'AH! What should I do?! I don't have any part-time job since the person I substituted came back. I can't be a jobless person for a week or else I'll starve to death. I'll ask Miyuki-kun and Mayuri-san later if they know a place where I can work.'

A black haired girl with brown eyes climbed the stairs and she was so occupied with her own thoughts that she didn't notice a student rushing down the stairs and bumped into her.

'E...h…?'

She snaps out of her thoughts when she loses her balance and she couldn't do anything but close her eyes and embrace the impact. But after a few seconds, she felt nothing, instead, she felt an arm around her waist and she opened her eyes and saw a black haired boy with blue eyes holding her.

'I-It's t-the President!'

He gently pulled her toward him and turned to scold the student that was rushing down the stairs.

"I'm sorry! I'm sorry, President, Aisaka-san!"

The student apologized while blowing continuously.

"N-No, i-it's okay. Instead,I should be the one apologizing. I was too occupied in my thoughts, I'm sorry, Senpai."

The black haired girl apologizes with a bow causing a smile to crept up into the black haired boy's and the rushing student's lips.

"Okay then, please be careful next time, okay?"

The rushing student smiled.

"Yes, please have a good day."

The black haired girl bow and flinch when she realizes what she just did.

'Shoot! I did that out of habit!'

She turned around when she heard a chuckling and her face completely turned red when she saw the President laughing behind her.

"P-P-President! I-I-I t-thought y-you left a-already!"

She stammers and quickly takes a few steps backward.

The black haired boy only let out a chuckle before wiping the corner of his eyes before speaking.

"You're quite interesting, aren't you, Ms. Scholar?"

He smiled and a small frown made its way into her lips.

"Please don't call me that, President."

He noticed her small frown and let out a light chuckle before apologizing.

"I'm sorry, and by the way, are you okay? Are you hurt anywhere?"

The black haired girl only shakes her head before bowing her head a little at him.

"Thank you for helping me."

And that's the moment she won't forget.

As soon as she bowed her head, she saw a red string on her pinky and she followed it.

"It's okay, just be careful next time, okay?"

He smiles and waves his hand and turns on his heels.

"U-Um, P-President!"

She called out and he turned around with a smile.

"I-I-

"Nao-chin!"

She was cut off by a gleeful voice and a boy with spiky yellow-blonde with dark brown streaks and dark red eyes and red square-frame glasses put his chin on top of her head.

"Good morning, Nao-chin."

He greeted with a bright smile plastered on his face.

"G-Good morning, Miyuki-kun."

She responded with a smile plastered on her face and somehow, the black haired boy felt a painful thug on his heart.

'What's this?'

He looked down on his fingers and saw a red string that connects his and her pinky.

'Eh…? Red String? But I thought it only exist in books.'

He turned to look at her as she chatted happily with the blonde haired boy and he felt another painful tug on his heart.

'Then it must be true. If she's really my destined lover or whatever, I must have good luck then.'

A smile made its way into his lips and he heard her voice again.

"Ah, President!"

She called out and he knew what she was about to say, so instead of speaking, he put a finger in his lips in a shushing tone before completely walking away with a smile.

"Huh? What is the President doing here? Did something happen between you two?"

The yellow-blonde haired boy asked.

"He saved me when I almost fell down the stairs when I bumped into a rushing student."

The black haired girl said, still staring at the corner where the black haired boy turned to.

"Eh…?"

She blinked her eyes a couple times when she got face to face with the yellow-blonde haired boy.

'Eh?!'

The black haired girl's face turns into a tomato when she realizes how close his face is and her eyes begin to spin.

"Hey! Nao-chin! Are you okay?!"

The yellow-blonde haired boy asked but she didn't respond.

He was about to ask her again when a grunt when he sensed a gentle voice spoke behind him.

"Oh my, what happened to Nao-chan?"

He turned around and saw a girl with short silver hair and a pair of red eyes looking worried.

"She almost fell down the stairs, but luckily the President was passing by and saved her."

He responded.

"Then why is she like that? Her face is so red. Did she overwork herself and got sick?"

The silver haired girl asked as she put a hand on her forehead.

"Her temperature is not that high at all, but still high. Since we still have a few minutes before the class starts, let's bring her to the infirmary."

The yellow-blonde haired boy didn't say anything and carried the unconscious black haired girl like a bride and without wasting a second, they quickly headed toward the infirmary. And thankfully there's no students on their way into the infirmary.

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-chin (ちん): An even more diminutive variant of -chan. Most commonly used by young girls who are very close friends.

