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❝ Her presence disturbs me

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Her presence disturbs me.

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𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚎?

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"Welcome to your first day of classes students..!" A woman clad in a red tracksuit and a short bob cut took her place at the pedestal in front of the class. "I'm your homeroom and physical education teacher, Noa Tachibana."

Tachibana smiled gently, sweeping a bit of her black bangs back before continuing.

"I'm excited to get to know you all," she cleared her throat, straightening out a stack of papers by lightly hitting it on the hardwood desk. "We'll just be doing introductions today, so I'll begin to call names."

"You'll come up, tell us your Ultimate and one interesting fact about yourself!"

You had to stop yourself from mentally groaning, turning your head sharply to stare out the window.

Somehow, you ended up in the stereotypical protagonist spot in the classroom, sitting right beside the window. You were nowhere near protagonist material, but maybe that was a good thing?

"Let's start now!" Tachibana announced, glancing at her clipboard. "First we have.."

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"I'm Leon Kuwata!" A red head with spiked jewelry jammed a thumb toward his chest in a proud manner. "I'm the Ultimate Baseball Star."

"But to be honest—" he fiddled with his uniform, letting out a short yawn. "I don't want to play baseball. Lowkey kind of boring..."

"I want to be a singer! Music's my passion and I won't let anyone get in my way...!"

A slight clapping traveled through the classroom, making Leon bow and return to his seat. His dream was surely admirable, but you hoped he wouldn't just throw away baseball when he's already so good at it.

You saw Makoto raise his hand hesitantly, clearing this throat when Tachibana pointed to him.

"D-Didn't you used to have a shaved head..?" He questioned, mumbling slightly at the end. "I was just scouring on the internet and—!"

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