tōru doesn't know how it came down to this. his grades not being the clearest of skies, his title of being sejoh's volleyball captain was slowly slipping through his fingers. the solution? tutoring. his coach encouraged him to do it, being the one who recommended it in the first place.

his teammates were just as on board as their coach was. one person came to mind when the thought of exactly who will be tutoring tōru. naturally, sejoh's star student came to mind, you. being the school's prince and all, tōru's schedule was stacked.

it was difficult finding time to tutor him with such tight space in your schedules. luckily one day, you were clear of any club work and tōru didn't have after-school practice. the perfect chance for a tutoring session. except it's at your place.

never would've the brunette boy ever thought he'd be walking with your nerdy self throughout your neighborhood. it took quite some time to get to your house with everyone you passed by greeting you, all knowing your name.

the old couples sitting on the porch of their homes, the middle-aged women in their front yards, junior high students... even the little elementary kids you two passed by at the park had some sort of cute endearing nickname for you.

"well aren't you popular." tōru says half out of sarcasm, half out of amusement once you finished a little chit-chat between a pregnant woman and her toddler.