Be My Bodyguard... Please?

While all the students were whispering about the new student full of curiosity, suddenly the door opened, it was Kyoka Yamasaki, the Student Council President. And she didn't have a friendly face.

"I came to confirm my hypothesis."

Then she points her finger at Yara and says it in a disgruntled tone.

"Yara, I knew you would come like this!"

Yara smiles, winks, and answers her.

"Damn, you got me."

"You can't enter the school like that."

The teacher, not understanding, asks Yamasaki.

"Wait, what's going on here?"

"Forgive me, Professor. But Yara is not wearing the proper uniform."

"What do you mean? Sounds okay to me."

"Did you read Yara's enrollment form?"

"Of course not."

Yamasaki was disappointed, but she handed the sheet over to the teacher to read it. He remained calm.

"Hm. She's a girl."

"Exactly! She must change out of that uniform now to stay at this school."

Then the teacher turns to Yara and asks:

"Do you have a female uniform?"

"No."

"Okay, let's start class."

Yamasaki finds the way in which this subject was handled to be absurd. The teacher simply ignored the situation and made her indignant, making her leave the classroom, saying that she was going to fix Yara by arranging a suitable uniform for her.

The teacher and Yara, at the head of the class, look at the perplexed students. Some girls found Yara handsome as a guy, but when they found out, the charm was lost... At least for the majority.

Yara introduces herself with a cheerful voice:

"Good morning. I'm Yara Oliveira da Silva - I never know if I have to say my full name - and I'm from Brazil. This is my second year here in Japan... Yeah, I'm a girl so take care of me, please."

Smiling, she goes to her place to sit in the row next to Yugo, who was a little further ahead.

Yugo didn't realize that his hero was actually a heroine, and that made him even more apprehensive about approaching her and asking for protection. The fear he had before intensifies with this information. He now feels that he must pay far more than he thought he would.

The class continues normally until the break period. When he thinks about talking to Yara, he can't because she is constantly surrounded by curious students asking about her life and why she went to school in the male uniform. She answered some questions that Yugo, who was a little far away, could hear.

"Ah! I don't like this uniform. Haha! I feel a little uncomfortable wearing a skirt."

Another student continues to ask.

"Do you not wear a skirt in Brazil?"

"In some schools, yes. Where I studied, the skirt was not part of the uniform."

The chat continues, and Yugo decides to leave the class. Yara watches him walk away at a glance.

As Yugo walks through the corridors, he notices a student watching him from afar. He feels a chill run down his spine and walks quickly to the bathroom.

This boy enters the bathroom too and doesn't see anyone, knocks on the doors, asks, but no one answers him, stays still for a while observing the place, and then leaves. Yugo becomes desperate, and his sense of urgency increases. He needs to talk to Yara.

The class period continued normally until the end of the day, when everyone left. Yugo, still not talking to her, feels that it's his time to talk but is still interrupted by other students who surround her again. He leaves the school mumbling to himself, disappointed.

"Again, I couldn't do what I wanted."

He makes his way back home, still muttering to himself.

"I understand, it's her first day, people will be curious. Me too. But why can't I talk? Why?"

A few meters later, Yugo finds the boy who looked for him in the bathroom.

"I know what happened earlier."

He is surprised, and with a mixture of fear and anger, Yugo cannot say anything, seeing that student in front of him.

"They dropped out of school, but I didn't. It's not over yet, Yugo, it's never going to be over. I don't know how you beat my friends, but I'll take my revenge here and now. You will d-"

Yara interrupted him with a punch.

"Boring guy. You talk too much."

Yugo didn't see Yara appear again. And at that moment, he felt it was time to talk to her. He gathered all his strength and finally asked for what he wanted so much.

"Yara... Thanks. You saved me again."

She is silent for a moment, but smiles soon after.

"Okay. I can see that you attract that kind of situation a lot."

"Yes. Last year, I almost moved to another school, but I tried to keep going. I thought this year would be different."

Yugo looks at Yara, this time with all his courage seething in his chest.

"Yara... I want to propose something to you."

"Hm? We just met, and you already want something from me. What do you want?"

"I want you to be my bodyguard."

"Eh?... Be what?!"

Yara was very confused by this proposal, she doesn't know exactly what to think about it.

"Can you repeat that, please? I don't think I understand."

"I want you to protect me. Please be my bodyguard."

Yugo steps forward, approaches Yara and speaks more.

"I can pay you. I don't know how much, but we can negotiate. How much do you want to protect me now?"

Yara slowly lowers her head, takes a step back, and turns her back to him.

"I did what I thought was right, you don't have to do that."

"So, are you going to refuse?"

Yugo is crestfallen and hopeless, but he listens to Yara speak once more. She stares at Yugo for a moment, pondering his words. Then a glint came into her eyes as she made an unexpected counteroffer.

"Well, I can accept your proposal. But for that... We have to be dating."

Yara's teasing smile left Yugo shocked.

"D-Dating?!"