His ears twitched. Kuhaku's eyes snapped open. His ears were picking up the sound of a lot of heavy metal, clanking and rattling heading towards him. Was it an enemy? Another Grimm? Though, Grimm didn't wear METAL armor as far as he knew. So then the only logical explanation was...

 ...Another student!

 Kuhaku bolted upright, his shield and sword clinking against each other from the sudden movement. Turning to face the source of the noise, his eyes began to light up and sparkle, his mouth agape from excitement. His long and slender tail swaying back and forth restlessly. Black pupils narrowing into a vertical slit, he focused his vision on his future partner. It seemed that his heavily-armored compatriot was a male Faunus. 

 The student called out to him, "[B]Hello there![/B]"
 As he approached, Kuhaku excitedly waved at him and returned his greeting, "Hello!"

 Now, with the two of them standing ten feet away from each other, Kuhaku took a quick moment to look his fellow student over. He was most definitely a male Faunus, just like himself. Kuhaku briefly wondered if he had a harsh childhood just like him, but pushed the thought from his mind. He couldn't quite place exactly what KIND of Faunus he was, but noticed that he had quite a bit of armor on and that his weapon of choice looked rather strange. However odd it looked to Kuhaku, he took note of its great size. As he was temporarily lost in thought, the other student introduced himself.

"[B]Good. Good.[/B]" The other student cleared his throat and then bowed his head. "[B]Hello. I am Gren Orchid. I suppose that we're partners now, aren't we?[/B]"

 Kuhaku widely grinned and bowed his head in return. After raising his head, he extended a hand to shake towards 'Gren'. In all honesty, Kuhaku wanted to pounce on his new partner, take his hand to shake vigorously, and assault him with a barrage of questions. But, he restrained himself. 

"Hello again, friend. I'm Kuhaku. Kuhaku Shiro. It's a pleasure to meet you and yes, I suppose we ARE partners now," he chuckled.