-dienamite
"Kaede? What are you doing?"
He didn't say a word. He just uploaded the photo of their intertwined hands under the afternoon sun and typed a single word: Mine.
"Wait-Kaede! You didn't just post that to your main account, did you?!"
"Zzz," he mumbled, wrapping his oversized varsity jacket tightly around her waist. "Ingay. Akin ka naman talaga."
"You don't need to drink so much coffee anymore, Asuka. I'll be the one to help you find peace."
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Asuka Kidou, Shohoku High's hyper-focused Top 1 physics prodigy, lives for formulas, caffeine, and quiet academic isolation. Kaede Rukawa is the school's lethal, ice-cold basketball rookie who sleeps through class and speaks mostly in grunts.
When failing grades threaten to bench Rukawa for the Inter-High Nationals, Asuka is roped into becoming his emergency English tutor. What starts as a chaotic clash of stubbornness quickly shifts during late-night study sessions, 1:30 AM calls, and custom flashcards. Behind the ace's indifferent facade, Asuka discovers a fiercely protective boy who plays like a man possessed whenever she's in the gym.
Surviving midterms is one thing, but when the media-shy rookie takes their relationship public with a single viral tweet, the entire Kanagawa sports community is thrown into absolute chaos.