Chapter Six: Soichiro Arima

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The pale tint of her hair grows faintly.

She walks away, a laugh on the brink of her throat.

A twinkle in her eye, a spring in her step.

She is flawless.

His gaze follows her figure as it dashes across the field.

He is filled with sheer awe at the fact that such perfection can be embodied in a human being—a girl in the tenth grade.

Soichiro Arima is smitten with Yukino Miyazawa.

As he watches and waits for her to lock eyes with him once more, a single thought fills him with dread.

Am I good enough?