Part 1: Paint Me A Sunny Day

"Nice game Amasaki-san!", "You're a tough opponent" said by a student after a badminton match with another girl. 

Albeit in chagrin, sportsmanship still needed to be shown and expressed by this loser.

As the competitor left for the day, the only one remaining in the badminton court was Rin Amasaki. Rin is an 18 year old third year high school student studying at a local high school in Hokkaido, with a passion for playing badminton.Due to her love of playing badminton, she came to be known as "Ronex" a nickname which is a portmanteau of the first letter of her name and Yonex, derived from her pair of black Yonex rackets which have an unusually high tension unlike the other players.

The school noticed her talents in the sport, asking her back then to represent the school as their representative for the prefectural tournament. Accepting that offer wasn't the least regrettable, but rather the opposite. For two years straight she won various tournaments, had her featured in the school journal and one time on one of Japan's newsletter, the Asahi Shimbun. Oh how the school's reputation skyrocketed with Rin around. 

Rin herself has amassed quite fame herself in a short span but she doesn't want to be famous, she wants to live free, do the things she likes to do and enjoy her youth while it lasts. 

But despite all the fame that she had back then, no one was interested in dating her, heck no one dared even approaching her in a romantic way, confessed to her, let alone left a love letter in her desk or locker or even give her obligatory chocolate during Valentine's Day. Maybe she was cursed by the gods, cursed to live alone for all of eternity. 

Rin planned to play once again during her third year at the school but unfortunately.

Tragedy struck

She injured her right hand and arm due to a car accident, making her play less than usual and she pleaded with the school to let her play, but unfortunately they didn't allow her to play in concern to her physical injury. 

Rin hates that but however she has no choice but to obey the school faculty as they're just concerned for her wellbeing. She thinks that maybe God dragged her in a car accident just to injure her hands and arm in order to pave the way for the normal life she's praying for on the temple everyday after school.

"Maybe I should find an alternative, maybe run in the student council for a change" she thought. 

She quickly scraps that idea, she has no leadership skills. She can maintain a shuttlecock afloat, but not the school. 

Maybe she'll just become a regular student, maybe if she tread that path, she'll have simple boys with simple intentions ask her for a simple date. 

"Yep, I'll just be a regular student then." She said to herself as she walked home.

****

Many months passed and Rin became and acted as a regular student, just as planned from the start of their vacation till this day where they'll introduce themselves again to the class, now as third year students.

But something seems to be odd today, really odd. 

"Today class, we'll have a new transfer student." announced the teacher.

"From what school? From what prefecture? From what city?" asked the students as they bombarded the teacher with a buttload of questions.

The teacher asked them to calm down as she will answer their questions one by one. As she did, the students one by one, started raising their hands to ask the teacher a question regarding that transferee. 

The teacher instantly answered their questions after listening to the questions of some students, excluding Rin as she didn't raise her hand or bore any curiosity for the mysterious student, not even in the slightest bit.

Firstly, the student isn't from any prefecture, isn't from any school here, and isn't from any Japanese city, in fact the student isn't even Japanese to begin with. The student is a transferee from the Philippines.

Yes, that very same Philippines with 7 thousand islands, white sand beaches, breathtaking tourist spots, delicious foods, cool history, amazing culture, hospitable and happy people, as well as millions of unemployed miserable people and corrupt governance.

They've heard enough, it's now time to introduce the new transferee student to the class.

"Right, Aiden you can now enter the class and introduce yourself in front of everyone." 

The new student named Aiden walked up to the center aisle near the teacher's table and clad in the school's uniform, pants and ID.

In a cheery way did his voice boomed throughout the classroom and echoed in his classmates' ears.

"Hello, my name is Aiden James Garcia. I am 17 years old, and I came from the Philippines! It's a pleasure to be of your acquaintance everyone" he stated as he bowed down his head to everyone.

But the weird thing was, he never spoke English in his introduction. Aiden spoke it in perfect Japanese, much to the amazement of everyone inside the room. 

"For your seat plan, let see. Hmmm, your seat is beside the window next to Amasaki" said the teacher after looking at seat plan and instructed Aiden to be seated there. 

Aiden paid no mind to Rin, and instead focused on his phone. 

"Alrighty everyone, please turn your textbooks to page 10" as we will start our first lesson for today.

*****

(Later)

As Rin goes home, she decides to separate from the rest on their way to school and decided to take a short stroll on the school, until she found out that the art club which was always closed is unlocked.

"Aiden-san? What are you doing there? Aren't you supposed to go home at this hour." asked Rin, concerned for the guy. 

