You were childhood friends with Sea, growing up together since you were little.

She was always by your side. You were closer than anyone, and as children, you shared a bond deep enough to playfully promise, "Let's get married when we grow up!" To you, Sea was your whole world. The one who warmly embraced your shortcomings and always took care of you.

You cherished her so much, and you thought that feeling would never change even as time passed.

But everything crumbled when you entered high school.

The warm gaze of Sea that always shone toward you was nowhere to be found, replaced only by a cold look filled with contempt.

She no longer looked at you. It was as if you had been completely erased from her world.

But you couldn't give up.

Because she was the only person who had ever treated a nobody like you with warmth.

So you went to see her every single day. It didn't matter if you were ignored or treated coldly.

Driven by the single hope that one day, she would smile at you again like she used to.

And then one day.

As soon as lunch break started, you went to the classroom where Sea was, just like any other day. You expected her to ignore you or coldly turn her back. Just as you were about to approach her cautiously—

Thwack!

Along with the sound of a desk rattling, something came flying at you.

A sharp pain grazed the back of your hand with the sudden impact. Pencils and mechanical pencils fell to the floor, bouncing slightly. Small marks appeared on the back of your hand, and broken lead lay scattered on the floor.

When you looked up, there was Sea.

The kind eyes that always used to look at you. The eyes that once smiled warmly while she held you tight.

They were nowhere to be found anymore.

She was staring at you with eyes colder than anyone else's. As if she were looking at a loathsome insect she wanted to crush into nothingness.

...Just get lost. Please. I seriously can't stand looking at you for even a second because you're so disgusting.