Niki stared at the letter in his hand, confused on why THAT girl is suddenly being so caring for him. Wasn't she the same girl who stranger-zoned him when he was 11?

Niki crumpled the paper into a messy ball out of anger and confusion, slamming his locker closed and finding the nearest trash can to throw the letter.

Niki stared at the crumpled paper that was on the bottom of the bin, giving it a stare before putting his hands inside his pockets, wandering the school to get his mind off.

Walking on the campus, many students on his grade had many books on their hands, one student even bumped his shoulder, making the notebooks on that student's hand fall to the ground.

The student gasped and bowed multiple times, knowing that you shouldn't piss off the Nishimura Riki.

Niki raised an eyebrow, looking down at the notebook.

Notes for 1st trimestral exam?

Niki read the last bit until the student took the notebook in his hand, bowing again before scurrying off.

Niki turned around again, looking to his right to see the library, and a sign by the left glass door.

Opens at 6:30 am till' 5:30 pm. Will extend to 6:30 pm for trimestral exams.

Niki wasn't aware that the 1st trimestral exams were near, well he's never aware about things that involve academics. Niki needed a quiet place to think, and so what better place than the library?

His feet dragged him inside, getting greeted by the librarian.

I guess I could wander around to pass time..

Niki walked around the shelves, sounds of pens clicking, sounds of papers crumpling, sounds of pages flipping, students sure were busy. And it's making Niki sick.

"Aish.."

Niki heard someone curse, seeing a figure jump multiple times through the small gap 2 books on the shelves gave. Niki removed one book and kneeled down, seeing Sunoo trying to reach for a book.

Niki watched him jump, cursing again, chuckling at the older's small height.

"Where are the librarians when we need them?!" Sunoo murmured, his fingers trying to reach the top end of the book he was getting, until a hand grabbed the book for him.

"HEY-" Sunoo shouted, turning around to see the tall boy with a small smile staring at him with the book in his hand.

"I'm sorry, I must be dreaming, Niki would never go to a place like this." Sunoo tried grabbing the book out of Niki's hand, but the younger moved his arm backwards, teasing the older.

"Chemistry, huh?" Sunoo scoffed and grabbed the book from Niki, dusting the book off.

"Never heard of it?" Sunoo teased, walking away to the table his bag was placed on.

"Hey! I'm not that dumb-"

Students shushed Niki from shouting, making Niki roll his eyes.

"Oh yeah, sure you aren't." Sunoo sat down on his chair, moving his bag aside and opening the book to a certain page.

Niki looked around and sat down in front of Sunoo, leaning forward to peek at what what the older was reading.

"Get your own book!" Sunoo hissed at the younger, making Niki scoff. Niki stood up and got a random book. There were numbers on the cover, so he immediately assumed it was a book that involved math. Gagging at the word 'Math', Niki sat back down in front of Sunoo, seeing him write down notes on his notebook.

Niki immediately realized he was completely opposite from Sunoo. Sunoo was bright, bubbly, positive, hard working, smart and warm hearted.

While him, he was cold, somehow rude, flirty, annoying, not great at studying.

Sunoo was everything he tried to be. But somehow, he ended up being like what he is now.

Niki shrugged those thoughts off, flipping the book to a random page, putting his fingers on his hand, confused whilst scratching from the 'headache' reading was giving him.

Niki deeply sighed from not getting the things written in the book, making Sunoo lift his head up to the younger. Sunoo raised an eyebrow and slightly leaned forward, laughing and catching Niki's attention.

"W-what?" Niki stuttered, confused on why the older just started laughing.

"That's just addition! You don't get it?" Sunoo laughed, his eyes glistening from how effortlessly humorous Niki was.

"I..I-I get it, don't underestimate me!" Niki fought back, receiving another hush from the students around them.

"You don't have to stay here and study, you know?" Sunoo laughed one last time, focusing back on his notebook. The corner of his pen was on his head, his eyes glistening from how focused he was.

Niki stared at him, his heart rising, his stomach feeling ticklish, his eyes didn't look anywhere else, just to Sunoo and Sunoo only.

Niki inhaled, leaning his back on the chair.

He knows damn well what this feeling was. He was dumb, yeah sure, but he knew what that feeling meant.

And he can't help but be anxious over it.

You can't like him.

You can't like anyone.

Not anymore.

He doesn't want his heart to get heartbroken again.

Sunoo's laugh, Sunoo's smile, Kim Sunoo.

Niki was slowly falling for him. There were so much negative things on his head right now.

Runa, Sunoo, the exams, he was being too immersed in these thoughts.

He promises himself to not fall in love. Not again. He will never like Sunoo. He will never grow feelings for someone his own gender.

But why did he have a feeling he was slowly going to break that promise?

-

Runa tiptoed and tapped her foot multiple times, checking her phone from time to time.

She sent a text message to Niki, but it was most likely he just ignored it.

She expected it though.

As soon as she was about to turn around, someone called her name and a smile plastered on her face immediately.

"Hi." She answered back.

"Make this quick, I can't be seen with you." Niki coldly answered.

Of course that hurt Runa's feelings, but she pushed her smile up anyways.

"If it weren't for Sunoo, I wouldn't be here."

Runa lifted her head up, Sunoo? What about Sunoo? How and why did he convince Niki to go there?

"S-Sunoo?"

"Yeah. So thank that butt pie cause if it weren't for his...annoying cute ass...then I wouldn't be here."

Runa gulped, her hands on her back tensing up.

"So I see your getting closer with Sunoo?" She asked innocently.

"Have a problem with that?"

"Hm, maybe." She smiled, grabbing Niki's hands on hers.

"Can we become friends again? I know that what I did to you was horrible and that-"

"I don't like you, Runa." Niki shook his hands off hers, looking and sounding cold.

"I don't like you in a friend way, a stranger way, most even in a romantic way."

Those words shattered Runa's heart. But that's karma right? It was about time she experienced it. But she wasn't having any of it.

"What about Sunoo? Do you like him?" She smirked.

"Sunoo has nothing to do with this conversation, this is between you and I. Leave my friend out of it."

"Ah, friend? So, you prefer having a good for nothing guy, than a pretty kind girl like me?" Niki's knuckles tensed as he knew Runa was purposely making the conversation heated.

"One, nothing is wrong with Sunoo, he's a great guy, you have no right to talk bad about him. And second, you are not pretty, and you are most definitely not kind. You're 2 faced horrible girl, you should feel ashamed."

"And so should you, Nishimura. You also like playing with people. Am I right?"

"Don't try to turn this around on me, I wouldn't have done those things if it weren't for you. You ruined me. And now that I have good friends and a good life, don't expect to come right back in my sight because I hate you. I will never consider you as someone I love."

Runa raised an eyebrow and scoffed, smiling brightly at him.

"You will forgive me. Just wait." She smiled, turning around before putting on a poker face and walking away.

Cause who will be there for you in the future?

Your friends? They'll think of you as a monster.

Your parents? They'll be disappointed in you.

Sunoo? He'll leave you. He'll never love you. Just like how those in the past left you.

And me? Why I'm the only left on your side, Niki.

I'm your only hope, and chance to have a happy life. I will do anything to regain your love again.

Even if it means I have to make that boy's life miserable.