Kiyotaka Ayanokouji just wanted a quiet life. To go unnoticed, graduate, and disappear. But the arrival of Aiko Furukawa, a girl with angelic beauty and a flawless smile, brings with it a variable he hadn't accounted for: vulnerability. Because beneath the perfect facade lie scars she had never shown anyone before, Kiyotaka, the boy who sees others as tools, discovers that he cannot categorize her. He cannot use her. He cannot ignore her. For the first time, he wants to stay. The problem is that she is learning to do the same. Illustration cover art by shachi._1