ALTERNATIVELY I was thinking that since he was studying his law degree in Recolle I'm pretty sure he would have done at least one summer internship stint, so probably he would have done it with her father's firm, maybe working for her father even - that at least would give them a biiiit more CR to work with since he would be at the very least familiar with her enough since she's in and out of her dad's office a lot??? Like it starts out with being nice to his boss's daughter but then oh hey they actually get along.

I think that would also give them a reason to know each other and be friends even after he's dropped law and decided to pursue his gaming obsession, lmao. Sets a specific ringtone for her text messages because yep 9 times out of 10 that's her telling him to eat or something? like stop nagging me, Kath, he'll grumble.