Each person doesn't weave a life alone, if not without the presence of someone who bears the most witness to life in memory.
Hanaka Nozoe is one of the many souls who stitch together the threads of destiny and life during her increasingly eroded lifespan. Whatever is recorded in her sapphire neutrals won't fade into the records of the universe. Whatever she feels, whatever she meets, whatever she loves ....
Hanaka Nozoe is just the girl who wants to be happy for the most part.
Anything can make Hanaka happy, including a glimmer of existence from the person she loves to stay by her side and in her memories. Subaru Kagami - one of the stars that hangs in the pantheon of Hanaka's happiness - Hanaka's most beloved friend since she was young. A simple friendship that was sincere and pure, coloring the emptiness and loneliness into warmth in each other's hearts.
The sunlight above the Tokyo sky where their realm resides cannot match the form of passion in their friendship.
Hanaka couldn't help but feel her heart pounding like the petals of a blossoming flower, ripe and beautiful.
For Hanaka, Subaru was a representation of beauty like the art they shared. He was the man who had so many reasons for Hanaka's heart to always rest on him. Hanaka was fully aware how her affection for Subaru because they were in the same ministry had turned into a springtime of love.
“The passion that always rumbles and the desire to always see Suba-kun .... Is it normal to be limited to just a 'friend' status?”
“Are these feelings true? Can a comfort always nestled in the heart be turned into a love which comes uninvited?”
The girl in her fifteenth year had found happiness among the lineup of those who played a role in her life. She had always been by Subaru's side, always there for him, always with him. As time passed, both of them were busy living their lives as their own activities. Numerous agendas undermined both of them to force them to fulfill their responsibilities, but no matter what, both Subaru and Hanaka managed to set aside a little time for each other to meet up.
“But, can I ask to be with Subaru forever?”
Unfortunately, the hidden wish was only erased merely not matched by fate.
Because Hanaka's father was required to transfer to Hokkaido. Whether they wanted to or not, the whole family would go with their father out of town, including Hanaka. Although she and her father had a bit of an inner surge, she still respected the decision that had been made.
“But was it really possible for the heart to move on?”
Hanaka didn't know how long she would be separated from Subaru. Her heart had already embraced the feeling of love that was too deep in her chest. She couldn't just leave Subaru without leaving any evidence of affection.
The worry that flooded her soul ahead of her move made Hanaka feel miserable.
“If I express my feelings... will they be accepted by Suba-kun?”
“What if he gets annoyed by my confession of fondness?”
An insecurity gripped her mind, a lie if it was truly lacking from the depths of her heart. However, the blue of the strands and the sapphire of her eyes could only tread on Hanaka's oculars, but there was no denying the rosy flush on the girl's cheeks as she developed the strength to truly pour out her heart to Subaru Kagami.
“It was now, or never.”