"So in short, I'm you're homeroom teacher Kojima Umeko. When addressing me, use my surname and Sensei, or if I'm the only teacher around, Sensei is just fine." She filled me in as we walked down the hallway. "When you introduce yourself to the class make sure you give them your name and a few facts about yourself, it helps you form a connection to your peers faster."
"Okay, got it."
"Now," She turned and stopped in front of a door. "Wait here," with that she slid the door back and entered the room…
And I was just standing in the hallway. Great… Random foreigner standing in the hallway of a school. If I didn't have my uniform on I'd definitely look suspicious.
"Quiet down everyone," I could still hear Kojima-sensei through the door. "While I know it's a tad… unorthodox to have two transfer students in this short amount of time. I'll know you'll treat this new student with just as much care as our previous student."
"Another transfer student? Are they foreign too?" A student called out.
"Actually he is," Sensei replied.
"Two foreign students in one week, that' so bizarre."
"And it's a dude this time? Lame!"
"Quiet down you perverted monkey!" A storm of talking erupted in the room. Guess I stirred up some excitement. My heart started to beat harder and faster. I was never good with talking in front of the class but… if this is a dream… I guess I don't have anything to worry about. Yeah right…
"You can come in now."
I take a deep breath as I place my hand on the door handle. Here goes nothing. There's a slight gasp as I entire the classroom, though I'm too nervous to look where it came from.
"He's pretty tall," I heard someone mutter. Okay, that's not the worse thing someone could say.
I walked until I came within reaching a small distance of Kojima-sensei. I then turn to the classroom. My eyes looked around for someone to lock onto that does seem like they would mind being stared at. And there he was… Someone that you only see a few times throughout the game. The real main character… Naoe Yamato. He smiled at me. Yamato's a good guy… but he's also always up to something. If I remember right, he's always trying to make contacts with people. He's probably already trying to size me up to see if I'm going to be useful. Sorry dude but I'm going to be pretty useless until I get my stats up.
"Uh, hello, class… My name is Omari… Feel free to call me Mari, seems more Japanese... As you can see… I'm not from here." I point at my skin, expecting some sort of laugh but to no avail, just a cough. "As far as interest goes, I like sports and I'm kinda into anime. I'm new in Japan, so I'll be in your care from here on out," I finish with a little bow.
"Um excuse me!" The pink haired girl that looks way younger than her age raised her hand. Oh god, what was her name again? Shit like this always escapes me. "You said you're new to Japan but your Japanese is very natural sounding." To me, it seems like we're all speaking English.
"Ah yes, well, my stepmother is Japanese and she taught me how to speak if from a young age," I pull something out of my ass. That answer seemed to satisfy the class though.
"I have a question~" The one dirty blond haired girl raised her hand. I can't remember her name either but I do remember her being a favorite amongst the in-game classmates despite having a pretty bland design. "Do you have a girlfriend?" She asked with a giggle. Huh? That doesn't seem like the most appropriate question. Though she did take me off guard I'm not really embarrassed by those types of things.
"No, as of right now I'm single." Some whispers can be heard amongst the class both male and female. "Well then, that's enough questions for now!" Kojima sense called out. "For now you can take that seat on the right of Naoe."
I get to sit next to Yamato as it seems. Heh, I guess I can cheat off him if worse comes to worst. I wasn't the best in high school after all.
As I walked towards my seat I noticed a certain smell… beef? Looking around the room I couldn't see any food. Must be my imagination. After all, I haven't eaten anything since… I got here. "I'll be in your care Naoe-kun," I said as I sat next to him.
"It's a pleasure."
Kojima-sensei continued to speak. "Well, for today's announcement. We will be holding this week's first career survey this week- Hey Kumagai! Don't eat hamburgers during homeroom!" THAT'S WHAT IT WAS!
The big bear of a boy apologizes quickly. "E-excuse me, I was hungry." You and me both big guy.
"Kuma-chan's personality changes when his hunger reaches maximum," someone from behind me whispered.
"Bear with it for now," Kojima-sensei demanded.
"Oooh, I'm hungry," Kuma-chan moped. Poor guy.
Sensei continued with her announcement. "Everyone is to turn in their desired career after the vacation, we will have individual career guidance it may be based off what you wrote. Feel free to write any dreams you may have down." At this point, I'm hoping this entire thing is a dream. "Also, some of the windows of the second floor of C-building were broken last night. It's a rare incident for our school, please let me know if you have any information on who may have done it." Kojima said. "That's all. Train hard this week too!" With that Kojima-sense walked out of the room.
What followed what can only be described as complete and utter chaos.
"Hey Mari-kun, what country are you from?"
"Why did you come to Japan?"
"How tall are you?"
"Do you really not have a girlfriend? You're so handsome though." Wait who asked that last one!?
I was bombarded by a million question from all the people around me. Is this what being a new kid in Japan is like? Well, I guess it doesn't help that I'm a foreigner. They probably have a bunch of questions to ask me… Well, I better get this over with.
I sat there for what seemed like forever, just answering questions left and right. Finally just before the next teacher walked in I finished up with them to the point where they seemed satisfied. Now only if I could sleep throughout the school day.
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A/N: This is all I have prewritten. Hopefully, I can start releasing a chapter a few times every few days or so. I'm pretty inconsistent though so don't hate me if I'm off a few days okay?
