gone for the full hog and added "I wouldn't go out with him in a million years!"
There was a few seconds of silence before the brunette decided to make her escape. "I've gotta go. I've got something to take care of for the kyudo team. But, you better not start any rumours!" she hissed as she finally fled the scene.
"Ah, who cares? No one takes rumours seriously, anyway. She's so paranoid..." the junior muttered before turning his attention to the smaller teen beside him. "But, hey! It's your first day here, and people are already talkin' about you! Believe it or not, she's actually pretty popular. You da man! Heheh, this is gonna be a fun year. I can feel it!"
Namikaze Haruto reinforced something about Takeba Yukari that he'd realised last night. While she was charming and popular, as it turned out, if your life depended on her ability to lie on the spot… Well you'd better write your will now.
"So what you doing after school? Wanna hang out?"
After agreeing to walk home with his new acquaintance, Haruto finished putting his things in his bag before they left the school grounds. Before they went their separate ways a few blocks outside Iwatodai Station, Junpei pretty much talked non-stop; telling jokes, pointing out places of interest, giving advice about certain aspects of school life and generally being overexcited. Haruto had to smile, while some of the pieces of info had been useful, other pieces were useless or just plain wrong, he had enjoyed the time he'd spent walking around with his classmate. Although Junpei was an idiot there was sincerity and a touch of loneliness behind the immaturity. In some ways the teen reminded him of Ryoji.
Maybe being friends with idiots wasn't so bad after all.