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[b]Interactions:[/b] Alekos Maximos Asclepius ([@Saarebas]), Midori Hamasaki* ([@SilverDawn])[/center][hr]

[color=ed1c24]"Oh, thank god,"[/color] Noah rolled his eyes and breathed a sigh of relief as he said this, in English of course, before once again facing the student in color, who'd introduced himself as Alekos prior to his approach, [color=ed1c24]"I'm not surprised that you know English, if I'm honest, but I... didn't want to assume."[/color]

It was here that Alekos confirmed that, yes, this was his first year at the academy, just as was the case for everyone else. He nodded in response to this, but it wasn't quite enough to ease his troubled mind. He still needed a [i]little[/i] more information on what Alekos' story was, and he still would've preferred to handle it delicately if he was able. Thankfully Noah wasn't forced to use his rusty Japanese, as there was no way he'd be able to ask this of Alekos without being too blunt. But that didn't make things much easier. What did make things easier was that Alekos somehow caught on to what Noah was ultimately trying to say just as he opened his mouth.

[color=f49ac2]"No worries; I'm not some weird guy trying to sneak into high school,"[/color] Alekos stated, [color=f49ac2]"I'm sixteen, I swear."[/color]

[color=ed1c24]"Huh... I was just about to ask,"[/color] Noah chuckled nervously as he rubbed the back of his neck. However, he was glad that he chanced the direct meeting with Alekos, and was able to gauge his interactions as a result. Furthermore, the pink-haired guy seemed to keep to himself for the moment, so Noah had lost all concern for [i]him[/i] being behind him as well.

Now that he felt more comfortable facing the front when he needed to, Noah glanced over his shoulder to see if the teacher was ready to actually start his lecture, noting that he had a fairly complicated formula on the blackboard that he busied himself erasing. It was just as he was about to turn back that Noah noticed Midori seating herself between him and Hisano, seemingly very focused at looking dead ahead. He couldn't tell whether she preferred to wait for the lesson to begin or if she was warded off by the sight of Alekos and the guy next to him. Assuming the latter was the case, Noah wouldn't be able to blame Midori. He was initially just as hesitant, and would've [i]stayed[/i] that way if not for the boy with the glasses talking with Alekos first. But since those few seconds ago, he'd learned better than that.

[color=ed1c24]"Looks like we still have some time at least,"[/color] Noah noted, before facing Alekos once again, [color=ed1c24]"I'm Noah, by the way. Nice to meet you."[/color]