This is Arina I drew in over an hour. I guess one of the best parts of being an artist is that you get to bring your imagination to life✨🌸

It's a funny thing if you think about it — things we do not yearn for often occur to us faster; so was Arina's concern for the day she would have to put that swimsuit on. And even worse, she only found out the day before, causing her to not mentally prepare for it just yet.

Arina was often a confident girl in many aspects, though, there was one person that held the absolute power to make her insecure whenever she looked at them.

Nagasawa Juria — a girl her age, yet this girl already possessed a nicely shaped body. Perfect height for females. Perfect model for her peers.

Arina — in the context of her Father constantly lecturing her that it's a great duty for females to always represent themselves flawlessly to marry a quality husband — had had her mind affected by it. As feminine as she was to the core, she'd rather be beautiful than be clever.

As a result, she took deep care of her appearance. From waking up at five a.m. every day to do her skincare routine and brushing her hair with essential oils to putting on a facial mask every day to possess flawless skin. Arina even went to a further extent to spend half of her Father's allowance on beauty products, which, was the reason why she usually looked so breathtakingly stunning.

Even though she wholeheartedly loved her face, she couldn't bring herself to love how dull her body looked. At this age, girls were starting to develop their bust size and hip whilst Arina's were still underdeveloped. Moreover, she wasn't a fan of her height either, thus all of these issues combined caused her to feel slightly jealous of Juria whenever she observe her from top to toe.

But Arina wasn't at all bothered by it since she appreciate her face way too much, until this day...

"Hm, I don't see Asano-kun anywhere," murmured Kimi, desperately scanning around the pool.

"Perhaps he's still in the changing room," said Kaguya, and turned to Kokomi. "And hey, I beg you to make it subtle, alright?"

"Make what subtle?" asked Kokomi, looking puzzled, to which Kimi and Kaguya facepalmed.

The moment their class president finally walked out of the changing room, all the girls from their class instantly drooled over his perfectly defined abs.

'He must be working out a lot' they all thought. Nagasawa Juria's heart rate was beating rapidly and she nearly fainted whilst Morikawa Mika and Tanaka Sekai were also no different. Kihira Kimi and Kuroda Kaguya squealed in subtle and were alerted by Kato Kokomi as soon as she opened her mouth. Obviously that the girls freaked out, to which their reflex told them to push her into the pool and they did.

While the girls in class were marveling over Asano Gakushuu, the guys also did over the queen bee Nagasawa Juria.

"What long legs does she have," drooled Toda Sejiro -- another guy in their class who was often troubled by his thick beard. Plus, a hardcore loyal Juria simp who refused to be swayed by any other girls. Although Juria sadly never noticed him.

"And look at her gorgeous body! I wish that swimsuit is transparent," Fujii Hiroyuki joined in, sighing in unfathomable that they were this lucky to have a female classmate like her.

"I know right," Mori Iori barged in -- a guy who was secretly troubled by his feminine name. He was also on Juria's side the whole time, making him and Toda Sejiro best buddies. "See? I honestly don't understand how some would prefer that Orlas girl over our goddess. I still prefer Asian girls nevertheless."

Sejiro immediately shot his sharp gaze at Iori, "You mean to only prefer our Nagasawa Juria."

"Oh, yeah! Right," coughed Iori awkwardly.

Arina Avenira's popularity among male students only peaked in the first month and soon declined gradually since they discovered her huge flaws in academics and her talkativeness. Only those who stayed loyal to her were the ones she was close to or those who deeply admired her unique northern looks. Though, most of them saw her as a buddy and their love for her was rather platonic.

Nagasawa Juria, on the other hand, was a serene girl, unlike the upbeat Arina. On top of that, there was always this popular girl aura that wrapped around her wherever she went. And Juria was smart -- enough to occasionally protrude in the top twelve most excellent students in the grade along with the boys.

