7. Fish (1/2)

can't stop won't stop :d

-fish-

tsuna doesn't belong in a classroom.

kahiro realizes this practically the first day she becomes aware of his existence in the world. he just doesn't fit in like everyone else does, hasn't got the whole system of school life figured out in that

ain of his.

it's not like her with how she feels in her element running around outside instead of sitting in a desk for hours on end; she understands and endures the whole thing making it a mere preference of environments rather than not belonging. but for tsuna it's less of a preference, more a complete inability to live how students were meant to live.

it isn't just the lessons he can't navigate through like everyone else does, it's the rest of social requirements that come along with school life too. he's shy, somewhat socially awkward and easily beaten down by the mocking sneers of classmates. of course, his friends of his lessen the blow a little, almost forming a protective shield around the boy to shield him from his forthcomings, but it doesn't work entirely.

she can't quite sympathise with his lacking social life. kahiro's always managed to slip into friendship groups with startling ease, always been able to read social cues and react accordingly. her smiles and genuine laughter only serve to make people even more fond of her and she's got friends spanning all three year groups of both genders. she's a social creature if there ever was one.

completely different to tsuna.

it's one afternoon after school that she really sees the real difference between herself and the boy however. she's stood outside, hands in her pockets and pe kit thrown on scruffily. the football team is clearing up the field (she's meant to be helping but her muscles are aching a little from having not played football for a while) and it's then that she looks over to see a group of people walking out of the school building.

she recognizes most of them at a single glance but instead of just looking at what is before her of a surface level, she internalizes it.

on the very edge of the group walks the demon prefect with his henchman kusakabe-the latter is actually quite the sweetheart despite the rough expressions as kahiro found out during a detention where she was meant to be quiet but couldn't help striking up a conversation. a little further in walks an extremely pretty woman, who kahiro's noticed showing up randomly in their food classes, and by her side walks a two girls. she identifies one as kyoko, the beautiful school idol, but the other is unfamiliar with

own hair pulled into a ponytail and a

ight smile on her face.