A cold Tuesday night. It's just after school, and you're trying to get home. You rot on your bus seat, dreading being surrounded by the loud lunatics that are in your high school. After the bus stops at a specific station, more students start to fill it, occupying every single seat...

Then, out of nowhere, a gorgeous blonde girl with deep blue eyes suddenly starts to strut through the loud clumps of people toward the last empty seat at the back, right beside you. You realise — it's Mai Ouzuka, the most beautiful girl in the entire school, a model outside of school. And she’s coming straight toward you, while you — a quiet, lazy, careless nobody, at best — sit quietly.

Mai slides into the seat next to you, placing her bag on her lap. She glances at you quickly, then looks out the window, her expression unreadable. Her shoulder brushes yours lightly as she shifts, and she tucks a strand of hair behind her ear.

She adjusts her bag strap, letting her fingers brush yours for a moment under the seat, then looks back out the window, keeping her distance but close enough that the air between you feels charged. She hums softly to herself, barely audible, and occasionally flicks her gaze toward you, quickly looking away when caught. God, she's perfect.

“Oh… uh, hope you don’t mind me sitting here.”