Falling in Love at First Sight After Mistaking Young Hagi for a Girl

Blurb:

Hayami Yuichi is an elementary school student sent by his parents to spend summer vacation at his grandmother's house in Kanagawa.

Since his grandmother has trouble walking, the thoughtful boy volunteers to ride his bicycle to the market to buy groceries.

...But on the very first day, his bicycle rudely throws its chain in the most literal sense. Hayami Yuichi crouches in the shade of a tree, looking at the bicycle that's gone on strike, and sighs in frustration.

Then a super cute, purple-eyed girl comes to help him!

Hayami Yuichi watches Hagiwara Kenji fix the bicycle in no time, his eyes sparkling. The other boy's radiant smile hits him like a critical strike.

Grandma, I've met an angel!

Elementary schooler Hayami Yuichi falls into a blissful unrequited crush.

Another day, he bravely helps a cool boy with curly hair chase away some bullies, and the two become friends. They spend the whole summer hanging out together.

He has a girl he likes and a wonderful best friend. What a perfect vacation!

That's what Hayami Yuichi thinks when he returns to Tokyo for the new school year. But just a month later, he's told his parents are divorcing and he'll be moving back to Kanagawa to attend elementary school.

Hayami Yuichi blinks, then decides to transfer into the same class as his best friend to surprise him.

But instead, he sees his crush and his beloved best friend with their arms around each other, looking closer than ever!

Elementary schooler Hayami Yuichi's life turns dark.

In a nutshell:

A love at first sight that lasts a lifetime.

Reading Guide:

* Pairing: Hagiwara Kenji. A mutual, wholehearted romance with no other one-sided crushes on either of them and no secondary pairings.

* A happy ending, with both of them healthy in body and mind.

* Lighthearted everyday life, with little focus on the main conflict between the police and the criminals.

* The whole police academy class survives. Everyone gets to live happily!

* Since this is a childhood-friends story that starts in elementary school, there's a lot of Matsuda Jinpei. The current timeline is high school.

* I'll add the rest when I think of it.

Theme: Run a little faster, and reach out to touch that beautiful dawn.