Winning the Heart of Mr. Idol

an I had secretly admired for th

I was pret

knew the name of Korbin from

High School with the

tative, and his eloquent speech and gr

etheus had tru

was regarded as the school

lasses. My class was on the second floor, whil

assroom, there was always a g

from a distance. Three years later, h

ife would make s

l sports meet began. I wasn't good at it, so I didn't sign

ch authority. We just followed the tea

ng group. I was surprised to find

a bit of time together du

elf and told them that they could come to me

e, and everyone took out their QR codes for me to s

tried to remain calm when

rson, "Hi, I'm Averie

"Hello, Korb

ad he signed up for high jumping?

ls around the basketball court, i

athletes to the cafeteria for lunch. He sat beside

ked, "Why didn't you s

used about

e pretty good at ba

u would sign

sing smile and said, "You'

quickly looked down at my food, pretending to

ve friends who pa

it was strange that

ball, it was common knowledge that Korbin

that some people e

told me that if anyone wanted to buy Korbin's photos, they could contact

he could actually mak

girls in my class ha

have too much

cret admiration, I w

he crowd, having a slight crush

o, I felt more at eas

people like you. It's easy

, "Not that many, right? You hav

m.

asn't a very quali

, I asked, "So, why do you

g up for basketball. But no one wants to take part in some

class pride

es for one week and we always ate

aintances who would gree

e for the class

lasses, but there was also a distinctio

r. I must be ranked last in the advanced

larly hesitant wh

ychology a

sity options, it might be

g Psychology or Economics. I was flattered. Did he also hav

d casually sai

what he wanted to choose. He s

d class and he might choose Economics since the school prioritiz

advanced Economics class, wouldn

t, my motivation

studying, I dealt with t

in the advanced Economics class. Well, I was still among the top thirt

headed to the new class since I would

ogy. The teacher spent the entire holiday tr

l, Korbin went to find the teacher

emed to have al

ed to Esme

he would be the top student in Economics class now, pushing me to

ole story, I w

, "It's fine. Please reassign me to a di

times in my mind. His unexpected ch

o Esme, saying, "I think Averie should stay in the advanced

ves to st

d said, "Alright. Both of yo

erson won'

teacher and l

, so you can do whatever you want, but d

ok at me, "It's

letely con

o you

You should thank me. If I had chosen Econo

t talking

d. I wouldn't feel that I was the surplus person

gan the in

es and a high ponytail. She was friendly and didn't

s as I had hoped, we rarely spoke to each

t my place during class. I didn't think that he w

p but feel a b

ound the campus. Millie went to the res

d I looked up to see Korbin appro

say that you won't wa

t even noticed that he

r Millie," I re

e noticed you sometimes don't

onfused

focusing on the board. You

listening to the teacher either. How do you know I wa

ed, "Why would

ow should I know? Maybe you lik

o you can learn from her. I was the one who

embarr

with him? Did I

back. I couldn't help asking he

oment and said, "He

y nodded

y like him. He is always cold

nt, the person he liked probably

id I care

t. The scores of the midterm exams

rank the last than being t

with the top ten students as le

vanced class. After exams, the group with

od. As the last one, if no on

eventh and she c

that she could have tried a bit harder to

someone chose her, sh

oose others was Kor

ie, my front s

e said that his stable grades all

group selection to b

s desk in f

e him more. When he walked to

my smile as I sa

y, "You're welcome. Just d

calme

se me. Was it just becau