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It turned out Asahi's mom requested the principal for me to give Asahi a tour around the school since she knows me.
So here I am.. walking with my neighbor. "So what do you think of the school?" I asked him, breaking the silence. "It's big." He said. "Hopefully there aren't any bullies here." He added and I scoffed.
"Of course, there'll be bullies. What kind of school doesn't have any?" I said-asked and he chuckled.
"So, now I'm having English right?" He asked and I nodded my head. "Are you good in English?" He asked and I made a face.
"A little?"
"Dude, it's easy." He said.
"Aren't Japanese people usually bad in english?"
"Are you saying Japanese people can't speak english?"
"N-no! I just thought.. I don't know. You're Japanese?"
"So what if I am Japanese?"
"There's nothing wrong with it, it's just... aren't you supposed to be good in- what? Math?"
"Now you're just stereotyping Asians."
"You know that's not what I mean-"
"That's exactly what you meant." Asahi cut me off.
"That's not what I'm trying to say. Isn't Japan's English classes different?" I asked and he stared at me for a moment, a smile forming on his lips. "What?" I asked and he started laughing.
"Dude, I'm an American." Asahi said with a big smile and I stood there, confused. "I was born here and raised here all my life."
"Holy shit."
"Holy shit, indeed." He said, amused and me? I...
I was just embarrassed. I tried my best not to turn red from embarrassment.
"Oh." Was all I managed to say.
"Yeah.. so, I know how the English classes work around here." He said and I nodded my head slowly. "Sorry, I didn't mean to make you-" He started to say.
"It's okay, I was being weird. I didn't mean to just assume you were not.. American." I apologised and he nodded his head. "No problem." He said.
I decided to not say anything, afraid that I'd say something stupid and offensive again.
Without realising, we reached Asahi's classroom. We had a couple of classes together later though.
I was excited to see him today but now I just want to hide.
"Let's talk some more later. Do we have lunch together?" He asked and I looked at his schedule. "Yeah." I said and he smiled at me. I gave him his schedule.
"See you at lunch, Grey."
