Chapter 4: Transfer
Red flower High school. It was one of the best schools in the entirety of Japan, a gathering of all kind of elites and rich second and third generations from famous families right in the heart of Tokyo.
Today, high school class 2 - C was particularly buzzing with enthusiasm and excitement.
"Did you hear? We are having a new transfer student coming in from America!" Someone whispered.
The girls were particularly excited, for the news had already spread out about the transfer student being a boy. The boys were somewhat sullen and disappointed, though they too were curious about this new student.
At this moment, the home room teacher arrived along with a relatively tall, brown haired young man, whose eyes had a smile hidden within them. He carefully turned his gaze around the room, examining his classmates until his gaze landed on a particular person, lingering for slightly more than a moment before turning away.
The teacher introduced that this was a new transfer student who had entered through a country student exchange program.
The boy with brown hair bowed amd then spoke in extremely fluent japanese. "Hello everybody, my name is Red Niles. I came to japan to learn about the wonderful culture and people and to make some great and interesting friends. I am not well versed in the traditions, so I apologize if I unknowingly behave rudely. I hope I can be friends with all classmates."
After saying this he flashed a bright smile that melted the hearts of the students. He immediately got a round of applause.
"Wow, your japanese is so good! If I were closing my eyes, I wouldn't believe you aren't japanese!" One girl laughed.
The guys too were nodding, they appreciated the friendly demeanor exuded by this transfer student who was called Red.
The teacher nodded appreciatively. This young man seemed to really have an understanding of japanese etiquette and was adequately polite and friendly. She turned and found an empty seat behind the person on whom Red's gaze slightly lingered on earlier.
"Red, you can sit behind Yui." The teacher said. Red nodded and made his way to the seat. He began introducing himself and talking to the students around him, making a buzz.
"Hello, may I know your name?" Red asked the girl sitting in front of him.
"I'm Yui. Nice to meet you." She replied politely, but her voice was cold and aloof.
Red nodded with a smile and understood the signal that she didn't want to talk any further, backing off. He wasn't stupid, she was his target, but he wasn't in a rush.
Red's desk mate was a girl named Rin. She looked at Red apologetically. "Red, please don't mind Yui. She has been that way to everyone. The only one who she talks sweetly to is her boyfriend, Goutou, who is sitting there.
Red saw a muscular, but very charming and innocent looking boy who was dreamily looking at Yui and noticed Yui smile back equally charmingly.
Red simply smiled. Stealing wasn't fun without a challenge!
During break time, several students surrounded Red asking him about his past.
"Where did you study before this Red?" A guy asked him curiously.
"I have been studying around the world to be honest. Before this I was studying in a school in New York for the past couple of years." Red replied with a smile.
"How did you think of coming to Japan?" Rin asked.
"One of my parents best friends are from japan. I frequently visited Tokyo and fell in love with the culture and the people. I spent a lot of time learning the language!" Red laughed while recollecting the bio Agent L had handed out to him.
"Do you want to try my bento?" Someone asked.
"Of course! How can I reject such a beautiful bento?" Red charismatically replied.
In front of him, Yui was quietly sitting, not interacting with Red at all. Instead, Goutou had shyly come and sat beside her, sharing his bento and talking to Yui. However, Red's words were still passively heard by the two.
"Should we greet him? He is trying to be friendly with everyone but we are ignoring him?" Goutou asked Yui.
Yui smiled like a sweet lily and pinched Goutou's thigh. "Who cares about him, I just want to be with you."
After the break was the physical training period and all the students had rushed to the track, to run around in circles.
"I want you all to run 10 laps! Run, not walk! Do you get it!" The teacher roared.
Many students grumbled and a few of the otakus types began crying about the unfairness of this world.
"Stop wasting time and give me a run!" The teacher roared in rage. Finally even the reluctant ones stepped onto the track and after a whistle everyone began running.
Soon the class segregated into three groups. Those that crawled, those that maintained a stamina and those that rushed out quickly.
Red was calmly jogging the the central group. Beside him, Rin, the innocent bob cut haired girl was running with her all. Red was calmly jogging with her and talking to her.
Not too far from her was Yui who was also pacing herself, however her gaze was on Goutou. His steps were strong and stable. He was rapidly rushing ahead of all the other students, while he winked at Yui.
Meanwhile Red was encouraging Rin and even advising her to straighten her posture.
"Straighten your back, take appropriate sized steps, and take in slow breaths instead of rapid ones." Red calmly advised.
Rin nodded and tried to follow Red's instructions and surprisingly found it to help her stamina. Yui threw a glance to her side to see Rin's posture and raised an eye.
The teacher saw Red and nodded. "New boy, good advise. But why aren't you running? Did I tell you to casually jog? Give me a run!"
Red was dumbfounded. Why was this teacher so hardcore. He was trying to be lowkey here. He shrugged and improved his speed gradually, waving Rin to continue at her own pace.
Then he slowly accelerated, gradually surpassing most of the students, however, it still looked like he was jogging in a breeze. There was not a hint of sweat on him.
Red's actions and the teacher's shout brought everyone's attention on Red and when they saw him overtaking everyone calmly with a smile, they were dumbfounded.
"Ha... the transfer student has good genes!"
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