"Don't sweat it, Ronex-san!" He said while grinning closed eyes.

As Amasaki took a closer look into the room, she noticed that there are art materials in there, including cans of paint, different sizes of paintbrushes and Aiden is painting on a canvas, with the painting being the morose state of this club. 

And also how did he know her nickname. 

"That girl named Eru said your nickname was Ronex" said by Aiden cluelessly.

In chagrin she said Eru's name in her mind as her nickname was just between them. Why did she snitch it to another guy?

"Come to think of it, that nickname of yours is pretty clever, it sounds kinda cute to be honest" he told her.

And without saying a single word, unbeknownst to herself she started blushing.

"Um, t-thank you" she said while stuttering and blushing as it's the first time someone applauded her nickname and it's from a boy at that.

Rin asked him if he has a nickname.

He sometimes go by Aiden, or as Aiden Weissmen.

Why Weissmen? Maybe because he is more white than his cousins and he's kind of wise too, he joked. 

Aiden then explained his painting in order for Rin to not misinterpret it. He's just painting this room before he cleaned it and unboxed the paint and art supplies packed by the school. About the permission to use the room, he has obtained it so he's free to use the room every break time or everyday after the classes end in the afternoon. He wanted to express his talent to the rest of the school.

And luckily his first patron, has been standing here being engrossed in what he just crafted with a brush and a couple of colors in his palette. 

"Who's your first patron? Oh that was me." She said and laughed cluelessly. 

Of course she'll be engrossed by the decadent art made by her classmates and also that looks so good, he can make more and sell them for a profit. Aiden should make use of his talent of painting to make himself richer. 

"You're at like Da Vinci level at painting" she said in amazement. 

Aiden told her to stop flattering him as he's just a humble student expressing his passion and love for the art. He's not Da Vinci level of painting, not in the slightest bit. 

But, he'll just leave this painting he created to dry overnight as he'll hang it on display inside the room.

Now he asked Rin if he wants to walk home together as it seems that they're the only people remaining in the school and how fast time flies, it's already 6 PM.

"Sure, we can walk together" Ronex said to Aiden as she doesn't want to go home alone at this time of the hour.

******

As days pass, Rin came to know Aiden more and more, and Aiden seems to like Rin's company more and more, even though the school starts to appreciate his art more and more, almost all of their classmates are impressed by the things Aiden paints. 

The support the class is currently giving is nothing to how Rin supports his passion for painting, and also they cannot beat the magnitude of engrossment Rin expresses every time he's painting something or someone. 

Some of their classmates try to ask Aiden to paint them, like a famous portrait in a museum. But Aiden wouldn't let them do as they please without paying him for a commission, payment ranging from food and drinks to even lunch money. Even teachers weren't spared, they must pay him for a commission, even though the supplies here are free and provided by the school, his efforts aren't. 

"Rin, this room is slowly going back to its former glory. No one was willing to visit this room back then but thanks to you two's efforts and cooperation, this room is now as lively as ever!" their teacher said. 

Rin finally took the headmaster's advice of finding a new activity to spend time on, she's hands on managing the room alongside Aiden.

"Why don't you make art by yourself?" queried Aiden to Rin who was staring at the new painting that he finished with awe and wonder.

"Is it possible for me to learn it, and be on your level?" she wondered.

"Yes, of course it's possible" Aiden replied.

Painting is a work of heart and soul, anything that you draw in a blank canvas becomes beautiful if you put your heart and soul in the paintbrush as well as your trust in each swerve of the brush and each tap of the palette. One cannot spell heart without "art" after all. 

Famous paintings like the "La Gioconda" or the "Mona Lisa" took Leonardo Da Vinci 16 years of painting itself. He poured his heart and soul into those 16 years painting that world class masterpiece now appreciated by the world. 

So if she believes in herself she can paint just like him, and she wouldn't just train herself to be a painter. He will help him, he and Eru will.

"Eru?" she wondered, "Come again?" she added wanting clarity from Aiden.

Yes, he heard him right. Eru is now interested in painting just like her right now, even sharing the same energy and enthusiasm as Eru did.

She never told Rin that she's interested in Art, but maybe friends share brain cells sometimes, she joked.

Aiden told her that they will start tomorrow after class, Eru will be there too. But teaching two girls is a handful, so he needed an assistant. Enter Class 2-B Kuro Hayasaki!!! 

Wait, this guy seems familiar. Yeah, he's also a transferee just like Aiden and he is also fond of arts as well. Might as well make this room into an art club then, he can teach her Eru-senpai how to do art, just as how Aiden will teach Rin.

