"Students we are again at a little stop, same rules, and buy some snacks and go to the toilet!"
"Hey Kaito wake up!"
"W-what, are we there???"
"No, at a little stop, wake up, go to the toilet or so, I am going to buy some snacks."
Everyone was going to their toilet, they purchased some snacks, Julian saw again Tsubame with her class, but only a few minutes after she arrived they were driving further, the school had an idea that the stops aren´t full of students if they would all begin to drive at the same time, three classes were starting driving at the same time, after that the next three classes wait for ten minutes and then also drive.
Another four hours later they finally arrived, it was raining much but right before they arrived it stopped.
Julian takes a deep breath outside from the fresh air "It smells like it's going to be a good trip, in my life before I never took part of such a trip or at least tried to be as less noticed as possible, but this you could say is my first real one, it's going to be a lot of fun but I also going to become more popular here!"
"This here is a thermal spar, the teacher said that we are going to have much free time and only plenty of school activities, I didn't thought that they are so nice, the teacher said per week only two to three school activities, beside that we are free, I like thermal spars."
"Students! We now that you are tired so for today we are not going to do school activities, we are going to have one tomorrow, so try to sleep good and have some fun, we are going to hike the big mountain you surely already saw!"
"You like hiking?"
"Do you remember when you asked me for the sports festival if I am good in some category?
"I take that as a no."
"I wonder how they are going to split it because it's impossible that two thousand students hike this mountain at the same time?"
"I think they are going to split it in grades and classes, maybe one grade goes in the morning, and so on, probably the classes also have sometimes between they are going."
"When some go in the morning, I hope we are going midday not morning."
"Hopefully!"
"Other question, with who from our grade should we share a room with?"
"The teacher said only students from the same grades, I would've asked Abeno and Okita."
"I maybe now someone…"
"Who?"
"In an our neighbor class 2-1 there are two guys, Sora and Sota, they pretty chill guys and I am good with them, they are best friends, Sora is short and thin and Sota is almost two meters tall, they are probably together, their bus should be also near to us."
"Okay, let's look for them."
There was an extreme mass of students, so they had problems finding the bus, but they still found him, they were going on the bus, they both stood there.
"Hey! Sora, Sota!"
They both went up to them.
"Hu, hey, Mercer, how are you?"
"Good, we wanted to ask if you already have two roommates?"
"No, we already asked some of our class, and you?"
"It's only me and my best friend, why don't we take a room together?!"
"Okay sure."
After time the teachers asked with whom everyone has a room, everyone got their room together, the room was pretty big for a hotel room but what else there is to expect from such a school.
"So, this is the place where I might reach the next realm!" His heart almost exploded from excitement not only because of the trip but also because he saw the possible opportunities to reach his goal.
After they got to their room they decided to go to the buffet there.
"Whhooa, there is so much!"
Julian and Kaito ate very much, they decided to take one last dish before they went.
"Kaito, what do you think about those two?"
"I am mean I don't know them really, but they seem okay, why?"
"No just because I thought that you maybe don't like them…"
"No, they are okay, but you know it would be to late anyways now, Hehe."
"Your right…"
"I wonder how the school organized that? It seems as they rented the whole hotel plus the thermal spar!"
Ten minutes later they were done, they both overate themselves a bit.
"What are we doing now guys?"
"Way don't test the thermal spar, it's so big that almost the whole school could fit!"
"Okay why not?"
In thermal spar Julian could see that Kaito is much more muscular than he thought?!
"Kaito, I didn't know your so shredded?"
"Am I really that much? Hehe…"
"Sota what you say, I think only a few are more in our school are as him, what you think?"
"Your right, I did not expect that, he looks even better than the most muscular I know in school!"
They spent some time there testing multiple different pools, and there he saw Tsubame also going with her friends in there.
"Tsubame!!!" He called and went up to her.
"Julian!"
"And how was the ride?"
"Good beside that tire went flat and we needed to stop!"
