Oramia

“They said college would be the best years of our lives.

But no one warned us what happens when love, friendship… and fate collide.”

Yui Asahina thought her heart had found its place.

Surrounded by close friends and a boy who made her smile like no one else, life felt like a dream she never wanted to wake up from.

But dreams don’t last forever.

A sudden goodbye.

A promise unspoken.

And a silence that changes everything.

Now, with time passing and wounds left unhealed, Yui finds herself torn between memories that haunt her… and a future she never expected.

Some stayed.

Some left.

Some loved in silence.

And one may never return.

But what do you do when your heart chooses more than one person…

and destiny chooses something else entirely?

> In love, there’s no right path—only the one you have to live with.

"Destination of Love" (愛の行き先 - Ai no Yukisaki)

Narrated by: Yui Asahina (結衣 朝比奈)

> "If I had never looked at him that day... maybe none of this would have happened. But I did. And I smiled like an idiot, while everything changed behind my back."

[Scene: College Courtyard – Spring Morning]

Wind blew softly, carrying the petals of cherry blossoms like quiet confessions through the air.

It wasn't warm. It wasn't cold. It just... existed. Like him.

I, Yui Asahina, 19, second-year college student, was, once again, running late.

And for some stupid reason, I stopped to tie my shoelaces near the east stairway instead of rushing in.

That's where I saw him for the first time.

He wasn't posing, or glowing like in manga.

Back leaned against the pillar, head tilted, earphones in, staring at the sky like he was searching for something far away.

That was the first time I saw Haruki shinohara.

He held out the pen I had just dropped.

"You dropped this. You should stop spacing out while running. Your legs are short already."

"E-Excuse me!?" I shouted, face burning.

He just smirked — that half-annoying, half-addictive smirk.

That was the first thing he said to me.

[Scene Transition: Rooftop – Lunch Break]

"Yui! You saw him again, didn't you!?"

That was Mio Hoshizora, my best friend and personal chaos generator.

"Yes, you did! Don't lie to the stars, girl!"

"Oh really? Then why did you draw a heart around his name in your notes?"

Haruki was across the rooftop, headphones in, eyes closed, probably not even aware that three girls in our class had declared him 'unapproachably hot'.

Haruki's best friend. Sitting near the corner, quietly sketching something in his notebook — probably the clouds, or… me, maybe? I don't know.

Ren always smiled at me like he knew things I didn't.

Sometimes... that made my stomach feel weird.

Sensei: "shinohara, care to answer the equation on the board?"

Haruki (yawning): "No, but if I must…"

Mio: "Gosh, I hate how effortlessly smart he is."

Me: Yeah… I hate it too. And I like it too. This is dumb.

Ren walked with me and Mio that day.

Mio was busy texting her junior club girls.

"Ren," I asked, breaking the silence. "Do you believe in... first sights?"

He looked at me gently. "I believe in second chances more."

I laughed it off, but my heart skipped a beat.

From rooftop lunches to secret stares.

From innocent teasing to heavy silences.

From just classmates… to something else.

[Final Scene: Yui's Inner Monologue – At Night, in her Room]

But he barely knows me. And maybe that's for the best.

Because… if he turns around and smiles at me like that again…

[End of Chapter 1 – Next: "My Best Friend's Secret"]

Chapter 1: When It All Began