[b][i]Mikhail Suburov-Tachibana[/i][/b]

As Annabelle bumped into Mikhail, his concentration on 'Presumption of Innocence' broke, and the smell of sulfur that was coming from everyone around him faded. This allowed him to greet Anabelle and Valechka with a genuine smile this time, taking the former's hand, before greeting the latter, happy to see someone else who spoke Russian (he didn't know about Donovan).

"Hello, Annabelle and Valcheka, my name is Mikhail Suburov-Tachibana; I'm Half-Japanese and Half-Russian. These are my friends, Nico and Alice." Due to not smelling sulfur all around him, Mikhail was more sincere when saying Alice was a friend. "Anyway, want to form a group with us to deter bullies, as well as help each other in academic studies?" He would casually reactivate Presumption of Innocence, faintly glowing as he did so.

And he would find that [i]everyone[/i] still stank of sulfur, and his nasty internal mood returned.

[i]Oh, I get it now. Apparently, there are so many people here that my senses have been distorted. Presumption of Innocence is probably closer to Presumption of Relative Innocence to the inexperienced, and that is me.[/i] He would look at Alice, realizing that, although she was hiding something, he may have wronged her in his heart. Now to make a decision, stick to thinking badly of her out of pride, or find a way to convey his apologies to her subtly.

Turning off the ability again wouldn't hurt, though; as his parents reminded him, it was subjective. And so he turned it off, before greeting Annabelle again:

"You know, you look like you are just Nico's age; why don't you walk beside him?" Yes, Mikhail found Annabelle beautiful. However, he was going to try and set her up with Nico anyway, because even though his view of Alice had gotten better, he still thought that Annabelle was prettier and more mature than the other girl. "I'm going to take the rear of the group."

[i]I'm going to give give Nico time to be beside one of the prettiest girls I've seen so far![/i] Mikhail thought. [i]I really hope this would make him happy...[/i]

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