Just as I opened the door to my dorm, I nearly ran into someone coming to knock on my door. It wasn't until he dropped his hand back down to his side that I realized who it was.
"Did he ask you?" It was spoken in Spanish. There is only one person at Mishima High that I know that speaks Spanish.
"Who ask me what?"
"Jin! Did he ask you?"
"Ne, he didn't ask me anything."
"So he hasn't?"
"I said, 'No,' didn't I?"
"You're switching languages on me! I can't keep up!"
"I only said one word in Japanese, the rest was Spanish! José, you know both languages!"
"Leticia, just pick a language and answer the question!"
"Gomen nasai!" I said almost angrily.
"No you're not."
"You're right, I'm not sorry. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm trying to leave! Sayonara, José. And I don't want to see you here when I get back," I called behind me as I walked down the hallway.
I walked down the streets until I found the flower shop I was looking for. "Um, hi. I'm supposed to tell you…276." The woman at the desk only nodded and typed something into the computer. I handed her the money she'd asked for when I'd spoken to her on the phone.
"Arigato," were her only words to me. I only nodded in reply and then I walked back to my dorm. By that time, José had gone and Asuka sat on the couch waiting for someone to come home.
"Where have you been?" she asked.
"Business! You weren't here when I left."
"You weren't here when I got here."
"Enough said." I sat down on the couch next to her where she was watching TV. "Whatcha watchin?"
"Dunno yet."
I just relaxed, watched a few movies with Asuka, and waited for Jin to call. I knew he would.