Fast forward. The birds were curious and walked closer to her. The leaves fell until they hit the ground. She walked toward them and didn't attack this time. She grabbed them and petted them. The bird was not afraid, just curious about what she was doing.

  Kenji walked slowly and calmly behind her, but instead of feeling seen, she was ignored. She said, "Kenji," but he just waved and walked past her as if she were nothing.

  Kenji's girlfriend said "Kenji" louder, and Kenji walked and then stopped. And then what was it? An annoyance. He afterward said, "I don't care what you think about me. You are only a tool. To me, you are an ego girl." He smiled into her face.

  Kenji said, "I promise you. Egoist girl. Nothing else. That's it." He smiled at her, which made her shocked.

  Kenji's girlfriend said, "That's all you want? That's pathetic. How did I make such a mistake in going with someone like you?" She was very mad at what he said. Back and forth, "No, no, no, no, no, no," louder.

  Everything around them. Kenji said, "Goodbye," slowly, until he was far enough from the school, leaving her standing there, heartbroken. She realized her mistake.

  She stayed there as one bird looked at her curiously. She didn't attack it, only petted it, while her eyes were down, shocked at the ground, which had been slowly won. She just stood there, heartbroken. A tear came from her eyes, slowly hitting the ground.

  She whispered until she fell on her knees, saying, "Damn it, damn it, damn it, damn it, why did I do that?" She hated it.

  All she could remember were her failures and the pn she had failed. All she had was a fshback of her friends saying, "You have failed me; you are a disappointment." She walked away. But then she saw a butterfly coming through, nding on her nose.

  She heard a familiar voice: "Are you okay?" It had a very nice tone. A child's hand touched her nose, and she was shocked. All she could see was the same hand that she remembered. She stood there, frozen.

  She said slowly, "Friend." Afterward, her friend's face appeared in a teen body and smiled. She said, "You didn't fail me. You did what you had to do." The birds looked quite shocked at what they were seeing.

  She was wearing clothes that were bright, white, and colorful. She looked like a teen. "I realized I didn't want you to date a guy like that. That guy didn't treat your heart seriously. I don't want you to date popur guys. I want you to follow your heart."

  Her friend said, "Thank you for being kind." She gave her a thumbs up. She looked shocked. Her mouth gasped and widened at what she was seeing. She covered her eyes, and tears formed on her face.

  She said goodbye. "I'll see you in the afterlife. Hopefully, you enjoy your life. I want you to live your life to the fullest, without being with a guy like him." She walked away.

  She clutched her thing, then her neckce. After she disappeared, she was only on her neckce. All she could remember was that she smiled. She felt that the hardest thing that had become her only option was to follow her dreams to the fullest.

  The only option was for her to keep going with all her might. The only thing she could face was Kenji, face to face. In her mind, she said, "I will never be with someone like that. I have realized that, and I have to say sorry to Hiroshi."

  A reflection of her hidden disappointment and ughter at her showed Hiroshi's rude nature. But she didn't believe it; she believed it was the right thing to do. It mattered to her. The only thing that mattered was to say sorry to him.

  She said, "Hiroshi is a person, and the ideas I expressed to him were wrong. I believe that I need to say sorry to him, no matter what." She clenched her fist. I will apologize… no matter what.

  She was too shy to say sorry. Weeks passed by. She kept walking around, only to see Hiroshi smiling, passing grades that made her feel bad for what she had done for him. She reflected, I should have known better than to do that.

  She was by the text room, near Hiroshi. He was walking and said, "Huh, is anybody there?" He looked around while working hard in the books room, finding ways to pass the grade.

  She then said, "Hiroshi's looking my way." She closed her eyes. She couldn't do anything but stay there. Sweat ran down her face. She felt her hands fidget. She was that scared to say sorry to Hiroshi.

  Hiroshi then thought, I wonder why Kenji's girlfriend is so quiet. She's been looking at me for a long time. He wondered, Is she scared of me, or is she trying to do something? He walked around the library, holding his book, when the teacher said, "Are you doing something?"

  "Nothing." He swallowed hard, his voice shaky.

  Afterward, the teacher looked at him and said, "Okay, just be quiet, and you'll be safe." Hiroshi nodded. "Yes, I'll be quiet," he said in a very polite tone.

  Kenji's girlfriend looked in his direction, continuing to whisper to herself, What's Hiroshi doing? Is he in trouble or something? She said

  Hiroshi walked toward her css, but before he could enter, Kenji's girlfriend called out, "Wait!" The teacher said, "Be quiet." She stopped, and Hiroshi just walked out.

  She whispered to herself, No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

  The teacher looked at her and said, "You must work hard because you might be failing your grades." But this time, she focused on that and instead started working on herself, completing everything she needed to do. She kept at it. As she remembered this, she whispered to herself, I'll never stop until I can say sorry to him properly.

  She worked hard on the research project, thinking, I must complete this no matter what. If it's going to take a long time, that won't stop me from finishing, so I can properly say sorry to him.

  The teacher said, "No matter what, you have to complete all your assignments, and don't stop until you're done. If you finish everything, you'll likely pass the test, because all this points to something important." Before she could say sorry to him, the teacher added, "Stop right there. Just keep writing, no matter what."

  The teacher looked strict and said, "If you don't catch up, I'll likely keep you in grade 10. Do you want to stay in grade 10 after grade 9, or next year I'll just leave you there?"

  The teacher gred at him. She said, "Fine," in a very annoyed tone.

  "Huh, what's with that attitude? Keep going, or you're going to sck off," the teacher said.

  She tried to sneak away this time, but the teacher said, "I'll tell your mother." That made a shiver of dread run down her shoulders.

  She said, "Fine," in a very scared tone.

  "Now that's better. Work hard, and you'll become a good, hardworking student, ready for the future. I don't want my students to ck anything," the teacher said.

  She worked hard, calmly, until an hour had passed and she was exhausted. She y on her bed when the teacher smmed down swiftly, saying, "Get up! Work harder. Don't sck off, or you'll keep falling behind. Your cssmates will likely look down on you. Do you want that, or do you want to keep going?"

  "You're looking at Hiroshi, eh?" the teacher said. "You want to be like him? Then work your butt off and keep going."

  She gave a thumbs up, her expression calm but dead serious. "Hiroshi is a hardworking student. He never scks off. You see why he keeps giving a hundred percent? It's because he puts in the time and effort. He never misses a single day. That's the difference between him and you — and that's what you need to learn."

  The teacher then looked at her, waiting for her reaction.

  She felt annoyed, but she kept going. She whispered to herself, I'll never give up.

  The teacher smiled widely. "That's the spirit! Never give up, and you'll pass. You'll become like him if you work hard. Don't sck. Never miss a single day."

  The teacher then walked away, gncing back to see if she was keeping up.

  She whispered to herself, I'll keep going. Her thumbs ached from writing so much, but the teacher gnced at her and said, "Don't give up. Keep going," giving her an encouraging look.

  "You're almost there," the teacher said. "Keep going! Keep going! Keep going! Keep going! No matter what, if you don't do it now, you'll sck off, just like the others who failed."

  She walked behind her and added, "No matter how long this takes, it will be worth it. You're learning how to do it, not how to lose it. Trade power."

  The teacher gave her a thumbs up.

  She finished her work, and the teacher said, "Well, that's the spirit! You've now passed this course. You are ready to go beyond and further develop your trade power."

  With enthusiasm, the teacher added, "Drop your notes. Now you can go take a break — you've earned it."

  The teacher then walked away.