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college has been hell
the abuse of the professors in giving homeworks and projects, the tight schedule they give out, the ridiculous projects they require you to pass— god you don’t how you can survive anymore of this
tomorrow’s a monday, and right now, you were having a discord call with your friends
“i heard there’s a transferee from japan '' cue the ooohs. this friend of yours, kira, was always the gossip queen
“a new student from japan, heard that y/n?” the other one says, lei, her eyebrows dancing as she addressed you
you rolled your eyes and quipped “so what?” and they laughed
you were known by your friends to be a japan-lover— you love the culture, the language, the scenery…. and your friends would always tease you about the japanese men just because you really really love japan
and thus starts the teasing whenever they see a japanese man online or even in school since you study in an international school
“don’t you wanna know if he’s single?”
“no thank you” you reply. “wwhyyyy?” kira whined, “girl! i saw his instagram. he’s so damn handsome, believe me y/n. just look at him! let me share my screen”
you let out an exasperated sigh “just because he’s japanese doesn't mean that i want to date him!”
“says she. you won’t be saying that anymore when you see him, here here” you see her screen and oh my god
“woah, he’s attractive!” lei commented. you just stayed silent, both eyebrows raised in awe
“right, right!? he’s good at sewing too!”
she scrolled down and you see his instagram posts with the guy sitting in front of a sewing machine, other posts you see him standing next to clothes he’s displayed
but a certain picture caught your attention, “he’s got a girlfriend, see that one on the left”
you hear your friend laugh, “y/n! that’s his sister, i knew it! you’re interested aren’t you? no need to be shy~”
“hah? how can you tell that’s his sister?”
“girl I stalked him before, look here” and she scrolled down some more to show a picture of the guy and the girl along with another girl who looked a lot like the other one, “they’re siblings, most of the clothes he sew are for them”
your heard lei click her tongue at you, “y/n, y/n, assuming right off the bat”
“she’s just making sure that she doesn’t have a competition, ain’t that right sweet y/n?”
you rolled your eyes at them, “oh knock it off both of you” but you can’t help but smile
“ah! she’s smiling!”
“y/n you bitch” laughing, you tried to make out an excuse to show you’re not interested but you can’t help but think that he is very attractive
not only that, but he’s got siblings that he cares for
“okay, okay, shut up y’all”
“follow him on instagram alright! and tomorrow let’s talk to him” your friend added with a wink making you giggle and pull up your middle finger at them
“we’ll help you get the guy, y/n!”
“of course! the day has come when y/n the virgin will finally be able to taste her first dick”
“hey! what the fuck?!” you screeched, you knew that both of your friends are crazy but you can’t help but be surprised every time they show how bold they are
“just.. just have a goodnight already imma sleep”
they snickered before having a last laugh, “make sure you follow him alright?”
“bleh no thank you. don’t want to get my hopes up” before they can retaliate, you bid them goodnight and disconnected from the call
you got ready for bed and all you could think about was how attractive the guy was, plus points that he could sew because it’s not everyday you see a very attractive guy who could sew right?
you got your phone and read fanfics as usual but you couldn’t concentrate, your minds keeps on wandering to that guy’s instagram
you didn't even think about knowing his name or looking at his username
but ah, your friend might have sent you a screenshot, you went and indeed, your very lovely and beautiful friend with an angel for a face sent you a screenshot
you always block your social media and messaging right after classes because having your blockmates ask you about menial information gets on your nerves
you went to instagram and looked for him and god damn. you can’t help but feel the stretch of your lips as you smile while browsing through his posts
you can tell that he’s well liked and famous from the amount of followers he has and the likes he gets with each posts
you were starting to like this guy, Mitsuya Takashi , without even meeting him yet and you know this isn’t good. his last name seems familiar though but it's probably because you watch way too much anime
you know first hand how misleading social media is, so you’ll just have to wait until you see and meet the guy
it all depends tomorrow whether your feelings will deepen or you end up disappointed and bully yourself with the i told you sos
the morning couldn’t come quicker, and here you were, playing with your phone in front of your school building lowkey excited about seeing your friends in the flesh
“y/n! hey y/n! get off your phone already will you? why weren’t you answering our texts?” the arrival of kira and lei snapped you out of your concentration
you sheepishly smiled at them upon seeing their annoyed face, “sorry, I forgot i haven’t enabled the notifications from my messaging” she rolled her eyes and you pulled her in a hug as an apology
your other friend bumped her hips with yours, “good morning, y/n~ ready to see your prince charming?” she teased and you just rolled your eyes, fixing your bag strap before giving her a hug as well
“there’s nothing good in the morning and no, I am not”
“says she who was giggling like a grade schooler last night”
“i was not!” you exclaimed and they just laughed it off
you keep on telling them things in defense of your actions last night but lei suddenly let out an exaggerated gasp, “oh shit, he’s here!” your heads snapped to the direction she was looking and damn you have to be honest, that guy is really fucking good looking
but you noticed that the three of you have been staring so you tried to get their attention, “hey! stop that and let’s just go to class already”
they gave you a mischievous look. your gossip queen of a friend though, she suddenly winked before walking towards the guy
you look at her in horror, mouth gaping and giving lei a face saying ‘what the fuck is she doing?’ but she just laughed and brushed you off, pulling you towards the new student and kira who were already talking
“oh we’ve got a lot of classes together! you should join me and my friends first while getting to know everyone” you hear your friend tell the new guy
“oh~ are you the new transferee from japan?” the guy gave her a smile, “yeah, im takashi mitsuya. it’s nice to meet you” he held out a hand for her to shake
what you didn't expect was for him to turn to you and hold out his hand for you as well along with that laid back smile of his
being the nervous person you are, you panicked “i-i don't shake hands sorry!” instead you bowed to him
he gave you a surprised look but smiled nonetheless making you feel warm
“don’t worry about it” he put his hands in his pockets, looking at you in wonder
he wouldn't say anything so you started to fidget, looking at your friends with your eyes screaming with ‘help’
lei was about to say something when mitsuya beat her to it “you’re y/n, right?”
