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Fumi Three!

Between the Host Club, I always had an escort to my class. The school was just so big! They trusted me to go back to my locker at lunch alone, but I managed to get lost. Tamaki was the one who found me, wandering the halls of the upper floor.

And now it was advanced history time. No other Host was in my class, but I managed to deal.

I waited outside the classroom like I was told, and listened to her speak.

"Students, we have a new student in our class. Please behave for her."

I took that as my queue and stepped through the doorway and stood in the front of the class.

"Konichiwa," I greeted, bowing. "I am Nami Sazuki."

"Thank you." My teacher looked about the class and spotted an open seat next to a silver-haired girl. "How about you take your seat next to Eri?"

I nodded and tapped over to the empty desk and sat, placing my bag on the hook at the side of it. I pulled out the book I was given yesterday and placed it on my desk along with a tablet and pencil.

"You're prepared," the girl next to me whispered to me while the teacher got her own stuff organized.

I looked up at her and blushed. "I like to get good grades... So I make sure I take lots of notes."

She grinned. "I know whatcha mean. Hey--did you get through the barrier, or are you from the anime?"

I smiled. "I came through the barrier."

"Hey, me, too!"

"I know you want to make Sazuki welcome, Hitsugaya; I'm about to start the class. You may chat after class."

"Yes, ma'am," Eri answered, sitting back up strait, smiling.

They were currently on World War II, and reaching the end of the war. We read the last section and she started asking questions.

"So what was Prussia?" she asked.

Most of the students murmured negatives. I didn't want to be a show-off, so I kept my hand down.

"Does no one remember what Prussia was?" she asked, shocked.

My left hand slowly rose.

"Nami--do you know?"

I nodded, lowering it again. "Prussia was a large country in Europe. He fell after World War II, when the Allied Forces split him up to different countries--the west as split into East and West Germany, the middle went to Poland, and the east went to Russia, becoming one of the most vital Oblasts that the Asian country has."

"Very good; thank you, Nami." She was about to go one went something struck her, and she turned back to me. "Why did you call Prussia a 'he'?"

I blinked. "I'm... not sure..."

She shrugged and went back to teaching the class.

That was so weird, I whisper-murmur-thought, so then if I did speak aloud, no one would hear, really.

"You're right," Eri answered. "It was wired."

So I had thought aloud after all...

Eri checked the time and grinned at me. "Hey, want to talk after class? Or are you going to hang out with the Hosts like the other girls. Oh! Who are you staying with, anyway?"

I smiled. "I guess if you want to we could talk... I'm staying with the twins right now. I was going to go talk to them before they opened shop, but I guess I can skip out. I'm not that interesting, though."