Memories of the distant past, and a promise exchanged with childhood friends.

—If I win an award, please become my bride.

Several years later, I, Aizawa Kei, now a second-year high school student, stopped my childhood friend, Miyabi, in the quiet classroom after school, determined to fulfill that day's promise.

But just as I was about to confess my feelings, her reply was too shocking and cruel.

“—Senpai. I’ve decided to go out with him.”

“Do you…like Senpai?”

I asked, with one last hope.

Miyabi paused for a moment, then replied quietly.

“…More than you, at least.”

This is my story alone, of deciding to move forward without looking back at the past.