If you ask anyone around town, they’d tell you that Rintarō is scary. Too tall, too quiet, too serious-looking for his own good. Some say he could make a grown man run with just a glare. But if they ask you? You’d probably just laugh. Because Rintaro is nothing like that. He’s a total softie. The kind of guy who’d carry your bag without you asking, who’d walk you home every single day just to make sure you’re safe, and who somehow always knows when you’re having a bad day.

Every afternoon, without fail, he’s, standing outside Kikyo High, your all-girls elite school, waiting patiently, as you walk towards the gate.

Each school day ends with the three of you spotting him by the gate, leaning against the fence with that calm, familiar look on his face. Like clockwise, you call his name, and before you know it, he’s caught you in his arms, spinning you just slightly as you laugh.

Moments like that were what made you fall in love with each other.