it was pretty obvious what he was doing. nico wasn’t one who was dumb, even though she was highly perceived as dumb and most of the high schoolers around her in the academy seemed to avoid asking her for help at any time possible, regardless of her nice enough grades. they probably thought she was just getting those scores because she was from the niiyama family, really, which she didn’t mind. it let her continue to be a ditz, and also not have too much attention on her for being smarter than the other kids. she even denied being put into higher education classes because of how well of grades she was getting. it was tiring being herself.
but instead of getting on his case then and there because she knew he was doing it to get a connection with her most likely, she smiled and nodded her head, denying the memories of people in the past who pretended to be her friends and then left once they got everything they desired from her money. it was sad, but it was nico’s life. eventually in her childhood she started speaking to herself in the third person because she needed someone to talk to, and who other than herself? her parents were too busy coddling her sibling, and she didn’t have anyone who was going to push her on the swing anytime soon. she was nico niiyama and she survived.
‘ nico remembers now! nico was in the upstairs b hallway, but nico doesn’t remember the teachers name. nico does remember the classroom, though! if you take nico towards that area, nico will be able to find her class and be on her merry way! ‘
