I'm Yamazaki Sosuke. Since I was a kid, I've been best friends with Matsuoka Rin. And since I've been best friends with Matsuoka Rin, I've had a thing for his sister. She never seemed to pay any attention to me. No matter how hard I tried, and I did, she never even realized how I felt. I worked so hard to surpass Rin's swimming, just to impress her. And she was oblivious. I spent so many holidays and weekends with the Matsuokas but she never noticed me. And then I never saw her again, until my third year of high school. And all the feelings I ever had for her came rushing back to me, no matter how much I thought they had passed.
"My name is Mikoshiba Momotaro! My hobby is hunting for stag beetles! My favorite proverb is 'Even Homer sometimes nods'! My best dish is fried eggs! When I shower, the first place I wash is―"
"Give it up already. She'll never notice you."
She never noticed me.