Haru seemed to be simply grumbling at her, perhaps just the kind of mutual teasing between friends. Yet when Sakiko lowered her head and obediently admitted fault, he slipped a confession into his words, one stripped of any trace of romance.
As if he were afraid she might say it before he c...
2025-08-23 12:52:06 +0000 UTC View PostYamada Ryo lifted her eyes and stared blankly ahead. That slender, azure figure had already begun to fade into the distance.
There was no way she could actually do what Togawa Sakiko suggested, walking up and slapping her across the face.
Even though Ryo and Haru had already come to u...
2025-08-23 12:51:37 +0000 UTC View Post—Meanwhile, Togawa Sakiko—
After parting ways with Misumi Uika, she quickly tidied up the shop and, filled with determination, hurried toward the hospital address written on the slip of paper. Strands of azure hair swayed behind her ears with each step, and her heavy bo...
2025-08-22 14:11:03 +0000 UTC View PostOn the way from Haneoka to Rabbit House, Togawa Sakiko felt like crying more than once.
Why would someone like her deserve such kindness?
She was the one responsible for Haru's injuries and hospitalization. By all rights, Tomori should have scolded her harshly like Anon would, yet ins...
2025-08-22 14:10:39 +0000 UTC View PostWhy had she said such words?
The Nagasaki Soyo of the past had never been particularly generous. For someone with such a strong sense of possession, "monopoly" had always seemed reasonable. Even when she felt pity and guilt toward the sadness of other friends, she could only compromise to a...
2025-08-21 15:37:38 +0000 UTC View PostShould he call it a strange feeling?
When Haru heard from that slightly odd silver-haired doctor that his injuries were not serious, he immediately realized it was his skill, [Endurance Lv.5], that had worked wonders during the impact.
At the very moment of the collis...
2025-08-21 15:37:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe scene before her ripped away all of the girl's thoughts. Her legs, collapsed on the ground, felt as if shackled to heavy iron weights. No matter how hard she tried, they wouldn't move an inch.
In an instant, the colorful world turned black and white. Her wide eyes could only register th...
2025-08-20 13:28:39 +0000 UTC View PostHis gaze fell downward.
A lightness like drifting feathers brushed against his nerves. The girl's flushed cheeks betrayed a faint crimson, and no matter how hard she tried to restrain it, the joy in her heart spilled through. For most couples, this might have been the simplest kind of confe...
2025-08-20 13:28:16 +0000 UTC View PostUika was easy to fool.
Even when Haru casually tossed out a joke just to lighten the mood, she would believe it without hesitation. She was supposed to be a clever, quick-witted idol with enough social intelligence to handle anything, the kind of woman who should be sharp and hard to deceiv...
2025-08-19 12:16:10 +0000 UTC View PostFor Misumi Uika, going shopping with others was nothing special.
Even as a popular idol who often appeared on the big screen, she sometimes went out incognito with Sumita Mana, wandering the streets and enjoying those uniquely girlish pastimes. Such moments were essential for easing the cru...
2025-08-19 12:15:24 +0000 UTC View Post(Ost Rec: Hunter x Hunter OST - Theme of Kage & RASETSU)
He had moved.
The girl boarding the train could no longer recall how she had even gotten this far. She had rushed to Yokohama, to that ...
2025-08-18 12:10:08 +0000 UTC View Post"Eh? 'Good day'?"
Hearing Togawa Sakiko's naturally elegant words slip out so suddenly, Chihaya Anon almost thought she had misheard. That abrupt change in Sakiko's manner of speech left her slightly dazed, but she quickly stopped paying attention to it.
Blinking as she came back to h...
2025-08-18 12:09:26 +0000 UTC View PostThe sweet dream… suddenly vanished...
Sitting on the soft cotton futon, the girl stared blankly ahead. When she came to her senses, the worn curtains beside her were already glowing with the light of morning, the reflected shimmer intertwining with the brilliance of her amber eyes.
...
2025-08-17 13:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post[In just three short years of high school, you relied on your ever-improving piano skills to dominate competitions of all sizes, taking the top spot with overwhelming superiority. Your display of musical talent earned you a constant stream of awards.]
[Finally, at age eighteen, upon graduat...
2025-08-17 13:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post[Perhaps it was because you often worked together on revising plans late into the night, or perhaps it was because you had long been used to pulling all-nighters on the studio floor, but this so-called "living together" felt so natural to both of you that neither side found it surprising.]
...
2025-08-16 13:01:12 +0000 UTC View Post"Wha—?!"
