(This fiction is based on the characters and settings created by Oyuki Konno)
Prologue:
Thoughts of a First Year Fan
I watch her from the shadows. She is pure. She is innocent. She is sincere. She is beautiful. I see the happiness she brings with just a word or a smile. How can one not love her, when she looks at you. Her mocha eyes offer glimpses into her heart. She holds nothing back. She is brave. She is strong.
But the world is harsh, and there is no room for the pure. She needs to be protected from the pain of the world. She should stay in this warm garden and never lose her innocence. I have seen the darkness and heartache in the world of men. She doesn't need to know that suffering; Experience that evil. I would shield her from it if I could, but she doesn't know me. I am afraid that if she looks at me, all the bad things in the world that I want to protect her from. But I also want to look in her eyes and feel her love that might redeem my soul.
"What do you say, Kanako?" My friend Noriko asks. "Want to help out at the Rose Mansion?"
She will be there, I thought. I have no choice. "Sure, Noriko, I would love to" I answered.
And that's how I will get closer to my Yumi-sama.