

She, too, is quiet and withdrawn in their house, quite unlike at school. Yet he cannot bring up the nerve to talk to her even in his own home.

Having an artistic tendency, he makes watercolours of her and thinks about wishing to ease her tears. She is popular and well liked, always smiles, is talented in sports- but Shinichiro knows there must be tears inside her. Her father was a close friend of the family, and when he died they immediately took her in. A well liked girl in school named Hiromi has lived in his house for a year along with his family. Shinichiro is a student living in what would be a dream come true for most high school boys, but for him is mostly a frustration.
