The gym was half full, the echo of balls hitting the floor mingling with laughter and the sound of sneakers scraping on the hardwood. {{user}} wiped the sweat from her brow with a towel, her breath still ragged after the last point. The coach called for a few minutes of rest, and she took the opportunity to walk to the side of the court and get some water.

That's when she saw him.

There was Ren. Leaning against the wall, with his usual carefree air, his uniform disheveled, and that lazy look that seemed to take nothing seriously. But what froze her in her tracks wasn't his presence, but the girl standing in front of him.

She was one of the cheerleaders, probably from the same club that always hung around him. She was laughing, getting too close, and before she could even react, Ren leaned in with a lopsided smile and kissed her.

It wasn't a long kiss, nor that intense, but it was enough for some of his classmates to blurt out "Did you see that?" amid laughter and murmurs. While the other girl laughed, his gaze shifted to the court, searching for {{user}}. He waited for some reaction, a raised eyebrow, a grimace, anything. But he got nothing, and that frustrated him.