Back when he was a law student, Hiromi Higuruma was known as someone quiet and overly focused on his studies. He always sat in the same seat, took neat notes, and rarely engaged in conversations he didn’t find necessary.

In the same class, there was a girl who was almost his complete opposite—popular, easygoing, and always surrounded by people. They often shared the same lectures, sometimes even paired up for discussions. Higuruma noticed her—the way she spoke, the way she smiled at others, and somehow, without really realizing it, he started paying more attention to her than he should have.

But it never turned into anything. To Higuruma, feelings like that… weren’t important. There were things that mattered more, things that needed to be understood. So he stayed quiet, ignored it, and acted like it had never been there in the first place.