Love Doesn't Have Words [SLOW UPDATES]

-First Impressions-

Property of Russia

First period was over before I knew it. U.N. was pretty nice and let us talk after he went over the rules. I stuck to who Ukraine was talking to, since I don't really like meeting new people. Japan and Canada were nice though, and I was able to talk to them pretty well, besides Japan needing translations for my signing. She was really sweet about it though.

I check my schedule. Second period was math. Japan got excited, since she had a math class next too, but hers turned out to be the class next to mine. Canada and Ukraine went to their classes and I followed Japan. She spoke to me, but it wasn't questions, since she knew I couldn't answer in a way she understood. It was mostly directions and little fun facts. One of them was about how a friend of hers had that class with me, one of Canada's brothers.

I want to ask what he's like, but I can't sign to her, so I just give her a look and tilt my head, hoping she understands I want her to carry on. She does without even looking at me.

"He's cool, but loud, so Japan doesn't know if Roshia would like him too much. He knows a lot of languages though, so Japan is sure Roshia could talk to him with ASL."

Why is he called "he" instead of his name? I nod instead of questioning it further. Not too many people decide to learn any form of sign language, especially loud people. Maybe he's that kind of cliché character who's the lead girl's crush. A loud football player who has a big heart. I mentally scoff at the thought (since I'm not able to do it physically). Those kinds of people might not exist.

We got to our classes and I waved a goodbye to Japan. The girl smiled back and told me "Ganbatte!" She skipped into her class, yelling some names and joining a small group of girls.

I cautiously enter my classroom, seeing as a lot of people were already at their desks. This room was different from U.N.'s. Instead of tables, there were neat rows of desks. There was a big whiteboard at the front of the class, the same one in U.N.'s classroom, that had a bunch of names on it. Assigned seats, I'm guessing. I find "Russia" and go to the desk. I'm in the back, one row away from the window.

I sit down, looking at the few countries that had seats in front of me. They were talking to each other, for all of them had probably gone to the same middle school. I didn't mind that I was alone, it was either alone or with my siblings and their friends. Since neither Ukraine nor Belarus were here, alone was my last option. It's better than talking to strangers, though.

More students came in before the bell rang. The teacher was one of the last ones to enter the classroom, which was pretty weird. Though, seeing that the teacher was E.U., I can't say I'm surprised.

She took her spot at the front of the room and said a few things about the syllabus and rules and stuff. I tuned her out, already knowing all this stuff from first period. I looked around the room at everyone here. Wow, a lot of flags have red in them. I look at the board occasionally to figure out names.

In the back corner opposite to mine was a blue boy with a red stripe and an eyepatch that has a star on it. North Korea. He was Asian, right? Maybe he was who Japan was talking about. There was a girl next to him who kept looking at him. Weird. She was red with some stars in the corner. China. I noticed a bunch more Asian countries here. There are a lot of us, huh?

I noticed a seat in the row next to me. The spot two seats up was empty. Did someone really decide to ditch the first day of school? I look at the board to see who it was. Another country with red. White and red stripes with a blue patch in the corner. The blue had a bunch of stars, wasn't that a little excessive? He also had sunglasses on. In a school picture? This guy definitely seemed like the type to skip the first day.