Can I help?

Chapter 1

Hide's P.O.V.

I was in my class. The students were chatting away as I looked at some of the my papers. But there was one student sitting alone and not talking to anyone, and I have seen no one bother to talk to them. It was a girl with black and white hair. Her roots were black, but the rest was white. She had steal grey eyes. She was wearing the usual school uniform, but she also had on a blue hoodie. The sleeves were so long that they covered her hands. She was reading a book about dinosaurs. She was sitting all the way in the back of the class, against to the wall. But facing the front of the room. She didn't seem to be bothered that she was sitting all alone and being ignored by her peers.

She had autism, I know because the other teachers told me. I'm new to this school, my first year teaching here. All the students were nine or ten. But she was eleven, she had to stay back a year because her grades were so bad. Maybe that's why she's ignored. The lunch bell rang and the students started to get up and talk louder. I got them to be quiet and put them in a single file line. The girl was still sitting at her desk and consumed by the book she was reading.

"Ichika." I called her. That was her first name. If I called her by her last name she'll think she's in trouble, I know because that's what I did the first few days of school. It was the second week of school now. She popped up from the book and looked at me when I called her. And the other kids were leaving the classroom.

"It's time for lunch." I said before she closed her book and got up. She got her blue lunch box from under her desk too. Then she followed the line out into the hall and to the lunch room. After lunch, the students came back in more chatter then when they left. I did get to eat my lunch and get a few lesson planes done while they were at lunch. Ichika came in five minutes after everyone else. She was late, but I wasn't going to get on her about it. She looked sad and she let her lunch box drag behind her. She sat at her desk and let her lunch box go before she started to nibble on the sleeves of her hoodie. Just a thing she does.

I got up from my desk and went to the white bored to start the lesson. I still kept an eye on Ichika. This wasn't like her to be sad, she usually looks happy or just bored. Something must of happened at lunch. She started to fidget more, like she would grab at her shirt collar and pull on it. Then a few tears started to run down her cheeks and she would pull on her hair. Once I give everyone the worksheet to work on, I went to her and kneeled next to her desk.

"Ichika, is everything alright?" I asked her. She looked at me before looking down at her desk again.

"Pa...pa.." She said. She wanted her dad, she does this. But not usually in my class and she would make it through the other classes. This time tough she seemed really stressed.

"Okay, come on." I said as I stood up. Then I held her hand out for her. She took it and got out of her chair and got her things in her backpack, I had to help a little. I walked out of the classroom and across from my room with her. And of course since I left the class, they started to get loud. I went to Ms. Mado's classroom and knocked on her classroom door. Her class was a lot quieter then mine. Manly because she knew how to make the kids behave. She came a couple minutes after I knocked.

"Yes?" She said. She had light blonde hair and brown eyes.

"I'm gonna take Ichika to the office to call her dad, because she seems really stressed. If could keep an eye my class until I get back, please?" I said before she noticed Ichika next to me, she was still holding my hand. She was also nibble on her hoodie sleeve of her free hand again. I know she has a soft spot for Ichika, unlike her other kids. Ichika is her math class, that is what she teaches. While I teach history.

"Okay, I will."

"Thank you." I said before walking down the hallway. I lead Ichika to the front office and opened the door. I got the lady at the front desk to call her dad. I had Ichika sit in one of the chairs and I sat next to her. To keep an eye on her until her dad got here, and I wanted to met him too. See if we can work out something because Ichika doesn't do the work I give her. And when she does it looks like she guessed and her hand writing is almost unreadable. There would also be some little scrabbles. I would be fine if she took the work home and had her dad help her out, then bring it back the next day.

After about a good 20 or 30 minutes, a man came up to the door and rang the little door bell we had. Because we have to have that incase someone tries to sneak in or something like that. The lady at the front desk let him in by hitting a little button. I got a better look at him when he walked in. He had black hair and steal grey eyes. He had on a orange t-shirt, blue jeans, and black shoes. He had on round black glasses too. He had a tattoo on his left upper arm and had on a black rubber ring, must be silicone, on his right ring finger. He had on a dark greenish shoulder bag,

Ichika saw him and stopped nibbling on her hoodie sleeves before she got up and ran to him, must be her dad. He got on his knees and held her arms for her. When she got to him, they hugged. Ichika had her arms around his neck. He had a arm around her waist and his other hand on her back. Her face was hiding in his neck. I stood up from the chair as they pulled away, but Ichika still held onto his waist when he stood up. He signed her out to take her home.

"Hey, uh..." I said as they started to walking to the door to leave. I wanted to get his attention.

"Thank you." He said as he walked passed me. Then he walked out the door and left with his daughter. And I just stood there for a couple minutes before going back to my class.

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