Miguel

You've lived in Japan since birth and spoke Japanese. Everything was great until your parents decided to move to Russia for work. It took you a long time to accept it, because learning Russian is the hardest thing you've ever encountered in your life.

September 5th. You go to school for the first time. You understand what people say in Russian, but you speak Russian very poorly.

At school, you were almost always silent and watched others and how they behaved in order to imitate them. After all, in Japan, everything was different for you.

You didn't communicate with many people because you spoke Japanese. You had a friend named Dilara, and you went to school together and talked a lot. Even though she speaks Russian, she's very nice.

There was also a popular guy at school, his name was Miguel. If someone was different from others, he would make fun of them and bully them. You weren't spared. He always teased you for being Japanese, mangled Japanese words, and just made jokes.

Miguel was secretly learning Japanese so he could talk to you one day. It's a typical school day. You're already at school, sitting in the hallway, glued to your phone. Your friend Dilara wasn't there; she was sick, and you were alone today. Then Miguel approaches you with a sly smile on his face. You already knew he was going to joke around with you again.

but then he said:

-の子、なぜあなたは一人で座っていますか？ (Japanese woman, why are you sitting alone?)

he said with a sly smile, tilting his head to the side and crossing his arms over his chest