<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/6/60/Matsuoka.Rin.full.1668174.jpg)</div>Name: Naoki Mizushima (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=262851.msg13011915#msg13011915)<br/>Time:  Just before school<br/>Location: Auditorium<br/>Tagging: Noticing all the traps in passing - particularly AJ<br/>Notes: Kind of out of it<br/><hr/><br/>The first day of school is usually a joyous time for most students. In Naoki's case, this year was even more of a joyride since the vast majority of his difficult classes were over and done with. He had gone to sleep the night before in a great mood - this was going to be one of the best years of his life! But he woke up in a cold sweat; he'd had one of<em>those</em>dreams again. Where he was terrified about... something. It was around him and within him and completely impossible to pin down. But he was certain enough what the cause was, even if he had gone nearly a year without having that same feeling in his sleep.<br/><br/>By the time the redhead made it to school, his mood was still low. A few of the other athletes had attempted to catch him up in conversation and he tried to be receptive but his heart just wasn't in it. He didn't bother stopping at his locker before heading to the auditorium and it made it easier to stay with the rowdy boys on their way to the opening ceremony. A few of them whistled when they saw some of the bodies in feminine clothing here and there throughout the school. The 'traps' seemed like festive adornments in the otherwise mundane school setting and a slight smile crossed his lips in spite of his otherwise dismal feeling. Unlike these seeming girls, he was in the usual male uniform - some stuffy suit that got annoying before half the day was done. His only reprieve was during athletics, and thankfully that would be happening more and more for him this very year.<br/><br/>The auditorium was nearly full and echoing with various conversations and thumps and squeaks as everyone took their seats. Naoki's companions continued to ogle the feminine forms and hee and haw over various things. At one point he got an elbow in the ribs as a classmate waggled his eyebrows and motioned towards a group of them sitting together. Three warm-haired femmes sat near each other as if it were a theme and he stopped to take in their appearances for a moment while the other boy made some sort of suggestive gesture. Naoki caught it out of the corner of his eye and shook his head and moved on to a seat with a good view of the large room.<br/><br/>As if to make a point to the rude classmate, he took his eyes away from the redheaded lasses and scanned the rest of the room. He was really just trying to waste time until the staff began their welcome speeches. He wasn't really in the mood for conversation and company and all he could think of was slipping into the pool that afternoon, that is, until his eye caught the arrival of a boy with long gray hair. He seemed so familiar; how could you forget anyone with an eye patch? Naoki had definitely seen him around at some point before but it seemed like he was viewing him with new eyes - ones that found it very difficult to stop taking in every confident and commanding step. He wasn't aware that he was actively staring until a bit of an argument broke out next to him shortly before the teachers called the students to order. He sat up and shushed his friends and continued to act serious all the while sneaking the occasional glance at Akira.