By Friday, Ren's locker was stuffed with letters. At first, he thought they were warnings. Then he opened one:
> "Dear Ren-senpai, the way you sacrificed your bishop made my heart flutter like an unstable parabola. Please meet me behind the physics lab at 4 PM. Love, Anonymous <3"
Aya glanced over. "You've got fans now?"
Ren sighed. "It's a curse."
Mika, flipping through a pink envelope with glitter tape, added, "That one smells like lemon-scented explosives."
Aya raised a brow. "Explosives?"
"Yeah," Mika shrugged. "We learned that in Chemistry II."
Ren tossed the letter into a bin and backed away slowly.
They later discovered someone had placed a lemon meringue pie in his locker with the note: "If you love me, eat this. If you hate me, explode."
He didn't eat it.