Anna Kanzaki…
believes she is incapable of falling in love.
Known as the quiet honor student who keeps everyone at arm’s length, she prefers silence over people. Books over crowds. And the quiet safety of being alone than student's noisy sound background.
And obviously, afternoons alone beneath a hidden cherry blossom tree behind the school.
Her sanctuary, A place where she can disappear.
Or at least, she used to.
Until that one spring afternoon, when Riku Reita suddenly sits beside her.
Outgoing, cheerful, and completely polar opposite from her, he somehow manages to start a conversation where everyone else has failed.
And strangely enough…
Anna doesn’t mind.
As their quiet meetings beneath the falling petals become routine, the two slowly begin to reveal the insecurities they hide from the rest of the world.
So they arrive at an unusual solution.
They will date.
But under one condition:
Neither of them is allowed to fall in love.
This was quite an old draft written back to 2020. When I was new, naive, and foolish.
This was quite an old draft written back to 2020. When I was new, naive, and foolish.