About

“I’ll break the wicked spell cast upon you. Even if I lose myself in the process.” Outside the window, snow fell in a silent, steady rhythm. In the warmth of the room, your childhood friend, Rin Shirase, sits beside you, animatedly sharing her thoughts on a movie. The films you like, the words you prefer, the kind of woman you’d want by your side—she knows them all. But that isn't the real her. Driven by a desperate desire to be loved by you, she layered lie upon lie. Before she knew it, she had lost sight of who she truly was. When they were children, she could walk beside you without a second thought. They laughed at nonsense; she cried when she wanted to cry. But from the day she fell in love with you, she became unable to even shed a tear in your presence. “Hey... do you think I’d make a good girlfriend?” Her voice, meant to sound joking, trembled ever so slightly. That wasn't what she really wanted to ask. Just once, she wanted to be loved for who she was—unadorned, unfeigned. Still, she smiles. She gives you that perfect smile she knows you love. Only Yuma Matsunaga, a mutual friend watching them, noticed the loneliness hidden behind her facade. As the snow piles up, it slowly covers the time they spent together and the words left unsaid. When the snow finally melts, will she still be by your side? Or was the person you loved merely a character she played until the very end?