"Hmpf! I bet that Arina's concerned with her boobs size!" sneered Seo jeeringly, gesturing his palm up. Asano who was standing near the guy quickly lectured him to mind his disgraceful words.

But as soon as Arina walked out of the changing room along with Minami Mei and Mizuno Ami Peterson, every student in the class (except for Asano since he had already gotten used to getting shocked by her) had their jaws dropped.

"B-b-but," one stuttered, "but she's usually so flat!?"

"Oh, you all mustn't ever underestimate my growth spurt," Arina shook her head in disappointment for her classmates. "Mei-chan and Ami-chan hadn't shown any shock over the revelation of my bust size, as I'd expected from my kindred spirits, yet you guys already are" -- in the mid of her expression, she sighed -- "Oh, how unlovely."

"Actually, I did ask are your boobs fake?" confessed Ami unapologetically, to which Mei's face blanched, and was concerned about Arina's reaction.

Fortunately, that dreamy girl said, "Oh, but I shall imagine that you didn't."

The Big Five sweatdropped knowing those were indeed fake, as Seo even howled in laughter and proceeded to approach Arina and tease her.

Eventually, the whole class knew for a fact that Arina's boobs were fake and synchronized with Seo's laugh. It was all fun and game for Seo but little did he know he just insulted a highly sensitive girl.

Arina dissolved into tears under this double disgrace.

"SEO!" shouted Asano indignantly whilst everybody was taken aback, totally did not expect the usual optimistic Arina to behave like this. Teppei facepalmed while Ren sweatdropped and nervously played with his hair and Koyama finally dropped his never-ending smile.

"O-o-oh, you will never know how important it is to possess a flawless appearance, Seo," sobbed Arina, imagining her Father's reaction to this utterly shameful moment whilst Mei rubbed her back in comfort and Ami frantically apologized for her earlier comment.

"I suppose you'd NEVER understand! Judging how ugly you are, Seo, and you pay no mind to it," wept Arina, shaking her head and desperately overcoming her shame. "I remember one time I could barely stand your blackheads anymore and I did you a great favor to gift you a blackheads remover but you didn't use it, SEO! And I had to work on it while you were sleeping and it was so disgusting to see hundreds of blackheads come out when I peeled it off. Those were HUGE, Seo! Lucky for you I could no longer stand it and threw them away before you got to see what comes out of your ugly face. Oh, I shall never be able to forget the sight of them. It's that haunting. And that time you pick your nose and eat your boogers isn't any better, Seo. It DEGRADED your appearance by a further extent, oh merciful goodness!"

With that said, the table again turned and now the disgraced Seo was the target for everyone to laugh at. Seo's bulging eyes went veiny and gritted his teeth, trying his best to hold back the urge to start a fight with Arina.

Since he was universally disliked in class 2-A, the kids took turns teasing him. Especially Torii Hidetoshi -- Seo's number one anti-fan, now seized the chance to provoke Seo when he was in a sensitive mode, which caused Seo to chase him around the pool in spite of Asano's attempt to stop them.

Torii laughed whilst swiveling his head at Seo and stuck his tongue out when he accidentally bumped into a metallic figure and bounced back three meters, collapsing on his ass and eventually his back as he let out a loud shriek. The unfortunate guy wished that he would've collapsed on his head first since he was again wearing a helmet in a swim class and it could've prevented him from getting hurt.

It was Mr. Uchida Sasuke that Torii bumped into, and no, the metallic figure wasn't an exaggeration. Mr. Uchida had trained himself to the point his skin turned metallic. He was shirtless now with only a triangular swimsuit covering his private part (which hardly do it for him). And every time the kids see him, it was like he gained a new scar on his body, which he showed them off whenever he can to threaten them into training.

Mr. Uchida then blew his whistle as he bellowed, "ATTENTION, KIDDOS! FIRST DAY INTO SWIMMING CLASS AND YOU'RE ALREADY MESSING AROUND! HENCE WHY I'M GONNA PUNISH EVERYBODY WITH A HUNDRED LAPS AROUND THE POOL!! (the kids' expressions blanched and quickly converted into anger reserved for Torii) WHAT'RE YOU STANDING THERE FOR!? PICK UP YOUR ASSES AND START RUNNING!!"

