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“Nice to see you again, Ren,” she says with that smile that seemed to give him this strange uneasy feeling. Then again, this is practically how he feels every time girls come up to talk to him.

“Do I know you?” He asks, still maintaining that friendly vibe he always has when talking to anyone. Something tells him he knows her from somewhere, but for the life of him he can’t seem to remember.

She blinks, stares at him like he had just insulted her upfront. Then suddenly gave this awkward laugh, trying to mask how embarrassed she was. “Oh, that’s right, I didn’t have highlights then, being an honor student and all,” she shrugs, “it’s me, Christine. Chris for short.”

Then he remembered. She was their senior back in high school. She was beautiful, smart and incredibly kind. Everyone loved her.

Until Airi ruined the remaining days of her high school for getting close to him.