((1/15/14 Note: Most of the reviews said that this fic of mine is sad. (lol that was my intention) but this chap is very light and fluffy and obviously contradicts the main theme, and I made this out of the blue while scolding my laptop for hanging before I can even save my project (which is a KuroBasu movie review lol) and - stop this nonsense xD The name 'Kaira' is derived from my name lol haahhaha fangirl fantasies are just so sad xD))

((This was posted last year in wattpad and I don't want to make changes anymore xD))

Note: I decided to name the OC. Finally, hahahahahha!

Coffee

Middle School Days

Kaira blankly stared at the bulletin board. Exam week just ended and she didn't expect that the ranks will be posted as soon as possible. There were a lot of things she didn't know, usual for a transfer student.

Kaira had always been at the top ever since she started schooling. No one stood her equal in her old school, but Teikou was different.

The school which she transferred to was full of geniuses. Monsters as she would call them. Almost every student in Teikou excelled in academics with its high standards, and if not, sports was their expertise.

8th Grade

1. Akashi Seijuro class 2-A - Gen Ave 99.98

2. Fujiwara Kaira class 2-A - Gen Ave 98.21

It was just a matter of a point, a freakking point. She inwardly cursed. Who was this guy anyway? To think that she doesn't know him even if he was in the same class as hers... She didn't care much about the people around her. She had enough of untrue people and she didn't want friends. They just use her for their own good. Also, she was transferred schools against her will.

After her long staring session with the bulletin board earlier, the day passed uneventfully. All they did was to recheck their test papers and do some counselling for those who had low marks.

Mathematics was their last subject, to Kaira's dismay. She didn't like her schedule that much. Math was a subject that needs 100% use of the human brain (LOL) and it was just plain cruel that it was placed last when her mind was already tired. The teacher already gave the test papers to the students is a random manner. Someone placed her paper on her desk while she watched the trees sway in the afternoon breeze. When the teacher started talking, she decided to check on her paper.

What she saw shocked her. Kaira almost fell on her seat and it gained the attention of the class.

23 out of 50…?

Is this for real?!

The teacher chuckled at her expression and proceeded to announcing the answers for the class to recheck their paper.

Unbeknownst to Kaira, a pair of red eyes was watching her intently, chuckling at every expression her face shows. Amusing…

"Okay class, so as usual, every after examinations the ones who gets low marks shall be tutored by the top scorers of the class, so here are the names…" and the teacher went on her chant.

"…And last but not the least, Fujiwara-san, tutee, Akashi-san will be the tutor. So now we will move on to our new lesson which is graphing an inequality…."

Kaira didn't manage to catch up with what her teacher was saying. Is she serious? Pairing her up with the most intelligent boy in their batch… Is her mark that bad?

After the class was dismissed, Kaira absentmindedly fixed her things and when she was ready to go, someone stopped her. She looked at him, only knowing that her tutor held her arm to make her halt.

"Have you understood the lesson sensei thought us earlier, Fujiwara-san? You seen to be… bothered."

She shook her head. "I didn't really understand it, Akashi-san."

"So do you want to start tutoring today?"

"Hm, I don't mind. What about you Akashi-san? Are you not busy?"

"Not at all… We don't have basketball training for today."

"So… Where are we going to study?"

"Do you want to do it in your place? I don't think the library is still open, considering the time."

Kaira didn't want to go home yet. She can't take her step mother's bad treatment. She always dreaded going home, and her father and her step mother always fight, so she had to decline.

"Gomen, I don't think my place is appropriate. My parents are –"

Akashi cut her off before she could even finish, "You don't have to tell the details. Are you fine with my place though, Fujiwara-san?"

"Mm."

[o]

"...This is very simple, Fujiwara-san? Why are you having difficulty with these?" Akashi stared at his tutee with both of his hands placed on his waist.

"I'm very sorry for the trouble, Akashi-san. It's just that I can't concentrate anymore. It's already late and I'm so sleepy. Can you please let me off now?" She looked at him with her puppy eyes. Kaira was begging him to let her go for the umpteenth time already.

"No, not until you get a problem right."

She just went back to the problem, scratching her head before grabbing her pen back.

"Just stay here, Fujiwara-san. I'll just get something."

And with that, he exited the room.

Kaira decided to take a break with the problem and scanned Akashi's room with her sleepy eyes. It was simple, but elegant. He had a mini library is a corner, and a shogi board on the study table. She looked at it for a while and tried to move some of the pieces. So this is what they call Japanese Chess, hm?

Akashi entered the room with a tray on his hands. He made his way to the table and placed the tray down.

"Here you go, Fujiwara-san, so that you will not feel sleepy." Akashi handed her the cup, with a beaming smile planted in his face.

Kaira swore that her heart skipped a beat.