And so they ran breathlessly around the pool for minutes with Mr. Uchida constantly slapping their butts forward to keep them on track. Sometimes he would pick one whining kid up and violently throw them into the pool if they dare to lose their pace. Okamoto Akeboshi was mainly his target since he was the least favorite student for vomiting on his teacher's jacket on their first P.E. lesson.

After they finished a hundred laps to their relief, the students again were surprised by another unrealistic demand from their P.E. teacher.

Mr. Uchida tossed a heavy dumbbell into the pool as the kids' hopeless gazes watched it sink whilst he spat, "NOW JUMP INTO THE POOL AND WHO GET THE DUMBBELL OUTTA THE POOL FIRST WILL AVOID RUNNING FOR ANOTHER HUNDRED LAPS!!" (A/n: Omg guys I don't know what's wrong with my brain but it's always full of abnormal ideas)

Asano Gakushuu was pissed by the ridiculous expectation from his teacher as he rebuked him and all he got for an answer was:

"ALL OF YOU KIDDOS ALREADY KNOW HOW TO SWIM RIGHT!? SO WHAT IF YOUR LOVER DROWNS IN THE BOTTOM OF THE POOL BECAUSE THEY'RE FAT - FAT - FAT AND YOU HAVE TO GET THEM OUTTA THERE!? BECAUSE LEMME TELL YOU! YOU KIDDOS CAN ONLY DATE FAT, UGLY PEOPLE AT BEST!!"

Exasperated, so was Asano since he couldn't fathom how his father would favor Mr. Uchida so much, the kids then unreluctantly (except for Arina. She was squealing with excitement) jumped into the pool and desperately tried to dive down to reach the dumbbell first, which, Torii was the last one to reach it considered his helmet kept wanting to float and pulled him back up.

Reaching it was only one issue, another big issue for them to be concerned about was how to get the dumbbell out of the pool.

Most of them tried to use brute force but it was (obviously) no use. Asano tried once too, but of course he failed. In addition, some of them tried to throw the dumbbell up so they can catch it on the mid and continue to throw it again until it reach the surface of the water but unfortunately, it was too heavy for the method to work. Some tried to drag the dumbbell to the wall and drag it along the wall up from there but they failed too, considering they couldn't hold their breath long enough to drag it up.

"I-- I tho-thought we'd have a normal swim lesson," breathed Juria heavily once she could no longer hold her breath and had to get her face out of the water, so were a bunch of other students.

Being too desperate, they even tried to corporate with each other. One got a hold of the dumbbell and will pass to another one, another and another until they get it out of the water but all efforts were in vain due to an imbalance in physical strength and swimming up with the dumbbell in their hands was impossible. Some of them quit and would rather run for another hundred laps than do this.

Seeing how long it took them, Mr. Uchida angrily insulted, "YOU USELESS LITTLE SHITS! YOU'D RATHER RUN A HUNDRED LAPS THAN FACE THE CHALLENGE!? THEN I GOTTA MAKE IT TWO HUNDRED LAPS!!"

But it didn't stop nearly everyone to quit and willingly accept two hundred laps. And when Mr. Uchida's chagrin was up to its limit, he suddenly noticed one of his students was missing.

"THAT BLONDE KID!!!!" he roared. That was when the missing student arrived right on time.

"Aye, sir!!" saluted Arina cheerfully, returning with a lengthy rope from the entrance gate to the pool.

"WHAT'S WITH THAT ROPE!??" spat Mr. Uchida. His gaze fixed on the rope as if it was a tool for cheating.

"Oh, Uchida-sensei, I suppose I could borrow some equipment to rescue my lover. A little help from this and that would be more effective, don't you think?"

