The Life of Renn Alrose: The Complete Petals

Chapter 7 - The Foreigner

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We decided to take a break at the canteen.. Jenna's part will come up after lunch. I finished my food, but remain distressed.

"You know... You shouldn't dwell on it too much. Negative emotions and negative thoughts can destroy you, you know?" Jenna was feeling concerned as she tilted her body and face. I sighed.

"It's not that I am dwelling too much, it's just staying so much to the point I can't even think straight." I rested my elbows and arms on the table and just stared down on my reflection shining on the table.

"One, that's dwelling too much. Two... You're really going to ruin your day just because of that?" She frowned and leaned closer to me.

"I don't even know..." I put my face flat on the table, still upset.

"Come on... I liked you much better when you were confident~" I can hear her playful tone again, and she suddenly hugged me by the neck, surprising me and making me flustered.

"HEY! WE ARE IN THE SCHOOL PREMISES!" I quickly pulled her hands off me.

"There's the Alrose I know and love!" He playfully giggled as I was upset at her. I really wanted to give her a slap but my morals wouldn't allow it.

"Stop it with that tone of yours, that must be why Syrra doesn't seem like you're type to catch a guy..." I turned myself away from her.

"Such a meanie..." She leaned herself onto me and I was again surprised having her close to me like this.

"Will you stop that?!" I quickly began shoving her away from me.

"Ara... Kore wa tanoshi-sōdesu..."

While pushing Jenna away, we both turned to a girl behind us.

"Uhhh... Pardon me?" Come to think of it, I didn't get what she was saying.

"Gomen... Watashi wa nihonjin desu." I was just sitting with a dumbfounded face in front of her.

"English?" I gave up and asked Jenna. She also didn't know as she shook her head and shrugged, also dumbfounded.

The girl was then laughing at me as I was unable to process her talk.

"I was saying that I'm sorry, I'm Japanese. And you two seemed to be having fun..." She grinned at both of us, especially towards me. That made me embarrassed and have a tomato head once again.

"AHHH!!! IT'S NOT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE!! WE'RE JUST FRIENDS! FRIENDS!" I quickly shook my hands in denial. Curse you, Jenna! You ruined my first impression towards this girl!

Jenna did a "teehee" gesture. This girl is just making me embarrassed and annoyed right now...

"Souka... (Okay...) Eeto... (Well...) This is the first time I heard of a "student teacher". Can you tell me more about it?" So, she was curious about that.

"It's self-explanatory. A student volunteers to be the teacher, therefore being called a student teacher." I answered.

"Ahhh... Naruhodou... (I understand...) I never thought you can get experience teaching from this. Does every school have this event?" She asked.

"No. But if they agree to do this event, it brings a truly satisfying experience." I answered. It's a rare event to bring student teachers to other schools, the process of getting that approved takes such a long time.