The blue-haired girl lying on the bed jolted awake, her eyes snapping open as if from a nightmare. Sitting up on the soft, pure-white bedding, she gasped in small, rapid breaths. The scene around her was no longer the café, and that voice by her ear, words that had felt like a c...
2025-08-16 13:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post[You decide to prioritize handling the café's business]
Faced with this sudden choice, Haru immediately snapped back to attention. The two options that had just appeared were clearly a "special choice" that required an immediate decision. Not only that, but this one could ...
2025-08-15 13:36:39 +0000 UTC View Post"What are you talking about…"
Facing the short-haired gray girl before her, fierce and utterly unlike the image in her mind, Sakiko, already feeling guilty, suddenly found herself at a loss for words.
She had believed she could stay calm no matter how drastically someone's personali...
2025-08-15 13:36:17 +0000 UTC View Post[Simulation End]
As expected, the third simulation had once again reached a failed conclusion.
Sitting at his desk, Haru merely closed his eyes to rest.
Even if the fragments of memory from three consecutive failed simulations weren't overwhelming, they still...
Completely frozen.
The moment she heard the girl's name, Togawa Sakiko suddenly recalled a certain "chance encounter."
It was back when she was at Shiba Seki Ramen, and happened to run into two girls from Kessoku Band.
One of them was a pink-haired girl named Go...
2025-08-14 13:35:01 +0000 UTC View Post[You notice that Chihaya Anon seems somewhat different today compared to usual. You are certain you never told her about the café, yet she somehow found you, as if she could locate you with precision.]
[But when you ask her how she knew, Chihaya Anon simply takes your left hand firmly.] 2025-08-13 13:55:24 +0000 UTC View Post
She said it.
Togawa Sakiko had never imagined that one day she would speak such blunt words so directly.
But the moment she heard Haru's voice, she lost all ability to remain calm. Thrown into such a bizarre situation, even she couldn't keep her composure. Yet if Haru was by her side,...
2025-08-13 13:54:58 +0000 UTC View PostIt did not take long for him to get home from the café.
Normally, he would be on the sofa with Little Wooden Doll in his arms, watching TV. But today, the strange hunch brought on by the "simulation" lingered in his mind, making Haru focus all his attention on it first.
He went to hi...
2025-08-12 16:01:15 +0000 UTC View PostHaru was not sure if this woman had planned everything in advance, or if she simply decided to settle for second best after hearing him say they could not have dinner together.
She acted as though she had already confirmed the exact location of the café, and in the blink of an eye she led ...
2025-08-12 16:00:55 +0000 UTC View PostHumans are creatures who always want the freedom to stay in bed.
If they know they have to get ready for school or work soon, this sense of complete relaxation is quickly suppressed. But on a lazy holiday, it might be unleashed entirely, with even a short thirty-minute nap stretching on wit...
2025-08-11 13:46:00 +0000 UTC View Post[Soyo: Thank you, Mutsumi, for agreeing to meet. How about 1 p.m. at MAMECOCORO Café?]
[Mutsumi: Sure]
The glowing phone screen gradually dimmed.
"I really am so stupid."
The girl collapsed on the bed, her face pale and weary, a sudden st...
2025-08-11 13:45:40 +0000 UTC View PostThe sky was dyed red by the evening glow, layers of clouds rolling like fire. The shops along the shopping street began to light up their neon signs, announcing they were open for business. Restaurants preparing for dinner started bustling again to welcome the evening crowd.
Office workers,...
2025-08-10 14:38:16 +0000 UTC View PostThe glow of the phone screen slowly faded, and the blonde girl leaning against the lounge sofa closed her eyes.
"Ui-chan, Ui-chan! We're lucky there's no work this afternoon. How about coming shopping with me?"
The lively, playful voice drifted into her ears, making Uika slowly open t...
2025-08-10 14:37:51 +0000 UTC View Post"No…"
Tears streaming down her face, Soyo slowly released Haru's left hand. It was as if she sensed that the boy before her was about to say those words. She stood up with deliberate slowness, the fierce fear and stabbing pain in her chest sending a sharp, indesc...
2025-08-09 15:59:26 +0000 UTC View PostGradually leaving behind the bustling crowd near Moon Forest street, the girl wandered toward the streets around Ikebukuro Station.
The further Mutsumi walked toward Ikebukuro, the colder Soyo felt as she followed far behind.
She had only been here yesterday. If they crossed the main ...
2025-08-09 15:59:05 +0000 UTC View Post