The Denial King

“Mika Omori…” He repeated her name.

“I-I want you, Omori-san.” Mika widened her eyes in surprise. Rin wants her all of a sudden. Isn’t it too early for the romance? Isn’t it too early to fall for her?

“I want you to quit the math competition.” He seriously said. Mika sighed and got confused that she gave him a slight smile.

“I thought it was some kind of confession.” His facial expression changed so fast. His frowning face fades and turns into a smirk. He gave her a mischievous smile.

“If I told you ‘I want you to be mine’, what will you do?” Mika crossed her arms while chuckling at his words. Rin is being playful and began to tease her suddenly but, it doesn’t mean she likes it. Rin is so cold to her but then, it is her first time seeing him smirking.

“That would be hilarious, Nagano-san.”

Suddenly someone called Rin’s name. They both broke their eye contact and gazed at a girl who is standing in front of them. Ruri Fujioka, Rin’s girlfriend, saw everything with a confused expression.

“Rin-kun?” She called him. Ruri then looked at the girl beside him and gave her an angelic smile. Mika looked at Rin and the stranger girl vise-versa. She smiled at the girl and slightly bow her head to her.

“Hello, I’m Mika Omori.”

“Ruri. Ruri Fujioka. Rin-kun’s girlfriend.”

“You’re not my girlfriend so stop bragging, Ruri.” Rin shot her a death glare and made Ruri chuckled at him.

“So, what are you two doing alone?”

“It’s none of your business.” Ruri walked towards him and swiftly grabbed his necktie, their faces are close to each other. She arched her eyebrows in amazement.

“It’s my business because I’m your girlfriend and I will be part of your family soon.” She loudly said to make sure Mika Omori heard it clearly. Rin slapped her hand and began to fix his necktie. He gritted his teeth and almost lose his temper. If only Ruri is a guy, he must have punched her. Rin grabbed Mika’s wrist and before he leaves, he says his last words.

“I will make a way that our marriage will be canceled.” They started to walk away but they only took a few footsteps away, Ruri suddenly laughed so hard. Rin turns his head with a puzzled face.

“How can you do that, Rin-kun? No matter how many times you struggle, you will always lock by your father’s embrace, am I right?” His hand, holding Mika’s wrist, tightened the grip of his hand and made Mika flinch in pain. Rin saw her expression and began to loosen the grip.

“Just you wait, Ruri Fujioka.” He walked away, grabbing Mika’s wrist. He is walking so fast that Mika is struggling to match his pace. They finally ended at the Cram School, panting. Rin let go of her hand and saw Mika massaging her wrist. It turns out, her wrist turned red. She looked at the panting Rin and began to ask.

“What was that?”

“It’s nothing. You don’t need to know.”

Mika felt Rin is having difficulties these days. She may not know him well but, in his facial expression, it tells everything that he really needs help. This is only just a beginning but, Mika felt comfortable being with him. Rin told her everything about the math competition. If he cannot win the first prize, he will not be going to States and will marry Ruri right away. He has a shy side of himself that he begged her to quit the competition but, Mika shook her head instantly. If she wins the first prize, she will get a ten-thousand-yen reward and it will be helpful for her family since they are struggling for their finances. Rin understood her situation and began to think of a plan. A plan to let Rin get the first place and he will give the reward to Mika. Rin began to have a soft spot to her that he is willing to help her but, it doesn’t mean that they are officially friends. He will always call her his enemy in academics and nothing more.

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TIMESKIP

Sendo High School, the home of intelligent students. Students in different schools in Tokyo always raise their heads to them. Stereotyping is always in their mind that students in Sendo High are highly intelligent and do nothing but to focus on their studies. They don’t do fun stuff and they are really overgeneralized, right? Nobody loves studying except for the geek, Rin Nagano, who is daydreaming while staring at the blackboard. They don’t have classes today that his classmates are running around and chatting in a company, laughing together like crazy. On his side, Kuro and Anzu are busy in their video games while Taki is only watching them. They used their smartphones and kept on laughing and cursing when their character died. Kuro is a professional gamer. Not all action video games he is good at but also, dating simulation games. Though he loves dating sim, he doesn’t have a girlfriend nor a girl to capture her heart.

Everything went cool when suddenly Reo came to their group and began to ask Anzu to have a staring contest with him since, Kurisu couldn’t do it but to avoid his stares and hardly slap his face, leaving the classroom rushing. He doesn’t know why Kurisu is being sensitive so, he tried Anzu to play with him. Anzu paused the game and the staring contest begins. A ruckus suddenly came when Reo complimented Anzu that her eyes are pretty and it made Taki blocked their way, grabbing Reo’s shoulders and shook them violently.

“If you were not my friend, I should have to punch your face and throw you at the window.” He murmured in his ear and Reo felt chills down his spine. He was afraid that he just left the group and went outside to find Kurisu to make fun of her. Anzu is started to get dense that she doesn’t know why Taki did that to Reo but, seconds later, she continued playing a video game with Kuro. Taki got annoyed that he went back to his seat silently, laying his head on his desk while looking at his crush.

Kai entered the classroom with a smile that girls got a love-struck by his looks. He looks fresh since he doesn’t have a basketball practice today. He put his bag at the side of his desk and then all of a sudden, he saw Rin, seating without doing nothing.

“Hey bro.” Kai greeted as he sat at Reo’s seat. Rin didn’t reply to him.

“What’s with the long face, Rin?”

“H-huh?” Rin came back to normal and look at Kai.

“I’m just tired, that’s all.” He weakly smiles at him.

Kai knew Rin was lying so, he comforted him. It is rare for Rin to tell his problems to his friends since he doesn’t want to see himself in his drama side. He told Kai about yesterday. he doesn’t know what kind of feeling does he have towards Mika Omori right now.

“I don’t know how to expound it but, I think that’s the feeling of affection. You see, I once saw a girl from Okinawa and she saved me from the snatcher. Then, we met a couple of days ago, I saved her from those three guys.” He then continued his story.

“You know what? She agreed with me having drinks if we meet again.” He grinned from ear to ear while telling Rin about it. He felt cloud nine while his eyes are sparkling but then, it went off when he said his last sentence.

“But, the problem is I don’t know her name.”

“You’re unlucky but, where’s the affection part?”

“Oh right. I almost forgot Hahaha! The affection part is….”

“I love the way she looks. She’s pretty yet cool! Hahahaha! How about you?”

Rin began to imagine Mika Omori’s face and suddenly, his eyes widened after he imagined her. His cheeks turned baby pink and began to slap himself gently. The geek Rin Nagano yet cool, got turned off that he stares at Kai with a dumb face.

“Affection huh?” He mumbled

“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” He said and avoided his gaze. Kai laughed at his reaction and patted his shoulder.

“I’ll make it clear for you, Rin. If you imagine her face then, you have a crush on her.”

Rin heard what Kai said and it made him imagine Mika again in his mind. Kai began to laugh again while pointing at his face.

“You’re imagining her, right?”

“…”

“I know you’re imagining her Hahaha!”

“Shut up…”

“Hahaha! Who is she again?”

“….”

“Is her name Mika Omori?”

“SHUT THE HELL UP, KAI NISHIO!” Rin screamed. The two of them stood up and Kai began to run in the hallway while turning his head back, seeing Rin chasing at him like a bulldog.

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