you look at him with surprise, mouth gaping like a fish, you glanced at kira thinking that she told him about you but she was as dumbfounded as you, it's the same with lei
“uh yeah, that’s me…” you chuckled nervously, “ho-how did you know?”
he grins at you, “you’re the one that my sister chats with. luna’s told me about you and the school you go to”
“ah!” you exclaimed in recognition, “so you’re that brother that she was talking about? she mentioned you going to another country but she didn't tell me that you're transferring here in the Philippines, at my school even”
"yeah, i kind of told her not to spoil" he shrugged, unapologetic with a smirk
"but... how did you know how i look like? luna and i've never video called or sent any pictures to each other"
"she showed me a picture that you accidentally sent to her one time" he winked
“hold up!” kira butted in looking at you and mitsuya in disbelief and betrayal, “you two already know each other?”
you shook your head and grinned, “ nah. remember that japanese girl i chat with and have calls with to practice my japanese?” kira and lei nodded, “that’s luna! and apparently this guy’s sister”
mitsuya nodded along with you, “luna’s always bringing up your conversations with her. you’ve taught her well in her english. thank you for that” he grins at you and you smile in return “it’s nothing much. i enjoy chatting with her anyways”
talking to him somehow makes it bearable now that you know someone mutual and you really want to continue the conversation but morning classes were about to start
lei was the first one who noticed from looking at her watch so she butted in, “classes are about to start, why don’t you two continue this in the room?”
you all agreed but kira was pouting at you because she wanted to be your wingwoman
mitsuya offered to carry your bag and you almost swooned. you even sat next to each other at class, talking to each other with him telling you how he learned english from luna
he mentioned on how he wanted to talk with you to practice his english back then making you recall how luna asked you if it would be alright with you to practice with his brother but you were really shy towards the opposite sex so you declined
“you’re a really shy person, huh?” he grinned at your flustered state from your explanation. he would comment on your jumpy and exaggerating actions when talking
when the others were introducing themselves to him, he keeps on looking at you and making sure you’re at his side the entire time
you can’t help but feel giddy and happy the entire time even when having classes
its when two of your classes already ended that he invited himself to eat with you and your friends
“don’t you wanna eat with the guys? they really want to get to know you” you say. you didn’t want to get all of his attention especially since the others were also interested at the foreigner
mitsuya only shook his head and smiled at you, “i've only heard secondhand stories from luna and i want to hang out with you to get to know you better if that’s alright”
kira and lei ‘aww-ed’, you want to decline because this was too good to be true. they noticed how you looked like you want to explain to him so they excused themselves from the both of you
“but why? im not that interesting at all”
mitsuya can’t understand why you would say that, he knows first hand that you’re a really interesting person
“i know that you and luna mostly chat but whenever you call, i can tell that you’re a good person by what she says” he chuckles recalling luna’s tone of voice when talking to you, “those were rare moments I unexpectedly hear”
you look at him in horror, “oh god, i apologize in advance for whatever you might have heard us talk about”
“it’s alright” he waved a hand, an amused smile present on his face, “with the person of interest here with me, I’d like to hear about what you’ve got to share, y/n”
you can’t help it. your heart was swelling from his words. a bit embarrassed but nonetheless happy
he took a step closer to you and said with a very cheeky voice “and maybe give me a tour around?”
and with that he took the cake. you could feel your face burning, stomach churning, and the gears in your head turning
'tanginuuhhh' you almost said
you don’t know how to tell him that as someone who’s lived in this country since birth, you never really go out other than malls and restaurants but then, that charming smile of his makes you want to visit places too
now though, you think about going to historical landmarks and famous hangout spots, but this time… you might have the charming and chivalrous mitsuya takashi to go along together with you
grinning, you bumped your shoulder with him and gripped the bottom of his sweater with your fingers, “c’mon” you tugged, “let’s have you eat street foods first, shall we?”