████████ 𝐀𝐒𝐇 𝐊𝐄𝐓𝐂𝐇𝐔𝐌 𝐗 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐑 𝑨 𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒍 𝒈𝒊𝒓𝒍 , 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒔𝒐 𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒍 𝒃𝒐𝒚. 𝑶𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒖𝒏 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆. 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒐𝒏? 𝑳.𝑶.𝑽.𝑬. ▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃ ⭐༄ ‧₊ 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐃 || 29.12.2019 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐒 || 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐃 || 18.03.2020 𝐂𝐎𝐏𝐘𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐎𝐅 || ©𝐝-𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐯 2019, ©𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞_𝐚𝐱𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚_𝐭𝐡𝐲𝐦𝐞 2019

████████ 𝐀𝐒𝐇 𝐊𝐄𝐓𝐂𝐇𝐔𝐌 𝐗 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐑 𝐎𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐓𝐒 𝑴𝒆𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒊𝒂 (𝒏.) 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒋𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏𝒆'𝒔 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅 , 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 , 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 , 𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆. " 𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 , 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖 " ▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃ ⭐༄ ‧₊ 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐃 || 06.08.2020 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐒 || 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐃 || 23.02.2021 𝐂𝐎𝐏𝐘𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐎𝐅 || ©𝐝-𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐯 2020, 𝐝𝐬𝐜 ©𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚 , 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 ©𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐞 , 2021

████████ 𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐎𝐌 𝑱𝒂𝒚𝒖𝒔 (𝒏.) 𝒂 𝒋𝒐𝒌𝒆 𝒔𝒐 𝒖𝒏𝒇𝒖𝒏𝒏𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒐𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏'𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒍𝒂𝒖𝒈𝒉. ▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃ ⭐༄ ‧₊ 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐃 || 30.08.2020 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐒 || 𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐃 || 𝐗𝐗.𝐗𝐗.𝐗𝐗𝐗𝐗 𝐂𝐎𝐏𝐘𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐎𝐅 || ©©𝐝-𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐯 2020

████████ 𝐂𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒 , 𝐃𝐑𝐀𝐖𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒈𝒊𝒇𝒕𝒔? 𝑹𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕? ▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃ ⭐༄ ‧₊ 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐃 || 26.05.2020 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐒 || 𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐃 || 𝐗𝐗.𝐗𝐗.𝐗𝐗𝐗𝐗 𝐂𝐎𝐏𝐘𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐎𝐅 || ©𝐝-𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐯 2020

Perhaps the most unlikely pairings can become more than friends... After all, clashing personalities still have hope. "Sometimes," sighed Rukase. "I wonder if I should keep loving Setsuna. Our personalities contrast so much. Then there are days I know I should. Whether she feels the same or she doesn't, I just hope she knows I want her to be happy, no matter what." "Don't you think you're just being a bit too hopeful?" "No. Hope can only bring me so far, but it still springs passion and dedication. It springs eternally, however blindly it may do so." -Rukase to Anabel, The Prelude of Us ©hisareyoko2021 Everything except pictures (not counting design) and cover in this book is owned by me.

████████ 𝐀𝐒𝐇 𝐊𝐄𝐓𝐂𝐇𝐔𝐌 𝐗 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐑 𝑲𝒊𝒔𝒎𝒆𝒕 (𝒂𝒅𝒋.) 𝒇𝒂𝒕𝒆; 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒚. ▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃ ⭐༄ ‧₊ 𝗜𝗡 𝗪𝗛𝗜𝗖𝗛 . . . ⁀➷ 𝐼 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑒, 𝑤𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑡𝒉𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑒. ꒷꒥ 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐃 || 29.04.2020 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐒 || 𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐃 || 𝐗𝐗.𝐗𝐗.𝐗𝐗𝐗𝐗 𝐂𝐎𝐏𝐘𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐎𝐅 || ©𝐝-𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐯 2020 , 𝐝𝐬𝐜 ©𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚 , 2020 𝐀𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒 || 𝟏 𝒊𝒏 #𝒑𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒙𝒚𝒛 - 𝟑𝟏.𝟎𝟓.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝟏𝟕.𝟎𝟕.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎 𝟐 𝒊𝒏 #𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒙𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓 - 𝟏𝟏.𝟎𝟕.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎 𝟐 𝒊𝒏 # 𝒑𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒙𝒚 - 𝟏𝟕.𝟎𝟕.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎 𝟑 𝒊𝒏 # 𝒆𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 - 𝟏𝟕.𝟎𝟕.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎 𝟐 𝒊𝒏 #𝒆𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 - 𝟐𝟏.𝟎𝟕.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎

████████ 𝐀𝐒𝐇 𝐊𝐄𝐓𝐂𝐇𝐔𝐌 𝐗 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐑 𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐒 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 [𝑵𝒂𝒎𝒆] 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑨𝒔𝒉 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝑺𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒂 𝒊𝒔 𝒋𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒚. ▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃ ⭐༄ ‧₊ 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐃 || 05.07.2020 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐒 || 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐃 || 24.12.2020 𝐂𝐎𝐏𝐘𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐎𝐅 || ©𝐝-𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐯 2020

████████ 𝐀𝐒𝐇 𝐊𝐄𝐓𝐂𝐇𝐔𝐌 𝐗 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐑 𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐒 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 [𝑵𝒂𝒎𝒆] 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑨𝒔𝒉 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝑺𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒂 𝒊𝒔 𝒋𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒚. ▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃ ⭐༄ ‧₊ 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐃 || 25.12.2020 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐒 || 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐃 || 29.03.2021 𝐂𝐎𝐏𝐘𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐎𝐅 || ©𝐝-𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐯 2020