#the exchange student

[cow-and-chicken]

Season 2 Episode 22 - The Exchange Student

[ogden-gossip]

august 28th, 2023

happy first day of classes, ogden !!!

did you think that just because you were off campus, it meant you could get away with keeping secrets ?? i won't complain that you all STILL don't seem to get it, because at least i was ever so entertained by your...ANTICS.

and now you all can be too !!!

SPOTTED THIS SUMMER:

this girl next door indulging far too hard in her girl's nights out. bonus if anyone has any more political-career ending pictures to send in.

this proud elite proudly skiving off at the internship handed to him by his father. can you still put it on your resume if you walked out ??

an exchange student travelled to a location previously unexplored for her - the hospital. though ODing over vacation is hardly treading groundbreaking territory.

it's safe to say this erudite stoner's reputation may take a hit, considering he was dumb enough to get caught sexting someone who was very distinctly not his boyfriend of the time.

a shame this scholarship student's scholarship doesn't have extra money allotted to pay off all the parking tickets he kept racking up over the summer.

this drag along spent all summer dragging themselves to audition after audition but received nary an offer.

could anyone really blame this homegrown hero for needing to go to therapy this summer ?? well....seems like she blames herself.

a puppetmaster found a few new toys to play with - and this spoiled sweet hardly even seems to realize they already had a boyfriend when she was added to the roster.

after losing all her money in a gambling bender with a himbo as her partner, it's no wonder this femme fatale resorted to robbing a truck stop to make up the cash.

a social butterfly who wasn't feeling very social to her almost-baby-daddy. though he was hubristic enough to think he could actually be a father, so who can blame her ??

this trusty sidekick apparently can't be trusted to pick up the phone when his family calls.

a certain wallflower exploring the art of ....de-flowering, you could say.

this bruiser's soft center apparently is soft enough to offer a place to stay to an ex-girlfriend. actually - the understudy did pay for it. way to take center stage this summer.

you know....we're going to have so much FUN now that you're all back on campus with me. i can hardly wait.

xoxo....

[ogdencollegerp]

MEET GREER’S FIRST GIRL EXPERIENCE - THE EXCHANGE STUDENT.

{ FACECLAIM, AGE, GENDER, [SHE/HER or SHE/THEY] } Is that FIRST NAME LAST NAME? A SCHOOL YEAR originally from HOMETOWN, they decided to come to Ogden College to study MAJOR on an ATHLETIC / ACADEMIC / FINANCIAL SCHOLARSHIP (remove if character is not a scholarship student). They’re THE EXCHANGE STUDENT on campus, but even they could get blamed for Greer’s disappearance.

NOTE: This character must identify as a lesbian and should’ve spent most of their schooling outside of the US until enrolling at Ogden College.

ABOUT THIS SKELETON: Their family being long time travel partners of the Morrisons, back in their teen years, THE EXCHANGE STUDENT was the one who taught THE GOLDEN GIRL that maybe she wasn’t straight. Like, so European of them. But Greer never ended up coming out...and The Exchange Student barely spent enough time in one country to make longterm connections, anyway, so it was all left in the past. Even years later, as a student at Ogden College, The Exchange Student couldn’t be expected to spend four years in one place !!! They set off after last spring semester to go off to Europe, blissfully unaware of The Golden Girl’s disappearance. And now they’ve returned, not knowing they were returning to one student missing and one dead. Or did they ??

MAJOR PLOT POINTS THUS FAR:

Their fling left behind them, THE EXCHANGE STUDENT was ensconced within THE GOLDEN GIRL’s inner circle when they both ended up at Ogden - but they spent the last semester studying abroad in Portugal. Is it just a weird coincidence that they’re just now returning from the same place that Greer was linked to ??

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THE EXCHANGE STUDENT made plenty of efforts to have THE GOLDEN GIRL and THE ICE QUEEN get along in the past -  which would certainly have made their families joint travels more enjoyable for all of them. No, not even someone with that much travel experience could bridge that gap. 

THE EXCHANGE STUDENT and THE CLOSET GAY had a passionate fling, despite the latter's hidden sexuality. It burned bright and fast, started right around THE GOLDEN GIRL going missing, and ended with The Exchange Student leaving to study abroad. Surely that timing is a coincidence though !!!