After brief introductions from each member of the club, they then instantly get down to business. By first teaching the girls about the different color combinations, the complicated ones at that.

The two girls were completely overloaded with information coming from the two boys.

"Why are you guys all lagging up? We're just getting started with our art lesson, you know?" Aiden said to the two.

They haven't gotten to the nice part yet. And since they're so eager in the arts they must maintain that eagerness and passion until their final lesson when they can make their very own paintings.

Beginnings aren't always easy, but the learnings they will receive are worth the time and effort that they spent.

As they continue to go on with their lesson, if they can keep up then their upcoming lessons will be a cakewalk in the park. Aiden is pretty sure of that, he can guarantee it.

Rin is confident that she'll keep up, her hand speed and reflexes are faster unlike others in the school as she has prior experience in badminton and competing in various tournaments across the nation. Aiden rectified that it's not the hand speed nor the reflexes that she has, it's about how hard she handles the paintbrush and how gentle she strokes the blank canvas with his paint. 

What's the use of hand speed if your painting is horrible, she needs to be much more gentler and remember that she is currently holding a paintbrush and not a badminton racket.

Though she doesn't like being ordered, she tries to listen to him as she knows that Aiden was trying his best to teach them and without him, this art club wouldn't be possible in the first place.

******

Only Kuro and Aiden are remaining. Kuro was cleaning the art room, and Aiden was painting another picture to show to Eru and Rin. As Kuro swept the floors and his back turned to the painter, a slight crash was heard that came from two cans of paint and Aiden's pallette falling to the ground and splattering paint on the floor.

"Tanginang buhay to" he swore in Tagalog after a slight fumble.

That fumble is now not so slight anymore as the colors in his pallette now spilled and mixes on the floor. He apologized to Kuro for having another mess to clean up after he's done sweeping the floors and all.

"Senpai, are you alright?" asked by a concerned Kuro.

What Aiden said next made Kuro drop his broom in shock. Then as Kuro went ahead a few minutes later, Aiden closes up the club for today.  

Kuro now needs to have a close eye on his senpai from this moment onwards as he's concerned that it will again repeat just like earlier.

Rin also has concerns in her heart as Aiden is doing such work after school, such as commissioning paintings for lunch money and free food and helping other club members too when he has a chance to do so. She hoped that he can be of help to him somehow, she doesn't want him to carry all that burden of raising and maintaining the art club by just himself, she wants to help her shoulder it alongside Eru and Kuro.

Suddenly Rin's phone beeped, it's a message coming from Aiden. 

"Hi Ronex sorry to bother you but, can we meet up in my house on Saturday?" texted Aiden.

"I'm making some chocolates on Saturday and I need your assistance" he added.

"My clubmate Aiden is having a crush on someone, that girl is so lucky to have you." Rin joked.

"Yeah, she will indeed be the luckiest girl. If she tasted our chocolate she will know how much I'm dedicated to have her say yes to me if I confessed" said Aiden.

"So, are we in or not?" he asked Rin.

"Of course I'm in, I have nothing left to do in my home" Rin said.

"Remember the date, because you'll help me make chocolates, Ms. Ronex" replied Aiden.

*****

Later that night, Rin lay at bed still thinking about that text Aiden made as she walked home. That girl was lucky to have Aiden make sweets for her, such a shame that it isn't her that was gonna get those delicious chocolates. 

"Wait no, what was I thinking? Stop it, stop it, stop it Rin Amasaki" she thought in her bed covering her face and paddling her feet on the bed while being embarrassed and blushing like a ripe tomato.

****

Then that Saturday finally came, and as Rin looked inside Aiden's house. She tries looking for his parents but to no avail. Every nook and cranny she looked, there's no trace of his parents.

"Where are your parents?" Rin asked Aiden.

Aiden told her that his parents aren't here in Japan, his dad isn't here supporting him, and her mom died due to a heart disease.

This house was owned by his aunt and she let his nephew live there rent-free. And he has all the money in the world to spend. That's why right now he bought some baking goods, random confectioneries and some chocolate as he is gonna make some chocolates, biscuits and some cupcakes for that special girl he is currently simping on. 

Without any further ado, they should start making those delectable sweets as soon as possible so that they can finish it before nighttime. As Aiden prepares the tools and equipment, Ronex is prepping the ingredients for the supposed sweets. 

While the kitchen is hustling and bustling, Ronex decided to ask Aiden about his personal self.

"Who is he actually?" 

"I am Aiden James Garcia, no middle initials, my realest name in all of my documents and papers, even in my birthday certificate." 

