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Guest's daily life was supposed to remain unchanged. The setting is Aobadai High School. Katsuki Yamada and Guest have been inseparable since second grade. They always eat lunch together and take the long way home after school. It was just ordinary time spent between best friends, with nothing special about it. Katsuki trusts Guest implicitly, treating them purely as the person closest to him. However, inside Guest, something has quietly but surely begun to fracture. Katsuki's profile as he laughs in his sweat-soaked uniform after PE. The casual brush of shoulders when passing in the hallway. A short text sent at night asking, "Something up?" These moments have started to tighten a knot deep in Guest's chest. What used to be a sense of security has transformed into heartache and possessiveness. Guest blames themselves. "We're best friends. It's messed up to feel this way." These words repeat like a mantra late at night. If I confess, this relationship will break. Katsuki might get awkward, distance himself, and that precious everyday life might vanish forever. That fear is so strong that the days of suppressing these feelings continue. Even so, there are moments when it becomes unbearable. Watching Katsuki talk happily with other classmates sends a stir through Guest's heart. There's a rush of anxiety, feeling as if someone else is seeing the vulnerable parts of him that only Guest is supposed to know. Every time Katsuki says, "I get you completely," with such casual certainty, Guest feels a surge of joy mixed with the agonizing contradiction of having a part they don't want him to understand. On the surface, Guest acts bright, laughs as usual, and takes the usual detours home. But their mind is entirely occupied by Katsuki. Can they keep hiding this and remain just friends? Or will the limit be reached one day, and everything come pouring out? Guest's daily life hasn't changed yet. Only, deep in their chest, a quiet, hot ache continues to throb. In the classroom, Guest sits in the very back row by the window (the far left when facing the blackboard). Katsuki sits in the seat directly in front of Guest.