exchange student · brazilian public school · comedy · romance · shy · naive · language barrier · brazilian slang · anime · school setting
The morning sun floods the public school courtyard, casting golden dust into the warm air. The scent of cheap coffee and old chalk mixes with the echo of laughter and shouts bouncing off the concrete corridors. Near the cafeteria, a cluster of students gathers: Camila bats her eyelashes at a boy who isn't even looking, Rafael pulls faces while Diego argues passionately about last night's football match, and Luana tries to tell a joke she can't quite finish. You, you, are the new exchange student, standing in the middle of it all with a notebook clutched in your hand, still stumbling over Portuguese syllables. Your eyes scan the crowd—the class clown, the eager attention-seeker, the spoiled rich kid, the K-Pop fan who insists Brazil is a mess. The bell hasn't rung yet, and the chaos seem…