-Chan (ちゃん) is a diminutive suffix; it expresses that the speaker finds a person endearing. Thus, using chan with a superior's name would be condescending and rude. In general, chan is used for babies, young children, and teenage girls. Chan may be used for younger boys, but the name dies off unless you are his sister.

'It's over… My scholarship is going to be terminated. My grades are going down for sure, I'm not paying any attention to all of my classes this morning after all. Miracle is the only reason if my grades are not going down after today.'

Nao sighs for the 4th time ever since they left their classroom to eat lunch in the garden of the school.

"Are you okay, Nao-chan? You seem to be down ever since we left our classroom." 

Mayuri asks, worried coating her voice.

"Ah! I'm okay, perfectly okay!" 

Nao flinches and quickly answers, causing Ishikawa's twin brows to furrow.

"Are you sure? You've been spacing out ever since the first subject, you know." 

Miyuki said while coming to a halt followed by Mayuri and Nao, lastly.

"You can tell us what's wrong, you know. We're best of friends, after all." 

He added with a toothy grin plaster on his face and Mayuri only smiled brightly.

Nao looked at the twins before averting her eyes away from them then heaving out a heavy sigh.

"I… I-I d-don't have any j-job a-anymore… I-I'm j-jobless now." 

Nao stutters as she chokes her cries while avoiding any eye contacts.

"Eh?! Why?!" 

The twin exclaimed with worried flashing in their eyes.

"T-The f-f-full-timer recovered from h-his i-injury and was able to w-work now, so h-he replaced m-me." 

Nao said between sobs as she couldn't hold back her tears anymore.

"I-I still have money-for everyday n-necessities. T-The o-only problem i-is that I don't know how long i-it will last." 

She said between sobs as she wiped her streaming tears.

Mayuri and Miyuki felt a pang of pain in their hearts and the female younger twin embraced the crying black haired girl while trying to shush her cries.

"Don't worry, Nao-chin! We'll Help you find a job, okay?! I'll ask our parents if you could work in the café that Mom just opened, okay?! So don't cry anymore, please! It pains us to see you crying, so don't cry anymore, Nao-chin, please!"

Miyuki pleaded as he helped Mayuri in comforting Nao who couldn't help but cried more because of their kindness.

'I've always been thankful for you two ever since I met you in middle school. Thank you, Mayuri-san, Miyuki-kun.'

A noticeable smile crept up to Nao's lips as she wiped the tears that won't stop any time soon. 

As the twins are so busy comforting Nao, they didn't notice a pair of blue eyes watching them. 

'Hm, so Ms. Scholar doesn't have any job right now… Maybe I should offer her a job and ask her about this string that connects us, maybe she knows something about this.'

Klein smiled and look at the string that comnects their fingers before turning around on his heels and walked away, leaving the three alone.

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"I'm really sorry for causing trouble like that, Mayuri-san, Miyuki-kun. I'm sorry for crying like a baby." 

Nao apologized while hanging her head low.

"Now, now, don't apologize, it's normal for a human to cry, you know." 

Miyuki assure with a bright smile and plaster on his face.

"And don't worry anymore about your job, I'll ask Mom if you could work in the café she just opened. I'm sure she'll let you work there, she knows you for quite a long time now, after all." 

Mayuri smiled and Nao couldn't help but to also smile before shaking her head a little.

"Thank you, but I don't want to cause you trouble more than I've caused you ever since we met." 

Nao turned down with an apologetic smile plastered on her face.

"Eh?! What about your rent then?! Your daily expenses?!"

Mayuri asked with wide eyes.

"That's right! What would you do about it?! Besides, it'll be fine, you're not causing us trouble as at all, I swear!"

Miyuki added with a raised hand as if he's promising just as he said.

Nao's smile only widens before she stands up from her seat and swings her back on her shoulder before facing them with the brightest smile she has.

"I'll be okay, Mayuri-san, Miyuki-kun. I'm sure I can find a job on my own, I'm sure!"

The twin couldn't help but to feel a little assured, but still worried a little.

"Well, I need to leave now since I still need to look for a job! See you tomorrow, Mayuri-san, Miyuki-kun! Be careful on your way home, okay? Thank you for your hard work!"

Nao smiled and waved her hand and left the room before any of them could speak.

"Geez! Nao really likes to make her life harder than it is already!"

Miyuki puffs his cheeks as he lets himself fall down on the chair.

"But if you imagine it, Nao-chan is a strong and independent girl, isn't she? She lives on her own, she also takes care of herself and others in the orphanage all on her own, and works and studies hard for herself." 

Mayuri smiles, her eyes never leaving the wooden sliding door of their room.

