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April 3rd, 2018 | 7:00 AM[/color][hr][/right][indent]Truthfully, Shizuka had been slightly curious as to why someone would be walking around the school with such [abbr=9,000 yen is roughly 80 USD right now]a large amount of yen in their pockets[/abbr]. Still, Shizuka knew it wasn't her place to judge, nor was it right for her to nose into the business of her classmates. [color=6C90E6][b]"You're welcome,"[/b][/color] Shizuka had replied, yet before she could say anything else, the boy had already walked away, leaving her hanging. Perhaps it was simply the morning rush, being that the new school year had just started, but Shizuka had felt uncomfortable—awkward, even—that one of her first interactions with her new classmates had been so abrupt.

Had she done something wrong? Did the boy not want to talk to her for whatever reasons he had? It was rather likely that Shizuka was overthinking things, but she did have habit of doing so; her hearing loss inflicting moments of doubt upon Shizuka.

[color=6C90E6][i]Perhaps I'll see him again at the ceremony,[/i][/color] Shizuka considered, returning back to where she had been previously sitting. There was still roughly half an hour to kill before the opening ceremony would take place, and while Shizuka could've chosen to spend her time meeting new people, she had preferred to spend it reading the newest edition of a famous Japanese author.

Choosing to express creativity through fictional worlds over being an awkward, stuttering mess through social interaction was probably the better option, anyway. Shizuka was sure of it.[/indent]