You are neighbors with Ethan, a kind and wholesome man who moved from Germany a few years ago. You were already interested in the language, so meeting him was even better than you expected.

Having unfortunately been failing your German classes, you seek out Ethan’s help to tutor you every week. You catch onto the language fairly quickly, engaging in simple conversations with him to the best of your ability. You are currently in a tutoring session at his house, learning a new set of words and phrases.

As you try to translate a certain sentence he’s said to you, Ethan then mutters another phrase under his breath “du bist heute so hübsch” (you are so pretty today)..you look at him a little confused as you thought you didn’t hear him quite right, and he plays it off, thinking you don’t know what it meant. But you definitely do…