Kimikos POV

The next few weeks there was only one main topic the whole school was talking about: Chase Young.

All the girls were practically fawning over him and trying hard to win him over, even though it mostly broke in messy catfights that resulted afterwards. Even some of the guys thought he was cool, especially Jack Spicer, the uber-nerd in our class that did whatever he could to please Chase, much to the latter's annoyance.

And as for myself, I spent most of my time observing him, in case he turned out to be a jerk or a total wannabe that merely wanted to be popular. However, the more I spent studying him, the more I realized that he wasnt totally all stereotypically "goth". In fact, he was actually pretty quiet and reserved, always paid attention and got good grades, and even was in top shape in P.E. class. Speaking of which...

"Hey Kimiko, are you gonna ask him out yet or what?" Keiko whispered to me in the Gym.

"Keiko, I already told you I have to see if he's a jerk or not before I try anything yet." I told her.

Our coach instructed us to do the pacer*, at which the whole class groaned. I barely made it up to 20 and pretty soon Keiko sat next to me as we watched the rest of our class run.

We noticed that Chase was still running, alongside Raimundo who refused to give up especially towards Chase (he wasnt very fond of him apparently). The whole class watched in awe as we wanted to see who would give out.

Finally Raimundo gave out at 98, while Chase decided to stop at 100. 100? Holy shit! The coach congratulated him for breaking the record and he gave a tired smile as the whole class cheered for him.

I watched him in awe as he caught several large breaths of air, looking very tired and hot.

"Hey Kimi, do you think hes going to-" Keiko didnt finish her sentence, as she and I gasped as Chase began to remove his shirt, exposing a very well-toned muscular chest. We stood there gaped in shock as he sat down and drank from a bottle of water. My goodness, Chase had a six-pack! And a very fine-looking one too, it wasnt overly muscular or veiny, no it was chiseled to godly perfection.

Several of the girls had actually passed out from seeing him shirtless (can't really blame them) and others merely started screaming like rabid fangirls.

"Ok, you gotta ask him out now!" Keiko exclaimed, shoving me towards Chase. "Keiko!" I yelled, my face blushing furiously. But when I looked up, my face turned beet red as I realized I was in Chase's chest. My eyes met Chase's who was staring at me curiously.

"Oh-u-uh C-Chase! I-I" I slowly moved away from him and quickly bowed apologetically. "I'm really sorry!" I exclaimed and I ran away to change before he could say or do anything.

As I was changing, I was furious that Keiko had embarassed me in front of Chase but at the same time I was glad she did. I had a lovestruck look in my face as I remembered how warm his chest was and how muscular it felt. I wonder what he looks like without his pants...

"Ok Kimiko!" I mentally smacked myself repeatedly. "Wake up to reality!" I sighed and left the room.

"There's no way he'll like me now..." I muttered sadly. Before I could take another step, I heard a familiar voice call out to me.

"Kimiko?-"

* Pacer- An activity where you are required to run as many laps as you can to a timer that goes on forever