Friends?

It was 5 am when Xiulin woke up. She was surprised when she saw the interior of her bedroom when she first arrived.

To be honest, it was too girly for her taste so she thought she would make changes slowly because of the effort her Aunt has put into it. The original Xiulin was indeed into the color pink so Yang Shi, who wanted her to feel welcomed changed all the interiors to loud shades of pink. But luckily her wardrobe wasn't like that or she would have fainted right there. She got up slowly from her princess bed which was the only thing she liked in the room and headed to the balcony. She sat down and did some meditation.

Then she slowly went to take a bath and looked in the mirror. Xin Xiulin is a good-looking girl only, but she wasn't into makeup or anything in the process of never taking care of her skin. She could only sigh at that girl's antics.

She came out in her bathrobe and headed to the huge wardrobe room. She was used to these kinda places, unlike the old Xiulin who always used to be surprised. She finally found the school uniform after searching for so much time. She wore it and tied her hair into a high ponytail. She applied some sunscreen and came out bare-faced downstairs while the servants near couldn't help but let out a gasp looking at her.

"Good morning young miss you look beautiful today" one new young servant came out and said even though the older servants wanted to reprimand the girl they couldn't help but agree with her. Xin Xiulin looked at her and smiled, saying thank you. She came to the dining hall looking around familiarizing herself with the house.

Yang Shi smiled brightly looking at her "My dear, you look really pretty".

"Thank you, aunt," she said smiling.

Then she went and sat down in front of Jun Bohai who was looking at her in a daze. He wasn't really used to this Xiulin who is so pretty. But he smiled too stiffly as his mom has already told him to help her in school.

" Good morning Sister Xiulin" he said.

Xiulin was kind of surprised by his sudden greeting, but could only nod and say "Good morning brother Jun".

Jun Bohai felt awkward when she said that "You do know that I'm a month younger than you right?" he said. While Xin Xiulin's mind went blank, how could she forget such a trivial thing she thought. She awkwardly smiled and scratched her head.

``I'm sorry can I call you Bohai then?".

"Okay," he said, smiling.

"You can call me Xiu, then Sister Xiulin makes me feel very old," she said with a grin.

"Deal"

They both waved bye to Yang Shi and went out as the car was already waiting for them. After they got inside the car, it was really silent. She also realized that Jun Bohai was staring at her ever since got in. She looked at him and raised her eyebrows questioningly.

"Friends?" he asked, pushing his hand forward to shake. Elena never had any friends it was also only her brother or maybe her security who were never really allowed to talk to her unless it's very necessary.

So she didn't really how it is to have one. Nor did the original Xiulin have friends, she was always a loner. Seeing Xiulin contemplating it so much Jun Bohai was hurt it wasn't that bad to be his friend he thought. Before he could retrieve his hand, she shook it.

" I never really had friends before, so do forgive me if I ever make any kind of mistake". Jun Bohai was surprised by her sudden confession, even though he knew that she was an introvert, he never knew she was a loner.

Yet he smiled, "It's okay, we will make great friends. You are part of my gang from now on."

"Gang?" she asked curiously. "Yes, gang".

And that's when a beautiful first friendship started which Elena never had before. Even though she had a lot of things before they could never compare to being surrounded by humans like this.

Either way, she felt this life won't be as bad as she thought it to be. She looked at the school when they entered the front gate. " We have some more time. Would you like to stay outside or go directly to class? " He asked, looking at her.

Everyone was surprised when they looked at their school prince was going around with a girl.

" Omg, they make a perfect couple"A few girls thought.

"The girl is pretty our school belle is definitely going to lose her position"A few boys said talking to each other.

Xiulin looked at everything in Awe. Russian schools were completely different from this not that she has ever attended. Nor did she meet anyone who has attended. Her brother had to take a lot of responsibilities because of her and he never attended himself because it wasn't really safe for him to do so.

"Can you show me the canteen?" she asked him with a bright smile? He wanted to say you just ate, but knowing her situation he immediately took her there to see if she was hungry. She must be exhausted, he thought.

"Why is the canteen divided?" she asked as the canteen was divided into two floors with the first floor having stalls and the upper floor contained a few restaurants.

"Um the ground floor is for the people who can't afford the upper floor. And the top floor is for the people who could afford it"he explained as he looked at her who looked like she was listening very intently.

"Didn't you come here before?" he asked.

"I did but didn't have anyone to ask these questions," she replied.

"Oh" he said.

Xiulin looked around as a few people were eating and staring at them. Xiulin started to notice that people were staring at them so she moved closer to Jun Bohai to whisper to him, "Are you famous here or something?"