New school! New happiness?

Finally, after a full 90 minutes (double hour !!!) in the torture chamber in room 4012, the bells released us and the torturer released us from custody.
Never in my life had I had such a terrible first lesson at a new school.
Although I kept up with the material well, it was immediately clear to me that the rat didn't like me.
Although I had called in very often, he only took the shy girl next to me.
I learned her name was Yumika and she wasn't bad at math.
Any further contact, however, was prevented by Rattes, and so I was left with only her name.

I walked out of the room with her because I liked her more than the others I had met up to now.
Especially when I thought that she was actually almost the only one I had met.
I didn't just want to question her like that and so we walked quietly side by side.Suddenly a hand appeared out of nowhere and grabbed Yumika's right shoulder.
I was startled and stumbled to the side.
The gap that I had left was immediately filled with the second girl who had given me the information earlier that morning where I could find the rat.
"Hey, Yumi! Sweetie! Well? How did you fare in your supreme discipline in the world of numbers?" With a sneering grin, she made an innocent, questioning face.
For the first time that day, I heard Yumika pronounce something other than numbers and noticed that she had a nicer voice when she wasn't talking about math.
"Oh Jana! You already know the answer! After all, you always ask me the same thing!"
She spoke in a soft and soft voice and yet one could understand her well.
I got the impression, however, that she preferred to talk to teachers because she had been much more confident in math and her voice had seemed firmer and more secure.
Now Jana turned to me."Well? You again? How was your first lesson?"
She also looked at me with her face
which she had already put on across from Hinata.
"Rattes! He's just ......!"
My voice sank into a sullen, angry murmur and Jana began to laugh.
Apparently she had already got to know him well!

"Such a plague shouldn't run around freely! One should start the hunt for the rat in this school!" shouted a voice still unknown to me from behind us.
A blond-haired boy approached us who looked like he was 12 last year.
He probably had to graduate from high school soon.
I had to get used to the fact that there was a distinction between middle and high school, because before I had only gone to high schools.
Here, in Osaka, not only did the people speak differently, their school systems and manners were also foreign to me.
I just said hello and went on with the others.
I was a little surprised that Jana paid no attention to this boy and noticed how Yumika was also reluctantly accompanying us.Apparently she knew the boy who was persecuting us now and would have liked to talk to him.
"Oh Jana! Why do you keep ignoring me?"
When Jana jerked around and looked the boy straight in the eye, Yumika and I were frightened and turned around as well.
"Kokuno! You will never learn either, will you? Leave us alone! Or should I spell it for you?
Oh no! I forgot! You're too stupid even for that! "
So his name was Kokuno!
Despite this insult, he had a grin on his face, which reminded me very much of a small, defiant boy.
He looked at me and grinned even wider.
"Who are you? I haven't seen you here yet!"
"I'm Yinghua. Just call me Ying" I didn't know what to say, so I just waited for his reaction.
"Ying? Nice name! That's Chinese, isn't it?"
He looked at me interested and I was relieved that he didn't react the same as the rat."Yes. My father was Asian. My ma thought the name was so beautiful."
Next to me I heard an exasperated groan and noticed Jana rolling her eyes.
Apparently this boy wasn't very popular…. As in the other schools, it was probably something "unforgivable" to talk to him, but I didn't care at the moment because I actually found him relatively nice.
"And what class are you in? You are probably taking your high school exams, right?"
I tried to engage him in a nice conversation, but he just looked sadly at the floor.
"Well, ... actually I should be, but I'm ... well ... rattled through a few times. I'm on the same level as you."
He said the last sentence in an attempted carefree tone, which he failed miserably.
"Well ... It can happen to anyone. What lessons do you have now?"
"Physics! I would have loved to have taken another course, but ..."
"They were all already full. Right?"I added his sentence on purpose and put a smile on his face.
'Done!'
Then I noticed something.
"Hey ... you could show me the room if you want! I don't know my way around here very well and I don't want to be late again!"
I smiled too now.
I didn't think Kokuno was as bad as Jana had to find him and I thought that Yumika had to agree with me too, because she said her second, correct sentence for today.
"We can go together. I have physics now too."
“Are you as good at that subject as you are at maths?” I smiled at her, but she looked down again as she answered me.
"Well ... that is a matter of opinion."
Kokuno also interfered now.
"She's great! She's always been great in every subject. And by the way, she's the only reason I'm not still in elementary school."
Again he put on his little boy face and we laughed.
Except for Yumika, who looked at the floor with a red head.I was almost certain that she was very fond of Kokuno and smiled to myself.
"You can call me Koku by the way."
"And just me, Yumi."
I liked them both, but the other, Jana, struck me as a bit strange.
Oh well. Good ... What abbreviation was there for Jana?
I decided not to be angry with her or form any prejudice about her and try to get to know her a little better.
We entered the classroom and another lesson began.

