An Angel Appears by My Side

[I'm terrible at writing blurbs. I hope you'll be lucky enough to click in and read the story, and I wish you luck, too.]

(I overthink things and end up afraid to write. I've been updating steadily before the story goes premium. If it ever does, that means I'm confident I can see it through to the end.)

Angels are messengers of God, beings with humanlike appearances who are nevertheless distinct from humans.

They usually appear in myths and fantasy stories, an imagined race. That's common knowledge.

Perhaps when they're young and don't know any better, some people call themselves angels, princesses, or princes. But once they grow up and realize that sort of thing is basically the same as chuunibyou, hardly anyone does it anymore.

"I'm an angel."

That's what the transfer student Shi Yu said, despite having nothing in common with angels except for being good-looking.

They're not children anymore. No one believes that claim.

Xun Shen included.

That said, setting aside the possibility that Shi Yu has chuunibyou, they're definitely a strange person: lacking common sense, behaving oddly, thinking in unusual ways, and slow to understand their own feelings.

They're also inexplicably serious and stubborn.

At the end of the day, they're just an oddball.

So... how could they possibly be an angel?

The moment he glimpses enormous wings suddenly spreading from behind the young man, he remembers the conversation that once ended without an answer.

"If you're really an angel, why don't you have wings?"

"...This world isn't suited to wings appearing, but I heard from a senior that even so, people should still be able to see them."

"What?"

"They said that if you feel something called love for an angel, you'll be able to see the wings."

Reader's notes:

1. Angels don't share the same common sense as humans, and their worldviews and values aren't entirely the same either. Please don't apply their behavior to real life or imitate it.

2. One-on-one romance, pairing is set, with a slight everyone-loves-them tendency.

3. The romance develops alongside the plot. The worldbuilding is my own, and this is a fairly open-minded world in many respects, including its educational philosophy.

4. This is a writing exercise. I don't accept writing advice; I just want to write the story I want to tell.

5. You don't need to tell me if you're dropping the story. I hope you find one you enjoy reading.

Image added on January 16, 2021.

The cover was commissioned. Please don't take it without permission. (The cover shows the angel form.)

Theme: Love means freedom, equality, and respect.