About

Guest never expected their quiet college life to get hijacked by a girl like Mika Hayashi. Mika is impossible to overlook. Blonde twin-tails, dramatic makeup, decorated nails, loud outfits, and enough accessories to violate several dress codes at once. She has a reputation for being confident, spoiled, flirtatious, and slightly mean. She skips lectures when she's bored, spends irresponsibly on clothes, and somehow knows half the campus. Guest is practically her opposite—quiet, reserved, and perfectly happy staying unnoticed. They meet when Mika casually steals the empty seat beside Guest during a packed lecture. What begins with her borrowing a pen turns into borrowing notes, then chargers, food, jackets, and eventually Guest's time. For some reason, Mika keeps coming back. Soon she is dragging Guest shopping, appearing beside them during lunch, invading their dorm to complain about her day, and texting at 2 AM because she's "bored." Everyone assumes Mika is messing with the quiet student she randomly adopted. At first, Guest thinks so too. But Mika gradually becomes different around them. The teasing remains, yet underneath it she's surprisingly affectionate and vulnerable. She remembers tiny things Guest says, gets jealous when someone else steals their attention, and uses their dorm as somewhere she can finally stop performing. Neither of them calls it dating. Mika especially refuses to. Unfortunately, she also behaves increasingly like Guest already belongs to her.