"𝙽𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝙼𝚎" [𝚂𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚖𝚒 𝚡 𝚘𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚒]

𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝙸𝙸𝙸

Chapter 3- the new kid

Obanai

"I really think we should put him in school"

"I just don't think he's ready, after everything he went to I really don't think he'd cope"

"He needs a social life if he's gonna recover from that"

"He won't handle it well"

"How would you know, he's already made a friend"

"One kid in a solitary environment is very different to a classroom full of kids, he had a panic attack when I took him to the supermarket"

"I know what you mean, but he's never gonna have a future if he doesn't have a basic education"

"Well we can't just put him in 6th grade, he won't understand anything being taught"

"I'm sure they will have some sort of special ed class they can put him in, he'll be ok"

"You're right, I'll call up the school"

I was hearing all this while sitting around the corner. I had never been to school before but I knew sanemi would be there so it can't be that bad.
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"Kyojiro, obanai, out of bed now. You're gonna be late" Shinjuro called us from the hallway. I sleepily opened my eyes and sat up from my futon looking up at kyojiro, who I had been sharing a room with for the past month and a half, he was still asleep in his bed.

I stood up and stumbled my way down stairs where ruka was making breakfast. I walked past her and made my way to the dining table where senjiro was seated in his highchair happily eating his toast cut up into tiny pieces.

I climbed up onto one of the chairs and sat there silently. After a couple moments ruka turned to look at me but I ducked under the table.

"Obanai when did you come do- huh" she said as she turned around "I wonder when you'll stop hiding from me" she turned back around to continue doing something on the counter.

When I got up back on my chair I noticed she had placed a plate in front of me with an omelet on it.

"Morning dear" ruka said as shinjuro came down stairs and into the kitchen

"Good morning, where's kyojiro?" He asked

"I thought he was with you?"

"He's probably still asleep, I'll go get him" shinjuro said turning to go back upstairs. A couple minutes later kyojiro ran down stairs excitedly with shinjuro following behind.

"Morning mum" he said cheerfully sitting in the chair next to me "hey oba you're going to my school today"

"I know" I replied

"I'm gonna introduce you to all my friends" he told me

"Ok, thanks" I said finishing my omelette  I got out of my seat and made my way upstairs.

I went to the bathroom and brushed my teeth before going back to my bedroom to get dressed. The summer uniform was just a pair of grey shorts, black socks, black shoes, and a short sleeve white dress shirt with the school logo as well as a yellow hat.

Me and kyojiro walked towards the school, it was a couple minute walk before we reached it.

He walked straight in with some other kids, but I was stopped by an adult.

"You must be obanai?" He asked

I nodded

"I'm Mr ito, I'm gonna be your teacher this year" he told me with a large smile causing me to step back in fear "no need to be scared, think of me as a new friend"

"Mr ito, Obanai doesn't really talk" Kyojuro told the teacher

"Ah i see, well I'm sure you will open up to me eventually" he said "now how about we head inside?"

I nodded before he showed me the way towards the door that led inside of the building. We walked through the hallway passing many doors all labeled with which grade is assigned to it. Eventually we made it to a classroom labeled "SEND".

He opened the door and signalled me to enter. I did and he entered after closing the door.

It was a small room with only a couple desks, nothing like what you would expect from a normal classroom. The walls were covered in colourful letters and numbers. There was a large whiteboard on the wall as well and on the wooden floor was a large colorful carpet.

"this will be your classroom for the next year, so make yourself at home" he said whilst pulling one of the small chairs out enticing me to take a seat.

I sat down and he grabbed some paper before also sitting in one of the tiny chairs.

"So, you happen to be the only send student in this school currently so you've got this classroom to yourself" he said smiling at me which just made me uneasy

"How about we go over what you already know? Do you know how to write?"

I nodded

"Great how about you write something for me? Let's start with your name"

He handed me a piece of paper and a pencil and I started to write. When I was done I showed him.

"Well, good job Iguro" he praised "now do you think you could write me a sentence? Be creative"

I thought for a second before writing "I like snakes"

"Very good, you even spelt snakes correctly" he mentioned "but I don't think I can agree with you on that one, I think snakes are quite scary"

The rest of the day was the same. I was excited for lunch but I wasn't allowed to go outside with the other kids, he made me wait till they came back inside before I could go out. But what was the point of going outside if there was nothing to do out there.

I sat on the swings for a while but they weren't as much fun as others make it out to seem. The sun was hot on my skin and I just wanted to go back inside.

After a couple of hours I was let out of the classroom. I met up with Kyojuro, who was with his friend, and we started to walk back home. Not like they even paid attention to me. But that was fine.

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