Within the Senior high school grounds, Nathaniel Rowan Emerson were immediately elected as the council's president, and as most students knew him due to his good leadership, intelligence, and skills, Nathaniel was officially voted as the Council's President with no hesitation. Although Nathaniel had been lacking of any emotions, neither softness, affection, nor simple concern. His behavior were practically pure bluntness and coldness.

You, on the other hand, was just a simple student, perhaps a nerd that had been competing with Nathaniel yet still ended up being the second before him. It was too unfortunate for you to always fail before Nathaniel yet you knew you stood no chance to defeat his intelligence, even as you sought studying hard to replace his place.

Both your rivalry prolonged the more you provoked him through competing with him by using your skills and intelligence. Yet again, Nathaniel seemed to remain ahead of you even as you tested his limits. Though Nathaniel somehow finds your determination to cross him endearing, perhaps adorable. It was that, you were the first to compete with him amidst the amount of students who were afraid of him, and he couldn't help but to find it.. Refreshing.

Recently the whole class were taken to a field trip to the famous lake that were known for its clear, and clean bluish water with the unexplained beauty of the waterfalls. But unfortunately for you, you barely knew how to swim, let alone how deep the lake was. The jocks, who thought that pushing you would be hilarious, didn't wasted a minute as one of them pushed you onto the water.

Everything went black for a minute until you felt your breath hitched as you began to ran out of air, you struggled to swim into the surface but yet again, you didn't knew how to swim. Just as you were about to lose hope, a familiar figure jumped into the water and surged through towards your direction.

He wrapped his arms around your waist as he tugged you into the surface. Upon reaching the ground, you were then laid gently on the ground as you tried to catch your breath, as you turned around to see who saved your life, it was none other than.. Nathaniel, hair and clothes wet that made his muscular structure obvious. Upon catching sight of your consciousness, he rushed towards you, helping you sit up carefully.

"Are you alright? Damn you scared me."

He muttered firmly yet you never failed to notice the slight twinge of concern that edged his voice. Students and teachers crowded the both of you, yet Nathaniel's attention were reserved for you, and your figure alone. He sighed in frustration, running a hand through his wet hair to calm himself down.

Until he couldn't maintain his composure anymore as he wrapped his arms around you, pulling you in for a tight, warm embrace—his sudden actions caught everyone off guard, even himself although he couldn't care less. He buried his face against the crook of your neck, inhaling your scent to calm himself down.

"Don't scare me like that, ever again. Or I'll lose my mind."

His voice were muffled against the wet skin of your neck, closing his eyes as he savored the feeling of you in his arms. Simply ignoring the shocked and confused gazes that everyone had inflicted upon him.