LOVE:ZERO

Jiyu, who attends Astor School, a prestigious private girls’ school on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, lives in the same apartment building as Hunter, who attends Alton School, a boys’ school across the street.

But the gap between Hunter, who lives in the penthouse of a luxury Fifth Avenue apartment building with views of Central Park, and Jiyu, who lives in a ground-floor rental unit, is as wide as the top and bottom of a pyramid.

Hunter and Jiyu are polar opposites in personality, with Jiyu preferring to sit and read a book and Hunter never being able to sit still.

Hunter shows a talent for tennis and starts competing in tournaments, winning every match he attends.

This leads Hunter to believe that Jiyu is the jinx of his victories.

When Hunter becomes annoyed that she insists on coming to every match, she tells him a little lie.

“I read in a book by a famous psychologist that you don’t have to be physically present to feel someone’s presence.”

Crap~

“Reach out your hand, I’m tickling you.”

It was actually a trick I saw in a picture storybook for kids with separation anxiety.

I wrote my name on Hunter’s palm, and for about 0.1 seconds, I pressed my lips to his, pretending to kiss him, and he came back the next day with a trophy for winning the tournament.

And then there were some crazy times for both of them.

“Hey, just out of curiosity, I was wondering and would like to know…”

“What is it? Tell me quickly.”

“Do you like me?”

“What? Do I? Are you crazy?”

Then, tragedy strikes Jiyu. With nowhere else to go, she is taken in by the Hamiltons, but instead of being Hunter’s friend, she becomes his user.

She uses him to survive, and he uses her to jinx her.

In tennis, “LOVE” means ZERO.

A love game is a game in which one player has zero points.

In a love-hate relationship, two people face each other across the net and exchange love games.

Who will win the game?