{Open} A New Start

"Alright then lets go to the....."
Where would be a good palace next... he thinks to himself
"Ummm.... the classroomss...."

"A-Alright, sounds good to me." Mizo replied as he followed Yuuji to their next destination.

He motions for the groups to follow before asking
"What room did you get Mizo?"

"Uhh...it l-looks like...like it's L25." he replied to Yuuji's question after checking the sheet of paper he'd been given.

Rachel, having remained mostly silent,clings onto Yuuji. "Um... Yu-kun, who are your friends here?"

Yuuji nods
"Not bad your a couple floors above me." He says chuckling
'Um... Yu-kun, who are your friends here?'
"Huh?"
He says confused, looking at her
"You mean Mizo And Chiharu?"

Chiharu looks over and gives a quick wave to rachel while slightly raising her eyebrows.

"You mean Mizo And Chiharu?"
Mizo put his hand up in a motionless wave and says "H-Hello, I'm M-Mizo Takameshi. It's...It's nice to meet you." to Rachel.

Rachel, still wary of strangers, cowers behind Yuuji. "Yu-kun... could I maybe talk to you in private?"

He raises an eyebrow and nods
"S-sure..."
he looks at Chiharu and Mizo
"Sorry guys but I-I'll be right back."

"O-OK...No problem."
"Did I say something wrong?...I must of" Mizo wondered to him self as that worried look spread across his face again.
"I just wanna disappear." his mind was returning back to his default reaction, one of things he'd been so determined to change.

"So, while we are waiting..."
Chiharu shifts her weight and turns toward Mizo.
"uhm... where do you hail from?"

Mizo took a second to answer.
"Ummm...well...I'm...I'm from Miyoshi, in the Saitama p-prefecture, and you?"

"Oh, I actually lived a ways just south of there in Tokyo, small world huh?"

"Yeah...I guess it is."
Mizo stood there with Chiharu in silence for a moment then asked
"Umm...so, what...uhh...what kind of hobbies do you enjoy?"

Chiharu looks off into the distance as she contemplates her answer, then also while she is answering as well.
"Cooking, playing Piano, video games, Research. I guess we have that last one in common. but yeah really, I usually just do whatever I feel like at the time."

"I see" Mizo simply replied.
"I never really got into...uhh...video games, or playing any...m-musical instruments. I have been interested though, and it's...It's really neat that you can cook, I think at least. I c-can't cook at all." he said after a moment.

Chiharu looks back over to mizo as she playfully questions his last comment.
"What do you mean you can't cook? All it is throwing a bunch of stuff that you think tastes good together, heating it up, and hoping it comes out alright, maybe a bit of tweaking here and there with seasoning and such, but really there's not much to it. have you even ever tried?"

"No, I guess I h-haven't. I...I suppose I could try some time...maybe...maybe you could give me some p-pointers?" Mizo asked.

"Well first off, you could try just making some rice, start out simple. The internet has a plethora of recipes if you feel like just following instructions, aaand.. hmm...."
Chiharu take on a somewhat pensive look before she explodes with a certain intensity as she remembers something.
"OH! Never, ever, ever, EHver. Put water into boiling oil... Ever."
She then lightens up again .
"Keep those things in mind and you should be fine, trust me."

"O-Ok...that sounds simple enough...though...I wonder...do you know if Yama...." Mizo sort of trailed off as if starting a thought but not actually finishing it, and just sort of started staring straight ahead. Eyes not really focused on any thing at all, his mouth hanging slightly open. It was as if his brain had shut him off from the world around him.
Mizo stayed like that for about half a minuet before his eyes suddenly snapped back to attention, and he closed them tight and shook his head almost like some one would do just before stepping out of the shower to shake off any excess water. He was suddenly alert and his eyes focused again, almost like someone had flipped a switch from "ON" to "OFF" and back to "ON" again.
"Sorry, w-what was I saying?" Mizo asked.

<Is that what it looks like when I space out?>
Pausing a moment, chiharu looks at mizo with intrigue, followed by a slow blink and a shrug as she answers his question.
"You were going to ask if Yamaku offers any cooking classes, and to be honest, I have no idea. I'm about as new here as you are."

"Oh...O-OK...ummm...is...is there some thing on my f-face?" Mizo asked as he noticed Chiharu looking at him kind of weird.

Chiharu seems quite befuddled by mizo's strange question.
"No... Just a face. Is there supposed to be something on your face?"

Mizo thought about his answer carefully then said
"Well...yeah...my face should be on my face."