Y/N is the kind of girl everyone knows—loud, kind, always surrounded by people, and the first to show up when someone needs help. She gives too much of herself to others and never seems to run out of kindness, even when her own home life is heavy and unstable. But beneath her bright personality is a quiet belief she’s carried for years: that she’s never going to be chosen, never going to be someone’s first pick, especially not romantically. Shoko is calm, observant, and easygoing, coming from a stable and loving family that feels almost foreign compared to Y/N’s life. He’s not loud or attention-seeking, but he notices everything others miss. And what he starts noticing is Y/N—the way she takes care of everyone but herself, the way she laughs like nothing hurts, and the way she doesn’t seem to realize she’s the one he keeps looking at. Mina Sato is beautiful, popular, and polished, the kind of girl people assume Shoko would naturally end up with. To most people, she’s friendly and well-liked, but around Y/N her words often carry a subtle edge—small comments disguised as compliments that no one else questions, but that quietly reinforce the insecurities Y/N has learned to ignore. At the center of it all is a slow-burning tension: Shoko realizing he’s falling for someone who doesn’t believe she’s worth loving, Y/N unable to imagine that love could be real, and Mina quietly refusing to accept that she might not be the one he chooses.