After school finally rolled around and I have to admit that my first day at a Japanese high school has been difficult. I thought that my first day at a high school in Europe was much more difficult, but I stand corrected. There are still mean and judgmental people everywhere you go. It makes me question how the rest of my high school life in Japan will go.
As I was putting my books into my school bag so I can go home, I overheard a couple girls talking in the classroom as they got ready to leave. I didn't really understand much of what they were saying until I heard certain words that came out of their mouth.
"I heard he passed out during gym class." One girl said.
"Me too and didn't he miss lunch earlier?" The second girl asked.
"Yeah. Do you think he's dieting?" The first girl asked.
"Maybe. I wonder why, though. Who does he have to impress anyways? He's not that special. Especially since he can't even speak Japanese." The second girl said.
I sighed as I glanced over at them and watched the both of them leave the classroom, me being the only person left now.
Great. Just perfect. Not only am I known as the foreigner that can't speak Japanese, but now by tomorrow, everybody will think I have an eating disorder and that I starve myself at lunch.
It's only the first day of school for me, but I honestly didn't think that so many nasty rumors were gonna be flying around the school about me and I'm still curious about who my savior is. The guy who took me to the nurse's office earlier.
I stood up and grabbed my school bag then headed out of the classroom and left the school. I really dislike school and it's not because of the difficult work, but I don't have an option to be homeschooled because my mom is really overprotective of me and she homeschooled me for a couple years when I was younger. My dad had convinced her to let me go to public school, though. He wanted me to experience going to an actual public school and make friends.
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When I got home, I walked through the door and saw my mom cooking dinner in the kitchen. When I shut the door, she looked over at me and smiled.
"Hi, dear. How was the first day of school?" She asked.
I sighed then started walking towards my room. "It was hell." I replied in English.
"Arata." She called out and I stopped in my tracks then turned around and faced her.
"Watch your language, please and speak in Japanese. We're not in Europe anymore." She scolded.
I sighed and nodded. "Yes, mom."
"Now go and wash up. Dinner is almost ready." She said.
I continued on to my room and immediately got out of my school uniform and slipped on some street clothes. Then I went back into the kitchen and had dinner with mom at the table.
"Did anything exciting happen at school?" She asked.
I shook my head as I shoved a piece of rice into my mouth.
"I forgot my bento box at home." I said.
"Oh. I know. I realized that after you left, but I figured that you would've bought yourself some lunch."
I nodded, staying quiet. I didn't want mom to know that I went practically all day without eating. She would get so worried and I just don't want to deal with any of that crap.
After dinner, I went straight to my room to work on some homework. During my homework time, I couldn't stop thinking about who Rei Kanagawa is. I wondered how tall he is or whether he's cute or not. I couldn't even get it out of my head that he was nice enough to take me to the nurse's office even though the gym teacher went with him.
Or maybe...maybe he's not nice after all. Maybe he only offered to take me to the nurse's office so he can win points with the gym teacher.
I sighed at the thought then shook my head and pressed my head into my books. I really didn't want to think about Rei Kanagawa being so small minded and mean like that.
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