✧Sasuke✧

"Hey, "I jump and bang my head on the bottom of my bed when I hear the voice of my roommate.

"Ow…" I mutter grabbing my head in pain.

"Sorry about that Sasuke," He apologizes. Wait I know that voice. I back out from under my bed. "T-Toshiro, y-you're my roommate," I stutter.

"Yep. I'm surprised that you never asked me what my dorm number was," He smiles and shut the door behind him.

"I should have figured that dad would stick me in the same dorm as you. Other than Liz you're the only other person that likes me here. That’s what it feels like anyways," I sigh and hop up on to my bed. Considering that everyone says that I can get away with stuff because my father is the principal for now till the actual principal comes back from having his knee surgery. "Where were you this morning when I got here anyway?" I ask.

"I went for a swim in the school pool," He answered. Now that he said something I could smell a faint scent of chlorine on him even from across the room. But the room isn't all that big so it's not surprising.

"Did you take a shower after you got out of the pool?" I ask tipping my head a bit to the left.

"No, why can you smell the chlorine?" He asks doing the same thing but to the right to copy me.

"Yea, I bit, but not much," I chuckle putting up my left hand.

"I just kind of rinsed off in the locker room," He replied.

"Did you forget your shampoo and what not here?"

"No, I just don't like taking showers in the locker room,” He brought his arm up to his nose and focused on his arm.

"Is that pool heated I haven't been in it yet," I sat on my feet as I looked over at him. It was actually closed off last year because they were putting the new pool in. The swim team had to use the local pool instead. But even when we had the old pool I still got out of swimming.

"Yea it's heated, more than likely that's what we're going to be doing in the winter is swimming," Shiro smiled at me moving his arm from in front of his face to his hip.

"Is winter your favorite season?" I question tipping my head to the left as I look at him.

It feels that being his roommate it’s actually a lot easier to ask him these questions then if we were sitting in my room at my house. It’s probably because of having mom and dad downstairs they could easily listen in on our conversation.

"It is," He laughed a little, "You probably think it's stupid because I'm an elemental of ice," He rubbed the back of his head and with his pale skin the blush on his face really stood out as he looks away from me.

"No it’s fine, my favorite season is fall," I told him.

"That's interesting I thought it would be summer," He commented.

“I guess it’s because I’m already hot and fall brings cooler weather. Though the heat doesn’t bother me. I’m just tired of having to act as it does,” I shrug and went back under my bed to finish pushing stuff against the wall.

“That’s naturally from having fire as your base element. Can I ask you something?”

I came back out from under my bed and Toshiro was sitting on his own bed. I sat on mine, “Shoot.”

“What did it feel like when your abilities took in my ice element?” He asked.

I tipped my head, “But, you still have your element don’t you? I didn’t take it from you did I?” I asked panicking in a little.

Toshiro laughed and shook his head, “No, no, you didn’t take my powers.”

“Thank god.” I sigh in relief. “But, how it felt…it felt like there were icicles that were running up my arm and then spread through my body.”

“Oh wow. Do you think that every time you get a new element it’ll feel different?” He sounds so interested in my abilities.

“I’m not too sure. Since I’m not actually a moon elemental, but now I have to figure out how to deal with being a moon elemental on top of a prodigy,” I sigh and my shoulders slump and I look up at Shiro, “But, when I focus I can feel the ice with my fire. I just don’t know how to switch to my other element.”

“We could go for a walk and go talk with your dad about how you can switch between them.” Toshiro offered as a suggestion.

“We can go tomorrow. I’m sure that mom and dad would like some time to themselves. It’s been a while since I’ve been out of the house for a night,” I chuckled shaking my head a little bit.

“Alright," It fell silent between us and me laid down on the bed but continued to look at Toshiro.

“Can I call you Shiro?” I suddenly ask.

Toshiro blinked at me surprised and then a smile spread across his lips and he laughed a little, “Sure, that’s fine with me.”

“So how long have you been at the academy in Amoura?” I ask not wanting it to become quiet between us again.

“Oh, you’re not allowed to start in the academy until your sixteen, but I was brought to Amoura when I was like five or six, the Grim family took me in and that’s where I became friends with Kyo and his little brother Jason.”

“Is it common for people who already live in Amoura to take in other kids who are brought here at a young age?" I asked slipping my arm under my head.

He nodded and leaned back on his hands, “It is yes. There are foster homes for kids but there are families that will take kids home so they don’t have as many kids to deal with. I was one of those kids who was quickly taken in by another family. Mostly because of being the ice prodigy a lot of the kids were afraid of me,” He explained.

“How did you find out about your powers?” I wanted to know more about him. If we were going to be roommates, we might as well get to know more about each other.

“That’s the weird thing. My parents both had dark hair so they were confused as to how I had white hair. So I must have had my abilities since I was a baby. My first time I actually found out about my powers is when I was picking flowers with my mom and I just froze the flowers that I was holding. That’s when my cold body temperature really kicked in and I was frosting pretty much everything I touched,” Shiro said. “I wasn’t allowed to even touch my baby brother when he was born. My parents didn’t want me to hurt him. And well, you know the rest.”

"Oh, wow…that really sucks. That's no way to treat your son,” I mumble my face clearly showing how I wasn’t happy with what he told me.

“Well both my parents were human so I don’t blame them for being so scared of my powers,” Shiro sighs a little depressed.

