CHAPTER SEVENTEEN;
hello, is this y/n

Rin sat on the couch in the living room, watching a thriller documentary series while eating his breakfast.

While the video's introduction played, he wanders his eyes around and sees a piece of paper on the floor next to the telephone.

His brows furrow, he had just cleaned the area. He leans to the floor to pick it up and sees something written on it. 'L/n Y/n XXX-XXX-XXXX'

He contemplates what to do with it, the first thing that came to his mind was just crumple the paper and throw it away.

And he does just that. Then he stares at it as he spread his palm wide.

XXX-XXX-XXXX

8:34 AM

hello, is this y/n

9:02 AM

yes

why do you ask

who is this??

rin

😦😦😦

A POSER

😐

ok now own up

is this a friend of mine
playing a prank on me?

amari this isn't funny

amari? you mean that
loud girl from next class?

talking like that abt yourself
won't convince me mari

???

i'm being serious

this is itoshi rin.

NOT THE DOT😭🙏

BLUD IS NOT ITOSHI RIN

you know what

nevermind

this has been annoying

HELP

THEN STOP PLAYING
GAMES WITH ME GIRL !!!!!!

9:12 AM

omg

no after care?? am i just
a victim to your pranks
amari

wtf bro

you're insane

i shouldn't have
messaged you

amari<3

9:14 AM

AMARI DONTFFUCK
WITH ME RIGJTNOW

WhatwhaWHAT

WHAT

MF WHATD I DO

YOU KNOW WHAT YOU
DID YOU.😡😡😡😡

????? Y/N THIS IS MAKING
ME SWEAAT WHAT IS IT

DID YOU OR DID YOU
NOT MESSAGE ME
PRETENDING TO BE RIN

????????? you've got a
nail stuck in your head?

hell's kitchen

9:16 AM

[screenshot of convo

im fucking desd

lolz

amari
HYAAALPPPPPPPPPPP

rumi
😭😭😭😭🙏🙏

rumi
WHO WOULD EXPECT

rumi
HIM to message u . of
ALLLLL PEPPLEEER

mio
😭😭😭 Y/N

kaori
LMFAAAOOO NAAAAHHHw

IM GOING TO CRASHOUT

WHATDO I REPLSYY😭😭

rumi
IDK ASK HIM WHY HE
MESSAGED U

amari
I CANT WITH YOU

amari
WHY DID YOU ASSUME IT
WAS ME IN THE FIRDT PLACE

will all the pranks you've
put me through?🤕🪖

amari
STOP . i would never do

itoshi rin

9:20 AM

I AM SO SORRY

you better be

excuse you??

you should be the one
apologizing 😡

messaging me out of
the blue

where did you even get my
number

my mom

ok what's the agenda

i wanted to place an order

you like my cookies now? 🤨⁉️

my mom does 😐

i'm not even going to buy
cookies, you bake cakes too
right?

YUUUPPP bento cakes

is this for mother's day?

yeah

OH if it's for mrs. itoshi
then i'll add four free
cupcakes

since she's really sweet
and a nice customer

right

thanks

how much would it be

it depends on the design
and size of the cake

i'll send you a pdf of the
prices

[madewithlove.pdf]

9:33 AM

i'll buy the 5 inch one

¥1,800 right?

yepp

do you have a design
you want me to reference
on?

no

just make sure it's
blue

her favorite color?

what do you think

jeezzz.... ok!!!

mode of payment?

you can pay with cash

in school tomorrow

ok 

actually

a box of s'mores cookies
too

oki

12 pieces?

yeah

for your mom as well?

no

for myself

so you DO like my cookies

i never said i hated them

but you😡.

what?

nothing broski

that will be ¥3,400
in total

👍

There was still 30 minutes on the clock before your first period started, you decided to spend it doing a bit of advance reading for the English lesson later.

"Here's the payment." you stopped what you were doing when someone extends out a few yen bills.

"Thanks, I'll deliver it before mother's day." you inform Rin.

He curtly nods at you before pulling out his chair, hanging his bag on the side of his desk.

Now that he's made his presence known, you find it hard to focus on your book again.

Half a year ago he had deliberately shut you down, and rejected your cookies— now he's buying them from you? It wouldn't have been such a big deal if it weren't for the fact that he's Itoshi Rin, a.k.a your ex ultimate crush.

He was still very attractive, if you didn't have your dignity and pride— you were sure you would've liked him until now.

But maybe the both of you are better off as acquaintances, if not friends.

Mr. Itobe enters the classroom, carrying a microscope. "Please settle down, students." he positions it properly on the table, "Our lesson for today will be the parts of the microscope and its functions. Pay attention, since you will be having a by-pair activity related to this."

You take your notebook and pencil out, focusing on Mr. Itobe's lecture.

Maybe his relationship with Ms. Hanamiya has turned his sour world upside down— because he was speaking slowly, unlike his usual rap battle with Eminem. And whenever someone asks a question— or asks him to explain something again, he doesn't complain.

It was a miracle. Who knew love would change a person that much? But then again, maybe Mr. Itobe has always been like that.

As you flip to another blank page on your notebook, you accidentally let go of your pencil and it rolls under Rin's table.

"Can you pick that up for me? It's too far." you ask him. He sighs and pushes his chair back, hunching over to get your pen from the wooden floor.

You take a look at his notes, and your jaw dropped at how well he has illustrated the microscope; it even had arrows with labels pointing to specific parts.

"Wow, I didn't know you could draw that well." you recall the time he had participated in your club's cookie contest.

"It's nothing, just an easy sketch. Go and listen, you're going to make me fall behind too." he grumbles, lightly shoving your pen into your hand.

Mr. Itobe finally concludes his lecture, "Now, before I give the instructions to the activity. You will obviously, have to be paired with your classmate."

The classroom suddenly fills up with chatter, a few people already partnered up. "I didn't say you get to choose your pair." he interjects, which earns several disappointed groans from the students.

He takes out his record book, "I will now announce the pairs I have picked."

It took a while before he got to you, and you felt both nervous and curious. Who else were you close with that hasn't been paired yet? Kaneshiro and—

"L/n Y/n with Itoshi Rin."