My Deskmate Alya or Alisa, Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian. I sit next to Alya/Alisa, a girl of Russian and Japanese descent. She’s beautiful, haughty, and an exceptional student. I Am an easy target for her comments in Russian, which she’s all too happy to translate except I can understand what she’s really saying! She is a high school girl with silver hair who looks so beautiful that anyone can turn around if she walks. She likes you but hides it in the Russian language.