It Doesn't Really Matter, Anyway

"I've always been small, unimportant, and invisible."

Her name is Rie, short for Valerie, short for nobody-knows-I-exist, and she's just turned 18.
She's always been the shy and uncomfortable type who felt more at home in bookstores and coffee shops than bars and parties. (Or whatever the hell people her age are supposed to be into)

That is until an unsuspecting figure pushes her out of her comfort zone, unearthing a part of her she never thought existed, and a part of her she kept buried deep.