(open) A bright new day

[Mei Sun]

"It Started Out As A Feeling"

Mei smoothed down the soft fabric of her dark cotton school dress. It was so short compared to her usually pink and white qipao that she felt odd wearing (in her opinion) such a revealing outfit. Blushing lightly at her unusual reflection she pulled up her long woolen socks till they reached the top of her slender thighs thankfully hiding the oddly shaped flower birth mark that ruined her ivory pale slender legs.
She hummed softly as she fixed the delicate pink flower into her long dark locks of hair which hung free daintily down her back (save for the one curl that seemed almost untamable). Mei smiled lithely before she stepped out of the en-suite dormitory bathroom and danced across the room picking up her little school satchel in a quick swift movement before the young Taiwanese girl sauntered quietly out of the Dorm.

Sunlight broke through the hallway windows painting the corridors a vivid yellow. Mei smiled brightly as she pressed her nose up against the glass her chocolate brown eyes lit up with glee at the weather. She couldn’t wait for the school day to finish as once it had she’d definitely take advantage of it! There were so many places she still had to explore at the school and after arriving so hastily she hadn’t really had time to do a lot of exploring which was sad as curiosity often got the better of the young nation. She simply loved spending hours outside walking wherever her feet would take her. It was the thrill of adventure that called to her like a sirens song, and like the bewitched girl she was Mei would follow it as she searched for adventure. Her eyes glazed over dreamily until she broke her gaze away and continued down the long winding corridors of the academy.

Her black school shoes clip clopped softly across the stone floor shuffling carefully Mei maneuvered her way through the small (yet growing) crowd of early risers with easy elegance until she finally reached her locker. She fiddled with the combination till it fell open with a click, the corridor was emptying now and it was at least an hour until her first class and she didn’t know what to do. Breakfast was an option but she wasn’t hungry and she never really ate breakfast anyway it made her feel far too bloated during her early morning lessons and Mei could never concentrate properly on a full icky stomach. She much preferred to wait until lunchtime where she could pick her favorite dishes and try new exciting ones!

The hallway was empty now, with all her books balanced on top of one another slightly obscuring her vision, stupidly Mei carefully stepped quickly trying her hardest to keep the books together. Her plan was to make it to one of the windowsills so she could sort the books out properly and decide which would be the most important for the day and which she didn’t need (as she hadn’t thought to do it while at her locker) her grin quickly disappeared however as her grip began to loosen, her large dark eyes widened and her pale lips fell slightly agape as her books fell to the floor with a deep thud. She gasped as she fell on her knees, paper and sheets where flying everywhere and half of the books were scattered across the floor, desperately she scrabbled to pick them all up and it would have been easy if it wasn’t for the strong breeze from the open window.
“H-hey come back.” shouted Mei her gentle voice seemed to echo off of the tall stone walls as she desperately scurried after the floating piece of paper only praying it wasn’t something important.
She chased the missing sheet futilely not noticing the approaching figure, the paper finally fluttered to the floor in front of the approaching person. A wide blush reddened her cheeks as she bent down to retrieve it.

“S-sorry,” she apologized bowing her head in embarrassment. “I d-dropped my books and it just got away from me.” She rambled.

"Which Then Grew Into A Hope"

[manon janssen]

Ughh. Next time she saw Mathias, she would definitely be giving him a stern talking-to about reasonable sleeping habits. Too bad he probably wouldn't pay much attention to it.

It was a miracle that she had managed not to wake up late; with no more than five hours of sleep under her belt, she was still exhausted. A girl needed her beauty sleep. Then again, she'd allowed Mat's energy get to her, hadn't she? The previous night had most certainly been even harder on the Ukrainian that was unlucky enough to share a room with them, because she'd been attempting at sleep much more than Manon herself had been. Ah, well... As long as she could make it through the day, she'd be fine. And at least he hadn't decided to sneak out o drink or something, because of course it would have been her duty to follow and make sure he didn't do anything to stupid while getting drunk herself.

Still, she almost wished she had woken up late -- surely even ten minutes would have helped to lessen the weight on her shoulders if only a little. Or perhaps that was wishful thinking? Either way, it was too late now. The teen had long since showered and gotten dressed, and left her dorm. Actually, it was almost early. But students were already milling about, the lucky sleepers. The idea of her being cheated out of what everybody else seemed to have gotten irritated her, and she grumbled all the way to her locker. Not that it was their fault that she'd been put in a dorm with the Dane. He was bearable enough most of the time, and heck, even a lot of fun. Just not always so much so in retrospect.

