A really tall guy with lean muscles and a perfectly ironed uniform folds himself in the chair beside Bahiyyih.
I stare at him even if I don't want to.
His uniform looks brand new with not even a single crease to be found in a single place. He wears his white shirt and maroon pants with the grace of wearing a tuxedo.
He is not wearing a blazer which only makes his physique more noticeable to the bare eyes.
Not that I was complaining in any means or form.
He has platinum blonde hair that is tousled just the right way. Shorter on the side and long on the top, strands falling over his forehead like it is meant to be.
His jaw, cheekbones, and nose are all angled perfectly as if someone measured them before making him.
All his features are sharp and prominent as if he is a sculpture come to life.
His skin is flawless even with the scatter of moles, and his eyes are sharp, assessing everything like he is evaluating if it's worth his time
He has that kind of lips that are always crooked a little at one end, giving the expression of a smirk. It makes him look bored and intrigued at the same time.
"You're not sitting at our usual place?" he asks as he bites into the grilled fish.
Even his voice sounds husky.
Wow.
I never thought people were meant to look this good
I mean, every guy I have encountered here has been above average, hell they have been very handsome but he looked otherworldly.
"Well, I made a new friend so I was accompanying her" she smiles sweetly at me and that is when he finally takes notice of me.
His eyes widen a little at first as if he just realized he was not just with his sister here. Then slowly, his eyes travel all over my face as if studying each and every detail with scrutiny.
I feel a little uncomfortable with his stare and the urge to fix my hair and sit properly in front of his assessment is strong.
"Hello, I am Kai" he introduces himself.
He is talking to me.
I open my mouth and then close it again. I am sure I resemble a fish.
Words, Yuri.
Words.
"I- uh â I am â My name is Yuri" I finally stutter out, my throat feeling oddly parched and the need to drink water is too much to ignore.
"You're new? So I am guessing you're one of the scholarship students this year?" he asks casually but I know it is not a casual question.
I don't understand the need to ask this question. Scholarship or not, I am a student here, am I not?
I study his face to see if he is looking down on me or if he has a sour or disgusted expression but he just looks stoic, like a sculpture.
Yuri, think straight.
"Uh yes. Yes, I am. Today is my first day" I say and Kai I assume with what Bahiyyih called him looks quizzically at her.
"She is San's friend" she emphasizes on 'friend' as she gives a meaningful look to Kai.
"Oh, now that makes much more sense" Kai sorts and eats a piece of watermelon from the fruit cup.
Bihyiy elbows him in his ribs and he spits out the fruit he was eating. He looks at her with what I can only assume to be an annoyance.
I am definitely missing a vital piece of the story.
I really did need to ask San about it later today.
"Don't mind him, Yuri. He's just cranky most of the time and he may look like this-" she waves his hands in the air in front of Kai's face and makes a disgusted expression.
"But he is okay, I assure you" she smiles apologetically.
"What do you mean to look like this? Look this good you mean? Do you know how many of your classmates would die to get my number?" he snorts and Bahiyyih flicks his forehead with her finger.
Kai rears his head back in pain and a faint pink spot appears on his forehead.
"Don't you dare add my classmates to your list of rendezvous" Bahiyyih warns with her fork in direct of Kai?
"You're a bitch" Kai mutter and rubs his forehead.
"And you're a manwhore" Bahiyyih retorts back.
I just sit opposite them as I play the part of a spectator to this conversation.
To say I am feeling uncomfortable would be an understatement but I don't know if I should leave unannounced.
I mean she did offer to stay with me so I should at least tell her before leaving right?
Just as I am contemplating this both the siblings stare in my direction as if for a second they forgot I was there. I just pass them a forced smile, hoping to mask how uncomfortable I feel.
"I am so sorry you have to witness that. To say I am embarrassed of my brother would be an understatement" Bahiyyih says and Kai shoves her lightly.
"No, it's okay. I have a younger brother so I know how it is between siblings" I shrug.
"Oh really? Does he go to Royals High too?" she asks and I shake my head.
"No. I am the first in my family to get into Royals High" I speak honestly. I wait for her to change her expression or look down on me but she doesn't. She just smiles at me.
As for her brother sitting beside her, he is as stoic as ever. I don't know what he is thinking.
Silence bestows upon us like a veil and I don't know what to say any further to fill the void.
Thankfully Bahiyyih does a good job at that.
"You must be really intelligent. I am not that good at school. San helped me last semester with my maths. Thank goodness for that. Otherwise, I would have definitely failed miserably" her expressions are lively and she looks like she came out of a magazine.
When I study the two siblings side by side, I realize how similar they look. They definitely won the gene pool, that's for sure.
"There you are. I have been searching all over for you. Where are the rest?" a familiar voice calls out from behind me.
"And why are we not sitting at the main table?" a tray of food with two servings of tonkatsu and 3 brownies is placed beside my seat.
I look up from the hand holding the tray to the face of a person I am actually glad to see.
"Beomgyu?" I ask and stare at him.
He mimics my surprise before a smile spreads across his face.
"Hey Yuri, what are you doing here?" he sits beside me comfortably with one leg folded underneath him on the chair.
"I uh-" I am not sure what to say right now. I am here for lunch. I mean that much is obvious. But then I am also sitting here with Bahiyyih and Kai.
"Ah, team tonkatsu" Beomgyu exclaims and raises his hand for what I can only imagine being a high-five.
I return the gesture.
"You know Beongyu?" Bahiyyih asks looking at me with sparkly eyes as if waiting for a specific answer.
Sadly I don't know what that is.
Kai stares at Beongyu with a sliver of an expression that I can't understand but am happy nonetheless that he is capable of showing expressions.
"Yeah we met in the library while she was sleeping and also drooling" Beomgyu snickers and I instantly slap his arm.
"No, I was not," I say, my face heating with embarrassment.
"Oh, you so were. If I didn't catch your name I was going to call you drool girl the next time we met" he laughs.
"Please don't" I groan.
I didn't know I was drooling. I felt like I had already embarrassed myself in front of enough people for today but the list kept on growing as the day passed.
Bahiyyih was trying to suppress a laugh and Kai had an expression that was closely resembling a snicker.
"Where are the rest?" Beomgyu asked as he shoved his face with more food than his mouth could take.
Kai gave a reply but I didn't pay attention to that because I felt my senses overwhelmed with a feeling I only got in presence of one person.
I feel his presence behind him.
I feel his stare on me before I hear his voice.
"What are you doing here?"
Shiver covers my arms and I don't dare look behind me.