[h2]Ryuuto Anjou[/h2]

Ryuuto felt like a fool with his hand hanging in the air like that. Had Kenzaki-san not noticed the gesture? No, she seemed to be looking at him quite intently, and her demeanor said pretty clearly that she was [i]not[/i] the air-headed type. Maybe, then, he had made a bad first impression. Had he managed to annoy her already in those three short sentences? Or was she just a naturally rude person? Ryuuto decided to give her the benefit of the doubt and assumed that she just wanted to get out of this crowded room as much as he did, and so he followed her out without complaint. 

Once they made it outside, Ryuuto decided to make a second attempt at conversation, this time skipping cordiality and getting straight to business. He cleared his throat, opened his mouth to speak, and cut himself short once before finally deciding to speak again. "Your strength as a tuner will depend on our relationship, so it would be beneficial to take this time to learn a bit about each other. Let's start with school. What are your best subjects? Mine are Math and Science." Now that he wasn't worrying about being polite or friendly, the awkwardness in his voice was replaced with an air of formal professionalism. 

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[h2]Keiji Kojuro[/h2]

"Aww man, Mt. Fuji? I'm jealous!" Keiji took a deep breath of the fresh air once they escaped the crowded basement. It wasn't a long walk to the dorms, but Keiji moved at a leisurely pace to take in the familiar scenery. "Every year my Dad says he wants to take us there, but he can never get off of work. Hell, I barely even saw him, so I spent most of the break with my mom and my little sister. We went shopping,  got some stuff to eat, you know, the usual boring stuff people do when they can't think of anything fun." It was a funny paradox the Keiji lived in. He hated going to school because the work was annoying, and he hated being away from school because his family was boring.

"Here we are, home sweet home," Keiji said as they arrived at the dorms. Of course, their luggage was placed in front of their room, on time as always. As always... "Hey, Momo, let me run a crazy theory by you. Do you think they do a boring ceremony every year just to give people time to deliver our stuff? I sleep through it, but everybody says its the same speech every year. If it's the same speech, then they know how long it will take... exactly long enough for them to deliver our luggage. Makes sense, don't you think?" Of course Keiji didn't truly believe that was the reason for the opening ceremony; all schools had them. But, sometimes it was fun to think of the world as one big coverup, and he knew Momo wouldn't laugh at him for it.