"Nagishima Rino? She's a little bit…"
Nagishima pauses when she overhears a man talk about her. She pulled her hoodie over her head and moved an inch closer to the men's table.
"She gets more chocolate from girls when I don't get one at all!" one male whined before drinking his orange-flavored juice. "That's because she's really cool! It's as if she does what men in manga does." Another male responded.
Nagishima agreed with both men. What they're saying was true after all.
"Through years of living, all of the men in my life kept doing flattering things to me." Nagishima thought begrudgingly. "Kabedon, whispering sweet nothings, hugging me, inching their face towards me, and doing things that's normally seen in shoujo mangas… it was how we role-played so they would know what they would do when they actually date someone. Although I learned to be a charming gentleman from them, their actions are really..." She perched her chin on her palm before sighing.
"Really troublesome." She mutters before standing up, causing her chair to give a metallic screech. The two male beside her glanced at her.
Pulling her hoodie off of her head, Nagishima turned to the two male to her left with a mystifying gaze.
"If you want to be popular, try thinking in the girl's perspective. They really like it when men puts them first before themselves." She advises before leaving the males shocked and astonished at the same time.
"She said that in a cool tone." One male commented as he kept gaping at Nagishima. "She's actually pretty tall for a lady… Nagishima Rino's a cool lady." The other male adds with admiration.
Nagishima walked away with natural swag. She recalled her cousin's words on walking with confidence.
"Walk like you won the championships and keep your eyes in front." Nagishima heard her cousin's voice as she marched with her eyes on her path and her posture right.
"Your gaze should be cool but not too cool to freeze someone." Her eyes turned calm and cold while her cousin's words repeated on her mind.
"When the lady enters your field of vision, make your eyes exude warmth so she would melt in your gaze and when that happens, don't forget to smile." At the exact moment, a female stranger enters Nagishima's vision and taking her cousin's words, she softens her gaze and smiles warmly.
Witnessing and receiving Nagishima's breathtaking smile, the girl blushes and looks away before bowing and walking away.
Nagishima blinked before sighing. She really listened to her cousin's words. If she keeps doing what her cousin told her, Nagishima might be mistaken as a person who likes the same gender and while that isn't really a bad thing for Nagishima, she'd feel bad if one girl who's actually homosexual would like her, mistaking Nagishima as a fellow queer when in reality, she's just doing it because her cousin's words became a habit she obeyed and did out of responsibility.
Heading to her classroom, Nagishima exuded confidence as she walked. Each step was graceful and her attention kept towards the view in front of her.
Girls who knew her waved at her with familiarity and when Nagishima waves back, they'd fuss about how the female gentleman smiled their way. Nagishima would then start questioning herself again.
"Why am I acting like a mysterious prince? I'm a straight female, I'm not interested in women. What would I do if men starts thinking I swing the other way? I'll probably live my life alone and single since birth. I need to do something about this. I need to act feminine."
Nagishima huffed with determination. Her mind was dead set on being ladylike.
"Nagishima! I got your grades and it's lower than the depths of hell!" her best friend, Saikane Iori, informed while enthusiastically running towards her.
Nagishima remembered her grades and promptly pushed being feminine aside. She needs to pull her grades high first before acting like a real lady.
The female gentleman sat on her seat and placed both of her elbows on her desk. She waited for Saikane to arrive in her seat and when she did, Nagishima sighed.
"I can't be worse than Kenma, right? I've always had higher grades when we compare my grades with his." Nagishima defended herself and her scores but Kenma, whose seat is beside her, overheard her talking and peered over his PS vita.
"You're bad at science." Kenma mumbled lazily as he clicked on the buttons of his PS Vita.
"Kenma's right. Your grades in other subjects are fine but in science and math…" Saikane paused and hesitated to continue. When she sees Nagishima's curious expressions, she gives in and says her grades.
"You barely passed. You're one point away from failing to get the passing score."
Nagishima then instantly visualizes her father telling her to study or else…
"Good luck on studying with Kuroo." Kenma said, his attention was still on his game. Saikane sighs at him before reminding him to keep his PS Vita in his bag. Nagishima ignored her two friends and recalled her cousin.
"I'll be scolded by my dad, my brother will tease me then dad would tell me to go to Tetsurou because I need his help so I can pass science and math." Nagishima listed the situations that might occur when she gets home. "I can't go to Tetsurou. He'll tease me and use me as a sample for his flirting game."
Kenma and Saikane heard the black-haired female mumble under her breathe. Feeling bad but not wanting to help her, the two simply wished her happiness in the future.
Nagishima called the shots.
Her father gave her a big time scolding about her grades and how she's wasting money by giving him bad grades, then her brother teased her and tried to make her look dumb by asking problems found in her math and science book. And now…
"You need to go to your cousin. Let him teach you science and math. Go to his dorm starting on next week's Monday and ask him to tutor you. Do that until you graduate."
Nagishima nodded at her father's orders. She decided to screw it all. She'll just listen to her father and go to her cousin's dorm. It's not like she'll lose anything, in fact, it's for the better. For her grades and for her future. She can't have a barely passing grades when she's months away from graduating.
Her father then noticed her expression and sighed.
"What I said earlier… just know that I did it out of worry." Her father explained. "You're graduating and soon, you'll go to work. You might think that I'm being strict but this is for your future. I just don't want to see my only daughter agonizing in the future because she can't find a job."
Nagishima smiled politely as she listened to her father.
It's true that she was hurt because of what he said earlier but she knows that her father knows what's best for her. She can't get angry when it's her fault that her grades are low in the first place.
