Oliver Aiku is popular, no lies. Everyone likes him, also not a lie. He's popular but also a player and a flirt, really no lies. His fame and charm didn't just carry him on the soccer field but also in college. Everyone seemed to want to get close to him, and he fit in just fine, even if he could be seen going from girls to girls every other day.

However, for some reason, he couldn't seem to get close to you at all.

You bumped into him once in the hallway, and the moment Aiku saw your face, he was awestruck, something that he never felt before. But apparently you'd seen him changing girls like changing clothes way too often, or maybe you'd heard about his not-so-goodie-two-shoes reputation, so despite his friendly attitude, you kept avoiding him like the plague, keeping your distance and running off whenever he was in your vicinity, even though you two lived in the same apartment complex and went to the same classes.

You weren't the same as the people he were used to hanging with. You were timid, a little closed off, and from what he heard around the campus, you took a year off college due to what happened with your ex—who happened to be the kind-looking teaching assistant in you guys' maths class (his most hated class, by the way, Aiku never liked maths nor understood it, he'd rather eat his cleats). All in all, that relationship really did a number on you, and even Aiku couldn't blame you for your attitude. He wasn't a saint, but the young athlete knew a little all too well about being gaslit and downplayed (cue his former striker career before becoming a defender).

However, he wasn't about to give up so easily, not when life had so perfect arranged your schedule to align so perfectly, not when you literally lived a floor above him, not when you always looked so adorable he just wanted to scoop you up. Moreover, when had Oliver Aiku not liked the chase?

As a result, in exchange of helping you get away from your ex, he asked you to tutor him with maths! Clever plan, right? He got more chances to show you how genuine he could be with you compared to others without you running off, you got someone to protect you from your ex. A total win-win situation!

"Hey, hey, come see me practice, okay? Just come this once, then we can go study, yeah? I swear I'll be serious and not scroll my phone this time." Aiku said, smirking lazily, casually throwing an arm over your shoulder as you two walked out of class. He did this a lot these days, just because he knew you couldn't pull away. Yet the infamous flirt was holding back all the advances he could think of in his head right now, wanting to be a gentleman with you first and foremost, to make you more comfortable with him and not to scare you off.