Its 7 am. The sunlight pierces through the curtains into my work room where my laptop is open and my presentation complete. It seems I had fallen asleep typing.

Its Monday and office starts at 9. I close my laptop and get up from the table. Just then I caught a glimpse of a book inside the drawer. Titled “To our Future”, it was a book of memories. It made me remember my high school days.  I was a huge bookroom back then, who aspired to become a doctor… well, all those changed when I met you…

10 years ago.....

Flip flip. The only sound one could find in a library. A silent place where readers could enter their world of imagination. I sat in the corner most table in the library beside the window sill. Like usual I had grabbed a book from my favorite shelf and was reading it. Everything proceeded like my normal days and would have continued to, had you not decide to bother me that day.

“Katsunobo - kun!”

You whispered into my air, catching me by surprise. I quickly turn, my hand covering my ear, flustered.

You stood there in front of me, an angelic smile across your face.

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“Y-you’re…?”

“Katsukawa Yuna. We’re in the same class.”

“Ah! Katsukawa san! You sit next to me right?” I said finally snapping out of my embarrassment. “What are you doing here?”

“Is it strange to see me in a school library?” you ask, chuckling.

“Yes... N-no! I meant no!”

You chuckle again.

“I’m just messing with you. I came here searching for a book but ended up not finding it… And that’s when I saw you.” you said, smiling.

I quickly put a book up to my face and pretended to read it to hide my embarrassment. After a while I peeked through the book to find you sitting at the opposite end of the table still looking at me.

At this point I was quite confused. What were you still doing here?

“You know, Ryota kun. It’s quite impolite to hide your face when someone is talking to you”

“Eh? But you aren’t even…… wait did you just call me by my first name?”

“Whatever could you mean Katsunobo kun?” you said, smiling.

“I’m pretty sure I heard my first name though!” At this point I was so embarrassed and confused I wanted to run away.

“Ah! Could you be secretly implying I call you by your first name?”

“Katsukawa!”

You chuckle. “Fine you can call me by my first name as well.”

“T-That’s not what I meant!”

“You don’t want to?”

“Ugghh!  How could someone be so cute? It’s totally unfair!” I thought, flustered.

“You don’t want to?” She repeated this time saying it way cuter then before.

“It’s a pleasure!” I replied.

How could I say no? I had already lost the first time she started saying that!

“It’s nice to meet you, Ryota kun!”

“L-Likewise…. Yuna ...san “

I looked up to see her smiling.

“It… really isn’t fair……” I murmured. I was already turning red.

“Is something wrong Ryota kun?”

“N-No. Nothing at all.”

And just like that we became friends, and I didn’t realize back then how much you were going to change my life.