A Butterfly Flapping Its Wings (A Pebble In A Pond)

A single flap of a butterfly wing can cause a hurricane on the other side of the world. Just as a pebble dropped in a pond spread ripples across the water. One small step can change everything.

When Gunji Akira decides to head home, forsaking any chance of getting the next volume of his manga that day, he boards an earlier train home. Missing his chances of meeting his future partner.

The next few days go a bit more differently, Akira makes it to his job interview despite the ruckus in the train cart beside him. Everything seems to be going well, he's made one friend at school, despite Tokitou overwhelming brightness. He got a job at a newly opened cafe and might join a club soon.

Life was going just as he planned, right before the black-haired boy who came in made eye-contact with him and rippled everything with two words.

"You're ...... Alive?"