Chapter 1: People in Glass Houses...

"Now that I think about it you're kinda on the shorter side, aren't you Hanako-san?"

I suddenly said.

The girl looks up at me with a confused expression

"You think so? I don't think 151 cm is too short"

Hanako shoots up from the desk she was sitting at and brushes her shoulder against mine causing my cheeks to heat up a bit. Now standing next to me, she gazes at my face attentively. I break eye contact by looking at the ground, then to the right.

"W-what is it?"

"Ne, Chris-chan how tall are you?"

"About 165 cm"

She begins to pout and cross her arms.

"Maybe you're too tall"

"Too..tall?"

Hanako clenches her fists, looks at me with starry eyes and lunges forward. I've known Hanako for a little while although for some reason she's never grasped the concept of personal space, today was no different.

"Y-you're too close!"

"The tallest person in the world is 251 cm! So maybe its just that you're too tall and not that I'm short~"

I take a step back and regain my posture and personal space, Hanako, as usual, has a huge smile on her face. Looking down at that smile reminds me of a memory that wasn't that long ago.

"Hanako-san, do you remember the day you and I first met?"

"Hmm, I fell off the bridge onto you why?"

I slowly raise my hand and gently place it on top of Hanako's head, My breath quickening with every passing second and my heart begins to beat extremely fast.

"You know.." I pause in order to regain my thoughts. Memories of that day filled my mind like air filling a balloon.

"When I first saw you...**due to your short height I thought that Tennomifune let a middle schooler into the academy.**"

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Hanako's face went from a smile turned back into the pout from earlier sticking out her lower lip

"Hmph! I'm not that short! Chris-chan is just a meanie.."

A hand gently is placed on my head and a calm but quiet voice can be heard coming from behind me

"People in glass houses...shouldn't throw stones.."

Looking directly behind me gave me nothing but the view of our school uniform so I had to look slightly up. A girl with boyish white hair with one strand of that stook up higher than the rest looked down at me with cold eyes.

"A two-centimeter difference isn't that much **Ren**!"

CHARACTER PROFILE:

Hanakoizumi Anne

An unlucky girl who's positivity holds no bounds! The only thing that makes her self-conscious is her nonexistent chest. She loves animals although animals hate her...