Jaiyne walked through the halls of the school to which she had become accustomed. She was the queen of the school. The official bad-girl. And she was bisexual. But what could they do about it? Nobody could ever control her. As she passed a girl, Yukiko, in the hall, she winked at her and continued on. Instantly, Yukiko’s face became bright red. “Don’t tell me you’ve fallen for that Kiba guy?” Her friend Kariru asked, pointing to the guy passing by. “No… Just… thought he was pretty cute today…” She lied, and continued on.

Episode One: Evasion

“Your name is Yukiko right?” Asked Jaiyne, appearing behind Yukiko at her locker. Startled, she jumped backwards, knocking into Jaiyne, and falling right on top of her. Yukiko’s face turned redder than ever. “I… um… have to go!” She slammed her locker and ran off down the hall.

“…” Jaiyne stared down the hall, watching her disappear through a doorway.

Jaiyne skipped class and waited for Yukiko outside of that room. As she exited the door, Jaiyne grabbed her arm.

“Hey! So your name is Yukiko?” she asked persistently.

“Umm… Yes…” Yukiko replied, her face growing bright again.

“Oh. I knew it. I’m Jaiyne.”

“Jane? Isn’t that an American name?”

“No… Jaiyne. With an I and a Y… not really anything. My mom made it up.”

“Oh…” They began to walk down the hall together.

“So… Why don’t I know you, Yukiko?”

“Actually, we know eachother. Just not well.”

“True…”

“About this morning…”

“Huh?”

“You winked at me…”

“Oh yeah… Cuz I think you’re cute…”

“Huh??” Her face grew redder.

“Listen, if you have a problem with my being bisexual…”

“Huh!?! Oh… no that’s not it! Nothing’s wrong with that!”

“Well then what is it?” Jaiyne asked, slowing to a stop.

“N…Nothing…” Yukiko’s face grew red in embarrassment. “Umm… I have to go…” And she sped up, vanishing into the gym auditorium.

 “Oh… what’s the use?” Jaiyne stood in the hallway for a while. “Hey… I heard you talking to Yukiko! You can’t talk to her like that! She’s not one of your sick gay friends!” Kariru screamed at Jaiyne from behind. Seeing no point to argue, Jaiyne walked away, without a second glance back.

Kariru glared at Jaiyne. “Get back here!” She stomped up to her furiously and knocked her to the floor. “STUPID LESBIAN!” she screamed as she kicked her in the side. Infuriated, Jaiyne picked herself up and punched Kariru clear in the face, this time knocking her to the floor. “Nobody hits me without getting hit back.” Jaiyne kicks her and walks away calmly.

“Jaiyne, let me make myself clear. No more trouble. Do you know who reported you?”

“I could take one guess…”

“And who is that?”

“Kariru?”

“Yes… Do you know why Miss Tomoyama reported you?”

“Umm… Gee I dunno.” Jaiyne replied, acting dumb.

“You fought her?”

“Yeah. But she started it, and nobody hits me without getting hit back.”

“Jaiyne, you know that I don’t permit fighting in my school!”

“Yeah… I know. But I also know that I’m allowed to fight back in self defense.”

“Frankly, I couldn’t know. You’ve already caused so much trouble this semester alone!”

“Well frankly, I don’t like getting discriminating comments from people I don’t really like.”

“ ‘Discriminating Comments’?”

“ ‘Stupid lesbian’ makes it into my book.”

“I’ll have a talk with Miss Tomoyama but please Jaiyne, for the sake of Pete, no more trouble!”

Jaiyne stormed out of the main office. Stupid people…Stupid, stupid people. She thought

She passed the girl’s restroom and glanced inside. Yukiko! She almost blurted out loud. “Hey!”

“Hey…”

“What?”

“Sorry about Kariru…”

“Why do you hang out with people like that??”

“Because… she was my… friend…”

“You call- THAT-” she spat the word as if it were dirty and disgusting, “a FRIEND?!”

When Yukiko didn’t reply, she persisted. “Why in the hell would you think that SHE was your friend?”

Yukiko still remained quiet. “Answer me!” She demanded.

“I… I don’t know…” she replied meekly.

They heard the shrill toll of the bell overhead.

“I’ve got to get to class!” Yukiko blurted, and she rushed out of the room.

Briskly marching out of the room, Jaiyne caught up with her, resting a soft hand on her shoulder.

“Hey!!” she said, gently turning Yukiko to face her. “Just tell me why.”

