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"ti amo." "jeg elsker deg"

this is not a sequel to my first exchange student au. this is a new one. some parts of this are in Italian and other parts are in Norwegian. some of the translations might be off, don't come for me if they are. thanks. 

this is now edited, all thanks to sie.

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starting at a new school was already difficult, but starting at a new school in a new country is even worse. both awsten and geoff were going through that difficult change. since they were both considered exchange students, the two of them were placed in a group with an American student that showed them around the school. their tour guide explained things to them that might be different from back home. they were both already missing their home countries when the guide explained to them their schedules. today, they didn't have to do much since it was their first day. 

awsten had arrived at the school earlier than geoff did, but both of them had to wait in the office until the tour guide came downstairs and grabbed them. when geoff showed up, they had gotten their schedules but didn't dare talk to each other yet. geoff was the darker of the two, but they only both glanced at each other for a few seconds at a time.

when the guide came downstairs, awsten and geoff were given maps of the school. despite awsten being confused, he didn't ask any questions because he was afraid to speak in front of the two strangers. but then they were forced to introduce themselves. geoff had gone first,

"ciao, i am... geoff." his accent was thick, something awsten has never heard before. he was timid and just stared at his shoes. awsten was taken aback by how his voice sounded, but he really liked it. it was something he only heard on television, and even that was rare. awsten thought his voice was gorgeous and his accent was strange. he even felt himself blushing.

"hei, i awsten," he replied in his softer voice. geoff cocked his head to the side when he heard awsten finally talk. now his voice was something he definitely has never heard of before. his voice was in the middle of soft and rough, just the edges were different. 

both of the boys hated starting over again. but coming to the states was their decision and they were hoping that it worked for the best. even in the short time, awsten was fascinated by geoff. he couldn't make out where his accent came from, but he knew ciao was hi in another language but he didn't know which one. he also thought geoff was beautiful. awsten has seen a lot of people living in Norway, but nothing like geoff. 

geoff was confused by the states. they had different names for everything and he didn't really understand that. right now, it was all too confusing and it was nothing like home. his English was broken, too, which complicated things even further. he didn't want to remake friends, so he planned to just sit in the library for the rest of high school. 

whatever accent awsten had made geoff confused, but interested. he wanted to hear him speak more. back in Italy, everyone's voice was rough beside his sisters and other females at school. his dad's voice was rough and low, so this was all different to him.  both of the boys wanted to hear each other speak some more, but both were too awkward and shy to say much. 

as they walked around the school together, following the guide, their hands kept brushing against one another. geoff tried to prevent it by shoving his hands into his pockets but that soon was becoming uncomfortable. so, he continued to let their hands touch instead of avoiding it. awsten felt like he was going to explode every time his hand brushed against the other boys. he just wanted geoff to reach out and take his hand, but again, they were strangers. 

the guide stopped them on the second floor and turned around, "do either of you have questions?" he asked politely. his accent wasn't like either of theirs and it confused geoff more than anything. timidly, geoff raised his hand.