"The beef combo without the beef, please." said Fuutarou Uesugi to the cafeteria lady. It was perfect for the amount of money that he had and the rice was essentially free for him.

"School Cafeteria for the win!" He thought to himself with a grin, "Now, where do I sit?"

He quickly spotted an empty table that was in the corner of the cafeteria.

"Perfect!"

Just as he reached out to pull out the chair he felt another hand. He quickly retracted his hand and looked at the person who touched him. It was a red-haired girl with two star-shaped hairpins in her hair. She looked at him also.

"Ah sorry, you got here first you can sit." Fuutarou said, quickly trying to walk away.

He only got two steps away before he felt a firm grip on his hand.

"W-wait, there are two chairs here you can sit too…" The red-haired girl said, partially blushing.

Fuutarou looked around the cafeteria. People were starting to stare at them.

"Not good"

He took his hand from her and spoke.

"It's fine… I can sit outside." He said, rushing out of the cafeteria.

Being the number one student in the school meant that he had a target on his back, people thought that he was a massive nerd who didn't have a life outside of school.

"Well… they are kind of right about that." He thought to himself, as he sat on the stairs to enjoy his lunch. He had just gotten his new test back and was very eager to review it.

"You didn't let me... introduce myself." said a panting voice behind him.

Fuutarou spun around to see the red-haired girl from earlier, with her hand on her knees and gasping for air.

"I-I'm sorry?" He said in a questioning voice. He wasn't sure why he needed to learn who she was. She was new to this school, but she was very beautiful. In a few months she would probably be one of the popular kids that make fun of Fuutarou.

"Do you want to eat lunch together, at an actual table?" She said managing to regain her regular breathing.

Fuutarou's eyes widened, why was she inviting him to have lunch with her?

"She doesn't even know who I am…"

"No thanks, I'm fine out here, I like the sunlight." He said, in a reassuring voice, not wanting to hurt her feelings.

"Ah ok…" She said. She walked back inside and a few moments later emerged with her lunch tray. "I think I'll join you out here."

Fuutarou was shocked, why was she doing all this? Was she pranking him to get in with the popular kids?

"L-Listen, if this is a prank, please stop, I know that you want to get in with the popular kids, but I think you should find other means of doing it."

She stared at him with her blue eyes and responded.

"Why would I prank you, you seem like a nice guy. I was just wondering what your name is. I'm new here so I'm trying to make friends."

Fuutarou was still wary of this girl but he stuck out his hand and introduced himself.

I'm Fuutarou Uesugi, nice to meet you."

Her eyes widened.

"Wait, I've seen your name in a newspaper somewhere…" She looked at him, "Are you that kid that had a perfect score on the national testing?"

"Yeah, that was me."

She couldn't believe it. This kid scored a perfect score on the national testing, he was incredibly smart.

"Wow! It's an honor to meet you. My name is Itsuki Nakano." She said, shaking his hand very fast.

"She sure is energetic…" He thought to himself.

"Well Itsuki-chan, I have to review my test, I hope you don't mind."

"Oh, not at all Uesugi-kun, I bet you got a 100% on it."

Fuutarou was embarrassed, he hated talking about his grades because it always ended up making him look arrogant.

"Y-Yeah…" He mumbled.

Itsuki noticed this and wondered why he wouldn't brag more. If she had his grades, she would always brag about them.

"He must not be that type of guy…"

After a couple of minutes of silence Itsuki spoke.

"Hey, Uesugi-kun, would you mind tutoring me and my sisters?"

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Author's Note:

Hi! Welcome to my second fanfic (first one for QQ). I hope you enjoyed the first chapter. I'm kind of new to writing fanfics, so I would love to hear what you guys thought of this chapter (any criticism is welcome). I'll make sure to read every comment. Thanks for reading.

See you next chapter-Gabriel