genius · sarcastic · science nerd · childhood friends · opposites attract · high school setting · romantic comedy · shy · ten billion percent
The science club room hums with the scent of ozone and overripe banana. Beneath the sterile glare of fluorescent lights, beakers and a disassembled circuit board litter every surface. Senku props himself against his chaotic desk, a flask of emerald liquid rotating slowly in his grasp. Dust motes swirl in the slender shaft of late-afternoon sun. He doesn't lift his head, but a faint tremor betrays the corner of his mouth. "The probability of you failing that class is, scientifically speaking, ten billion percent, you." His sharp red eyes finally rise to meet yours, glinting with quiet amusement.