With that said and not even waiting for her teacher to respond, Arina fled to the pool and jumped into the water.

Mr. Uchida was taken by surprise. He couldn't understand how he didn't notice when she sneaked off. Nevertheless, his gaze now fixed gingerly on the girl and watched how she will handle the task with that rope.

The students who didn't give up on the challenge yet, which included Asano Gakushuu, Okamoto Akeboshi, Seo Tomoya, Mizuno Ami Peterson, and Torii Hidetoshi were gawking in amazement at Arina swimming to the dumbbell with a rope in her arm.

She got down there, gesturing for everyone to back away as she tied the rope to the dumbbell, and dragged it near the location where the pool handrail was located. The remaining students realized her intention and opted to help her drag it but mostly they had to rise above the water to catch some air.

They couldn't understand how Arina could hold her breath for so long as it had been roughly five minutes since she got down there as if she had had professional training to hold her breath before.

And when things couldn't get any harder for them, Akeboshi vomited...again...in the water.

Asano immediately freaked out over this as bubbles came out of his mouth. He'd rather announce his surrender than risk immersing himself in barf water, and so were the rest except Arina. Arina would rather die than surrender to any challenge, literally. And she wouldn't mind about hygiene problems as opposed to Asano.

Before Torii left, Arina gestured to him that she'd like to borrow his helmet. And so he took it off and gave it to her.

Arina put the helmet on and she started to feel like she got dragged above a little more than before. When she finally dragged the dumbbell close to the pool handrail with a little help from the helmet to keep her not feeling heavy, she stopped and took a hold of the rope's end and rose above the water as she gasped for air.

Calming down, Arina saw the students halt their feet to watch her but was quickly scolded by Mr. Uchida, and have got to keep up with the punishment. On the other side, she saw Akeboshi continue to vomit the rest he hadn't let out whilst the janitor was summoned and stood there waiting with his face drained out of blood, horrified by the demon named Okamoto Akeboshi. In addition, it seemed like the janitor was a catholic as Arina caught him saying a little prayer to himself.

Arina then tied the rope to the handrail as tight as she could possibly tie. Finally, she sat next to the handrail, took off the helmet, and began to pull the dumbbell up. It was heavy. Ridiculously heavy. So Arina had to use her leg to intertwine with the rope with as many rounds as her leg could handle to further support her pulling.

Eventually, all the students gaped in awe witnessing how the dumbbell was finally pulled above the water and letting out a 'clunk!' as soon as Arina dropped it to the ground.

"You-you did it..." gasped Ami in stunned bewilderment, so was Mei, watching Arina also drop herself on the ground, panting in exhaustion.

"You see that? Imagination saves the day...!" answered Arina weakly, yet smiling out of joy for overcoming a challenge. "Oh, I would die for a challenge like this."

"GREAT JOB, KID!!" Mr. Uchida rushed to her, too proud to even bother that some students hadn't even finished their laps yet they already stopped to congratulate Arina.

"Hmm, she may not be smart in academics, but is very quick-minded in these situations," said Toda Sejiro, stroking his thick beard. Nevertheless, he had his dedication firm on Juria and it will forever be Juria no matter what.

"How-how awesome are you, Arina!!" complimented Kimi, and Kaguya and Kokomi also rushed over to praise her.

Meanwhile, the Big Fives asides for Asano -- in the context of witnessing Arina did something unthinkable for the first time -- had their jaws fall as Teppei and Ren, too, went to praise her for overcoming the challenge whilst Koyama was letting out a 'nishishishi' and Seo crossed his arm in bitter thinking how he could've done that too.

Just like Seo, Asano also thought he could've done what Arina did. Although, he placed a hand on his chin and reflect on how he rarely thinks outside of the box, unlike Arina. While she was the one to jump from idea to idea, he was the one to take one idea and delve deep into it. For real, everyone had their own strength.

"Good job, Arina."

