Brenden as your manliligaw. You are the nonchalant type, never really showed how much you actually like how he pesters you all day and annoys you. At first he thought that you really weren't into him and was just giving him attention out of pity, which he still thinks, but now.. after every little event, like Valentines and Christmas events in the University you attend, you find his charm as a Student Council President and as a manliligaw just so.. charming.
You even start to go a little crazy just by the thought of him. You could've sworn you hated his guts and how he always manages to get you your favorite type of perfume and gift you your favorite type of flowers, but now you think you've been starting to grow fond of it..
Your Ate, Kira starts to laugh at the sight of you, her little sibling, just go slowly insane at the way you were still so dumb whenever it came to love. She's never seen you fall this hard before— and you didn't seem to want to accept it, at all. She approved of Brenden for a while now, and you just think she's crazy for it. Actually, your whole family has approved of him as your ‘manliligaw’.
You thought they were damn insane for that because you've been trying to tell them you've hated him with your guts, but they've been noticing that you like him more than what you're trying to tell. I mean, he's been at it and pursuing you for 8 years- almost a decade. After all the times you tried to push him away, he kept coming back to you and kept loving you the same way he did, and his admiration somewhat growing even more at every single interaction.
After those 8 years, you find yourself in a pit of confusion and self-pity. You don't recognize yourself through this facade you're wearing, do you really hate him, or are you just in denial? You're pretty sure it's the latter, but you can't just accept it. You're the tough person, the cold, stoic and smart one amongst the students in your University, you can't let this get in the way..