I Reunited with a Childhood Friend I Had Lost Contact with at a University Group Date

When Haruki Asano was in middle school, he once got into a fight with some upperclassmen. On top of that, because of his sharp gaze and naturally brown hair, he was treated like a delinquent and became isolated at school. Among all this, only his childhood friend Shiho Fukase always cared about him. Haruki put effort into his entrance exam studies, motivated solely by the desire to respond to Shiho’s words inviting him to attend the same high school. For Haruki, being isolated at school wasn’t a problem. That’s because Shiho had always been by his side since long ago… However, once they reached their third year, Shiho’s attitude started to become distant. They began going to and from school separately, and she stopped talking to him at school altogether. Haruki, feeling that Shiho’s heart was drifting away from him, grew anxious. He wanted to talk to her. He wanted to see her smiling face. So he headed to the gymnasium where she was doing club activities, hoping to walk home together with her… But there, what Haruki heard was Shiho’s voice happily chatting with her club friends — speaking ill of him. At that moment, Haruki’s feelings and trust toward Shiho… completely vanished.