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Shou took his time walking from the dorm to the school building, having convenient timing to hear the warning bell for first period start. Thankful he checked a map of the school with his schedule beforehand, he walked through the hallways and into the first period with no trouble. He spotted a couple people from the dorm, including his room mate in the back, but decided to sit up front. He might be called up more often, but at least he wouldn't have anyone in front blocking his view. Sitting close to the wall along the doors, he rested his head on his hand while he waited for the teacher to arrive.

Minori focused on is work in the classes and walked with the male between classes.He had sat next to the male in every class but music,although in music class,not sitting next to the male wasn't his choice.He had been called by the teacher to play examples and songs while he taught lessons on the board.The shy male could often be found in the music class,before school or after school,playing advanced songs on the piano or studying.In the mostly empty classroom,with only Mr.Sato to give him harsh criticisms,he comfortably sang as he played.The truth was Minori had a great singing voice that even Mr.Sato would compliment him on occasionally.However,he very shy to sing and play piano in front of the class.Whenever Mr.Sato called him to do so in front of the class,he would shyly walk up to the piano,feeling very uncomfortable to be in front of the entire class,then sing and play with his eyes closed,always silently thankful that he was skilled in piano enough to close his eyes the entire time.He looked at Haku once class was over,having sat directly in front of him in english as well.''Now it's lunch time and biology is next.....I brought twenty dollars with me.That should cover my lunch and snack...Ah.But where did you wish to go eat? I'll buy food from there as well so we can save time.'' Minori said.

So far, his score with classes was running about even. The day had started off strong with Geometry. Even though he had never been interested by it before, his strong math background and the really cool teacher made the class almost enjoyable. Math had always been a bit of a comfort. It was a constant. Two plus two would always equal four. Formulas might look mysterious and rambling but were really just a neat and orderly progression of operations. It was simple, straightforward. He liked that.

Then came the heretofore low point of the day, Music. The teacher was really kind of a b*****d. Gavin could care less about music class and they guy seemed like he didn’t have time for anyone that wasn’t a musical prodigy. Plus, Gavin was fairly certain he saw the scuff when he had been asked if he played an instrument and his answer was ‘guitar’. Apparantly that was a little less ‘Junior Symphony Orchestra’ than the guy wanted to hear. Not that Gavin cared. Music wasn’t a core requirement, just an elective (not that he ‘elected’ to take it. His father had insisted on structuring his schedule for him).

English was where things had broken even. The class was boring, though the teacher was cute. She was sweet and wanted to help the students. Even though English wasn’t his best subject (he didn’t mind reading but there was usually just so much homework), he didn’t foresee a problem passing the class. The biggest issue with the class, it was the last one before lunch and his ability to focus was dwindling away. He needed to get out of there for a while before he started climbing the walls.

None too soon, the bell rang and everyone jumped up to head for the cafeteria. However, walking out of the classroom, Gavin headed in the opposite direction. They had enough time before Bio for him to go to the café down the street for lunch. He needed to get off campus for a little while. Weaving his way through the hallways, he was already feeling better as the people thinned out and he was alone heading toward a now deserted wing of the school.

But up ahead, around the corner, he heard a sharp bang into lockers and a cruel snicker. He might not have gone to regular school before, but he wasn’t a stranger to bullies. Granted growing up as a big, well formed kid, he usually intimidated would-be bullies enough that he was left alone. But he had seen the smaller and weaker or different and quiet being preyed upon. Rolling his eyes, he turned the corner, prepared to see a little guy being hoisted up by his underwear or picking up strewn papers off of the floor. Instead, he saw three guys surrounding Rin, closing on her with snide remarks and enough threat in their stances to have Gavin dropping his bag and sprinting down the hall.

