3 Rai The Student

Ji-ae walked side by side with Rai and stole casual glances at the male's handsome face.

She really did have a intense sense of familiarity with the Noblesse.

It was true they both shared a past, one that she had failed to remember almost completely - but why was it that with him that it seemed there was a closeness, unlike anything else. Or unlike anything she shared with anyone else...

Just what was their relationship?

The gentleness in Rai's eyes spoke volumes, but with Ji-ae's mind elsewhere she failed to miss the meaning.

And it wasn't like she had the time to think more on it.

Class was already well underway when they arrived at their classroom.

Yes, 'their'...

It seemed that the surprises today would just not stop coming: having been asleep for 820 years Rai was out of touch with modern times and the ways of the world, so he had decided to join the school as a student and learn about the way things work.

And he just so happened to be also joining Ji-ae's class. Not that she minded...

Ji-ae sent the taller male a reassuring smile, not that he needed any reassurance, before entering the classroom first.

She was sent a warning glare from the teacher, as she sidled to her seat.

She was greeted by her friends, and the room around her grew silent.

All eyes turned to the front of the room, including hers.

The girls' faces flushed red at the sight of the 'transfer student'.

Ji-ae was no exception, although it wasn't due to the male's appearance, it was more to do with that said male, Rai, hadn't moved his gaze from her.

Nothing in that room mattered at that moment, their eyes locked together and the room slowly melted away until they were the only two left.

Her heart raced in her chest under his intense stare.

What's...what's with him?

What's with me?

She couldn't look away.

And she didn't want to.

It was short-lived though, when the teachers voice shattered their little world.

"Everyone attention." His voice resounded of the walls, "as all you all know, he will be studying with us."

The teacher's words had just only fell when a burst of squeals erupted amongst the girls, almost deafening everyone else.

Shinwoo jumped in his seat and Ji-ae giggled, her movements not going unnoticed by Rai at the front.

An emotion unknown to him swirled in his chest as he watched Ji-ae being close to someone else.

"Everybody be quiet!"

"He was born outside and raised abroad. It's his first time in this country so help him with culture and things."

"His name is..."

"Cadis Etrama Di Raizel, that's how it's pronounced here."

"What's with that long name?" Snorted Shinwoo, earning a smack to the head from Ji-ae.

"It's a very noble name." Ji-ae defended Rai.

A very noble name, indeed...