Kamenashi Kazuya knew that his world was going to change the after that confrontation with the infamous Akanishi Jin. The red note he found in his locker the next day confirmed that. 

“Red note! Red note!!” some random guy yelled as he ran down the halls of Hanatoko Academy, “ 
Kamenashi Kazuya from Year 2 Class C received a red note!” That irritating voice echoed down the halls. 

Surprisingly, no one came running out of their classrooms like before, so Kazuya just took his books from his locker before slamming shut, leaving the damned red note in it. It was only when he returned to his classroom that he realized that his desk was missing. 

“That guy sure asked for it, trying to get away with spilling things on Jin.” Takizawa commented. Ohno looked up at him and nodded in silent agreement 

as Jin gave a smirk of satisfaction. All of them knew that by the end of the day, that runt would be as good as gone. 

Clenching his fist tightly, Kazuya bit back the urge to scream as he ran out of the classroom, right pass Nishikido at the door. Just as he thought, his desk was placed in the dispose pile in the deserted corner of the school on the first floor. Sighing, Kazuya placed his bag and lunchbox in a corner before trying to lift the desk up from its lopsided position. 

Suddenly, he felt a load of slimy and cold objects hit him from above and realized that someone had just emptied a rubbish bin on him from the second floor. He looked up and glare at those students, only to get the rubbish bin thrown towards him, from which luckily he narrowly escaped from. 

“These guys are out to kill me.” Kazuya mumbled under his breath as he swept a cold piece of banana peel off his shoulder. 

School time was passing by extremely slowly when he was a victim of those brats. During Literature class, he had to bear with paper balls thrown at him and the constant snickering from his classmates. Suddenly it seemed like everyone, no matter if he knew them or not, was his enemy. When it was finally lunchtime where everyone took a break from bullying him, Kazuya sighed in relief as he found a quiet corner in school to sit down. 

From the corner of his eyes, he caught sight of Nishikido making his way to the cafeteria. 

“Ah! Nishikido…” Kazuya called out, hoping that perhaps his only friend would be on his side. But Nishikido merely looked at him for a moment, before making his way anxiously towards another direction. 

Stunned by the other’s behaviour, Kazuya looked in Nishikido’s direction for another second, and the next thing he knew, he was drenched in cold water, dumped on him from behind. 

“I see… even your best friend has dumped you…” A scrawny boy whom Kazuya recognized as one of the greatest supoorters of F4, Shibutani Subaru taunted at him, “You were at eyesore from the very beginning.” Kazuya noticed that Shibutani was followed closely by his own ‘henchmen’, Koyama and Kato. The three were infamous for causing trouble to those who go against them or F4. 

“How could you, a poor little commoner wretch, come into Hanatoko Academy?” Koyama sneered, supporting his leader. 

“Just pack up and get lost!” Shibutani scoffed and shoved Kazuya aside; laughing as he walked away in arrogant strides, Koyama and Kato followed him, not forgetting to kick Kazuya in the shins as they walked past him. Cursing, Kazuya limped slightly to the hidden stairs, where he knew no one would find him.

As he slumped himself on the stairway heavily, Kazuya was almost in tears as he mumbled a chain of swear words under his breath.

“How could this happen to me? I’m a Kamenashi! How can the mighty turtle pear lose out just like that?” Kazuya thought to himself angrily. The more he thought of it, the angrier he was and the more his tears threaten to fall down his cheeks. 

“Stop…” a voice came from the other end of the stairway. “ …it, please.” The words came with almost mocking familiarity. Kazuya slowly turned round the corner to find Yamashita Tomohisa lying down at the other end of the stairway. 

“Please don’t cry here.” The other man said as he got up, “ Can’t you find somewhere else to relieve your stress?” 

“Ah…” Kazuya gasp slightly with realization, “ You heard everything?” 

“Sorry,” Yamashita mumbled as he kept his eyes on his book, “ … but this emergency stairway is my spot.” 

“Eh?” Kazuya let out another incoherent sound. 

“I like it here.” Yamashita looked up at him this time, “ And I don’t like to be disturbed.” With that, he looked back down at his book.

There was an awkward silence as Kazuya stared at disbelief at what Yamashita just said. Silently, he bowed, and limped slowly up the stairs.

“But… I guess you need this more than I do.” Yamashita raised his voice so that Kazuya could hear him. 

With that, he left the stairway, brushing past Kazuya slightly. For a second, Kazuya thought that this guy might not be as rotten as the other three. 

TO BE CONTINUED...

Jin: (runs to Kame after the fanfiction finished filming) Kazu-baby! What did they do to you! I swear I would murder whoever did this to you! 

Kame: It’s alright, dear, it is part of the script. 

Jin: Well, the script writer deserves to die for putting you through this. 

Author: *Ahem* You did agree to play the roles in the script! 

Jin and Kame: That is because you said that there will be a kiss scene! 

Jin ( hugs Kame at the waist ) : Aww… Kazuya, if you want a kiss, you can always ask

Kame ( Blushes) : Well… I thought… It’ll be better if… it’s on screen. 

Jin (flails) : Kyaa! Kazuya is blushing! Cho kawaii!