1.1 Awkward Acquaintances

The blonde-haired male sighed. It was another day at the academy, and Izumi was not quite sure if he still enjoyed life there.

Sure, like most nerds, he was all for learning math, though he was pretty sure that he already self-studied in advance for lessons that would be taught in the next three weeks, in order to keep up with the latest info.

Izumi didn't really put an effort in keeping up with the school's latest news, unless it had something to do with inter-school, national and international Maths and Science competitions and advanced workshops.

He didn't even bother listening to the announcement at the school's auditorium, for he was busy burying his nose in an interesting book.

Nonetheless, Touru-kaichou, the current student council president, spotted his little act of defiance and pried the book out of his hands, saying that he would be lenient on him and return the book after the announcement.

Izumi swore that he spotted Touru-kaichou skimming one of the pages in interest. He was disappointed, but was relieved when he learned that the announcement would end in a few.

The student council president was a little hesitant to return the book to Izumi, but seeing that he had more duties to fulfill in the council room and had a busy schedule afterwards, he returned it to the blonde-haired male's waiting hands.

Afterwards, the students returned to their designated classrooms with renewed interest, Izumi had observed, and continued chattering about the latest topic that he had no interest in.

Right now, he was bored out of his mind, already wishing that Maths period would be over soon. Students had a free period that day, so they could do whatever they wished.

He yearned to go to the library once again, and get his hands on the newest arrivals. Sighing once again, he looked around the classroom, eager to look for a distraction. Lime-green eyes locked on a figure sitting at the very back. He was surprised.

It was a girl.

How could Izumi not recall having a new addition to their class, and the fact that the said classmate is of the opposite gender?

Oh, right. Their academy only accepted boys of all ages. He wondered how Yuu, of all people, enrolled in the school. Wait, his thoughts were getting off-topic again-

With curiosity, he tapped the shoulder of the person next to him, immediately wanting to ask questions about their newest classmate.

He learned that she was going to temporarily stay at Izumi's class for the meantime, since the underclassmen's building is going to be renovated to suit the academy's needs.

Recently, their academy decided to revert to accept co-ed education. Apparently, kouhai-chan(He liked to call her that) was the first girl to ever enroll in their school. Plus, she was a year younger than all of them.

Izumi snapped out of his trance and concentrated a little on his current lesson. It couldn't hurt to review once in a while.

After quite some time, he learned that staying put was useless. The words coming out of Kyouya-sensei's mouth poured in his left ear and trickled out of the other. He couldn't concentrate much.

His classmates were almost on the verge of nodding off, however, they tried to keep themselves awake in various methods, which amused Izumi for a while but bored him after quite some time.

The chocolate-haired girl, in fact, was the opposite. She focused wholeheartedly on the lesson, while taking several notes of it here and there. He kept his eyes on her the whole time.

When it was time for them to solve a couple of problems, he couldn't help but notice that she had a little difficulty. Desperately wanting to aquaint himself with his classmate, he quietly went over to the empty desk next to her. She did not look up, solely focusing on solving the said problem.

Izumi tapped on her shoulder.

"Psst," he said. She looked up in surprise, her warm, brown orbs meeting his lime ones.

"O-oh! H-hi..." She stuttered, her bow-like lips forming a shy smile. "What can I do for you?"

Seeing that they were both shy, socially-awkward people(Or so Izumi thought), it gave him the courage he needed to introduce himself. "H-hello, I'm Izumi. What's yours?"

"Koizumi Kokonose," she beams. "I look forward to getting along with each other this year!"

Izumi gulped. Now noticing, her features were undeniably cute, adding to the charm she always seemed to have. Remembering that he had something to do, he looked into Koizumi-chan's eyes.

"Do you mind if I help you with this Math problem over here? You seemed to have some trouble completing it." Koizumi's chocolate orbs widened in delight. Seeing no reason to decline his offer of kindness, she smiled up at him.

"Sure!"

His shoulders bumped hers when he leaned in closer to her desk. He accidentally inhaled, getting a whiff of her scent. The smell of baked pastries and sugary sweets lingered in her skin.

'Oh wow...' he thought.

"I could get used to this." Koizumi raised one of her eyebrows in curiosity. "Get used to what?"

"A-ahh...! Nothing!" Izumi was nevertheless embarassed at his loud outburst.

A/N:

I, for one, particularly enjoyed writing this. This idea was on my mind for sometime. I was searching for Notice Me Senpai! Oneshots/Drabbles and other fanfics but was suprised to find none! I decided to write this series to show my support and appreciation to the game and its developers. Hope you enjoyed this!

P.S. I know Koizumi sounds like Izumi a bit, but I can't help adding it. Each MCs' name will be different for each senpai, don't worry! If you want to place MC names and ask for dedication requests for each senpai, I'm accepting them right now.

Have a wonderful day!