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At first glance, Kioshi Academy is just another ordinary high school, and Hikaru Saito is just another boy hopelessly in love. No matter how many times he confesses to the beautiful yet distant Sakura Hanabira, he is met with the same gentle rejection. His persistence feels almost comedic an honest, stubborn heart refusing to give up.
But Hanabira is not heartless.
Behind her calm refusals lies a past that shattered her trust. Wounded by memories she refuses to share, she keeps everyone at arm's length even someone as sincere as Saito. What begins as a lighthearted school romance slowly unravels into something far more fragile.
As Saito's hope begins to crack, a mysterious and manipulative girl, Reika Yamioka, offers him a chance to get closer to Hanabira, if he is willing to trust her. Desperate and blinded by love, Saito steps into a web he doesn't fully understand.
Because the one person who truly knows Hanabira's scars... is the one who caused them.
Yu Yoshikawa also known as Yutaro is her ex-boyfriend, the boy who hurt her the most. But he is far from ordinary. Haunted by trauma tied to a darkness deeper than high school drama, he struggles with fractured identities and buried secrets that threaten to resurface at any moment.
What started as a simple slice-of-life confession story transforms into a psychological descent filled with lies, guilt, manipulation, and sacrifice. Love is no longer just about courage it becomes a battle for emotional survival.
In a world where every heart hides a wound, one painful question remains:
"Who truly deserves that love?"