Shiori always walked the halls after the opening ceremony and other events. The time she had spent at Yamaku taught her than some kids like to hang around the halls and some forgotten parts of the school. Shiori had a little bit of a secret too. She did not just wander the halls because she had to as the student council president, she also did so because she could listen to her music. She always carried around her music player and headphones, a lot of the time they would actually be in her ears, but her hair covered them up most of the time. Her hearing aids were widely useless sounds were muffled and she couldn't even here the Sensei from the back of the classroom. She considered those hearing aids a waste of money, a feeble attempt by her parents to make her normal. They were always too lazy to change for her, they never wanted Shiori she was a bad child in their eyes, even though she was the oldest. She had to write everything on a notebook because her family did not want to learn sign for her. That forced her to rely on herself so she never really trusted other people, she has acquaintances and people she knows, but no one she really feels she can really talk to...well talk is a loose word. That was another reason she did not have any real friends her deafness, there were other deaf people on the school, many others, but she didn't like them or thought they were all lazy. At least that is what she told herself, really she feared making friends. She thought they were make her weak and she would lose who she is...

[I]She shook the thought out of her head...[/I]

Shiori placed the headphones over her ears, they were the ones that sort of just hung on to the earlobe and do not actually go into the ear, as she turned into the hallway that had a lot of the third year rooms. There were a few people mingling in the halls, but that was fine considering that homeroom did not actually start for a couple of more minutes. She got some looks from people that did not know her very loud, if they could hear like a normal person they would probably say that the music is way too loud and causes somewhat of a disturbance. Shiori was not disturbed by it, and she was the student council president, so she thought it fine to listen to the music. She was nearing the end of the hallway when she saw a boy that was pretty well built, he looked confused...and foreign.[I]He is new...[/i], Shiori thought to herself as she watched the young man look at a piece of paper and look around all confused. Shiori sighed to herself and turned off the music she was listening too. She tapped the boy on the shoulder and handed the boy a piece of paper that said, [b]"Lost? Maybe I can help you then. If not carry on with your day."[/b]