• 3 years ago •

"I will deciding the pairs for the upcoming project."

A few groans resounded through the classroom. Not a single person liked assignments, and if they did have to do one, everyone would rather they choose their own partners.

"I have written the pairs on this piece of paper," The teacher said, ignoring the students' groans, "Come up and look at who you will be paired with at the end of the lesson."

The bell rung about 10 minutes later and the teacher rushed out the door, not wanting to be caught up in the hoard of students crowding his now empty table. Kirana decided to wait until everyone had left before looking herself. She actually felt rather sorry for whomever was paired with her, she wasn't much help at all in literature.

Sure enough, after a little while, the crowd had dispersed to go to lunch. Kirana grabbed the paper off the desk and searched for her name. She found it down near the bottom, her partner would be Midorima Shintarou.

Kirana pulled herself into a thoughtful position, she was sure she had heard that name before. She knew he was in her class but that name was associated with somethin else too, a sport? She had forgotten already, Kirana barely paid attention to any sporting notices, and it was already halfway through the year.

"Are you Kirana Sayumi?"

Kirana jumped in surprise and stumbled back a little. She found herself face to face with the chest of a very tall green haired boy. His fingers on his left hand were taped up and there was odd bell shaped item sitting on the palm of his hand. She looked up and nodded slowly.

"I'm your partner for this assignment, meet me in the library after school, we can start studying there." He said and left, not bothering to look back to as of she agreed or not.

Kirana could only stare blankly at the doorway. A few minutes passed and she quickly grabbed her bag, pen and notebook before heading outside to enjoy her break.

After school, Kirana had gone straight to the library like Midorima had told her to. She found him writing in his book at one of the desks with a tall pile of hardcover information booklets in front of him . She tapped him gently on the shoulder and the green-haired teen turned sharply at the intrusion.

"Oh it's you, sit down, I plan to finish this by today." He said and turned back to his writing. Kirana pulled up a seat next to him and found herself mesmerised by the beautifully written words on the page.

"What are you staring at?" Midorima snapped at her, "Start researching."

Kirana hastily grabbed a book from the pile and read it. She started taking notes as well and before long, the two had managed to complete their assignment. They had simply swapped notes and edited them before combing it all into one piece of text. Neither had spoken during the whole process and it was quite amazing to the students who had passed by, the two first-years had worked together and agreed on everything without making a single noise.

"Hm, that was quicker than I expected. What is your star-sign?" Midorima questioned Kirana after putting his pen down.

The hazel haired girl blinked in surprise before scrawling down her answer, 'Pisces.'

Midorima frowned slightly and was about to question her on why she was writing before answering his own question, she was mute. That would explain it perfectly, and being a bit of genius himself, Midorima had discovered the answer on his own.

"Pisces, hm, looks like we get along well." He said more to himself than Kirana, "I'm leaving." He said shortly and stood up, grabbing their finished piece of work and his bag before weaving his way through the tall bookshelves. Kirana did the same but at a much more relaxed pace. She was just about to leave when she realised that Midorima had left his pen behind. She grabbed it and quickly ran after the tall tsundere.

She saw him walking down the road on the opposite side of where she was standing. Bring unable to yell his name was quite troublesome now. The traffic was intense and she couldn't run across the he road to hand it to him. It didn't occur to her at the time that she could've just returned it to him tomorrow considering they were in the same class. Instead, she ripped out a part of her notebook and scribbled a short message before folding the paper and jamming it under the clip of the pen.

Midorima was just about to turn and walk out of sight when he was hit on the head with a small object. Immediately he spun around and found the only company he had was the busy traffic. He bent down and picked the offending item off the concrete surface and realised it was his own pen. Carefully, he turned it over, inspecting it. He saw the paper and pulled it out, fixing his glasses after he had done so. His green eyes skinned over the nearly written words as he read the note to himself, the corners of his mouth lifting ever-so slightly as he did although he had no real idea why he found it amusing.

'You forgot your pen, Midorima-kun. I couldn't catch up to you so I threw it over the road, sorry if I hit you.

-Kirana Sayumi.'