Getting out his lunch, he tries to ignore the people who stare and make fun of him. Shoya sighs softly and started to eat his lunch alone at his desk.

He hates being alone. But can’t fight off his nervousness to talk to people or look them in the eye. In his vision, everyone has large X’s on their faces.

As he ate, he noticed someone coming up to him. The deaf kid. Not that he has a problem with deaf people, he just has a bad reputation with them. Looking you up and down, he put his chop sticks down.

"Yes?" He says and does the sign language motion, hoping that he did it correctly.