3 months ago

"Alex, are you okay?" a familiar voice said above him. He opened his eyes but he couldn't see anything.

"Why can't I see anything?" Alex thought to himself.

"You're probably wondering why you can't see," the voice said. Then he remembered who the voice belonged to.

"Mom, what happened?" Alex said.

His mom sighed as she told him. "You were helping your dad when it happened. He was working with the stylus while you were working with the car engine."

Now he was remembering what happened during incident.

"Your dad," Alex's mom continued, "he thinks that it was his fault."

"It's not true," Alex replied, "he tripped with the stylus in his hand and when it got in front of the engine at the exact time when a puff of air blew. I was in front of the engine so I got hit in the eye with stylus. It was a one-in-a-million chance but it still happened. It was a complete accident."

"Right," his mom said but she didn't say another word. She didn't need to. He already knew all of the answers to his question except one.

"What am I supposed to do know that I'm blind," he asked.

"Well, you will have to go to a new school for one," said a masculine voice that he didn't recognize. "But before that, you will have to learn how to maneuver without your eyesight."

Somehow, he wasn't devastated. He would miss his friends but he didn't really have a social life. He would always stay behind and keep to himself. He didn't know why but he liked being alone.

1 month later

Alex finally came out of the school for the blind and was ready for the real world. He found out that he was going to Yamaku High School, a school for disabled kids. He didn't know what to expect. Was it different than a normal school or was it like any other school.

Alex was at the gate of the school or at least what he thought was the gate of the school. His mom dropped him off and now he was standing outside a school for disabled children.

He tapped his cane to feel if there was an object in his way. There was nothing in the way so he walked through. There was a voice that called over to him.

"You must be Alex Monroe," the voice said, "Not a name suitable in Japan."

"I was born in America," Alex said, "My dad is American and my mom is Japanese."

"Interesting," the voice said, "Anyway, I'm your teacher and the room is 3-2. Must I give you a tour or are you able to navigate through this school by yourself." His teacher chuckled after he said this.

"I would very much like a tour," Alex said. As the teacher gave him a tour, he heard many different voices. And then he felt his teacher stop.

"Here is your classroom," his teacher said.

"Thank you," Alex said, "now I need to find my way to my dorm."

"Alright, I'll bring you to your dorm room," the teacher said and he took Alex to his dorm room.

The next day

Making his way to room 3-2, Alex stumbled across halls and had difficulty remembering how to get to the class room. After he reached the classroom, he heard many voices inside.

"Welcome our new student, Alex," his teacher said right when he came into the classroom.

He felt embarrassed to be introduced so quickly and to blind and semi-blind people who didn't even know he was there until the teacher announced he was there. He heard a sound like someone getting up from their desk and heard footsteps coming toward him.

"Welcome," the girl said. She had a quiet and almost heavenly tone in her voice. "I am Lilly Satou, the class representative of 3-2 but there is no need to be formal." She giggles at the statement but controls herself a few seconds later.

"I will be your guide around the school," Lilly said. "I hope you get around here as easily as some people who have eyesight."

Lilly seems like a helpful person but he wanted to be alone like at his old school.

"Do you know there is another new student here," Lilly said, "He is in class 3-3 and I enjoy his company. Would you like to join me for tea this lunch period?"

I just got here and a girl is asking me to join here for tea.

"Sure," Alex said. What did he just do?