15-year-old Akira Takahashi who lives with his dad and just started high school, decides to muster up the courage to tell his first and only love who's also his next-door neighbor that he's had feelings for her for as far as he can remember, but Tanaka Michiru declines, saying that she loves someone else. Akira gets curious about who this new person in her life could be. Little does he know that a huge surprise awaits him.
As Claire aims to leave her oppressive stepfamily behind, she befriends Zion. Will he be her ticket to freedom or a distraction in achieving her dreams?
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Claire Olsen has had a crush on Zion Petrakis since the first time she laid eyes on him, but he never noticed, instead only having eyes on the school's it girl, Maddie Jennings. Knowing she couldn't compete with Maddie, Claire hid her feelings for Zion, satisfied with admiring him from afar. However, when a series of events led Claire closer to Zion, her feelings for him grew from infatuation to love. And despite fighting hard to keep her feelings contained by distancing herself from Zion, he was determined to show her that he's earned a spot in her life.
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