[u][b]Yoshida Mami[/b][/u]

All she could do was nod weakly in return as her shadowed eyes followed her roommate's rapid departure from their shared dorm. The moment she could no longer hear the pattering of footsteps upon the floorboards, Mami allowed herself to let out a breath she had not realised she had been holding in. That had ... gone better than she had expected. Her heart was still pounding loudly within her chest, but she was calming down. The other girl was gone now. Gone. Left the room. She was now alone and no longer accompanied by people who frightened her.

She slowly shifted her gaze to the suitcase sitting by her. The shivers were gone now, but the butterflies in her stomach continued to remain. It was hard ... [i]frightening and scary and horrifying[/i] ... to really stay around people. Mami wanted to change that. She really wanted (I want to make friends!) to ensure that she wasn't going to skitter away from everything in fear. Her meeting with the roommate ... she hadn't run away. The very thought of it was warming, and a light blush tinged her cheeks. She'd talked to somebody without getting too overblown and scared! It was a small triumph, but if it could decide the rest of her school life ...

She had to keep it up.

Firstly however, the hat-wearing girl immediately lifted up her own suitcase, moving it over to the bottom bunk. She wasn't too good with heights, and sleeping above somebody else scared her. The other girl ... Noriko Murakami ... she wouldn't mind her, right? Mami hoped she had heard properly.

And-

Her eyes glanced up at a clock ticking on the wall.

Class.

She meeped.

Mami grabbed the bag she had prepared before arriving at the academy and [i]ran[/i].