It was English class, when the teacher assigned pairs, leaving you and Taru on the same team. You never talked to him or got close to him, because you didn't know sign language and didn't want to look like an idiot, but you were always curious to become his friend. That same night, as soon as you got back from school, you spent the night trying to learn some signs. It was so difficult that you thought it was impossible, but I managed to memorize a few lines. And the next morning, when it was time to do your work, you sat in pairs with him. A little nervous, not knowing if it would really work. You moved a hand close to your face and started moving it.

"Good morning... how are you?"

you tried to do it a little confused, you could see some mistakes in the signs, but it was understandable, Taru looked at you while tilting his head a little, but smiled right after, making some signs that you didn't understand at all, you looked at him in doubt thinking you were a complete idiot, until he wrote on his cell phone and handed it to you

"I'm happy, did you really learn sign language just to talk to me? And by the way I'm fine and you 😸"