Tsurugi POV

I was scribbling notes on my paper as our teacher gave us important facts about history. 

"Now class. We're doing a project. You will be in pairs and you will study the history of a given subject. I have a box here full of different things that one person of the pair will pick from. Whatever is on the paper. You will spend three weeks working on a presentation together." Friends looked at each other. But I kept my head down. "But I will be picking your pairs. Tomorrow when you come in. You will look at the desks and find your name. The desks will be pushed in twos so the person next to you then will be your partner for the next 3 weeks." I heard a few groans. Then one of the popular students raised their hand. 

"Can we swap partners in the end? I don't want to be stuck with a loser like Tsurugi." He asked the teacher. I hung my head in shame. The words hurting me. 

"No you can not swap partners. And I do not appreciate my student s being picked on. So please keep your comments to yourself." Our teacher replied. The bell for the end of the lesson went. "Class is dismissed." We went out to first break, Tenma and I went down to the soccer pitch once again. This time we were joined by Kariya, Shinsuke and Kageyama. They were all in my history class.

"So Tsurugi," Kariya started, "How did the whole Loser like Tsurugi go?"

"I'm fine. He's right. I'm just a loser."

"No you're not. If you were a loser you wouldn't have helped us win the Holy Road Tournament." Tenma spoke.

"Yeah. You're not a loser." Shinsuke added. 

"Thanks guys. You really are amazing." I spoke gratitude in my voice. 

But my life would change as soon as I walked into history the next day.