- FUJISAWA SHIORI - late<br/><br/>School was back on. Shi was not sure how she felt about that. The holidays had been one long bore; she couldn't remember much of it. There was that convention she had managed to visit after some intense pleading with Mom, but that had been the only bright spot in the whole gloomy affair. Shi distinctly remembered wishing she was back in the dorms, attending classes and slacking off gym sessions. Now that school had started again though, she was regretting that wish. It always was like that. Miss school when on vacation, pine for vacations when in class.<br/><br/>Still, it wasn't all that bad, Shi thought, as she walked down the corridor down to 2-A. It was a whole new year starting and that was always a boost. She would very likely be singing a different tune when the teachers really started to pile it on a couple of weeks later, but right now, it was all good. She would get to sit at her favourite desk, right beside the window. She would get to flip through the new books in class, before they lost their charm and became a chore. Maybe there'd be a couple of new students and teachers to add some spice to the old school dramas. She wasn't exactly looking forward to this, but there was enough to keep her interested and not want to run away screaming.<br/><br/>She was at the door. The class was almost full. Tanaka sensei was standing in front of the blackboard. Oh geez. Shi glanced at her watch. 15 minutes fast, or so she supposed, 'cause according to it she was five minutes early. Late on the first day of school. Not a good thing. There was no way she could surreptitiously sneak in either. Sighing at her luck, Shi stood straight and cleared her throat.<br/><br/>"May I come in, Tanaka-sensei?"<br/><br/>