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It was by pure chance that Kuroo Tetsurō met Nekoma High's sweetest female student. And by sweet, he means pure cane sugar coating her cells from head to toe sweet.
She even looked sweet. With her blemish-free fair skin (all the girls at school wondered just what products she used), long brown hair kept loose and wavy, and big brown doe eyes, she looked like she couldn't hurt a fly.
It was during his Science I class that their teacher decided to pair students up for a three day long project. Excited whispers erupted inside the classroom of who was going to pair up with who, friends choosing friends or girls and boys wondering if they could pair up with their crushes. It was however quickly shut down when their science teacher announced he would be picking the partners.
That's when Tetsurō heard his name being paired up with a name he didn't expect to hear:
Chitōse Akiko.
He was surprised to say in the least. Chitōse Akiko had been going to the same school as him for as long as he could remember. Hell, she lived in the same neighborhood as him. There had been times when he and Kozume Kenma had seen her walking down the same road as each other, or he she would pass him by in the halls. In fact, he could spot her from where he sat in the back of the class and she sat right in the middle.
However, in the entire years he'd known her, not once had he ever talked to her nor she him. So despite their paths crossing many times before, they'd never interacted. That is until now.
Akiko had been the one to make the first move. The moment that their teacher excused them to get up and move next to their partners, she got up and gathered her belongings and moved to the back of the room, back to Tetsurō's seat.
"Hello, Kuroo-San," she greeted, her lips upturned into a small, genuine smile. Tetsurō smirked back in response.
"Chitōse-San," he addressed.
"I am looking forward to working with you. Please take care of me," she bowed.
Tetsurō's smirk widened. "No need for such formalities, Chitōse-San."
"Ah- I see..."
A beat of silence spread between them before Akiko smiled warmly at him again.
"May I please sit here," she gestured to the empty seat to his right that had been previously occupied by someone who left to work with their partner.
Tetsurō couldn't help but think that she was very formal and polite. Nice, yes- but perhaps even too much.
She was a friendly person from what he'd seen. Smiling and talking with other students, helping peers out with their studies, and he'd even seen her helping out and giving company to Yū-San, the 90-something year old woman in their neighborhood.
So perhaps he was going a bit out of his way, but he he wanted to see what made her tick. Because even if it was once, he'd seen everyone he'd come across become annoyed or angered by something. Whether it be him or an outside cause. Yet Tetsurō had not once seen her with anything less than a smile on her face.
Edited 8/3/17