They were so concentrated on their prey that they didn’t hear Gavin coming until it was too late. The bigger guy (though none of them were as big as him) that was calling Rin a freak seemed to be the leader. Gavin had went straight for him. Before the guy realized what was happening. Gavin had grabbed his wrist from behind and twisted it behind his back, slamming him into the lockers, locking his wrist locked in the painful twist. The other goon that was closest spun at Gavin only to get a swift jab to the throat that dropped him to the ground. The next one lunged forward swinging for Gavin’s face. It was a matter of leaning back away from the punch, though he didn’t release his hold on the leader in the least, before leaning back in and jabbing the second one with another quick punch to the throat. The two goons were both on their knees heaving as their larynxes spasmed and coughing painfully as their breath came back. They were fine, though it might hurt to swallow for the next few days.

The leader was pounding on the lockers with his free hand, ”Damn it! Your breaking my arm!”

”Does it make you feel like a big man to pick on a little girl? How small does your d**k have to be to give you that kind of insecurity?” Gavin was nearly growling at him, as he twisted the wrist a degree more, making the guy cry out. ”Apologize.” The leader just continued to pant into his pain. ” APOLOGIZE!” Gavin thundered.

The guy finally found his voice. ”I’M SORRY! I’m sorry! So sorry-Jesus ********! PLEASE!”

Gavin let him go fast, pushing him to the side as he did, ”Get the hell out of here.” The leader took off, his two goons recovered enough to get up and run after him down the hallway and out of sight. Regardless of how bad the guys arm hurt, it was fine. It would be sore for a day or two, but he was fine. It didn’t take much pressure or injury to subdue an attacker.

As they disappeared around a corner, Gavin turned back to Rin. ”You okay? Did they hurt you?” He couldn’t help but remember how she had reacted when he had touched her back to steady her the night before. Being attacked by three guys in the hall had to be worse. Or maybe she thought Gavin was even scarier. It suddenly occurred to him that she might be even more scared of him after seeing what he did to the bullies. Growing up on bases in the military lifestyle, learning how to defend yourself was something that started at a young age and he didn’t think twice about it.

Rin was just a slight girl and he knew that something, physical or sexual abuse most likely, had happened to her in her past. He couldn’t help but feel a little bit ‘big brotherly’ about her. Especially since she was his roommate.

Where: Cafeteria

Walking into the cafeteria, Ryu took a look around and after getting his food, he went to an empty table off to the side. Sitting down, Ryu shifted through the contents of his backpack before taking out a book. It was a horror story that he had gotten shortly before coming to this school. Horror was his favorite genre though some people found it a bit odd, it always set him at ease. After taking a bite, Ryu flipped the page over before taking a look around the cafeteria. It was pretty different then any of the ones he had been in before, and him and Rin had been in quite a few.

Noticing a small group out of the corner of his eye looking at him, Ryu turned spotting three boys who seemed like they had just gotten beat up. Guess some things don't change no matter where you go he thought to himself. Something in the boys eyes confused him for a moment, they seemed confused and scared, before they quickly turned and walked off. Ryu quickly shrugged it off, being albino tended to draw attention and some people found it a bit odd.

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Rin felt herself shaking, flashbacks drawing up in her mind, she wanted to run but the boys stood in the way and Rin felt to scared to move. The leader of the group started to move towards her a hand out to grab her, tightly closing her eyes and turning her head away a bit, before the sound of lockers banging drew her attention. Looking at where the noise had come from, she spotted the boy, face flat against the lockers, Gavin appearing to be breaking his arm. The other two tried to help their pinned comrade only to get the wind completely knocked out of them as Gavin punched their throats. ”APOLOGIZE!” Gavin's loud voice snapped Rin a bit out of her shocked state.

Moments later the three ran off and Gavin spoke softly to her. Looking up at her giant savior, Rin gave a small nod before she wiped her eyes, a small trickle of blood running down from the side of her head that had hit the locker. Rin grabbed lightly onto Gavin's arm as she tried to stop her shaking body and not wanting for him to run off before she found her voice to speak. Hearing another voice pop up, Rin tensed a bit thinking that one of the bullies had come back. She relaxed a bit once the boy didn't seem to pose a threat. "Gavin... thank you..." she spoke quietly trying to hide the shaking of her voice. Sure to other people, after seeing something like that, they would be terrified of the man, but to Rin he was a friend, a protector, something not a lot of people, besides Ryu, would do for her.