After having a conversation with her father, the black-haired female went out and roamed for a while. She passed by her school and recalled what she was planning earlier.
"To be a girl, huh? Can I do that?" Nagishima uttered to herself. Her mind was still on her plan as she passed by the park. She then decides to enter the park and roams it while thinking.
While she's walking, Nagishima doesn't notice a man on his phone, possibly texting someone. Then in an unexpected outcome, the two ends up sitting on the same bench that was placed in the side.
Nagishima felt the soles of her feet ache because of walking for an hour. She then glances at the man beside him out of curiosity and sees him on his phone.
Noticing that the man was pleasing to the eyes, she gulps and wonders if he has a girlfriend. If he doesn't then maybe… Nagishima could ask what he's looking for in a lady.
For her plan on being a woman.
"But even if he has a lover, I can still ask him what type he seeks for in a lover." Nagishima thought. "Should I just ask this attractive stranger?" she pondered.
Sensing that someone was staring at him, the unnamed male turns to his left and catches Nagishima gazing at him with curious eyes. Suddenly feeling a bit bashful, the brown-haired male clears his throat.
"Do you need something?" he smiles and Nagishima takes note of his charming smile and how she has to smile like that to the girls.
Realizing what she had in mind, Nagishima clicks her tongue and decides that it doesn't matter if the person beside her had a lover or not, she needs to know how she can be a lady, completely forgetting that the person beside her is a man.
"What do you want in a woman?" Nagishima asked straightly.
The male blinked at her question and wondered if he was being hit on. Smiling to himself, the male lowers his phone and shifts his attention to Nagishima. Observing the black-haired female, he realized that she looks pretty cute, like most women.
"Well… if they're cute and they love me truly then I'll appreciate them." He says.
Nagishima nods and hums in response. "So all I need to do is love someone truly and be cute…" Nagishima pauses on thinking and raises an eyebrow. "What if I'm not cute?" she asks the brown-haired male.
The man chuckles at her question. He leans on the bench and gazed at her. "I think you're cute." He complimented Nagishima with his evidently flirtatious smile. Too bad, Nagishima doesn't catch on his attempt to flirt.
Nagishima nods and looks away with a slight blush on her cheeks. It's been a long time since she heard someone say she's cute. What she mostly hears is how she looks cool or acts cool and although she appreciates it, the compliment is slightly getting old.
"I see." She uttered with her timid voice, not realizing that she's being hit on. The male eyed Nagishima's face and pondered if the girl understood what he said.
"Uh… thanks. I guess that means I can still date someone even though I'm like this." Nagishima said. The male narrowed his eyes and scanned the girl from head to toe. Taking note of her untied shoes, the male brushes his thought away and focused on trying to analyze what the girl meant.
"Why? Do you think you're unlovable?" he asks.
Nagishima perks up and nods honestly.
"Yes." She answers. "It's because of a certain reason." She adds, trying to avoid saying that she acts like a man.
The brown-haired clicked his tongue thrice before speaking. "Every person has to be loved. What kind of thought is that, huh?" he says. When he notices how Nagishima looks at him, he gasps and covers his mouth before lowering his hand and smiling sheepishly.
"What I mean to say is –"
"You're right. It was stupid of me to say that." Nagishima apologized before standing up and bowing to the male.
The male stranger blinked before standing up as well. "Uh… it's alright, stop bowing." He tried to coax Nagishima out of bowing which he successfully does.
Once the two were standing up face to face, Nagishima can't help but admire the person in front of her.
Brown and seemingly-soft hair that seemed to bounce with every move he made, height that made him fit to be a model and his skin that was fair and smooth while his lips seemed soft. One question was stuck on her head as she eyed the male.
"Is he gay?" She asked subconsciously. Amazed by him, Nagishima stepped forward to see if she reached the male's shoulder but as she stepped forward, Nagishima tripped on her untied shoe laces and the man caught her without missing a beat.
The two gazed in each other before Nagishima blinks and gulps. The male stared at her with wide eyes as he tried to grasp what just happened. Seeing the black-haired female close, he realized that she's not bad-looking but not too attractive. If he would compare it to a flower, he'd say that she's a flower called forget-me-not, simple but pretty.
The male tightened his hold on her before pushing her and helping her stand up on her feet.
The air felt uncomfortable. Nagishima felt awkward as she avoided the male's eyes. Suddenly, she remembers that it's evening and she needs to go home.
"Um… I need to go home. Thank you for the advice." Nagishima bowed before spinning on her heels and walking away. The male was left awestruck as he watched her leave.
"Wow… that girl's eccentric." He commented, an amused smile playing on his lips. His phone then rings so he pushes it out of his pocket and answers the call.
"Hey Oikawa, out partying?" The person said with a mocking tone.
"I'm not partying, Kuroo. I'm simply at the park, enjoying the nature and my attractiveness." Oikawa spoke confidently before smirking.
"By the way, I saw a cute girl and she was unbelievably weird, in a good way." He said as he started heading on his way home.
A/N:
Hello, readers!
You don't know how long I've been pondering, whether I should post this or not, but I'm not the focus here, the focus is on the story!
This plot is a little bit... simple but I kid you not, I promise to make this as interesting as possible! So don't fret! I'll try my bestest!
As for Nagishima Rino... just imagine her a middle-school Kageyama but manlier and bolder when it comes to dealing with girls. As for Oikawa... he's the same old Oikawa so don't worry about him then there's Kuroo... get to know him next chapter. As for the other characters... yeah! That's all I can say, yeah. Get to know them while reading, okay?
This is the end of chapter one! Hope you liked this and see you next chapter~~~