Episode 1: Prologue

Satsukawa Sara-senpai…

The Student Council Vice President of our school, who is called the Lonely Goddess.

Me, forced into solitude for a certain reason, and the Goddess, who chose to stand alone.

The relationship between her and me, which had been maintained with a strange sense of distance, was about to reach a turning point.

Honestly, how did things suddenly end up like this?

Since Senpai has never been conscious of love before, it’s only natural she’d be confused.

But if I was going to tell her anyway, I wanted to do it more slowly, more carefully.

Not with things moving this fast…

Senpai, having accidentally heard my true feelings, is blushing with embarrassment, yet she is still staring me straight in the eye.

「Takanashi-san, I don’t know if what I’m feeling is love. But if this is what people call love, then it’s with you and no one else… I want to fall in love with you. So…」

After saying that much, Sara-senpai gave me a radiant smile and…

「Fall in love… with me…」

And then…

She gave me her very best answer…

「Gyahahahaha!」

「The idiot actually showed up!!」

「Sorry, did we get your hopes up?」

「Poor thiiing~」

For some reason I’m being made a laughingstock, and I clench my fists.

…No… Don’t lash out here… Don’t repeat the past…

「Since he went through all the trouble of coming, just say it already.」

「Fine, fine… I’ve loved you since like, forever!!」

「Whoa, a shocking confession!」

「C’mon, give him an answer.」

These guys think I’m just going to stay quiet.

As if I would.

「Don’t mess…」

「You are doing something quite pathetic, aren’t you?」

!?

Startled by the voice that suddenly came from behind, I reflexively turned around.

Standing near the rooftop entrance was a single female student.

Who is it?

「I wonder why elementary schoolers have come to this high school?」

I’d vaguely noticed her from a distance, but seeing her as she slowly approaches, my surprise only grows.

Because it’s the first time in my life I’ve seen someone so beautiful…

Idols on TV or models in magazines don’t even come close. This person is an unbelievable beauty.

But… more than her looks, it’s her eyes that catch my attention.

She is directing a gaze at those idiots that is endlessly cold, like she’s looking down on them completely, or staring at a pile of trash.

Is she someone with a really harsh personality, perhaps?

Besides, this person looks familiar… Ah, I remember.

I saw her briefly at the school assembly the other day. She’s definitely the Student Council Vice President.

「Whoa, talk about lucky, being able to talk to her this close.」

「Huh? Elementary schoolers?」

「No, wait, what are you talking about, Satsukawa-senpai?」

「…How annoying. That’s enough. Unless there is a special reason, the rooftop is off-limits to students. Return to your classroom, now.」

「Okay, we’ll be careful~」

「Hey, let’s go.」

「Ehhh, just a little more talk…」

「Just move!」

Receiving a warning from the Vice President, the idiots head back without any real resistance.

They filed out together, heading straight through the rooftop door.

And just like that, the only ones left here are her and me.

「You go back, too.」

「Yes, sorry…」

Warned in a tone that somehow seemed a bit softer than the one she used on those guys, I leave the scene with a quick pace.

…This was the first encounter between the Student Council Vice President called the Lonely Goddess, Satsukawa Sara, and the lonely man, Takanashi Kazunari.