Just Oblivious

Chapter One:

New Boy

It seemed like the most ordinary day in the world. I woke up, got dressed, ate breakfast, grabbed my bag and went to school. I glided into my classroom and sat in the usual place and started talking to my best friend May. She was blabbering on about the latest scandal within the school. Knowing her half of it was probably made up. I sighed and pretended to listen for her own sake. She was the only person I could have a proper conversation with. Sometimes. Not often. My whole life was studying. Well, that was what I was meant to do wasn't it? It was better to stay inside anyway. Otherwise I would get ambushed by my admirers. I didn't even know where they came from. I sighed again. Then he walked in.

Nothing like any guy I'd ever seen. He was tall and he had untidy red hair, not ginger, like the colour you see in cartoons and anime. Bright and cute. He had a girlish face and long eyelashes with pale blue eyes that I got lost in. He was amazing, dazzling and mind boggling. It was hard to believe he was actually real. That is, until I saw our teacher next to him, I knew he was real. I shook my head. I didn't have time for a guy. They were useless. Annoying. A burden to women.

“Etoile? Etoile Utori?” the teacher called, looking around.

May looked at me. Signalling that I should go. The teacher wanted me? ME?! Gathering myself together I stood up. Suddenly, the guy looked up. Our eyes met. 'Oh help!' I thought. My stomach lurched. Why was he staring? I blushed and he looked to the ground. He must have thought I liked him. I was sure he'd seen. Positive in fact.

“Come with me please Miss Utori.” the teacher said. I nodded and followed. What on earth did he want with me? I followed silently and he lead us down a small corridor and stopped to talk to us. Without thinking I almost bumped into him.

“Sorry.” I said, blushing.

The teacher re-adjusted his glasses. “Etoile, this is Yuri. He recently transferred here on short notice. And... Well... The thing is, we've decided to trust you. We know you are level headed and do not let anything make you lose balance. Plus, you are the only girl here who won't lose her head.”

I cocked my head to one side, not really getting what he was trying to say. Why did I need to know about this guy? Sure he was cute, but he would never like a girl like me. He was super natural, I was normal. I have strawberry blonde, waist length hair. I have curves in all the right places but the uniform hides that indefinitely. My eyes are probably the most interesting part of me. They are a pale blue with an outburst of bright green coming from the pupil. See? Completely normal. Anyway, I guess the rest of the girls would take advantage of the fact he was new. But not me.

“The truth is, Yuri is next in line to be the Emperor of Japan. However, he has requested to spend the remainder of his school life as a normal boy.”

My mouth fell open. What? He looked embarrassed and looked to the ground. I was standing with royalty. He looked up at my expression and then back at the ground and rubbed the back of his neck. His every movement bewildered me. Well, if he wanted to be a normal boy, I should just treat him like anyone else. I inhaled slowly and exhaled even more slowly. I could do this. No big deal.

“All we need you to do is help him find his way around and make sure no one figures out his secret. Obviously do not tell anyone. It should be fairly easy as his Mother is English and he inherited her looks. He knows the language fluently. Its hard to tell he is from Japan. But we still need your help. Will you do this for the school Etoile?” the teacher finished.

I nodded silently, taking it all in.

The teacher sighed with relief. “Thank you Etoile. I knew we could count on you! You can take the rest of the day off to show him around. I'll handle the rest.”

He left us. I took a quick glance at Yuri. He was looking still at the floor. My heart was going mad. I held my head high and signalled for him to follow me. I started walking towards the great hall, it was a good place to start.

“C-can I see your timetable.” I stuttered. What was wrong with me?

He quickly pulled it out of his pocket and handed it to me. I glanced at it quickly. We had the same classes. Great. I was the baby sitter of a future emperor. Great.

I handed it back and carried on walking. It was so awkward. I showed him around quickly not saying any more than I needed to. He never looked even a little bit interested. I sighed and wiped my forehead. We finished where we started. The great hall.

“Yeah, so that's it.” I said, finally it was over. I was glad that my heart would have some time to recover before seeing him again, but disappointed at the same time. I felt stupid because I felt like, without him, I wasn't whole, complete. I wanted to stay with him. But I knew it was impossible.

“I guess.” he said. The bell rang. I exhaled in relief. It was all over. I needed to go home.

I smiled. He looked surprised and held back a smile himself. It changed his face completely. His face looked more handsome as his cheekbones began to life a little. He soon remembered himself and blushed. That was cute, he was shy.

“I'll see you tomorrow.” I said, walking away still smiling.

I grabbed my bag back from form and started to walk home. What a day! Met a future emperor, became his babysitter and made a new record for producing the most amount of sweat from nerves. As I walked home I let my guard down for a second and before I knew it I was surrounded by guys from my year. Also from my 'fan club'. My fans get a bit obsessive. I stopped quickly.

They laughed. “Its okay Etoile. We just wanna have a bit of fun.” said one, winking. I backed away and bumped into another behind me. He put his huge hands on my shoulders. “Hehe, you don't know how long I've waited for this.” he said. It was true. When I started Secondary school I had kinda formed a 'fan club' full of most boys in the school, and even a few girls. Kinda creepy. I didn't know what they see in me. I just had to be really careful when I'm alone. Usually I had enough time to run. I could not believe I let my guard down. What could I do? Things like this did not happen in ordinary schools. Our school is kind of 'elite'. Most of the pupils are pretty rich. I won a scholarship, I told you I studied all the time. Might as well put it to good use.

Anyway, I was completely surrounded. I was so scared. I started to fall.

All of a sudden I felt strong, warm hands picking me up. I opened my eyes. No way! It was Yuri. He had somehow beaten the other guys to pulp. They were lying on the ground, unconscious. He was carrying me. Our eyes met. He blushed. I looked down.

He put me down and gave me my bag.

“Thanks.” I said.

“No problem.” he said.

'Booooriiing' I thought.

“W-what were those guys doing to you?” he asked.

I looked at him. He was actually taking an interest in something.

“They're kinda my fan club.” I blushed. “They formed it when I began at our school. I won a scholarship.” I said. He looked at me oddly.

“I never knew guys could be like that.” he said, laughing slightly.

I turned around, embarrassed. “Whatever, see you tomorrow.”

I began to walk away. He grabbed my wrist.

“I'm serious. You should be more careful. Guys like that could really hurt you.” He looked genuinely concerned. I looked into his eyes. I smiled.

“Thank you for being concerned about me. But I can take care of myself.” I walked past him. Leaving him. He stared after me a while. I wonder why.

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Just a note. You may find in the following chapters Yuri is not as shy, and can be very different. This is because he is shy when he meets others, however, after that he opens up. I love my bad boy ;]
Another note, Yuri and Etoile are both fifteen.
Happy reading ^.^
RimuMoonbeam x

updated Oct 21 '09 by RimuMoonbeam