Given the above, it was understandable that her movements seemed so sluggish and lazy as she pulled things out of her locker and into her satchel. Chemistry, geometry, home economics... What else did she have that day? It too her a moment to recall that gym was also on her schedule. Of all things, it just ad to be that, didn't it? Manon cursed under her breath as she closed her locker door a little louder than usual, gripping the strap of her bag rather tightly as she set of at a pace that was noticeably more brisk than before.

Though that didn't mean she was any more alert, especially since at the moment she was rather introverted and lost in her own annoyed thoughts as she made her way down the hall. At least the hallway was clearing considerably, giving her some breathing room before she unapologetically stepped on somebody's foot. In the distance down the hall she heard a distant low thud, but she barely even noticed. So distracted was she, in fact, that she didn't even see the other girl scurrying down the hallway after something until she was right in front of her. Manon blinked blankly before managing to focus down at whoever was picking up... A piece of paper? Only then did it occur to her that the hallway did have a bit of a draft thanks to the open windows. A sheet of some sort must have made an escape.

Once the Belgian managed to focus, however, she immediately recognized the other -- her trademark catlike grin grew slowly on her face, and she giggled slightly in amusement. Her irritability was momentarily forgotten as she greeted the fellow Sophomore. "Not your fault it tried to run away," She cut Mei off, "Don't look so guilty about it. Jeez." Taking a second to re-situate the strap of her satchel, she blinked again and peered around behind her classmate. Where was the rest of her books and such? The blond thought she spotted the pile a ways off down the way, and left it at that as she looked back at the brunette again.

"'Morning, by the way~."

[ This is a prime example of how motivated I am to study. /shot ]

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[Mei Sun]

"It Started Out As A Feeling"

“Oh,” she smiled “okay then.” Her worry slowly disappeared, and as the tone the girl had used was a pleasant one Mei decided she held no threat to her. This was her usual procedure when she met new people some would even go as far to call her shy but she wasn’t really she was just nervous, Mei had always been afraid of embarrassment, either to herself or to others. But once she did get to know people heck once she knew that they weren’t a threat Mei would warm up them instantly she liked making friends she’d never really had the opportunity when she had lived back in china’s house. Not that she didn’t like it there heck she didn’t know where she’d be without her teacher, even if he did annoy her sometimes.

In all honesty Mei was devastated to be away from her family, she hadn’t seen any of them since arriving at the academy she bit her lip softly lost in thought. She prayed they were okay with all the different nations wandering around anyone could get into a fight and what would happen then? War? Mei didn’t know but she didn’t ever want to find out. However although she was worried, she did feel a strange sense of freedom, she could do what she wanted (well until she did run into her family) with no one to tell her what to do she didn’t have to listen to anyone. Smugly she inwardly grinned as she thought of all the things she could do. The list was endless; all the different things she wanted to try seemed to flood her thoughts, things such as alcohol or dresses that didn’t reach her ankles!

She stared up at the girl; she seemed friendly if not slightly blunt but still friendly. Her accent was foreign but Mei guessed most would be at this school hell she probably sounded foreign to the girl.
“Sorry I guess I just worry.” Smiled Mei not realising she’d apologised again. “But thank you.”
Mei was overly polite, it had been drummed into her from day one apparently Manners where the key to success and etiquette was the key to greatness. She had hated etiquette lessons when she was child but now she was king of thankful that she had been turned into a proper little lady.
“Good morning to you as well, I’m guessing you found your way to this academy to.” Began Mei “I don’t even know how I got here.” She said “All I remember was going to sleep and waking up in that dorm, weird huh?” she smiled.

“My names Mei, well I was Taiwan but since we’re at this academy I suppose it would be best to use my human name.” She said as she tested the name on her tongue.
“But it’s nice to meet you.” She said as she folded the piece of paper into a tiny square and slipped it into the pocket of her cotton school dress.
“Oh.” Said Mei suddenly remembering something. She rummaged in her other pocket and pulled out a timetable.
“D-do you know where the Chemistry room is, it’s my first class and I really don’t want to be late.” She said as the worry edged back into her tone.

"Which Then Grew Into A Hope"