1(Itazura na Kiss)

An Au where when Naoki's rejecting Kotoko goes a bit different from canon.

He doesn't reject her in front of everyone and is a bit kinder, and by kinder I meant that he says that he had no interest in a relationship at the moment and that even if he had, he wouldn't want anyone who would be happy with trying to do the minimum instead of giving their all to be and do better.

While Kotoko is broken hearted, on her way home she thinks about Naoki's words and realizes that he was telling the truth, she and everyone from her class had given up on trying to do better because not even their teacher and family believed in them that they just started doing the minimum and call it their best.

So she decides that she will start to try harder and give her best in her studies and other things unlike she did before but not for having a chance with Naoki but because his words made her realize she needed to do her best for herself not for others especially her crush.

Of course that then her house falls down and she can't really do anything as most of her things are lost when that happens.

Kotoko tries to stay positive but her friend(I forgot the name of the one who had a crush on her, sorry), makes thing harder when he starts asking for money for her which she doesn't need despite what happened especially as her father mentioned that he may start a case against the company who made their house as it had been the only one to fall down(they should have done this in canon, a new house falls with such a minor earthquake and no one thinks that whoever made the house fucked up?) but instead of acting embarrassed or anything like that she confronts her friends and tells him to stop as she does not need that and while she will temporarily live in the restaurant with her father, it was no reason for him to make such spectacle when the only lost things were the house and some of their belongings while no one ended in the hospital.

This catches Naoki's attention but he only drags his friends and classmates to their own class as Kotoko has it handled and it is none of their business.

When it comes to Kotoko and her father moving with Naoki and his family, she does not question who is her father's friends, mostly because she was tired with making her friend understand she does not need his help and she can make her own decisions all day so she is still surprised when she sees Naoki's last name and then meets him.

Instead of acting as a girl with a crush, she is respectable to everyone in the family and while she does not like Yuuki calling her dumb, she lets it be since he is still a kid and this was the first time he called her that and when Naoki's mother starts with how she always wanted a girl and pushing Kotoko to pursue Naoki, she puts a stop by saying that she is thankful for what she did but Kotoko would have been happy with a simple looking room as she couldn't be sure how long she and her father would stay there besides adding that she plans to work on herself and her notes to get a good job and future so she has no time to pursue Naoki and that if Naoki was looking for a girlfriend then he would find it on his own without his mother's meddling(I love his mother but I have to admit that Kotoko and Naoki's relationship would have gone better without her meddling).

Naoki hears this, and he feels proud that Kotoko took his advice and doesn't seem to be looking to try and pursue him despite his mother basically giving him up to her, so he offers Kotoko his help on her studies as he had heard that Kotoko's teacher didn't take his students serious and was very lax on teaching so she would need help understanding things or at least need his notes.

With this, the two slowly becomes friends but do not interact at school(the lunch box things or the photo thing do not happen, Naoki and Kotoko always verify if they have the right lunch box of his mother added anything as she seemed obsessed with getting them together despite what they have told her) until the sports festival.

My mind is coming blank with what happens in the festival(if it goes similar to canon or something else) but I just wish for them to slowly grow close until Kotoko's crush turns to love and Naoki realizes he fell for her without so many meddling from everyone else(they take their own time with things) but also that Kotoko grows into her own person instead of someone that always follows Naoki(and by this I mean that she probably won't become a nurse...I mean, I love her as such but it always seemed like everything she does/becomes is for Naoki so maybe she could choose another path? Maybe she grows interested in business when one time she accompanies Naoki's father for something and hears him talk about his company so she decides to study business and either takes over the Irie company or creates her own?).

In the end, anything else is up to the writer(also, maybe make Kotoko's friend take a hint that she isn't interested on him much sooner, their friendship could have been cute if it wasn't for him not understanding that Kotoko did not like him and still pursuing her no matter what).