"Helloooo, earth to Shimizu-san" Suga said waving his hands in front of your face. You were lost in a trance but the burner made a loud humming noise that disrupted your thoughts. The noise was irritating. You raise your right hand to one of your temples and start massaging.

TOO LOUD!

You carelessly reach for the beaker but Suga intercepts your hand and he burns the back of his.

"HMMM" Suga stifles his pain and tries to hide it from you. But his face really gave it away (lol)

"OH MY GOSH I'M SO SORRY!" you exclaimed. You grab the ice bucket that was supposed to cool down the heated solution and grab Suga's wrist. You immediately plunge his burnt hand into the bucket. After cooling down and collecting your thoughts you look down to see you're still holding his wrist. Your face turns as red as a tomato and in quick realization you width drew your hand.

"Suga, it's all my fault im so so-"

Suga started to chuckle and then that chuckle turned into a laugh that he couldn't contain. He covers his face with his non-burnt hand and still continues to laugh into his palm.

Is he laughing at me? Or is he laughing at the situation? He's making fun of me isn't he?!

"You know, for someone that is super smart you're just as clumsy."

What was that supposed to mean?

"You're just like me." he says still containing that ridiculous but kind smile.

How can he be so happy while he's in pain???

You turn away and grab your first aid kit within your bag.

Ha, he's right I am clumsy. That's why I carry this around.

You open the contents of your first aid kit and find the burn gel and a small bandaid.

Oops I forgot to switch out the HelloKitty bandaids for the normal ones.

Too shy to ask him if he's okay with it he grabs it and says,

"Awesome Hello Kitty! Thank you (F/N). Can I call you by (F/N)?" He smiled and applied the burn gel happily to his hand.

"Yeah... I guess so. Here let me put the bandaid on, it's hard to do it with one hand." you said shyly.

Your heart was beating so hard that you can hear it thud inside your ears. You felt like you were going to explode. You take back the bandaid and carefully lay it against his pale cool skin.

"Thanks a bunch (F/N)!"

You shake your head saying, "You wouldn't be in this mess if it weren't for me. I'm so sorry"

You look down at the ground towards your feet, ashamed. Your eyes drift to his bag and you notice a pair of sneakers. Not just any sneakers---

"Volleyball shoes." you say aloud. You quickly cover your mouth.

Baka, why did you say that out loud?

"Hm? Oh these old things. Haha yeah they are! How did you know they were for volleyball?" He excitedly looked over to you. He then looked at his hand, admiring the Hello Kitty bandaid.

That grin again. He's doing that grin that makes my heart leap outside its chest.

"Never mind. Let's just continue our work, we're going to be behind." You say in a stern voice and dismiss his question.

You begin pouring the solution in the pre-made filter that Suga set up. Dropping the solution carefully down the tube, it mixed with the solution in the flask. Turning into a light pink colour. You stirred the flask until the colour disappeared. Silence fell between you two and the longer it went on the more awkward you felt.

This is the worst first day of school.

You let out a big sigh.

"I like volleyball." Suga says breaking the silence. You turn to face him and his face resembled the exact shade of pink within the flask.

"In fact, I think you like it too" the silver haired boy proclaimed looking hopeful. He propped his chin with his good hand and turned towards you.

"Did you not hear what I just said?" you started to get annoyed.

Deep breaths (F/N), just like how your therapist taught you.

The teacher called out, "Okay class, we have 15 minutes until we wrap up this experiment. Make sure you have your observations written down and I want a written report shared with your partner on my desk next class. Please clean your equipment and return it in the appropriate places."

You hear the class chattering about.

The ringing is so irritating.

Before you can block out the sounds with your hands Suga says,

"Here I'll make a deal with you."

The ringing in your ears stops as you focus on Suga. He leans forward to precisely control the flow of the solution. He applies a few more drops and it turned back into the pink colour. He brings the flask to his face, blocking your view.

"Well would you look at that. Your cheeks resemble this colour." he said with a smirk. He then slowly mixes the solution by flicking the flask with wrist and the solution turned back to its transparent state.

You sigh, "What are you talking about?"

You continue to scribble down notes all flustered. At this point your writing was illegible even to you.

"I want you to love volleyball."

"Pshh, never going to happen" you say waving your hands in disbelief

"Well..." he pauses. " Then you're not getting that half of my report"

You look at him pale in the face.

Academics is very important to me and how can he just compromise my grades like that?!

"Wah--- NANI?!" you shout in disbelief.

"Come to the volleyball club today in the gym after school and I'll give my half of the report"

Before you can say anything, the bell rings signalling that the next class will begin soon.

"Oh also, here's my number so you don't get lost." He points to the top page of your notebook.

When did he write that?! Lost for words, he packs up his things and before he leaves he says,

"See ya later (F/N)" waving goodbye and smiling

That smile. I don't think I can escape that smile.

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