THE MANIC PIXIE DREAM GIRL always was apart of a trio with THE GOLDEN GIRL and THE FALLEN PRINCESS - but they were just as much friends with THE EXCHANGE STUDENT. Perhaps even closer ?? Considering it was The MPDG that The Exchange Student vaguely kept in touch with last semester.

A formidable pair, THE FEMME FATALE and THE EXCHANGE STUDENT. Everyone certainly thinks so, and really, the only one who could possibly compare would be THE GOLDEN GIRL. Pity she's disappeared and will be missing their reunion.

THE COOL LOSER and THE EXCHANGE STUDENT always had the same too cool for this vibe going on, but the latter could never quite understand how they stayed so aloof. Imagine their delight when they found out about The Cool Loser's dalliance with THE GOLDEN GIRL before they left. Surely that's the biggest gossip from the last semester, right ?? ...Right ??

An unlikely duo, THE HEDONIST and THE EXCHANGE STUDENT always seemed to get along. The Hedonist surely will be glad to see a friendly face return to campus, even if it's not the one they were really hoping for - which was THE GOLDEN GIRL, of course.

THE UNFAVORITE had to be unaware of THE EXCHANGE STUDENT's past with THE GOLDEN GIRL, otherwise they never would've become friends when they were kids...Though they did fall out when The Exchange Student was apart of The Golden Girl’s circle at Ogden. But maybe things could change, now that Greer is MIA and The Exchange Student is back.

THE EXCHANGE STUDENT just finished up a picture perfect semester abroad - imagine that social media power combined with THE INFLUENCER's prowess. That's the type of thing that could get attention - and keep it, even with focus constantly on the THE GOLDEN GIRL.

[ogden-narrator]

Once the party was well underway and people were starting to head out, Tri Delta pledges dressed as cupids began delivering everyone their anonymous roses, the notes all in sealed envelopes, attached to the rose with the recipient's name on the outside.

TO: REINA AZAROLLA

@reinaazarolla

glad to have ya back. happy good old american valentine's day!

If I were to lay eleven roses next to you, you'd make the perfect dozen.

You’re really pretty

May things get better soon. Happy Valentine’s Day.

I thought about you the entire time you were gone

roses are red, violets are blue greer went to portugal maybe i'll start to tell people it was to visit you

[hawberries]

in honour of his birthday I would like to introduce you to my latest delusion: Gaming Has Two Hands

[rozenphox]

tall people problems

[yuwuta]

please feed us some yuuji blurbs there’s a lack of him rn :(

ofc… sweetest boy all time… here’s something was was meant to be a longer project but got lost in the editing whirlwind… love him so bad... 

NEVER LOST IN TRANSLATION, BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT I WANT 

notes: reader is implied to be american/english-speaking, yuuta and megumi are bilingual, yuuji, bless his soul, is not. i didn’t use italics for conversations between yuuji and megumi because it would all be in japanese, but when they get mixed later in the scene, japanese is differentiated with italics. hope that’s not too confusing lololll

Honestly, Yuuji tried his best in school. Some things came easier than other, but with a bit of hard work, and help from his friends, he always managed to pull pretty good grades. But right now, his biggest regret is not taking english more seriously in high school, because it’s been about three weeks since he met you, and he’s only been able to say maybe five full sentences to you without the help of Yuuta or Megumi translating. 

He was excited when Yuuta said his friend from abroad would be coming to visit and study, but god, he didn’t expect you to be so pretty. To have such pretty eyes, and pretty lips, and pretty hair, to have the prettiest voice in the world despite him only understanding every eighteenth word you say. You’re beautiful to him, and Yuuji thinks that even if he could speak your language fluently, the words would still get caught in his throat. He’s so lovesick, it’s embarrassing—his friends have been harping on him blushing and stuttering over you for the past month, and he can’t even blame them.