“Why not?” Yukiko shot back. Her voice sounded chokey. She held back tears, trying not to let her voice hint her feelings.

“Because! She’s not a good person! Did you hear her? She called me gay- a lesbian!” Jaiyne raised her voice, and just as quickly fell silent. “You don’t care, do you?”

“I’m sorry… It’s… It’s not that. I just… I can’t explain right now!” Yukiko made a mad dash for her next class, leaving Jaiyne behind, alone.

Shtp. Shtp. Shtp. Jaiyne sat in Biology class 243B, the last seat of row three, striking a white-tipped match against a black matchbook.

Episode Two: Crossing the Border

Shtp. Finally, the match ignited, glowing a mellow orange hue. Jaiyne admired the beautiful flame, then quickly shook it dead. Though she extinguished the flame, a smokey aroma still lingered. Jaiyne’s eyes raised from her desk and fell on the teacher at the head of the room. She smirked as she watch the teachers face change when she noticed the scent. Instantly, she received detention, the teacher knowing that she’d be the only student with enough audacity to tote matches to class.

On her way to detention, Jaiyne spied Yukiko in room 225- Geography. Jaiyne stopped in her tracks and retracted to the doorway of 225. She held up her pre-made fake hallpass and lied, “Yukiko is needed in room 243B.” The teacher, reading the pass, immediately dismissed Yukiko into Jaiyne’s care.

“What are you doing??” Yukiko asked, spotting the forged pass.

Jaiyne slipped into the girl’s locker room and pulled Yukiko in after her. “I’m trying to get you to answer my question.” Jaiyne replies, pinning Yukiko against the wall.

Jaiyne leaned in closer. “So?”

Suddenly, Yukiko couldn’t supress her feelings any longer. Her face leaned in closer and closer to Jaiyne’s, and finally, their lips locked. Stunned by Yukiko’s boldness, Jaiyne sank to her knees.

The next day, Jaiyne walked up the cold stone steps of the school to see Yukiko waiting for her at the top. “Hi…” Yukiko started slowly. “About yesterday…” Jaiyne merely stared up at her thoughtfully, waiting for her to finish. “I don’t know what to say. ‘It was all a mistake’ wouldn’t quite say it…” “Oh… so you think it was a mistake to kiss me?” Jaiyne asked, almost defensively. “No! That’s not it at all! It’s just… I told you, I don’t know what to say! I’m sorry!! I’m just really confused right know…” she sank to her knees on the cold slate steps. Jaiyne sat beside her, leaning in slowly, and tenderly kissing her on her cheek. “Don’t worry about it.”

Episode Three: Unexpected

Yukiko walked into Math class and sat down in her seat in the back row. When she got out her pen and looked up at the teacher, she saw a blonde girl standing at the front of the class. She was extremely pretty, and though she had blonde hair, she was Japanese. On her hands she wore brown gloves and on her head she had goggles. Jaiyne wears the same goggles… she observed silently. “Class, this is Michiko Akamatsu. She came all the way from Chiba.” He directed his attention towards the girl. “Michiko, take a seat next to Yukiko- she’s that one back there.” He pointed to the back of the classroom.

The blonde girl obeyed, taking her seat directly across from Yukiko. Yukiko couldn’t help staring- the girl was very exotic. Her golden hair was pulled back in a spiky fashion. Her eyes were a bright, soft blue and her skin was pale. Although her discription leaned towards American, she really looked Japanese.

When Math class finished, the blonde girl, Michiko, walked up to the teachers desk to discuss the lesson. Yukiko strolled out of the room to look for Jaiyne before passing ended. Yukiko looked both ways, searching through the crowd for Jaiyne. Suddenly, net-draped arms wrapped around Yukiko’s shoulders. Yukiko turned around to return Jaiyne’s passionate embrace. Jaiyne leaned down and kissed Yukiko softly, on the lips this time.

“Jaiynie!?!?!” an unfamiliar voice shreiked. Their kiss was cut short as both whipped around in horror to find Michiko, the new girl, staring back at them. “What… the…” she began. “Michiko!” Jaiyne smiled, shrugging off her horror and hugging the girl warmly. Yukiko stared perplexedly at the two. “Who… is this?” she asked, her question directed at Jaiyne. “My cousin, Michiko!” Jaiyne replied, breaking off the hug. “We had a class before… but… wait! Jaiynie! What’s going on??” Michiko asked, still dazed. “Well… Yukiko is… my girlfriend.” Jaiyne said slowly.