Julian got to know her friends, so they all decided to spend time together, the day was fun, and she could get to know his friends, and he could get to know her friends.
"Could it be that you like it very much to be in the water?"
"Yes, very much!"
"I also should spend more time with her, but I wasn't, it can become hard to at the same time have high tier grades, spend time with close friends but also achieve something like becoming the most popular in the whole school!"
"Maybe I should take this vacation of? Let's say I can pursue my father to stay a year longer in Japan I will manage to do it anyways!"
"Me and Sora are going up now; we are going to eat later!"
"I also go; I am already so hungry again…"
Tsubame's friends also decided to go out of the pool and go up in their rooms, so now only they both are left.
It was a little nervous in the air, they never did something so intimate like going swimming together.
"Are you excited for tomorrow, hiking?"
"I don't know, I am not the biggest sports lover, but I think the view up there will be nice!"
Even though it was only four pm it was already dark and cold, also it was almost completely empty, suddenly the mood changed again, they began to have eye contact, for both it wasn't that much as back then when they began to meet, for both it felt almost automatic, their faces came nearer and nearer to each other, and there it happened, it was for both they first kiss, Julian´s knees began to tremble "Me halve a year ago back in my old school never expected something like this in only a few months…"
"I love you…"
They both said they had their arms around each other.
For a few minutes they stayed like this and then they also decided to eat.
"W-what did happen, it feels as my knees are trembling even though it already happened around an hour ago…" His cheeks still blushed.
"Julian, why are you blushing?"
"I am just very warm right now…."
They all together still had a nice evening bad decided to go to sleep early because of the hike and they all didn't sleep much.
"This was already a great first day."
The next day the teacher came in because they were all still asleep.
"Come on kids, wake up, make yourself ready, you surely still want to eat something?!"
"Did you have said right now, eat?"
"Look at your grammar Endo, but yes come on, also the others, get up!"
Everyone was slowly getting up and out of the cozy bed.
"To be honest I wished that Tsubame would've been with me sleeping in a bed."
"Okay so that you are awake now, I can finally also go eat something." The teacher mumbled.
"What the fuck Julian, why are you blushing again?!" Sota felt almost molested.
"Oh, sorry, to be honest I just thought about something nice…" He mumbled.
"What did you say?"
"Nothing."
Suddenly Sota got an idea and said, "I know that you are hiding something, but I just can't prove it!" In a playful tone, Julian was halving a sleep, a bit impulsive and said halve asleep "Me and Tsubame kissed yesterday, just shut up now…"
"Wow, didn't know you're such a playboy, Hehe…"
Later at the buffet Julian realized slowly what he actually said, his eyes got bigger, he looked at Sota, he wanted to check if he said it or not "H-hey, did I say anything to you in the morning?"
"The only thing that I remember is that you said that you kissed Tsubame…"
"Shit, I really said it, damn it!"
"You guys don't tell any person, right?!"
Everyone agreed, Sota and Julian had a little conservation later, alone "You promised and held your promise to now that you won't tell anyone about my secret, obviously I am also going to hold yours, as Julian saw above Sota´s head, the rope got thicker and redder.
"Thanks, I don't think I need to worry about Sora because of the secret, right?!"
"Of course not!"
"So, let's go hiking!"
Their hike began between midday and morning, it was still a bit dark, it still smelled like a winter morning and clouds.
The hike was intense it was going about seven kilometers/4.3 miles up hill, especially for the less athletic ones, it was hard. They needed about two and a half hours to get up, the view was breathtaking, a forest and mountains, everywhere!
After a while the decided to go down on the way down he saw Tsubame going up with her class, she said she wanted to meet later again."
"Sounds weird but…I can't stop thinking of her…"
"Hey Kaito, what do you want to do know?"
"Eat."
"Again?"
"Hiking made me hungry…"
"Okay, good luck!"
"And you two, what are you doing?"
"We still wanted to meet some from our class; do you want to come with us?"
Bzzzt!
"Wait a second…"