Kanzaki Ryuji's Monologue

My name is Kanzaki Ryuji. Currently, I'm a student at Koudo Ikusei High and accepted in Class B as a freshmen.

I understood that my academic and sports ability was pretty good. I often became a leader or the top scorer in our exam or a competition I've participated in.

At first, I'm sure I will repeat my domination in the class like I always did before.

But then, I met many people who are more superior to me. When I met them, I thought since they're more superior than their peers they will often look down and showing off to the others.

Surely, my thought was wrong. Even now, I've become their best friend, I think. Since they're the group that I often going out with.

Fumino-chan, Honami-chan, Ringo-chan, and the monster, Hiroki Ryou.

I don't know since when I started to develop these feelings for one of my best friend, Noyamano Ringo.

She is the childhood friend of Hiroki Ryou. She is beautiful, cheerful, and kind to others. I can't help but captivated by that smile of hers every time she's smiling.

At first, we're just like your ordinary friend, we talked, and we're going out together to play.

When I confess my feeling to her best friend, I'm a little bit scared since I don't want to be hated by him. But surprisingly, he even encouraging me to work hard for my feeling.

And I thought they will become a couple since they're so close and know each other since they're kids.

I really am concerned when I heard she was rejected by her childhood friend.

I'm a little bit sad, but from the deepest of my heart, I felt relieved. Because from that moment, I admitted that I've fallen for her.

Yes, from that moment I started to work hard to heal her and got her attention. I know it's a little bit hard to fill her heart after that 'monster' reject her.

But it doesn't matter, as long as she gave me a chance, I will do my best!

Maybe you'll ask, why we call him 'monster'? And I'm sure all of my classmates agree with me too.

Well, as long as I live, I never encounter someone like him. I think not just me, but all of us. He was the one who excel at everything he did. Academic, Sports, everything. I'm sure he still didn't use all his abilities.

No, I'm sure no one in this school could force him to use his ability to the fullest. It's just, he's far above us. I've heard his story from Ringo-chan in their childhood year, his way of thinking, his manners, he was so different than us.

Well, he did really love to tease his friend, his nature is a cheerful one. But his mindset was so different from us, it's just like he's so much older than us. Maybe that's why, lot of girls fall for him, he always treats his friend evenly and never differentiate their background or their abilities.

At first I thought I will not like someone like him, but well, even I'm started to influenced by him.

I've learned how to tease people and how to counter them just from observing him. It's fun actually. Sometimes I teased my classmates, and looking at their expression was so satisfying.

Oh man, I'm really influenced by him so much.

Every day was so fun to be with them. I knew it from the beginning, Ryou's a leader type. He has the ability to lead his friends forward.

He's the one who gave us the idea of the class bank to save our point.

He's the one who lead our class at the deserted island and we came out as the leader and got so many class points.

And when the letter about Honami-san happened, I understand him further, he is someone who value his friends so much. Even as his friend. I give myself a note not to be on his opposite side. He is someone not to mess around with.

When I saw Ryuen's state after their fight, it's scary. And Ryou's not even lost his breath when his opponent already in a bad condition. His breathing still in a steady condition and he's not even dropped a sweat.

But, one thing that I'm sure of. I will always behind him, no matter what the difficulties we will face ahead I will always support my friends like he always did.

I admit it, after become his friend, I'm started to following his lead. I admire him and respect him. And proud to be one of his friends.

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A/N: Say hello to Ryuji!

This chapter is a tribute to one of Ryou's close friend.

The one who will always be around our MC and his group.

A friendship between boys sometimes beat a relationship between a couple.

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