"What are his hobbies?" 

"Painting, it's also my passion and life right now, he also cooks good food by the way."

"Where did he live before he came to Japan?" 

"I'm from a city named Pampanga, but I was allowed to live here in Japan, since my aunt works here and has made a killing." 

"Also she is a permanent citizen of this country, plus she's rich as hell to be able to afford this house for me to live, to support my education and buy the things I want, she's much more of a mother figure than my actual mother." Aiden joked.

"Oh that's, kind of, sad actually." Rin said.

But Aiden asked her to let bygones be bygones as all of those are in the past, just enjoy the present and the future as you know what they say, those who still cling to the past are bound to repeat it.

"Fine, fine, then let's go back to work now. My curiosity has been satisfied." 

Later after making all the pastries and some of the sweets, with a piping bag at hand. Aiden then asked Rin to help him give these cupcakes an icing on top to which she agreed to help.

"Remember what I taught you in school Rin, that you must hold it gently, imagine it as a paintbrush, hold it gently, don't rush" instructed Aiden.

As she does what she's instructed she was giving each cupcake a twirly icing but it seems that she's still not used to using a piping bag, or rather she hasn't used one. 

"Fine, let me help you" he said with hints of impatience in his mind and body. 

Aiden then goes behind Rin, held one of her hands, and helps guide the piping bag she's holding. 

"His hand, it's so warm. I wanna hold it even longer, I wish I was that piping bag holding his left hand. She thought while visibly blushing but she shouldn't lose focus that easily, she has more cupcakes to ice. 

Going with Aiden's pace is kinda hard considering that she is blushing and his hand makes her heart race so badly. The same can be said for Aiden, his heart is racing so bad that he'll collapse at the wrong time. That is something that he wouldn't want to happen, he doesn't want to fumble just like what happened between him and Kuro. 

After icing those cupcakes well, giving sparkly rainbow sprinkles and a single cherry on top for each cupcake, they can definitely say that the cupcakes are really done. They can invite their friends to maybe help the two of them enjoy this treat that they made with a little elbow grease and duo effort.

For the chocolates, biscuits and the sweets they made. Rin and him can taste them first before their friends, they deserve it for baking all of those before nighttime.

Rin can taste it first, because ladies first. It would be kind of rude for him to eat first before a lady. If he doesn't mind it, Rin took a biscuit and ate them.

"It's sweet and so tasty, it's just the right amount and proportion of ingredients. Good thing they didn't fumble it as she doesn't want Aiden to get rejected because of these biscuits. She's here to help him, not do the opposite instead.

As she tasted the chocolate, it was surprisingly creamy, a little bit milky and has the right amount of chocolatey goodness in every bite. Rin is starting to get the hang of cooking sweets now just like painting a picture.

"Your future special someone would be extremely lucky to have you as their boyfriend you know, you're a good cook, you're a good painter, you're kind hearted, you're a good teacher and a good friend, you're just a good soul overall, I cannot describe you enough." Rin said.

"I wish that special someone was me" she murmured in herself.

He heard that

"Maybe she'll be extremely lucky indeed, in fact so lucky that she gets to be the first one to taste something that me and herself help create and her critique didn't disappoint me either" he told Rin as he smiled.

When Rin heard that, she stopped discreetly licking her fingers behind Aiden and started blushing like a ripe tomato once again, but this time she's also steaming like a boiling kettle.

She asked Aiden to repeat what he was trying to say as she didn't quite catch what he's trying to say to her, and is he implying that his special someone is her? That's quite an impossibility as she's not a likeable person, from the start until this very moment, she wasn't a person who's romantically likeable or preferred to. 

"You're literally my type dumbass" he rectified her further making her blush.

Since the first day of school, since she became his seatmate, he was eyeing on her. And when he found out from Eru that she's an NBSB.

"What the hell is an NBSB?" Rin butted in, confused.

"No boyfriend since birth"

She is indeed a no boyfriend since birth, clung to a belief that a human being like her is cursed to live alone for all of eternity, her whole school romance life is the only proof he can present, there's nothing but. She wished it would change.

Back to the story, Aiden stated that he then started falling for her the moment she admired his painting, the very first painting in this school depicting the morose condition of the art club before he cleaned it and before he and Rin rebuilt it then Eru and Kuro joined. 

Rin was his very first supporter, his first patron and most importantly, his first love. And in the times they've been together, he came to learn how to love Rin "Ronex" Amasaki.

She was there before everyone else in the school found out of his talent, and since she hasn't got a girlfriend yet, he can take this chance to confess to her. He has finally fallen in love with Rin Amasaki.

