Monday, January 9th, Lunch
Amanda was glad to finally leave Onizuka's class when the bell rang for lunch. Unfortunately, she also had him for 5th hour and now she was definitely not looking forward to the next class. The guy was a pervert, but at least she'd seen the new students. One in particular she wanted to talk to.
Like all of the other new students in the class, Izaya Ren had been called to the front. She remembered vaguely that someone mentioned that the son of an ally was entering the school, but she didn't know it was Izaya Masaomi's son. She was almost embarrassed the second she heard his name. Her aunt thought he was adorable and went out of her way to spoil him whenever she'd seen him or his family. She spoiled his sisters when she saw them too. Amanda had never actually met Ren, but she'd heard plenty to know he was already well-respected.
Amanda sighed as she tried to recall how much she knew. Mostly, she just knew what her grandparents and her aunt said about him. Her grandfather thought he had great potential as a businessman. The look her grandfather gave her whenever he said that was annoying. He was obviously comparing them and finding her lacking. It was her grandfather's belief that only men should work in business and women should be housewives. Since he didn't have a male heir, he was stuck with her and made it clear that she was never good enough. He planned to marry her off early so that her husband could be his heir, but Amanda had different plans and was so far refusing every possible match.
She shook her head, trying to get rid of those unpleasant memories. Her grandmother's impressions were better, but that was primarily because she didn't know anything about her husband's mafia activities or that Ren was Yakuza. She thought he was a sweet young man who needed feeding up, so she always made his favorite meals whenever she saw him. Her grandmother had told Amanda that it was cute that Ren seemed to hate sweets, which was more information than the blonde actually wanted to know.
It was her aunt who particularly annoyed Amanda. She was all praise for the boy. She thought he was adorable and often stated that she wished she could steal him away. Since her aunt had known his mother's family in Italy, Amanda supposed his mother and her aunt were acquaintances, or maybe even friends. Since her aunt got along with men better than women, Amanda figured it wasn't really weird that she liked Ren.
She considered just ignoring him or pretending ignorance, but that really wasn't an option. Eventually, she'd have to talk to him and it was better to just introduce herself now and get it over with. Maybe he wouldn't be as intimidating as his father. But then, he might be the type who was offended that she'd been adopted too. She'd met one relative in a far-distant branch family who'd been less than happy with the adoption, though she hadn't actually had any choice in the matter.
Maybe she'd just wait until after lunch...at least then she'd have an excuse to leave quickly if he was also the type that was upset about the adoption. With that decision in mind, Amanda decided that now was the perfect time to buy something sweet.
((OOC: Since Ren has already moved to the front of the class in the 4th hour post by Hikaru, Amanda is just commenting on seeing him in the class (though he hasn't actually said his name yet, eventually he'll have to tell the class, ne?) The rest was discussed with Ren's typist after the char was made. We determined that their families know each other, but Amanda and Ren haven't met yet.))
Like all of the other new students in the class, Izaya Ren had been called to the front. She remembered vaguely that someone mentioned that the son of an ally was entering the school, but she didn't know it was Izaya Masaomi's son. She was almost embarrassed the second she heard his name. Her aunt thought he was adorable and went out of her way to spoil him whenever she'd seen him or his family. She spoiled his sisters when she saw them too. Amanda had never actually met Ren, but she'd heard plenty to know he was already well-respected.
Amanda sighed as she tried to recall how much she knew. Mostly, she just knew what her grandparents and her aunt said about him. Her grandfather thought he had great potential as a businessman. The look her grandfather gave her whenever he said that was annoying. He was obviously comparing them and finding her lacking. It was her grandfather's belief that only men should work in business and women should be housewives. Since he didn't have a male heir, he was stuck with her and made it clear that she was never good enough. He planned to marry her off early so that her husband could be his heir, but Amanda had different plans and was so far refusing every possible match.
She shook her head, trying to get rid of those unpleasant memories. Her grandmother's impressions were better, but that was primarily because she didn't know anything about her husband's mafia activities or that Ren was Yakuza. She thought he was a sweet young man who needed feeding up, so she always made his favorite meals whenever she saw him. Her grandmother had told Amanda that it was cute that Ren seemed to hate sweets, which was more information than the blonde actually wanted to know.
It was her aunt who particularly annoyed Amanda. She was all praise for the boy. She thought he was adorable and often stated that she wished she could steal him away. Since her aunt had known his mother's family in Italy, Amanda supposed his mother and her aunt were acquaintances, or maybe even friends. Since her aunt got along with men better than women, Amanda figured it wasn't really weird that she liked Ren.
She considered just ignoring him or pretending ignorance, but that really wasn't an option. Eventually, she'd have to talk to him and it was better to just introduce herself now and get it over with. Maybe he wouldn't be as intimidating as his father. But then, he might be the type who was offended that she'd been adopted too. She'd met one relative in a far-distant branch family who'd been less than happy with the adoption, though she hadn't actually had any choice in the matter.
Maybe she'd just wait until after lunch...at least then she'd have an excuse to leave quickly if he was also the type that was upset about the adoption. With that decision in mind, Amanda decided that now was the perfect time to buy something sweet.
((OOC: Since Ren has already moved to the front of the class in the 4th hour post by Hikaru, Amanda is just commenting on seeing him in the class (though he hasn't actually said his name yet, eventually he'll have to tell the class, ne?) The rest was discussed with Ren's typist after the char was made. We determined that their families know each other, but Amanda and Ren haven't met yet.))