Chapter 1 – A Few (informal) Emails from Yong Soo

Subject: Hello!
Date: 8/23/20XX 4:20:16 P.M.
From: Kimchi0815
To: TW1025

Heeeeeeeeeeey! It's Yong Soo! I know it's only been a week since I gave you my email address… But to be honest, I expected you to message me first! I kinda thought we bonded last week! I guess you didn't think so… :(

Anyways, I was wondering what classes you have! I mean… Well, you're going into 9th grade too, right? I just kind of figured… You look the same age as me so… Well, I've made mistakes before! Just ask Arthur Kirkland (in my defense though, he is pretty short, and has the temper of a 5 year old girl!). I was just thinking that it would be great to have the same classes, because then we could get to know each other more! You seem like a very awesome person, you know ;)

Hmm…. I think that my brother would probably say I'm being too straightforward or something…. But this is coming from the guy who hardly ever leaves the house, so I think its fine! I can't wait to hear back from you, new best friend!

Subject: RE: Hello!
Date: 8/30/20XX 8:19:26 P.M.
From: Kimchi0815
To: TW1025

It's about time you responded! I kind of thought that you were ignoring me for a while :(

Anyways, yeah, I'm the guy from the ice cream place! I was with Alfred at the time, but don't worry! I don't talk nearly as much as him. Though sometimes my older brother scolds me for being too loud… But he's a real stick in the mud! Why do you wanna know about Kiku, anyways? He's so boring! And he's like a turtle, he… like. Does turtle-y stuff, you know? Like, doesn't move and... you know, shit like that. Anyways, he doesn't like me much, so I don't know a lot about him. It's not like he does much, anyways. Or well, maybe he's doing something in that room of his, but I'm sure as hell that it's not anything interesting.

And hey, we have AP Math and AP Science together! We should like, sit next to each other! That'd be so much fun, right? Then we could actually talk in person… It was kind of hard to talk to anyone when Al and that creepy tall kid wouldn't stop arguing about their stupid… whatever's. I wasn't even paying attention to them!

Anyways, I can't wait to see you again!

(Ps. That's a Miley Cyrus song right? Do you like her?)

Subject: RE: Hello!
Date: 8/31/20XX 5:34:06 P.M.
From: Kimchi0815
To: TW1025

Wait, what makes you think I like Miley Cyrus? I was just stating a fact! Jeez… I have far better taste than that!

And, I don't know… I guess Kiku likes cute things… Like cats and anime and stuff. It's kind of weird for a guy, but hey... Kiku's weird.

Wait…

You don't have like, a crush on him or anything, do you?

Ugh, I mean… Well, to be honest, I can't see him with a woman or a man. Too antisocial, you know? He's like… asexual, or something. But I guess if you really wanna know, I could like, look in his room and see if he has a diary or something. I really wouldn't be surprised if he did. He seems like the type.

And yeah, I guess we don't have to sit together…. But it'd be nice! And you're new here, so wouldn't you want to sit with someone you know? Oh well, maybe we could sit together at lunch!

And… sexual tension…? Is that some kind of joke? Cuz that's not exactly what I think of when I see Al and Ivan going at it… Oh god, I hope you aren't like Elizabeta…

A/N: So, I guess I probably should have had this out a while ago. It's… significantly more lighthearted than the prologue. I debated whether I was even going to put this in or not, because I know it doesn't seem to make a lot of sense right now. But I hope it will, later, because it's semi-important to the main plot. The person he's speaking to is meant to be anonymous, but the screen name they use has something to do with their identity. Trufax.

I have a question. I was planning to use other Asia characters, such as Taiwan, Hong Kong, Vietnam, and Thailand. The only thing is, none of them have human names. If anyone could suggest any to me, or pick a popular fan name or something, that'd be great! And thanks for reading!