“What does she say to you when you guys talk,” Yuuji whines, hovering around Megumi, and not-so-discreetly looking back at you where you’re still sat in the living room laughing with Yuuta, “Does she ever say anything about me? I mean—probably not right? Which is fine! Actually, dont tell me—no, do. Or maybe—”

“She asks about you,” Megumi says, matter-of-fact in delivery, as he places a bag of popcorn in the microwave, but that doesn’t curb Yuuji’s enthusiasm. He’s practically bouncing, if he weren’t already—begging Megumi to spill the details, “What did she ask? Tell me! Tell me!” 

“She once asked if you dye your hair.”

“That’s it?!” Yuuji screams, heartbroken, and visibly deflating.

Megumi shrugs, “Yuuta probably knows more. She’s his exchange buddy friend thing, so ask him.”

“I can’t ask him, he’s right next to her!” Yuuji pouts, “Wait, what does ‘exchange buddy friend thing’ mean? You don’t think they’re more than friends, right…? I can’t blame her, senpai is really pretty, too, and he can actually talk to her… so unfair.” 

“You know, she’s not fluent, but she can understand some Japanese,” Megumi reminds him, “So, she can definitely hear you, and probably understand you.”

Yuuji’s shoulders slump, and once again, he turns around to look back at you. This time, you two make eye-contact, and that instant, Yuuji’s cheeks go pink, a nervous hand raised to wave at you, and instant internal regret at his actions; but, then you smile, and wave back, and Yuuji stays like that, dumbfounded and lovestruck and on autopilot as he waves with hearts in his eyes until Yuuta looks up from his phone and catches him.

Embarrassing. He knows he’s not the brightest, but he’s at a record high of self-embarrassment since he’s met you.

Yuuta finds himself chuckling when Yuuji spins around and goes back to prodding Megumi with questions. When you turn to face him again, it’s with a shy smile.

“I told you you’d like him,” Yuuta grins—the kind that seems sweet and innocent, but has just a kiss of that all-knowing tease to it; the kind that reminds you that he’s truly related to Satoru.

“Oh, be quiet,” you grumble, tucking your legs in and resting your chin on your knee. You spare another glance in Yuuji’s direction, for once, grateful for the language barrier between the two of you, when you turn back to Yuuta to proclaim: “I can like someone and not do anything about it. You’re real good at that, aren’t you?”

Yuuta’s slightly cocky grin falls into a scowl, and now you get to smile when he argues back, “We said not to bring up he who shall not be named in the presence of my friends!”

“Then don’t bring up my he who shall not be named in the presence of him!”

“Aren’t Americans all about forging new frontiers and chasing after your dreams?” he taunts, “Well, your dream is right in front of you.”

“My dream right now is to kill you.”

“Lucky for me, you’re going to have to hold off on that because your lover boy is approaching.”

You don’t have time to argue back with Yuuta when Megumi and Yuuji approach the living area with snacks in tow. Yuuta scoots to the tail end of the couch under the guise of giving Yuuji space to place the popcorn and nuggets in the center of the coffee table, but he has just enough time to flash you a wink before Yuuji settles in between. Megumi opts for the loveseat closets to Yuuta’s end of the couch, and you do your best not to reach over Yuuji and strangle Yuuta.

The boys decide on watching a movie you’ve never heard of, but Megumi reassures you it’ll be easy to follow and has English subtitles. You don’t mind, settling in to your corner of the couch with a handful of popcorn just as the title-screen for Human Earthworm 3 rolls across the TV.

You can follow along well-enough—even without subtitles, you get the gist of the movie. What you really find entertaining is Yuuji, who occasionally blurts out a comment or exclamation, or audibly coos whenever something sad is happening on screen. He’s almost as animated as the characters; you’re more of the silent-watcher type, but you find yourself endearing by this commentary, even if you can only understand parts of it.

You particularly appreciate the way that after every comment, he either motions to Megumi, or turns to you himself to repeat his thoughts in his best broken English, and even when you don’t understand his words, you understand him. His emotions are all on his sleeve: frustration, happiness, confusion, curiosity—communication between you two should be more difficult, but Yuuji makes it easy.

It gives you the confidence you cough out your own observation, “You, um… you’ve… seen the others? You seem to like this series.”

Across the room, Megumi and Yuuta hold their breaths, opting to not translate for you when you switch from Japanese to English. Yuuji is quiet for a moment, turned to face you with a slightly confused look on his face that makes you nervous, until his eyes brighten up and he smiles and begins nodding fervently—“Yeah—yeah, I do! It’s my… hm how do I say it… Oh! It’s my favorite!”

