Chapter 53: Short Story: Afford and Fujiharu

[Final chapter before Volume 2]

This short story is set a few months before the start of the current timeline. This was before Fujiharu really met Mizuhara.

(I'm still waiting for my contract to be verified so I can use Italics and Bold, otherwise, the next few chapters are going to be extremely hard to read.)

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It was the first day of school when I, Kazuki Afford, was seated next to one of the cutest girls I had ever seen. She had long, flowing brown hair that cascaded down her back, framed by a pair of wide, sparkling emerald eyes that seemed to sparkle in the sunlight. A beautiful, radiant smile graced her lips, making my heart skip a beat. Someone like me could never be with her; she was far out of my league.

As I took my books out of my bag, I noticed that she was looking at me. We made eye contact for a split second, but I quickly looked away, my cheeks flushing with embarrassment. She really was cute.

"Hey, you're Afford, right?" she asked, her voice soft and melodic.