My Not -So Cute Kohai

I’ve always been the background character. The kind of guy who doesn’t stand out—quiet, average, forgettable. I didn’t mind. In fact, I preferred it that way. Life was simpler when you kept your head down and didn’t get involved. Go to school, go home, blend in.



That was until Koharu Minami barged into my life—loud, messy, annoyingly persistent... and definitely not cute. At least, that’s what I kept telling myself.



She’s a first-year transfer student with way too much energy and zero sense of personal space. For some reason, she’s taken an interest in me, the “NPC senpai” as she jokingly calls me. Whether it’s dragging me into weird club activities, forcing me to eat lunch with her under the sakura tree, or making me help her chase some bizarre dream she won’t tell anyone about—Koharu is chaos incarnate.



But somewhere between her absurd antics, awkward confessions, and unexpected vulnerability, I realized something terrifying:



I think I’ve fallen for her.



And maybe... just maybe... I don’t want to be a background character anymore.





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