Between the smile on his face, the blush on his cheeks, and sincerity in his voice, you feel like you’re wrapped up in his world. It’s a little confusing, and scary, but it’s not all that bad. Maybe you can do something about it, eventually.

“I.. I think I like it, too.”

[suiana]

(yandere! foreign exchange student x gn! reader) (thanks for 8k 😍😍)

"can you stop being so annoying?"

"what?"

he stares at you with a raised eyebrow, pouting as he rests his cheek on his palm. with both arms propped up on the table, he reaches out his other arm towards you. obviously you back away in disgust at his affection... and you can't help but notice the way he narrows his eyes at your reaction.

he, as in, your annoying buddy. hiroto yamada, your buddy for the foreign exchange program which you were unwillingly made to participate in.

you knew bad things would happen when you saw the program, yet you were made to participate in it because you had joined the university wellbeing club. curse you and your past impulsive decisions.

honestly, things were fine in the beginning. apart from the fact that you had to socialize with others and waste your breath explaining things in the university... everything was quite alright. he wasn't too extroverted, liked to keep to himself as well...

that was until you started suspecting that he liked you.

you didn't want to believe it. there was no way. like, it's literally the absolute worse thing that could happen that would disrupt your peaceful school life.

so you pretended to not see the obvious signs he threw at you. you treated him like how you used to treat him, aka like a classmate you wouldn't talk to outside of class...

so it wasn't unexpected that he'd get frustrated. in fcat, it was actually a wonder that he managed to go for so long without shouting at you to stop ignoring the signs (he lasted 6 weeks).

eventually he confessed but... you didn't accept. duh. you didn't even like him that way! you didn't even treat him like a close friend so why would you fall or accept his love?

so you rejected him. understandable response.

but he wouldn't take it for an answer.

so he constantly pestered you in hopes that you'd finally give in and say yes. which is what led you to your current situation.

"you know, trying to act like my boyfriend..."

"but I'm just practicing for the future that will happen?"

he raises an eyebrow, seemingly confused as you roll your eyes at his reply. you make no move to explain yourself because you knew that he understood what you meant. he's a smart guy after all. he just likes playing dumb to get on your nerves.

and right now he's doing that.

you honestly wanted to just beat him up but that'll never work out in your favor. so you settle for the next best thing and that's to ignore him. and it always works.

turning around to face away from him, you plug in your ear phones and tune his blabbering out as you attempt to ignore him. it worked for a little bit but he always gets irritated the second you lose interest in him.

"hey pay attention to me..."

he whines softly, tugging on your shirt. you continue to ignore him, humming softly as you scroll on social media. oh this is a nice post-

but the second you move your hand to like it, he yanks the phone out of your grip and hides it in his bag. his face displays an annoyed expression, furrowed eyebrows and downturned lips.

you wanted to smack his face so bad. and you were just about to do that until he speaks in a chilling tone.

"you can't keep ignoring me. you know that we'll end up with each other. it's inevitable."

he mumbles before caressing your cheek. you shiver, eyes wide as your blood runs cold. shit! unconsensual touch! unconsensual touch!

but as much as you hated his touch, you couldn't move away for you were too frozen in fear. he always had a way of scaring you with his voice. and he loved to abuse it.

"you're really going to make me mad... so please don't keep resisting. it's not humourous or cute."

he mutters quietly before giggling as he lets go of your face. all you do is stare at him, still frozen in place as you gulp and finally look away.

god damn it. you really should've fought harder to get out of the exchange program.

[anime-to-the-t]

[a-flaming-idiot]

Miraculous Ladybug AU where, like in the deleted scene from the movie, Marinette only recently moved to Paris from China so she barely speaks any French. And all of Paris thinks Ladybug is this cold, calculating, silent badass cause she never speaks in interviews, leaving Chat Noir to do enough talking for both of them.

