The dark sedan skipped over a bump in the road as it pulled up to the gates of Yamaku Academy, the driver, a portly middle aged woman from the Child Protection Agency, distracted by her very one sided conversation with the two youths sitting in the back. Nozomi was too shy to provide the woman with any real diversion and Hakuya just flat out ignored her. He stared uncaringly out the car window, not even seeing the passing scenery, only turning his attention into the vehicle when his sister managed to muster the courage to say a few quiet words in response to the woman's endless verbal diarrhea. He would look at the girl sitting next to him and squeeze her hand reassuringly before returning his gaze to the window, his face falling back into the perpetual scowl that he wore so often nowadays.

Finally they had arrived and Hakuya stepped out of the sedan, not even waiting for the woman to open the door for them, and help his sister out. The first thing Nozomi noticed was the smell. They had grown up in the city and the clean mountain air of Yamaku was a jarring change, but a pleasant one. The social worker hurried them through the gates and towards the main buildings, making small exclamations about how nice the place looked and how she was sure they'd like it here. Hauya didn't care. As long as Nozomi was with him, her small hand clasped in his, he didn't care what kind of place the school was.

The hand over was all very rushed, papers signed and stamped, and then the woman was off back to her sedan as the twins were guided through the building by a faculty member whose name Hakuya had failed to take notice of. The staff member lead them up to the second floor, to a specific door and told them to wait there until their teacher, a man named Mutou, called for them to enter and introduce themselves. Faced with the prospect of standing up in front of a room full of strangers, Nozomi had quivered nervously and clutched her brother's arm. "H-Haku-nii, I don't want to do this..." She said uncertainly, staring with sightless eyes. Hakuya turned to his sister, his scowl giving way to a gentle smile as he placed a reassuring hand on her head, tousling her hair a little. "Don't worry Nozomi. just leave everything to me, ok?" The girl seemed be somewhat reassured by his words and they settled in to wait, the scowl once again clouding Hakuya's face as he stared at the opposite wall.
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Once Mutou had handed out his assignments and assigned the groups, he stood staring at the mess of papers on his desk, feeling like he was forgetting something. He pushed some of the less relevant papers aside and found what he was looking for, the memory coming back to him the moment he glanced at the sheet. The memo informed him of the new transfer students that would be arriving today, and he'd let it slip his mind. With a sigh he coughed to get the classes attention and appologised for the interruption. "It slipped my mind before, but it seems that we'll be getting a few transfer students joining the class today. they're probably waiting outside now, so please be sure to make them feel welcome." He strolled over to the door and slid it open, finding two youths waiting outside, and beckoned for them to enter.

Hakuya squeezed his sister's hand to let her know it was time to move and lead her into the classroom, moving to stand at the front as the teacher directed. Nozomi couldn't see anyone, but she could feel all the eyes that were upon her and she stepped back, almost hiding behind her brother. "Please introduce yourselves." Mutou prompted after the silence had dragged on for a few seconds, and Hakuya looked out at the rest of the class, studying them with a baleful expression. Finally he cleared his throat and spoke, his tone curt and almost resentful, seemingly wanting to get through this a quickly as possible.

"My name is Kochizuki Hakuya. this is my sister, Kochizuki Nozomi. We're both sixteen years old." He turned to look at the teacher. "Is that all?" Mutou cleared his own throat a little awkwardly and nodded. "Yes that should be sufficient. Please take any free seats you can find and if you have any question, don't hesitate to ask your classmates." Hakuya didn't bother responding to this and simply lead Nozomi over to a pair of empty desks that were side by side. He gently helped her into one and dragged the other closer to her side before sitting down.