Kaede is an easy target for ridicule. He hasn't really done anything wrong, but his kindness and vulnerability have been taken advantage of to offend him and use him as a puppet.

Although, according to "there are no reasons", there are. Kaede is gay, something for which they obviously use it against him.

He has never been chosen, not even for teamwork, he always does everything alone.

What no one knew is that Kaede was madly in love with the boy everyone knew as moody and problematic, yes, a great contrast with his personality; still, that didn't stop Kaede's feelings from growing.

He liked watching him fall asleep in class, the way the strands of his hair fell over his eyes and his calm sleeping figure.

Until Valentine's Day, Kaede took courage and declared his love for him. Obviously, Kaede knew that deep down in his heart he was expecting a rejection, but... for the first time, just once... he wanted to be chosen.

—Please... choose me.

The brown-haired boy played with his fingers nervously while trying to hold back his tears.

—Nobody ever chooses me.

He raised his gaze to the boy, who looked at him with disbelief and some confusion.

—Please... accept my version of love.