I Love You, Miss Genius

"Trina, I thought you're always on Twitter. Didn't you see the trending topic?"

"Yeah, you're usually on top of such topics. It's strange that you don't know about this."

Trina feigned helplessness and sighed. "I've been so swamped with research that I had no time to check Twitter. I envy you guys for having the time to do it!"

Her friends knew she was boasting about her achievement in a roundabout way. They rolled their eyes in unison.

'Tsk, she's just an assistant to a minor professor conducting insignificant research. She doesn't have to make it sound bigger than it is. She's nothing special, after all.'

Trina noticed her friends were not responding to her. She continued to bug them, "Hey, tell me more about this exchange student. I'm intrigued."

Her friends looked at each other, and one was about to say something when they noticed something from the corner of their eyes. They gasped in unison as one asked, "Isn't that Andreas, the exchange student?"

Another said, "Speak of the devil. It must be my lucky day."

to flirt with him,

gaze. She searched for Andreas and asked, "Which one is

standing at a vending machine. She added, "H-He's gorgeous! That's what a model should look like. He's like

Ivor, Andreas is the cutest guy I've seen in Pyralis. Andreas

back when they noticed how enchanted she looked. Then,

you think

you should chat and ask for his

ē

think I should do that. After all, he's too handsome.

so embarrassed

many p e the school's

thing

duo who approached Trina wanted to see how things would turn

need to be more