1. The Announcement That Shocked EveryoneIt was the first Monday of the new academic year at Seishin High School.
The classroom buzzed with excitement because the principal was about to announce the leaders for the annual School Festival Planning Committee.
Everyone expected one name to be chosen without question: Kaito Aizawa, the top-ranking student, known as "The Ice King" behind his back.
Kaito sat near the window, reading a thick academic book, completely uninterested in the noise around him.
He believed school festivals were inefficient distractions from academic excellence.
The classroom door slid open dramatically.
The homeroom teacher entered with a mysterious smile.
"This year," she announced, "we will be trying something… different."
The class grew silent.
• 2. The Most Unexpected Pair"The leader of this year's School Festival Planning Committee will be… Kaito Aizawa."
The class erupted in applause.
Kaito did not react. He simply closed his book calmly.
Then came the second announcement.
"And co-leader… Hina Moriyama."
Silence.
Complete silence.
One student dropped their pen.
Another whispered, "This has to be a joke."
Hina Moriyama — the loudest, most dramatic, most chaotic student in the entire school.
She stood up dramatically, pointing at herself.
"ME?! This is destiny!" she shouted.
Kaito slowly turned his head toward her for the first time.
Their eyes met.
He immediately looked away.
"This will be inefficient," he muttered.
• 3. The First ArgumentAfter class, they were forced to meet in the committee room.
Hina entered like a hurricane, throwing colorful sketches on the table.
"I have AMAZING ideas!" she declared.
Giant heart-shaped entrance gate.
Live band performance.
Confession booth for couples.
Fireworks inside school grounds (illegal).
Kaito adjusted his glasses calmly.
"All of these violate school regulations," he said flatly.
Hina gasped dramatically.
"You are killing the power of love!"
"Love is irrelevant to event management," Kaito replied.
Outside the door, students gathered secretly.
"Are they fighting?"
"No… it sounds like a married couple argument."
"Wait… are they dating?!"
And just like that — the rumor was born.
• 4. The Accidental Close MomentWhile arguing, Hina leaned over the table to grab her sketch.
She slipped on her own bag.
In one smooth movement, Kaito caught her by the wrist.
For three seconds.
Time froze.
Their faces were inches apart.
Hina's eyes widened.
Kaito's expression remained neutral… but his ears turned slightly red.
The door suddenly slid open.
Three students stood there, frozen.
They had just witnessed the scene.
Hina quickly jumped back.
"This is NOT what it looks like!" she shouted.
The students ran away screaming:
"THEY'RE DEFINITELY DATING!"
Kaito sighed.
"This situation has become unnecessarily complicated."
• 5. The Rumor Spreads Like WildfireBy lunch break, half the school believed Kaito and Hina were secretly in a relationship.
Someone posted online: "Ice King has a girlfriend?!"
Someone else wrote: "Opposites attract confirmed."
Hina slammed her tray on the cafeteria table.
"This is embarrassing!"
Kaito calmly ate his food.
"Rumors are statistically temporary," he said.
"YOU HELD MY HAND!"
"To prevent you from sustaining physical injury."
"That sounds romantic when you say it like that!"
"It was not romantic."
Two girls sitting nearby whispered loudly:
"They're totally in denial."
Hina screamed internally.
Kaito felt something unfamiliar — annoyance… mixed with something else.
• 6. The Emotional HintLater that afternoon, they were forced to walk through the hallway together.
Students moved aside, staring at them.
Someone shouted, "Cute couple!"
Hina turned bright red.
Kaito kept walking.
"Does this bother you?" Hina asked suddenly.
"No," he replied immediately.
She looked at him.
"Do you not believe in love at all?"
He stopped walking.
"Love is a distraction. It lowers productivity and clouds judgment."
Hina stared at him silently.
"For someone so smart… you're kind of stupid," she said softly.
He blinked.
That was the first time anyone had ever said that to him.
And strangely…
He didn't feel angry.
• 7. Chapter Ending – The Beginning of ChaosThat evening, the student council president officially announced online:
"Kaito Aizawa and Hina Moriyama will lead this year's School Festival together."
Under the post, comments flooded in:
"Power couple!"
"Enemies to lovers arc begins!"
"Festival is going to be romantic this year!"
Kaito stared at his phone.
Hina stared at hers.
Both sighed at the same time.
Neither noticed they had done it simultaneously.
In different rooms…
Both were thinking about the same person.
And for the first time in his perfectly logical life…
Kaito Aizawa felt something he could not calculate.
Confusion.
And maybe…
Just maybe…
The beginning of something far more inefficient than logic.
✨ End of Chapter 1 ✨