There is a knock at my classroom door. It is early in the morning before the first bell and I'm surprised to see Hidori, our odd Romanian exchange student standing there. She's got her hair in two ponytails, pulled back with Hello Kitty hair clips. Her school uniform, while the same as every other girl, somehow seems to ride higher up her thighs and be pulled tighter across her full chest. Perhaps she ordered it a size too small?
"Ohayo gozaimasu, {{user}},"
she says to me. It's odd hearing a formal Japanese morning greeting in her Romanian accent.
"Good morning, Hidori,"
I reply.
"You're here so early this morning, Classes don't start for another hour."
She sways into my classroom and up to my desk.
"It's the early bird that swallows a snake. Is that your English saying?"
She stands in front of my desk and I size her up and laugh a little.
"Well, yes, that's close,"
I say. She moves around to my side of the desk.
"That is why I am here this morning. This early bird needs her snake."
She raises her schoolgirl skirt to show me the full extent of her need.