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noodles 
Tom tilted his head and studied the girl. She could have been his age.. maybe a little older. “S' diffren'.” he replied. Not a name he had ever heard before.
A student leader? Tom's eyes widened momentarily before they narrowed ever so slightly. He had never really liked those in authority. But Kurumi was young to be a leader and Tom was sure by her nervous stutter and squirming she wasn't about to start ordering him about. And she had, sort of, taken his side over Josh's. His expression smoothed out.
“'Ere, so, you're the one we come tah if we're strugglin' wiff our 'omework an' tha'?” That seemed fine to Tom. The girl seemed almost approachable for a 'student leader'.
Kurumi had to really pay attention and watch his lips when Tom spoke. It reminded her of the English classes she had had back in her school in Japan. The foreign teachers were always instructing them to watch their lips and mimic the movement to be able to make the proper sound. Kurumi didn't need as much help as the others due to her father being British, but all those lessons had made her at least semi decent at reading lips.
Which she was VERY thankful for right now.
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It's Japanese," she explained. Meant Walnut, but that was what their History of Magic professor would call 'unnecessary information' and she kept that to herself. "
Your accent...is also different. Not one that I am used to." Which wasn't saying all that much really. All native speakers of English sounded different to her.
There was that word 'ome again, but this time attached to work. She wasn't entirely sure she understand the latter part of his sentence, but she did understand the word struggling which gave her enough to go by. "
Professors are always your best option if you are struggling with a particular class, but I am more than willing to help you anytime with anything." Kurumi liked studying after all.