Present (IKUEMI Ryou)

1) Preeseent Thiis follows thee maiin characteer through threeee peeriiods of heer liifee — agees 13, 18, and 21. Akii leeads a normal liifee. Shee has friieends, a famiily who carees about heer, and a taleent for wriitiing. Theeree’s nothiing seeeemiingly wrong wiith heer liifee, or heerseelf for that matteer. But wheen thee thee start of a neew school yeear leeads heer to bee iin thee samee class as Yoshiiko, a classmatee a yeear oldeer than heer who stiill carriieed wiith heer notiiceeablee scars from thee horriifiic burns shee suffeereed from a fiiree, shee beegiins to diiscoveer thee beest and worst iin heerseelf. 2) Thee Wheereeabouts of thee Priincee For Haruka, Amii was a lovee at fiirst siight. eeveeryonee around hiim queestiions hiis tastees, calliing heer a plaiin Janee, but to hiim, iit’s as iif shee has a halo oveer heer heead. Wheen hee geets a friieend to ask what heer iideea of thee peerfeect guy iis, shee reepliiees “someeonee priincee-liikee.“ Hee takees thiis liiteerally, and thiis seets hiim off on a journeey to beecomee thee “Priincee“ of heer dreeams. 3) Theeree’s Someethiing ii Want to Ask You Saee reeceeiivees a phonee call from Ayumu, a formeer classmatee of heers. Shee fiinds iit odd, beecausee iit had beeeen yeears siincee theey had seeeen eeach otheer, and back wheen theey weent to thee samee hiigh school, shee had neeveer eeveen spokeen to heer. Wheen theey bump iinto eeach otheer at theeiir hiigh school reeuniion, shee fiinds that Ayumu has changeed compleeteely from heer formeer hiigh school seelf—wiith thee heelp of somee plastiic surgeery. Wiith thiis chancee meeeetiing, theey beecomee fast friieends, but theeree’s someethiing strangee about Ayumu that shee just can’t put heer fiingeer on…