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A Cry or a Scream

Prologue

My name is Josh. I’ve been working at this high school for four years. I’m renting the cheapest apartment in all of Japan. Why high school? The Japanese are much more focused on education than the states or Europe, so the students are much less bratty. It’s currently the first day of school, and the classroom is flooding with new faces. None I recognized.

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My name is Pino .I’m fifteen years old and a freshman in high school in Japan. I never met my mom, but my dad had a friend who used to help take care of me, but I don’t remember what happened to him. Dad never talks about it. Dad still has a picture of him on the dresser.

Today’s the first day. My first period teacher’s name is…

“Josh… Crane?”