Insomnia, depression and what's worse, he had absolutely no appetite. Things couldn't get any worse for him.

Yet when life had already made him hit rock-bottom, there was nothing left to lose anymore. Thrown into such situation, a young man who wasn't in the best mental condition, suddenly got nicknamed Midnight and found himself visiting the same girl over and over again every night in her backyard. The girl being the same one he had had a crush on years ago. 

The problem is... This girl has no idea who he is, nor did he have any intention to let her know. In such situation a question arises:

How do I make her like me back?

Midnight Smiles

---I felt like my heart was beating for the first time-03

Yet how unfortunate was she to encounter a stranger in the middle of the night two nights in a row? Yesterday she thought she would die and today… why was this guy back? Originally, she didn’t call the police in case her parents found out and forbid her to work during the night time in the backyard, but now Ryder was regretting it. The stranger from yesterday was back.

/"I wanted to apologize for last night./" Jake said. However, his eyes were glued to that half table with interest. He remembered back then when he caught Ryder trying to fix the drinking fountain in school. He also remembered how he wanted to talk to her, but thanks to Aiden he missed the chance. After that he couldn’t go to Ryder anymore and strike a conversation. Jake regretted it.

/"Apology accepted. You may leave now./"

Chapter6