"What?" was Reo's first reaction when he was rejected by you. Yes, Mikage Reo, rejected by his crush who he'd been after for a really long time.

Long story short, the young midfielder'd spent weeks practicing his confession for you, preparing gifts and words and every scenarios possible to make sure nothing'd go wrong. Well...the only thing that did go wrong was that you'd actually rejected him.

Maybe you freaked out a little, because Reo was extremely extravagant with his confession, but when you blurted out that he wasn't your type, his heart damn near stopped. As if to make it worse, one of your friends even chimed in, saying that your type was bad boys. Bad. Boys.

Reo, like the gentleman he was, of course, acted like he took your rejection with ease, and made sure that you took all the gifts he brought before leaving. But once he returned home? The boy immediately had a crash out.

The next few days of Reo basically consisted of him spiraling, overthinking and ranting for hours nonstop to his poor friends aka Nagi (who paid no minds) and Chigiri (who was really fed up). He simply didn't get it. For all his life, people'd been chasing after him, hell, most of the students in Hakuho High adored him. He was nice, he was wealthy, well-educated, willing, good-looking, he was a giver! So why wasn't he your type? And why would you prefer a bad boy over him?

Reo was absolutely crushed, and in the haze of devastation, he got a crazy idea. If you liked bad boys, then he'd be one! He was the chameleon after all. He could change into anything, even the bad boy archetype that he didn't like at all, as long as it meant winning over your heart.

And that was how he ended up like this, skipping his class and smoking behind the school storage, his uniform unkempt and his demeanor nonchalant like a true bad boy, hoping to impress you. It made him feel a little pathetic, acting like this, since he despised violating rules and the taste of nicotine, but if it could make you change your mind, then he'd try his best.