I threw my pillow at him and it hit him right in the face, “Cheer up. It’s not the end of the world. You’re here now right. You’ve grown up so much since then that I’m sure that your parents would be very proud of how well you can control your abilities.” I told him. My pillow fell down to his lap and he blinked shocked at me, “You’re not being depressed on my watch. That’s the past. Don’t live in it. If we all lived in the past we wouldn’t get anywhere. You’re here with dad because dad trusts you and believes in your abilities to be able to help him with whatever you have to do,” I continued and couldn’t help but smile at him and run my fingers through my hair to pull some of my bangs out of my eyes just to have them fall back in pace once more.

Toshiro finally smiled a little and looked down at the pillow that was on his lap, “Thank you Sasuke…You seem to know what to say when I need it.”

I rolled onto my back and looked up at the ceiling and put my hands behind my head, “Well someone needs to kick you in the ass from time to time.” I comment chuckling a little.

“The kicking in the ass part is usually Kyo’s job,” He laughed lightly, “Kyo’s not all that great at giving advice. He means well but, sometimes he just says things wrong, or at the wrong time. You can be blunt and very straightforward when it comes to a thing, but you mean well and you have a caring nature with the words you choose. You want to help and I really thank you for that,” He smiled wide at me with pure happiness in his expression, “Thank you Sasuke. I don’t think I could ask for a better friend than you and Kyo."

I smiled back at him and sat up on my bed, “Your welcome, now give me back my pillow.”

We both started laughing and he tossed my pillow back over. Shiro and I decided to go for a walk on the cross-country trail to get some fresh air.

“How long has your dad been the principal here?” Shiro asked as we entered the trail.

“Just this year actually. Principal Wolfe had back surgery in July and since dad was qualified for the position and Wolfe and him are good friends he asked dad to take his place till he was allowed to come back to work.” I explain.

"That makes sense. It also kinda explains why he wanted me to come with him,” Shiro answers crossing his arms over his chest.

“What is it exactly that dad wanted to you to come here? Don’t you have schooling that you’re missing at the academy?” I ask tipping my head a bit at him.

“I am missing some work, but it’s not as much as you would think. Doing something like this is called a mission on Amoura. When you’re given a mission you are excused from your classes and given an extension on whatever work you may miss while you’re away. This also counts for if a loved one that’s here on earth has passed and you need to go and be with your family.” Shiro said shrugging the smile never leaving his lips.

“But if it’s a mission can’t those take weeks or months to finish?” I ask a bit confused, “That’s a lot of school work that you’ll have to make up.”

Toshiro though shook his head, “There’s a time difference between here and Amoura actually.”

“Really?” now he lost me.

“Mhm,” Toshiro nodded as we rounded a turn on the trail, “For every five years that pass here only one pass in Amoura."

“Why is that?” That’s completely confusing. Why would there be such a huge difference in time between the two realms?

“It’s actually explained in the history of Amoura. There’s a history class that everyone has to take at Elemental Academy,” Shiro stated.

“On your left,” I look behind me when I hear a voice. It was Sean. He was in gym shorts and a tank top with running shoes on.

I moved closer to Shiro so Sean had plenty of room to pass by us. Sean nicked my arm with his fist. It stung slightly but it was probably from the momentum that he had when he passed by. I could have sworn I saw a slight smirk on his face, “Thanks,” He said simply and continued running past us. He was going slow at least so I’m not going to chase after him and tell him that he had to slow down.

“I didn’t know that he ran on the trail,” Shiro comments as we continue our walk.

“Dad said he’s joining the swim team so he’s probably running to make sure he stays in shape. Before he left in middle school he would always drag me to his swimming meets and a few times he tried to get me to join the swimming club he was a part of," I answered smiling at the memories. Though I’ve never been a good swimmer. In fact, I can’t really swim at all. I just can’t really get everything to function right so I can go forward in the water. I can sink quite well though.

“So what happened between you two? You two don’t seem to really enjoy each other’s company anymore by the looks of it,” He mentions.

"Yeah. For some reason, Sean had to move away in middle school. He never told me why he just told me he had to go. We didn't talk or try to get in touch with each other after he left so we did what anyone does when they move. We drifted apart…I just didn't think that we would have drifted so much." I replied rubbing my left arm and looking down at the ground.

"That would make sense, but if you two were good friends then I feel like the two of you shouldn't have drifted so far apart. Even with physically being apart from each other." Shiro said.

“I’ll see if I can’t get him to talk with me and see what’s up.” I sigh giving in.

“Good. That would really suck if you two lost what sounds like a good friendship.” Shiro smiled down at me a little as we exited the cross-country trail.

“So can I help you out with your mission?” I ask a bit curious.

“Of course. I’m supposed to be on the lookout for elementals. So any elementals that may not know they are elemental. There are usually certain signs that people give off when they are elemental. Like if they are trying to pull themselves away from others because they don’t want to hurt them or be considered a freak. They are small hints but not everyone’s the same,” He explained.

"Okay, hopefully, I can be some help with that then,” I nod taking mental notes on what Toshiro told me.

“Thank you for helping me out. With another set of eyes that will be very helpful,” Shiro said.

“Friends help friends out. Your welcome Shiro,” I nod with a smile back and then my stomach growls really loud and I felt my face heat up as I grab my stomach.

Toshiro laughed lightly, “I’ll take that as let’s go get some food.”

“That’s embarrassing,” I laugh sheepishly as we head to the cafeteria to get some food.