Chapter 1: 'Teeth Queen'

"Hey"

A husky voice said from behind me.

"What?!"

Startled by the person's action, I accidentally backed away and was pinned on the walls. My inner otaku's brain exploded inside. With the person's hand next to my shoulder and one hand above my head ....

'OH MY GOSH! Is this the popular 'Kabedon' I've read on manga/manhwa before?!'

"Hey, Earth to Fate?"

Back to reality, the person in front of me seems to waved their hands in front of me. Looking back at their figure, he was a perfect definition of a perfect boyfriend figure for me. Why you said? Because of his handsome diamond shaped face with a little mustache, his sharp jet black hair, almond shaped brown eyes pierched through mine as if it wants to eat me, his greek nose, his rosy round lips, his light brown hair which is wavy medium length and....

"Hey, I am talking to you right now! So don't go disappear into your fantasy land for now."

The guy, in front of me looked pissed off and I just greet him with my teeth instead. His expression suddenly changed as soon as I showed that (my teeth lol). He blushed like a crush girl and my heart thumped a little.

'Oh, no. My heart can't take anymore than this.'

We just stood at our current situation for the next three minutes in silent until he decided to break it off.

"So, I was thinking... "

I looked at him wandering what's wrong with him being suddenly red on the face while hiding his red left ears with his left hand.

'Eh, what's happening? Please don't let it be another conf---'

"I like you."

He just beated up my fantasy. In my whole five years being an otaku, I've never thought my whole existence is equal to the hot girls in the school. That was until I started talking to one of the boys in my class during my second year of high school.

It was a random little chat and I laughed a bit at his words without knowingly showing off my teeth a little. And you know what happen after that? He literally confessed without knowing anything about me. The next day after I got my first confession, one of the badboy at my class chatted me up and laughed at my current hairstyle until his friend stopped him and warned him about the rumor. Yet he didn't believe it till the lunch time came. He was throwing a paper at me and wrote a little joke which literally was a big joke to me and I couldn't hold it in anymore and laughed so hard on my sit. What happened after that you asked? The badboy who's always mocking me everyday suddenly becoming flustered as he confessed to me in front of our whole classmates. Of course I was shocked because he did the opposite of what usually happen. Starting from that time, the guys always approached me because I showed off my teeth which I took really good care on it since kindergarten and when I asked why they like me, they would always answered the same words.

"I like how shiny your teeth are. It's pulling me like magic."

And thus I'm popular because of the hardwork I put on my teeth but I really don't get it when they said it was 'Magic' because after all this time, I've been single for my whole life till I got into high school. Yet when I was still in elementary and middle school, no one confessed to me because of my teeth even if I laughed. I was known in the whole school as the 'Teeth Queen' ever since that time.

Back to reality, I gathered my courage to refused him. Even though he was kind of my type, I know he just like me because of my teeth that was pulling every guys at school like a 'magnet' towards me.

"I'm sorry. I have to refused."

There. I said it. Hopefully he'll back off for a while. I'm really uncomfortable being in the current situation after I got to know the reason behind it.

"After all, maybe you're also the same as the other guys... "

I said it quietly to myself hoping he wouldn't hear.

"What did you just said?"

I couldn't reply. My mind was so busy thinking of how to make him stop liking me.

"You think I'm just like the other guy that confessed to you this whole time while I'm the one who's always fond of your smile even back when we're still in elementary school."

His explanation shocked me. My mind couldn't registered well his words so I always relied on my brain thoughts.

'Are you seriously saying this guy here was from the same school as me and have been watching me secretly since then and just now come out to tell me his real feelings?!'

"Are you serious? There's no way... "

I said slowly and he shocked me again as his strong hands pinned my arms besides my head. I couldn't budge at all.

"Don't you remember me, Fate? I've always been there beside you when you have a hard time dealing with bullies... and of course, I accompanied you back home after your rumor started to spread."

I wandered my mind back to those days he mentioned but to no avail I couldn't find one that might be related to his words but I remember there's a small cute boy who's always there for me but I couldn't recalled back any memories.

"There's no way it's you. In fact you're different despite the same hair colour you both had and your eyes looked alike...."

Just then, I finally realized something. A memory of me and that small boy spent time together and until the day he changed.

"Don't tell me..."

Gasped, I looked at him searching for an answer.

"It's me, Fate. I'm Destin."

Words couldn't come out as soon as the truth hits me. Suddenly, my memories of that time rushed back inside like a storm. Tears dropped from my eyes from the memories. After all this time, why did I reject his existence from back there? Why did I refused to accept the changes of the person who's important to me? Destin who's also shocked at my sudden outburst let go of my hands and hug me. He patted my back and sooth me like a child.

"I'm so sorry, Destin."

My voice cracked a little bit as I have the courage to say what I always want to say after what happen to us in middle school. After all this time, he's the one who's not really affected by my 'Teeth Queen' rumor.

"It's not your fault, Fate."

I feel relaxed in his arms as he continued to whispered those same words over and over again. My tears also seemed to died down and I wiped it all with my shirt sleeves but he held back my arm and wiped my tears gently. Thinking back of my old memories, I felt so pitiful for forgetting the person whom I'm supposed to thank to. He's always been there for me. Even though it was for a short while, he's the one who I can 'friend' . After I calmed down, I took a deep breath and suddenly I remember his confession earlier. I know I still have to answer to him but I don't know how to. There's just one thing bother me.

'Do I even deserve his love?'