"I like you Rin Amasaki-san, please go out with me" Aiden said boldly and then bowed down reaching his right hand to Rin. 

****

"What do you say, Ronex-san? Is it a yes, or a no" Aiden queried, waiting for an answer to come out of Ronex's lips. 

"Yes, I will go out with you! And I also feel the same way that you do" she said, eyes closed, blushing, steaming and with a racing heart mired with embarrassment.

Aiden was so happy to hear it directly from Ronex herself, he's jumping up in joy on the inside with his heart having a fast pitpat. As his heart started racing so fast, he involuntarily hugs Ronex tight.

So now they're now officially, boyfriend and girlfriend, a couple if she'd like to call it. He couldn't ask for more at this very moment, just her in his arms locked in a tight embrace.

"Why are you embracing me for about two minutes now? Can we let go please?" she asked him nicely. 

Aiden refused, reasoning that he wants to savor this moment even longer, he wants to remember this very moment, as she is his first love.

But Rin wasn't having any of it and tried pushing him away. But god damn he's strong and hasn't been slacking off. Those muscles under his light cool toned brown skin, it's so big, was he this muscular before? If he is, then it's extremely impressive of him to hold a paintbrush with such gentleness, grace, control and professionalism at the same time.  

Then Ronex accidentally overexerted her force and the two of them fall to the floor, with Ronex below and with Aiden on top of her. 

"Awwwww parang kamatis yung hitsura mo, napaka cute talaga" Aiden complimented her in Tagalog.

"Shut up, I don't know what you're saying but you made me into this Aiden" she ripostes.

"How about I shut you up? You're yapping too much for a woman of your stature" uttered Aiden in an annoyed manner.

"Try me, Weissmen" challenged Ronex with a smirk.

Aiden held both of Ronex's hand, then he gets closer and closer to her face, she instinctively closed her eyes. On cold air conditioned floor the two layed as Aiden kissed her lips and covered the distance between them. Ronex didn't fight back nor showed a shred of resistance to him and rather kissed him back.

"Can we do it again?" pleaded Rin.

Aiden, being an obedient little boy, kissed her passionately again but it's much deeper and wilder than the first kiss, like he really desires to have her.  

"Can we?" sheepishly asked Ronex to Aiden.

"If you'd like, yes" "But first let's clean up the kitchen" said Aiden as he flicked Ronex's forehead.

After cleaning the kitchen and washing all the tools and stuff they used in making the sweets, Aiden did what Ronex told her.

On a moonlit night the two exchanged their passion with every kiss whether it's in their neck and lips, with every touch and with every moan they exchanged in their ears. They don't care about who's next door to them as they're consumed by their primal thoughts and carnal desires.

With each clothing the two strip out each other, their desires exponentially increase, like a bonfire being lit from a single piece of ember. 

Upon looking at Ronex, she's kinda cute and sexy while in her birthday suit. Actually he's kinda handsome too in his birthday suit too.

It didn't help the fact that it made him desperate and needy for her even more. He was an extremely needy person; he never told her that.

She then lay naked on the bed, she's now ready to accept Aiden inside of her and become one. 

As he slowly entered inside of her a subtle pain was felt as Aiden deprived her of her chastity. But was quickly replaced by feelings of happiness as she thought to herself that they're now one and that he's feeling good because of her, the pain also seems to be subsiding fortunately. 

With every sway of his hips, and with every sound they made brought them closer to completion. And as they came together at the same time, all their bottled up desires and lust vanished as they lay in bed both naked and cuddled up. 

It didn't take long for the two of them to fall asleep, Ronex really needs to have a good explanation for her parents tomorrow as she stayed the night in Aiden's house without prior permission from them, also they forgot to eat breakfast.

****

As Ronex woke up, she smelled something nice like her mother's cooking. Wait, Aiden just cooked breakfast for her. He advised her to eat her breakfast, take a shower, dress up and go home as her parents might be worrying about her whereabouts right now.

He needn't worry as she had already informed her parents about her stay in his house and that she already apologized for the inconveniences she caused them last night.

As she was explaining about her parents, she heard a loud crash at the table. 

"Aiden are you alright?" worriedly asked Rin, and seemingly freaking out. 

She fetched a glass of water for him and sat him down. Then she called an ambulance to come to his place as quickly as possible, as she didn't know what was happening to him right now and what is gonna happen to Aiden next. 

But right now, she can only pray for the best and wait for those who are able to help Aiden from his suffering. She was just starting to love him even more, she doesn't want to lose him yet.