Fukase was bored. He had no friends, no social life, and was dying to get a grip on some social interaction. A lot of students did try to befriend him, but he carelessly pushed them away as he thought they all would be fake.
One day, the touch-starved redhead decided to get a grip and start a group. He brainstormed for months on what he'd do. He wrote all his ideas in a growing Google Docs file. He bought snacks, decorations, and more. Even the head, Hatsune Miku offered to help him with what he was working with.
And finally, five months in, he opened it. The Meme Club.
It sounded like a cool idea in theory, but once it opened, he thought it started sounding lame.
He sat there in the warm clubroom, alone on his phone, until he heard a jingle.
"Uhm... I apologize if I walked in on anything important you were doing on your phone, but what does it take to join the club?"
It was Flower, one of Miku's good friends.
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It's the last year of high school, and everything has changed . . .
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After a summer spent in the Philippines, Lara Dela Cruz is eager to start her senior year and, most importantly, reunite with her three besties. But what she did not expect was to show up on the first day of school to all three of her friends now in relationships. Fighting for their attention, catching some new and confusing feelings for long-time frenemy James, and wading through the pressures of post-high-school plans all have Lara reeling. And to make matters worse, Lara's beautiful and untrustworthy cousin conveniently appears and wiggles her way right between her and James' budding relationship. Feeling like a third wheel in more ways than one, Lara must learn to accept that change is inevitable, love is complicated, and being the odd one out is sometimes where inner power is found.
[[Word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]
Cover design by Jill Caldwell
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