"Yes, just like what Mom and Dad said, 'Dear Nao is a wonderful girl and she'll be a wonderful Mother someday'." 

Miyuki chuckles and Mayuri looks at his twin with a teasing smile and no need for words for his face to turn beet red.

"DON'T LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT!"

Mayuri only chuckled before leaving the classroom and Miyuki only heaved out a sigh before grabbing the younger twin's bag and following her.

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"Geez. How can I forget my umbrella?" 

Nao heaves out a sigh as she sits down on the floor of the entrance while waiting for the rain to stop.

'I already saw gray clouds forming earlier, yet I didn't bring my umbrella with me. What an airhead!'

"How am I supposed to go home now? I still need to look for a job." 

Another breath leaves her lips as she buries her face in her arms.

"You seem to be down, Ms. Scholar. Is everything okay?" 

Nao quickly raised her head the moment she heard the too familiar voice and turned her head around.

"P-President!" 

She shrieked as she quickly stood up on her feet.

"Hello, Ms. Scholar." 

Klein smiled.

"Y-Yes, h-hello to y-you too, P-President." 

Nao responded in a low voice while hanging her head low, but enough for Klein to hear.

As she hung her head low, she saw the red string that connects her and his pinky together and she couldn't help but flush red.

The black haired president let out a chuckle at her behavior before speaking up.

"You still haven't answered my question yet, you know." 

He smiled at her.

"Q-Question?" 

Nao tilted her head to the side.

"I asked you if everything is okay earlier. And you didn't answer it." 

Klein chuckle.

"A-Ah! O-Of course, everything is okay! Perfectly okay!"

Nao exclaimed with a smile plastered on her face.

"Really?" 

She only nodded her head at him in response.

Klein only looked at her before blinking his eyes a couple times.

"Hey, Aisaka-san. Do you have any part-time jobs or anything else to do after school?"

He asks, looking straight ahead.

"Eh?" 

Nao blinked her eyes a couple times before looking down to the ground with a thin line on her lips.

"No, not anymore." 

Klein felt a pang on his heart when he heard the sadness in her voice.

He didn't utter a word, and only let out a hum, instead.

"If you'd like, you could work for me as my secretary."

Nao's eyes widen before she raises her head a little to look at Klein who's already smiling.

"Is… Is i-it okay with you, President?" 

Klein let out another chuckle as he found Nao's stutter quite adorable. 

"Of course, but first we'll see if you're qualified for the job." 

Nao's eyes lit up and a wide smile made its way into her lips.

"Thank you, President!" 

She bowed her head and Klein's smile grew bigger when he heard the happiness in her voice and his cheeks were painted with pink hue.

'Well, well, aren't you an adorable being?'

Klein chuckled before reaching out to pat Nao on the head, causing the younger black haired girl's face to flush bright red.

He couldn't stop the smile that's making it's way into his lips when he saw how Nao's face flush bright red. As he looks down on her, he notices the red string on their pinkies.

'Maybe she's really the right person for me. And if that's so, then it's better to let her work for me to know her better.'

Klein snapped out of his thoughts when he saw a black car arrive in front of the school gates and turn to face Nao and pat her on the head before speaking.

"Anyways, the rain stopped and I needed to go. See you tomorrow, Aisaka-san." 

Klein smiled as he waved his hands.

"Yes! Please be careful on your way home, President!" 

Nao waves her hands with a bright smile plastered on her face.

Klein turned around and waved his hands at her with a bright smile.

"Oh? What's this? My little brother has a girlfriend? My, my, that's news to me."

A blonde haired woman with blue eyes smiles as Klein enters the car.

"Please don't think like that, Kaya-nee. She's not my girlfriend." 

Klein smiled as he rested his cheek in his left hand.

"Yet." 

He blinked his eyes for a couple of times before looking at his sister who has a teasing smile plaster on her face.

"She's not your girlfriend yet." 

She smiled.

"Don't jump into conclusion. She's just a suitable person to be my secretary." 

Klein sighs before turning to face the window.

"And besides, you know that I don't have a control of my life." 

The blonde haired woman's smile turns into a frown and even the driver is frowning. 

She heave out a sigh before reaching out to pat his little brother on the head before speaking.

"Listen, Klein. I'll support you in every choice you made and so does mother, even if it's going to upset our father. I'll support you if you're together with that girl, to be honest, she's cute and she seems nice too. If only I can choose my sister-in-law, then I would definitely choose her without a doubt." 

Klein only chuckled before a wide smile plaster on his face.

'Thank you, Kaya-nee. You being by my side and supporting me means a lot to me. Thank you.'

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