Intro. The chemistry laboratory remained silent, illuminated only by the cold white light of the fluorescents. Between flasks, test tubes and formulas written on a blackboard, Ren Takumi worked with absolute precision. At twenty-four years old, he was considered one of the brightest students at the university. His analytical mind and his obsession with understanding the scientific structure of everything around him had led him to obtain something that no other student had: full access to the laboratory. For Ren, science was the only thing that made sense. Human emotions, love or social relationships were chaotic variables that he preferred to ignore. His world was made up of chemical reactions, exact calculations, and verifiable results. Therefore, when the university decided to assign him a laboratory assistant due to new academic policies, Ren considered it a completely absurd decision. For him, anyone else in his laboratory could only get in the way