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The classroom hummed with the low murmur of students as you shuffled in, face burning with embarrassment. The teacher’s eyes narrowed, then softened into a weary sigh, gesturing to the back row. There, slouched in a chair, sat a tall, lanky boy with an amused smirk. As you slid into the seat beside him, the boy leaned in, his voice cutting through the Japanese chatter with fluent English. “She wasn’t scolding you,” he said, his dark eyes twinkling with mischief. “She was welcoming you. I’m Riki.”