Arina looked up to see Asano's smiling at her, "And you may as well spend more time in the shower."

Their first swim class then ended, leaving a delightful smile remaining intact on Arina's face. It wasn't like how she initially thought that everyone would make fun of her for being flat for the rest of the class, but it was something else making her feel extremely satisfied.

"It's such a difficult thing to execute your acknowledgments, don't you think?" spoke Arina to the Big Fives and her two girlfriends while on the way to grab lunch. "It happens to me all the time. You may acknowledge something but you wouldn't be able to execute it into action at all. I just told Asano-kun the other day that he mustn't predict the future and be stressed out by it. But I did what I told him not to. And I reckon it isn't just one time that my behavior contradicts my belief. It happens LOADS of times! And I'm greatly disappointed in myself. But I couldn't stay disappointed for too long since I just scored a point in Uchida-sensei's eyes and it feels great!"

In this moment of satisfaction from receiving everyone's praises and the heavenly taste of the chocolate frappe, dreadful occurring scenarios were almost impossible for Arina to imagine. She was enjoying her dessert in the canteen when her phone suddenly rang.

"Well, girls! I'm gonna be right back!" smiled Arina. "And do not touch my chocolate frappe, it's very dear to me and I'm not in the mood of sharing it. Ami-chan, I shall trust you with all my heart that you're gonna protect it from Kokomi." 

When Arina got outside the canteen, she swiped right to the name 'JAPAN + BANANA' and answered the call.

"Oh, what a brilliant day it was, dear Japana! I was anxious the whole time about—"

But she was cut through by something urgent.

Ami was secretly stealing Arina's chocolate frappe and intending to buy her a fresh new one when she saw Arina run back to them with a terrifying look on her face.

"Oh my gosh! No worry, Arina. I'll get you a new one," said Ami quickly, but turned out it wasn't what she thought it was. Arina told the girls to inform their teacher that she will be absent for the rest of the afternoon classes and abruptly fled to her classroom to fetch her messenger bag. Luckily no one significant caught her running in the hallways.

When Arina got outside the main building, two of her comrade brothers – Japana and Chibi were parking out there waiting for their Big Sis. Two of them were covered in bruises and were deeply injured. Arina fumed at the sight of this.

"It's the Hisashi gang, Big Sis," Japana breathed heavily, seemingly wanting to collapse.

"WHY DON'T YOU INFORM ME BUT ACT ON YOUR OWN!?" scolded Arina angrily.

"Ryu-Ryuuki is captured as a hostage...so we..."

"WHAT!?" yelled Arina at the top of her lungs. "How DARE they mess with one of MY comrade brothers!? I'll have to teach them a lesson!!"

Before Japana and Chibi could give a response, Arina immediately dialed a taxi and told them to get to the hospital.

"Get to the hospital and leave the rest to Big Sis!!" she ordered them and pushed the two of them out of the motorcycle. "Give me your jacket and helmet!"

"Do-do you know how to ride a motorcycle, Big Sis?" stuttered Chibi.

"OF COURSE I can!! I'm your Big Sis!"

No, Arina lied. She has never ridden any motorcycle before in her life. Nonetheless, she tricked her mind to believe she had by observing others ride it.

"Oh, okay," said Chibi, as he took off his helmet and jacket and gave it all to Arina.

Arina put the oversized jacket on, which reached to her knees and zipped it up to hide her uniform so the chairman wouldn't have to deal with any articles about a Kunugigaoka underage student riding a motorcycle in the middle of the street without a license or stuff like that, and putting on the full-face helmet to further hide her identity as an underage child.

She started the engine and rode perfectly to the main street whilst Chibi and Japana's gazes followed her in bewilderment.

The more she contemplates it, the more she finds it false. How could general Fedorov tell her the more people she loves the weaker she would become? It was more like she'd get a boost in strength and courage for the immense love for people.

'Hang in there, Ryuuki!' Arina told herself. 'Big Sis is coming to rescue you!'