A little woman came to the desk and looked at us.
"Hello dear ones! How are you?"
She seemed very nice to me because she was the first teacher I had ever seen smile here.
"Oh! We have a new face. Come to the front dear!"
She looked at me and I looked at her. Flabbergasted!
A teacher had never asked me to come up front. That on the first day and with the salutation "Dear".
Apparently everyone here had their own way of teasing students.Or was she just being nice ...?
I got up slowly and stepped forward.
From the side Koku whispered 'Go Ying, go Ying!' to, which I didn't find particularly funny at that moment ...
I stood forward and looked into the faces of my classmates.
Kokuno grinned broadly at me and held his thumb up.
"Well ... My name is Yinghua Tenshi. I ... I've been to quite a few schools in the past, most recently in London.
Yes…. That's it, isn't it? "
I looked questioningly at my physics teacher, who smiled at me. I turned to go, but she stopped me.
The other students had a nasty grin on their faces, which was probably due to my name.
Or maybe what would happen?
"Wait. I have a little ritual for new students.
You have to assist me in the first hour. So stay here. "
I stopped and stared at her. What kind of teachers were they here?Now I knew why the others had laughed.
I would never forget this, my first physics lesson.
First she asked me a few things about physics.
What is acceleration? How do you calculate braking distances? ... Still relatively simple questions for me, but then the pain began.
What happened when you treated a person with electrical stimulation?
When she asked me this question, I already got a queasy feeling and admitted my ignorance.
How should I have known?
After a very simple self-experiment, the answer to this question was inevitably burned into my brain.
I would never forget her again.
I hated this teacher more and more and longed for a redeeming bell ring.
As I learned in the course of the class, this teacher was called Nayaka Tensai.
Miss Tensai - I only addressed the teachers in this school as "Miss" and "Mister" - proved to be a true master of physics, but in my opinion she knew neither human dignity nor tact.During the experiment I just wondered how someone could be so sick….
As before after Ratte's lesson, the ringing of the bell seemed to me as a relief.
Annoyed and exhausted, I returned to my place where the others were waiting.
Actually it was much more Koku who was waiting, because the other two just seemed to stand there indifferently as they had nothing better to do.
I groaned.
"Why are the teachers at this school like that? Can't they just be normal?"
"Define normal! We have been used to all of this all our lives." Koku sounded almost happy, while I looked sad at his answer.
"I never had teachers like this before. They were more considerate and well, just nicer.
I no longer understand the world here.
The rat, for example, made it abundantly clear to me that he hates me!
And I don't really know about the Tensai either ... "
"Oh what! Get used to it! The rat deserves its name.He hates all students. Except a few chosen ones! "
Jana looked at Yumi and grinned.
We went to the yard together and talked on
I reported on my experiences in other schools and especially on London.
MY London.
How much i missed it! How much I missed Nico! He was the first one I really loved!
Of course I didn't mention him. That would have been a bit too personal to start with.
"Well! The past is the past! Do you feel like walking through the city today? I mean, you probably don't know anything here yet. Do you?"
She looked at me questioningly and I could tell from the faces of the others that they would come too.
So I agreed.
What did it matter to have at least a few friends at this school?
I looked at them and smiled.
Maybe, but just maybe, I would still be able to come to terms with this city.
With these teachers and the whole school in general….
At least I hoped so, because I was