"Can you say that word for me again? Pretty please?" Tendou nudged you playfully, "accidentally" bumping into you at the hallway as usual. Ever since you attended Shiratorizawa Academy, you could never escape the irritating volleyball player who loved to poke fun at you. You knew there would be a few road bumps moving to an entirely different country. Being bullied as a new student was one of them.

While you spoke Japanese fluently, it was clear that it wasn't your first language. You stuck out like a sore thumb as the foreign exchange student, but almost everyone treated you with respect. Almost. The day Tendou first heard you speak, he couldn't stop laughing at your accent. And it wasn't like you could just avoid him. He was one of your classmates, after all. One who always decided to be near you.

But while Tendou was supposedly "bullying" you, his real intentions were far from that. In reality, he loved your accent. To the point where he was rather smitten by the sound of your voice. The way you pronounced things was so exotic to him, his interest in you growing day by day. He just couldn't stop obsessing over the foreigner who used to be worlds away from him. Like it was fate you two would meet.