(Tenko's pov)

I've always been weak...

All the time, my head is down. I never look up to look at anyone when I walk out in public or when I'm in class. I only look up when someone is talking to me or if I'm focusing at something in the distance.

Other than that, my head is always down.

I wonder how I haven't got a slouch yet.

I'm Tenko Chabashira, known as the weakest person in school.

I don't really get bullied anymore because most of the time it's the boys who are the bullies and they don't think it's right to bully a defenceless girl. But I do still get picked on or taken advantage of.

Daily, I have people begging me for money or for me to let them borrow something of mine and never give it back. Within 3 months of school, half of my stationary has ended missing.

I never had that many friends, only one or two friends in each school I attended. But one of my closest friends is Tori West.

He isn't really a popular person either, he's quite shy so he doesn't have much friends either.

I'm not sure about 'opposites attract' but I do know that 'similarities connect'. I guess that's how most friendships work.

However, I wish there was a way I could be popular.

I feel like you have to impress people right at the very start for you to be popular. If you mess up, you're stuck being unpopular.

But I don't know how I messed up on my first day of school, maybe there's just something about me that makes everyone hate me. Maybe it's because I style my hair weirdly or maybe it's the mole on my face...

Or maybe because everything about me is hateable.

(Miu's pov)

I've always been shy...

Shy.

If you asked any random student in my school what word would they use to describe me, I can guarantee that everyone would say 'Shy'.

I can't help but act so timid all the time, despite the way I look. But luckily for me, everyone doesn't really mind that much. Though, I do sometimes get on people's nerves when I stutter each word that comes out of my mouth.

But that doesn't I'm popular. I wouldn't consider myself to be popular or unpopular. I suppose I lean a lot more toward the unpopular side. People might not mind me but I still need to get more friends.

Not that I had that many in the first place.

However, on top of my shy personality, I'm also extremely self-conscious.

You see, I have a rather... large chest. I always hated it, it always attracts the wrong attention and makes people believe stuff about me that are not true.

Some girls would die for a body like this, but not me. I would give anything to somehow switch bodies with someone who actually wants this kind of body and will actually cherish it while I have a body that I won't feel as self-conscious as I do now.

That's why I wear such baggy sweaters, jumpers and cardigans, even in summer. I may be really hot and bothered when I wear jumpers in the hot weather, but at least I can reassure myself that I won't get any perverted looks from people.

But at school, we're only allowed to wear our school shirts. We can wear coats but they must be in our lockers during school hours. Every time I walk down a corridor, I feel like everyone is staring at me, judging and whispering, making up rumours that aren't even true.

I want it to stop.

(Tori's pov)

I've always been a pushover...

I sighed as I walked down the school corridors, people giving me a few glances before talking among their friends.

They're still not used to me. I've recently moved into Japan and started attending this school at the start of this year.

I don't blame everyone for avoiding me.

I'm pretty much the outcast of the school.

For starters, I'm not from Japan like everyone else is. I'm African American, even my name 'Tori West' indicates that I'm not Japanese. I even have this accent that if you was oblivious enough to not see that I look different, you can hear it.

Tired of the glances, I pull my black headphones that are always around my neck to my ears and press the 'on' button on my iPod before pulling my hood from my black sports sweater over my head, isolating myself from the world.

This feels like a stereotypical High School movie dilemma.

Eventually, I found one of my few friends sitting in a corner, munching on a sandwich, alone.

"Hey Tenko," I stood in front of her, dropping my school bag at my feet.

"Hi Tori," she waved at me and spoke with her mouth full, I looked away for a moment, not wanting to see what she was chewing.

"Remember what I told you, don't talk with your mouth full," I always end up having to look after Tenko, she can be a bit of a child sometimes.

"But then how can I speak to people?" Tenko asked, still chewing.

"After you swallow, I'm sure people can wait until you've finished chewing," I sighed as I sat down next to her.

I'm usually shy and timid but it's usually when I meet new people or I talk to people who I'm not familiar or used to. So I'm fine around my friends.

"Fine, Dad," Tenko joked a bit after she finally swallowed her food.

"So, where's Ryoma? I thought he would be here today,"

"He's somewhere in this school. Not sure where but he is in this school," Tenko vaguely replied

"I would guess he's in school. We're not allowed go leave until school hours end," I facepalmed.

"How else would I be able to reply then?" Tenko suddenly gave me that pouty look.

"You can say 'I don't know' I wouldn't judge,"

"How was I supposed to know that?"

"We're friends, aren't we? You can always count on me to always be there for you. I may be a pushover but I will always try my best to be there for you," I looked at Tenko in the eyes. She looked surprised for a moment but smiled.

"Thank you,"