Until one day, Chat Noir is all like "My dear, dear, lady. We have been working together for so long, and I've come to believe we are close. But you never talk to me. You never respond to my jokes. You never consider my flirts. You never fill me in on your plans. Did I do something to upset you? Please, if so, let me atone. Let us be friends and partners, M'lady" And Ladybug just looks at him for a while before saying, in very broken French. "My... French... very bad..." and Chat Noir has to reconsider everything he thought he knew about Ladybug. Then they both realize they speak Mandarin Chinese and just start blabbering on and on to each other during fights and patrols.

Which then gives Adrien the idea to approach the weirdly quiet girl in his class to see if she maybe also doesn't know French. Blah blah, Adrien and Mari talk all the time and Marinette gets better at French cause of him.

[flamingpudding]

Studen exchange program, no thank you.

If you ask Danny, he could give you a ton of reasons why a student exchange program with an apparently high class school was a bad idea for Casper High to do and why it was even worse that somehow Danny had been volunteered for it. Ancients even Lancer was stressing how much of a bad idea it was to sent Danny Fenton to Gotham Academy.

Though Danny knew it was all the stupid fruitloops fault. Vlad wanted him out of town for something. Both Tucker and Sam had notified him about something brewing in Amity and Danny needed to get back asap. So Danny did what he could do best, cause a mess in the best Fenton manner that he could that would make Lancer faint if the man knew. In his defense, the man had tried to prevent this, but no one listened. Now Gotham Academy was dealing with a Fenton level mess and because Danny wanted to get kicked out of the Student exchange program to get back to Amity.

He did however not expect to be sent to the principle office and to be given a 'second chance' since what he did was not as bad as some of the other things Gotham students apparently can come up with.

Well, he also did not expect that his muttering, ramblings, and loud thinking were getting overheard by another student who apparently got sent to the office for attempting to stab a fellow student. Said student then continued to pester Danny the following days 'investigating' him.

Seriously all Danny wanted was to get kicked out of the student exchange and to stop whatever Vlad was doing in Amity but now he got one Damian Wayne pestering him with his weird social skills and constant threats of stabbing him if he doesn't answer questions.

And why in the name of Acients was he getting late night wellfair checks from furries?!

[musical-dealer]

TREVOR AND RUDOLPH <333 (spoilers for npmd)

REMEMBER THESE GUYS CAUSE I SURE DO!!! Here is some info we know about them (actor's hcs)

-Rudolph is from Sweden and is a foreign exchange student -Trevor's FULL NAME IS Trevor Lipschitz!! He is Richie's brother!! But he sadly doesn't know about his death. As Jon says in his latest stream; "He was out of town for a couple of weeks studying abroad." -Jon also says that Trevor might be an older brother to Richie or a Twin. So, to be on the safe side, since they are both Seniors, we could say that Trevor and Richie are twins, but Trevor is more mature or just came out a minute early.

THE BIGGEST INFO TO COME OUT OF THIS IS THAT THEY ARE A "UNIT"!!!

video for proof;

Anyways you WILL be seeing Rudolph and Trevor content from me because I am their biggest fan 🫶

[archerdepartures116]

Random question,

Of the transmigrators, who would be the most insane about holidays? And how would the disciples react to seeing their shizun going insane on an ostensibly random day?

Qi Qingqi, she used to be an influencer and she loved loved loved the holidays and loves decorating, giving and receiving gifts, she would decorate the entire mountain if let loose and allowed to run wild. During the month of December, she would turn the peak into a winter wonderland then throw a feast and gift giving session on new years eve (because she loves seeing ppls reactions)

(she's not celebrating Christmas but she just loves the vibes and looks of Christmas)

people usually held smaller celebrations for the new years so this wasn't really that jarring for the disciples, it was only when she brought out these strangely themed decorations that they started raising eyebrows

(sqh coughed blood when he saw the budget reports for that month)

[ogdencollegerp]

For the Exchange Student, which FC would the members prefer because I can't decide. Amanda Campana, Melissa Collazo, Lee Da Bin, or Halston Sage?

anon -

Melissa won out for this one !!!

[tartppola]

my crackpot theory is that skully is an nrc student who’s a massive halloween nerd and he found the book first and went inside it before the main cast

n the reason no one knows who he is bcs he’s actually shy outside of his halloween-ness n doesn’t stand out among the other students

[beasttrash]

1am time to post my cursed pokemon headcanon