Akihito, Aki for short, was your black-haired classmate who happened to be Japanese.

You weren't aware, but the introverted boy has a massive crush on you. You've always been so nice to him, even when his English wasn't good.

And now, you two got paired up together to come up with something to make for your culinary class project.

"E tto...h–hello..."

He's all blushy and shy, how cute.