I fluttered my eyelids as the bright glare of the sun came in through my window. I shielded my eyes from its blaze, a tried to go back to sleep. However, once I'm awake, it's nearly impossible for me to fall back into a deep slumber. I lay there, casually resting my eyes, when I heard a voice. "Akiko! It's nearly 7 o'clock, and you have to be on the bus by five last seven!" I leapt out of bed quicker than a bolt of lightning. I dressed myself in my school uniform before rushing out the front door, bag in hand. Seiichi followed directly behind me. I hightailed down the pavement, my short brown hair bouncing on my shoulders. After an incident where I ended up passing the bus stop, but we managed in the end. I boarded the bus, and allowed myself to fall back into the hard leather seat, and let out a sigh of relief. There were a few other boys and girls in my new schools uniform. The girls uniform was resembled a sailor uniform and the guys wore nice black pants with a navy blue blazer overtop of white button up shirts.

The bus came to a gradual stop, and the other high school students began to pile out. Seiichi grabbed my hand, and pulled me out of the bus before the doors shut. My cheeks felt a little red, as we walked towards the main entrance. All the students were removing their shoes and putting on some indoor shoes to wear inside the building. Seiichi groaned. "When I was studying on exchange, I forgot that we had all these strict rules. Oh well, I'm going back on a plane in a fortnight!" He went and rejoined his old group of friends, who were overjoyed at his sudden arrival back. I smiled in his direction, before joining the crowd of first years to get to our class. It was class 1 -- 3. Perfect. Although it was furthest from the lockers, it had an excellent view of some of Kyoto's famous sights. A girl slouched in, and slid into her seat next to me. She cleared her throat loudly, to get my attention. I pretended to to notice. "Ahem!"
Now I looked her directly in her eyes. She mouthed these exact words.

"Stay away from Seiichi."

((She had a different uniform to us. This is her!))