Chapter 1

Where am I?

What is this?

Why am I standing beside a cliff?

What is this? A dream?

Fine it is a dream, after all, let's just explore it.

As he is walking he saw a tall grass around the direction he is looking upon.

He tried to touch the grasses and it feels natural.

"What? It feels too natural. I know I'm just dreaming. But it feels too real. I never had a dream like this before."

Suddenly. He felt something around.

"What is that? Show yourself!"

Suddenly a lion appeared and leaped out to him with its mouth wide open towards his head.

"Waaaahhhhh!!!!!!"

"Hey, Takao! What's the matter?"

"I'm sorry. Just a bad dream mom."

"Oh, yeah. Go now to shower and have your breakfast. You will be late for school."

"Oh. You came to wake me up?"

"Yeah."

"Thank you, mom. But I'm no longer a kid. I am already 16."

"Well. I'm sorry about that. It's just that you are taking a few minutes more in bed than usual so I came to wake you up.

"It's fine. Well. I'll go to shower then eat."

He then left the room and straight headed to the bathroom. His shower doesn't take much time. And so after it he then proceeds to eat his breakfast. Which is miso soup?

Their family is sadly poor. But he is currently in an exclusive private school. He is enrolled there through a scholarship. Which he got before getting to senior high school. All his classmates are of course. Rich peoples.

"I'm going out!"

"Alright, take care!"

It is currently 8:25 AM. His school is just a few blocks away and on his bike he always drove every day to go and back from school.

As he is currently driving through the streets on his bike. He saw somebody. It is his love interest. Also his childhood friend. Aki.

Who's being droved to their school. They had been friends since they are 6 years old. That started avoiding him when they entered junior high which makes him sad so much since she is the only person he had fallen for even until now.

She is his neighbor who's just a few houses away from their house. Their house is just small. Which they inherited way back from his deceased grandfather.

But even though they are experiencing poverty. They are still together and manages to be happy as a family.

Takao has a decently attractive face and there are already some girls who had confessed to him. But he can't choose to have a girlfriend yet besides that he is currently loving a girl who's not gonna be his. But also he can't apparently give the things his girlfriend will need. So he just chose not to.

He is always top 1 in the entire class. And always an honor student so he can afford to be in an exclusive school since junior high. But there is a problem with him.

He is an introvert. He can't really hang out and talk to other people. Which lead to him being bullied. Though he is not harmed. People are always judging him. Like calling him a "Weirdo" and other things as he really never interacted with somebody.

He does things his own and only can be talked to when there are group activities. He actually has no friends at all. All he does is just always sitting somewhere in school when he had nothing to do.

He is doing baseball. But he is not that active so they chose to put him as a reserve member but he is actually good at it. Being a catcher and power hitter. He is actually a member of the main roster but since he is not that active as he used to be. He is then placed as a reserve player.

Finally he reached the main gate and proceeds to go inside and parked his bike and locked it.

He then walked inside the building towards the hallway. Which then he found his classroom. But before he entered.

15 minutes before it starts. As he looked on his watch.

He decided to grab a quick snack at the cafeteria.

He just bought a juice and some potato chips which are his favorites.

After eating it. He then looked at his watch once again.

"4 minutes."

He decided to then go back. And when he got back. A few moments later their first teacher arrives. Which is a science. After this subject will be another subject. Then they will proceed to wear their gym uniforms

Now it is physical education. They had to run a few laps to exercise their bodies.

After which then is lunch. It is currently 11:50 AM as he looks on his watch.

He is eating lunch using his own money from his part-time job which is a great help for his family so that he won't give his parents more burden. He bought an order of udon and took out his homemade riceballs. Surprisingly. His cooking is so delicious than that of his mother. But he doesn't frequently cook despite being talented in it as it is handled always by his mother. But he does when there are chances he had to.

He is currently sitting on a table where despite it is for 4 peoples. Nobody approached him and asked to share seats. He ate as he watched his love interest talking with her friends while she's smiling. Of course it is currently impossible for him to have her. She is rich after all. While is while he is the top 1 since he is in elementary he can't use it for her to like him. But since she is actually intelligent herself having to be top 2 every single time with them being together as classmates ever since despite not talking to each other. Left with no way to have her. He always considers to just give up on her despite being his long time love and just focus on life. But sometimes he hates his life.

This world is not good for me. I hope I just get away from this.

"I wish I was in a different world."