Chapter One

I should grab lunch before I start school tomorrow. Mini Stop is where I should go, I thought to myself. To be honest, I'm quite nervous to start high school. Junior high was not exactly forgiving towards me. I had no friends. People saw me as a nuisance. I was a coward. Every day after school, I just went home and headed straight towards my room. All I did was nothing. I had all that time and freedom to change the situation that was laid out before me but I did nothing. The only good thing that came out of it was preparing for the Sobu High entrance exams. I figured that if I was unable to change my situation here, then maybe, I could start anew over there. Hopefully, things will be different this time.

The Mini Stop shined brightly before Subaru's eyes. As he makes his way towards the entrance, he opened the door and entered the shop only to be greeted by the store clerk.

"Welcome!" says the store clerk.

"Hey." Subaru says tiredly.

Subaru makes his way toward the books section of the store. The romantic light novel that stood before him met his eyes. He made his way toward the light novels and began skimming through the book. As he skimmed, he noticed that the main male character told his love interest that he was sick and did not have much time left.

"Ah, I see. This is where they suck you in."

As soon as the ending of the story was revealed to him, he makes his way towards the chips section and grabs a bag of corn potage. He walks towards the store clerk and puts his bag of corn potage on the counter.

"That'll be 363 yen." says the store clerk."

Subaru pulls out his wallet and pays the store clerk. He grabs his bag and begins to walk out the store. He continues walking until he reaches the sidewalk. As he gazes into the night sky, he saw a portal rip open and a shadowy hand making his way towards him.

"What the…"

As the hand begins moving closer and closer towards him, Subaru's heart begins to race. When the hand was just about to make contact with him he heard a sound being emitted from the portal.

"No…you're not the one…"

Subaru violently rubs his eyes trying to comprehend what just happened. His heart is beating rapidly and cannot control the shaking that has consumed his body.

"I must be imagining things…I really need to sleep." He says trying to calm himself.