Yoshida arrived on school grounds with his black mesh backpack and a cup of coffee. Wonder if May likes me?" he asked himself. 

May was walking with her friend group: Aya, Mbali Bukaye, and Naho Cho. May asked herself, "Does Yoshida have a thing for me? I hope so..."

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An hour later, first period started. Yoshida and May were in Mr.Kuraszawa's class, a math class. Mr. Kuraszawa was a stocky man with Polish facial features. "Good morning, class. I'm Mr. Kuraszawa, your language teacher. Today, we're doing an ice breaker. I want everyone to pair with somebody you don't know."

Yoshida paired up with Yuki Ochiha. "I'm Yoshida."

"Yuki. I see you like Blastoise."

He looked at Yuki's shirt. ":See you like Venusaur."

"Yean. Anyway, favourite food?" Yuki asked.

"Fried chicken, ramen, soups, fried fish, omurice, and onigiri."

"I like dumpings, fried chicken, and pizza." Yuki jotted down what Yoshida said; his partner followed suit. Yoshida was also drawing a Blastoise; he's multitasking.

A musclebound guy with Japanese and Italian facial features picked up Yoshida's drawing and balled it up. "Pokémon's for nerds!"

Yoshida said, "Why'd you do that? Who do you think you are?"

"I'm Daizo Della Maddelena, and I'll crush your ass!" Daizo is an MMA juggernaut and school bully. He picks on weaker students, but Yoshida is the wrong person/

"I'd fucking love to see you try," Yoshida said stoicly. "I take up MMA."

All the students except for May chanted, "Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!"

May thought, 'Be careful, Yoshida...'

Daizo pushed Yoshida, but his blue-eyed opponent gave him an inside leg kick! Daizo tried to punch Yoshida, but he was too quick. Yoshida then threw a head kick, knocking him off his feet.

Yoshida sat down and said nothing. Mr. K stood over Daizo. "Want some more?"

May thought, 'He can fight too? My kind of guy!'

The bell rang for second period. Yoshida looked at his schedule. "I gotta go to Mr. Zhang's class. Algrebra..."

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Yoshida was in Mr. Z's class with his friend Kyushi Sanban. Kyushi had brown hair and stereotypical Japanese facial features. 

Kyushi said, "I heard you smacked up Daizo Della Maddelena."

"Yeah," he replied stoicly. "He pushed me and balled up my Blastoise drawing... Fuck that guy."

"So, how are things with you and May? Did you two date yet?" Kyushi asked. 

"We had coffee. Start to wonder if she does like me... She dropped very few hints. If she does, I'll be happy. 

She seems like a good woman to be with." Yoshida started drawing a Mega Blastoise. "I'm gonna colour this later." 

"I see. I don't feel like dating," Kyuhi replied. "Maybe I'm aromantic... I probaby need to talk to my counselour; maybe he'll have the answer..."

"Maybe."

Mr. Zhang came in. "Good morning, class. I'm Mr. Zhang, and I'll be your algebra teacher for the year. Here's my rule sheet for class I don't mnd you guys eating as long as the trash makes the basket."

Yoshida took out some cream bread and started munching on it. "You know, cream bread isn't that bas after all. It's made with real cream."

"We'll be doing a test. There are no right or wrong answers in this test; it just shows what you know so far and what we need to work on." He started passing out some papers. "It's just 10 answers. You should be done soon."

Yoshida started doing his work. He stopped to take out some wasabi Cheetos. "You know, Kyushi, you should probably try these."

"Wasabi? Yeah...maybe I should try them. Hand me one."

Yoshida handed him a Cheeto; Kyushi ate it. Then his mouth was on fire! "Aaaaah! What the heck was in that?! Neer thought wasabi was hot!"

"It is," Yoshida said stoicly. "Never had wasabi before?"

"Nope" Kyushi took out a bottle of water and started drinking like a mad man. "God, it's hot! And I don't like it!" Kyushi exclaimed in pain.

Yoshida went back to his test. "Maybe you should try another one..."

"Nope!" Kyushi shook his head.

"More for me then." Yoshida went back to eating his wasabi Cheetos. 

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It was lunchtime. For lunch, it's a choice betwixt baked fish over rice and boerwors on a bun. Yoshida said, "I guess I'll try the boerwors and fries..." He looked to see May all by her lonesome; she waved at him. He waved back.

Yoshida finally got his lunch. He approached May at the wooden lunch table. "Hi, May. How was class so far?"

"Good. That was hot how you stood up against Daizo Della Maddelena. You should take up MMA after high school! You might be the next Georges St-Pierre."

"I want to, but my mom wants me to take a career that has nothing to do wih fighting. She must think I'll get hurt or something." Yoshida put a fry in his mouth.

"It could happen. I mean, it's MMA. Anything could happen, including a broken collar bone." May unzipped her backpack, revealing a shrimp patty-and-cheese sandwich with Kewpie mayo. "Want half of my sandwich?"

"It has mayo, so I'm good. Thanks anyway." Yoshida picked up his sausage sandwich and took a big bite. 

May bit into her 'wich. "I think you should meet my older brother Kenji; he's an undefeated MMA fighter. He could probably give you pointers."

"Maybe I should... When's he comng?" Yoshida asked.

"Next weekend," May replied. 

Yoshida opened his can of sparkling juice. "Blueberry juice. I have 2 more of these."

"Mind if I have one/" she asked. "Never had these before." 

Yoshida gave her one. "I also have a blood orange-flavoured one. There's also a cucumber-melon one; we just don't have it."

"I see." She took another bite of her food. "This mayo is pretty good!"

"What music do you listen to?" Yoshida asked. "I listen to EDM. You know, dubstep, riddim, deep house, progressive house, rawstyle, rawtrap..."

"I listen to anything, mostly rock," May answered. "I wanna be a YouTube cover artist!"

The bell to end first lunch rang. Yoshida said, "I'll see you later, May." He walked off to gym, his next class.