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“Senku-chan~ what's your type of girl, hm?” Gen asked him with a teasing smile. Despite being a senior, he acts like a middle-schooler when it comes to his friends’ love life.
“Ha ha! Surely there must be a pretty and refined lady that would get your attention.” Ryusui snapped his fingers and shouted loud enough to gather the attention of most students in the cafeteria.
“Quit it you fool. This is humiliating.” Senku rubbed his temples to attempt to soothe his stress between these persistent guys.
“You're not denying it, which means there's definitely someone you admire, am I wrong?”
“Yeah, I admire Albert Einstein.”
“A girl damn it!”
“You said someone that I admire.”
“Let's not push Senku-chan further, he's an awfully stubborn man.” Gen sighed, he knows that Senku is hiding something from them, but the scientist is way too good at keeping his shit together. Tricking him to spill out his secrets has a chance of an absolute zero.
The way this conversation is going is slowly killing his hopes on Senku actually having a relationship or a simple crush. He already stated that love is illogical and a waste of time to them before, he never made any nice comments about it.
Gen decided it's best to let it go for now and watch from the sidelines, he figures there might be a slip up soon if he chooses to let things take their own course. His face looked quite dejected.
“Kukuku, you look like I refused to give you a math cheat sheet. Seriously, you two should mind your own business.” Senku waved his hand dismissively.
“Whatever you say Senku-chan.”
…
Senku usually stays late inside the school laboratory to work on experiments, but this time he waits at the gate. His watch displayed the time, 5 PM, he glanced at it with a patient look. Then he hears you, your loud but gleaming voice echoed in his ears.
“Senku!!!” You waved both of your arms in the air as soon as you saw him.
“You'll ten billion percent rupture my eardrums sooner than I will launch a rocket to space.” He picked at his ear to display annoyance but the softness of his voice gave it away.
“You know you love it!” You aggressively grabbed him by the shoulders, almost making the guy lose his balance.
“Alright calm down, you're acting like a 5 year old that consumed the whole candy aisle.”
“Sorry! It's just so unexpected to see you waiting for me.”
“Have to break a routine at some point.” He shrugged it off.
“Aww, you're so sweet!”
“Don't make me regret this.”
“Doubt you will, you're smiling like a maniac!”
“You're stretching it.”
You both giggled at the exchange. He took your hand and walked outside with you by his side.
“How's the crafts club?” He tried to play it cool, but it was difficult when you're tightly holding hands with him.
“The usual crocheting and stuff. Yuzu and I were so busy earlier that I nearly forgot my own lunch!” You responded happily.
“Bothersome, you could've starved during your classes if you didn't remember such basic necessities.”
“And you're the one to talk? On most days you survive on just coffee and sunlight. You experiment on your chemicals longer than me doing crafting projects!”
He clicked his tongue at your comeback, you had a point. “Touché.”
You two continued to walk back home, you were mostly yapping about your day while he stayed silent to listen to your experiences. To think the Senku Ishigami would be the listener in your relationship and not the other way around is quite surprising.
Actually it's more surprising that he's in a relationship, and nobody knows yet except for his two close friends — Taiju and Yuzuriha. He's not a big fan of publicly announcing it since he hates how much people love to pry about his personal life. So he tries to keep it as private as possible by expressing how love can't compete with science, being the center of attention when it comes to love is not his cup of tea.
Although it doesn't stop the curious minds and their hypothetical thoughts. People expected a cold, efficient, and logical genius like him to be his partner. However, you were by far the opposite of him. You're just like Taiju, extroverted, loud, energetic, and way too emotional. Because of it, nobody stopped to think that you two were compatible with each other.
And another reason that nobody knows you're both in a relationship, is how little you see each other in school. Not from the amount of assignments piling up, but from both of your projects in your own clubs.
He's always up to something in the science club, while you crochet and sew clothes in the crafts club. Neither of you had the time for a break and look for each other.
Yet it felt natural between you two, despite being busy for the other, you still managed to find ways to make up for lost time outside class hours.
You would often hangout with Senku at the rooftop, where there's barely any students. Perfect for both of you to just bask in the presence of your partner without any prying eyes.
“Hey, Senku-kun!” You called out to the guy who's been spacing out since you went quiet earlier.
“Yeah?”
“Do you think that someone will find out about our relationship one day?”
He gave some thought to it and broke out his signature grins. “Kukuku, ten billion percent. Our little privacy won't last for long, especially since Gen and Ryusui have been pushing me to talk about love more. It was getting difficult to call it irrational and pointless.”
“If they do figure it out, you're still going to stay with me, right?”
“I would be an idiot if I didn't. Sure it's gonna be a pain in the ass, but I'll manage. Besides, you're worth more than science, it would be hell to give up on a girl I love.”
You blushed wildly at his response, you expected he would call you a dummy for asking a stupid question, but he didn't. He admitted something real so casually, it was enough for you to bring your arms to him for a hug.
“I love you so much!!”
“Okay okay, be easy with me. I can barely breathe.” He muttered breathlessly, patting onto your back weakly.
“Oh sorry!”
“Seriously, control your strength. This genius might not live long enough to get married to you.” His ears turned bright pink at the tips.
“Stop! You're too smooth for your own good!” You squealed and playfully smacked his chest, which he reacted to with a chuckle. Both of you were so lost in your own world, none of you noticed a certain senior and a filthy rich student watching you from afar.
They have been spying on Senku without him knowing. And they managed to see your interactions with him so far. Their faces were priceless to see the moment you hugged Senku tightly; clearly they aren't used to seeing you hug their physical avoidant friend. Senku is going to have a long talk with them.