【Former Title】

Dumped by my childhood friend with whom I practically lived, I started my dark high school life. But when I happened to save a puppy, the popular beautiful girl in class became my girlfriend. "Oh, Kouhei, you perv..."

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"Sorry, Kouhei, I can't think of you as someone I'd like or dislike in that way."

"Huh—"

"It's always been natural for us to be together since we were kids, Kouhei, or rather, you're like family now. See, you can't have romance or marriage with family, right?"

"Um—"

"So, I'm sorry, Kouhei. I'm happy you feel that way, but let's just keep our relationship the way it's always been, okay?"

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Spring break of my third year of junior high.

My first love—mine, Hirose Kouhei, who had mustered up the courage to try and take a step forward with my childhood friend, Aizawa Chinatsu, before starting high school—

was thus spectacularly shattered into a million pieces.

And so, the high school entrance ceremony arrived, finding me listless.

"Hey, Kouhei! What are you staring at?!"

"I'm not staring at anything."

By chance, by saving a puppy, I met a certain girl—.

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Achieved 5th place daily overall on Shōsetsuka ni Narō, and 1st place daily and weekly in the modern romance category.

Won the Silver Prize at "The 1st Hifumi Shobō Web Novel Award" and has been greenlit for publication!

Scheduled for release on October 25, 2022.

This is the web version.

The book version features significant revisions and tens of thousands of additional words! ♪

Also published on Kakuyomu.