Unbreakable

"You need to apologize."

Kazuto stared blankly at the bespectacled girl for a second. The two of them were in their classroom at the end of the week, ready for a relaxing weekend. Supposedly. They had just gotten some graded papers back and the atmosphere surrounding the back corner by the window was tense at best.

Finally, after a few blank stares, Kazuto spoke.

"It wasn't just my fault you know."

Shino sat back in her desk chair with a huff, her arms crossed. "It is your fault. I told you that your buildings would make us fail."

The dark-haired teen was turned around in his seat to look at the paper sitting on Shino's desk. On that paper, was the grading rubric for their history project. Several checkmarks were scattered throughout some boxes, and at the bottom of the document was their final percentage: 72.

Kazuto had been expecting a bad grade, but he was still a little surprised to see it officially on paper. Not that a 72 was completely terrible, at least they had passed, but still, the boy was pretty sure that if he had been with any other partner (or at least on his own) he would have gotten a full 100%.

Why did they get a C- you ask? Well everything had been fine for the most part. Their short report had been ok and their presentation wasn't half bad, the only thing that was the problem was their model. The two teens had worked on it for days until it had been finally due on Wednesday.

It had been in absolutely no condition to turn in.

When the two of them brought it in, people had already gawked at how thrown together it had looked. It had resembled an island that had gone through an earthquake. Their so-called "buildings" were smashed and crumpled, their "mountain" looked like it was melting, and their base was lumpy and heavy due to the fact that there had been several layers of green and brown paint applied to it.

By the time the two of them realized that the project was due the next day, there was no time to fix it or start from scratch. They had to turn something into their teacher.

To make matters worse, the whole thing fell apart just as they were presenting it.

…So much for teamwork.

Shino stared at her partner with a cold glare that sent shivers down his spine. "Apologize."

Kazuto swallowed nervously, but he would not let himself be intimidated by this girl, not like last time. "No. You're the one that insisted that I kept doing everything wrong."

"That's because you were."

"Everything was perfectly fine! It wasn't an art project! Nothing had to be perfect to the last detail!"

"But Greek culture is specific in its architectural details!"

Kazuto sighed. "I still don't see how what I made was different from what you made."

Shino felt a bit insulted by this. "How can you say that? They were completely different!" Kazuto just eyed her skeptically and Shino fumed more. "Fine, you know what? I don't even care anymore! I'm just glad this partnership is over!"

The dark-haired boy didn't know why, but he felt unusually irritated. "Me too." He grumbled before turning back around to face the front. There was absolutely no way he was apologizing to her. She was the one that insisted that everything be a certain way. It really didn't matter in his opinion, so long as they finished and met the requirements he was good. Besides, his work had been perfectly fine until Shino touched it.

In the corner, Shino was fuming just as much as the boy in front of her was. There was absolutely no way she was apologizing to him now. Now she was certain that she had been in the right when she had been a jerk to him that time on the sidewalk. He was a jerk himself! He wouldn't just admit that this had been his fault! If she had been with someone else, she was sure that she would have gotten an A+ for sure. He was absolutely unbelievable.

But then again… why was this petty situation bothering these two so much?

Apparently, that didn't matter though, because it was official:

Their resolve to show up one another was unbreakable.

Their hate was mutual.

Let the loving relationship begin…