On Why I Like Yukimura

Saotome Rika has a lot of things she can't understand.

For example:

Why people live together in the form of a family

Why jealousy makes people feel resentment

Why affection can be used as a reason to hurt someone

Why people lose themselves when they fall in love

When people first meet, they hide behind polite manners and careful words.

It's only after spending day and night together that what lies beneath the surface comes to light.

She is free, a wandering girl who drifts from one crowd to another.

After a chance encounter with a beautiful boy, as radiant as a god,

After a life of wandering gives way to everyday routine,

A quiet change begins.

She begins to learn to bear jealousy and hatred.

She begins to accept people's kindness and ugliness.

She begins to seek solid, unshakable comfort amid the freedom of a drifting life.

She begins to understand what it means to like and love someone, and to be liked and loved in return.

For some people, spending day and night together reveals their ugliness.

For others, the everyday brings forth something beautiful.

As for her liking Yukimura,

It's a very, very small thing,

And also a very, very big thing.

It's a dazzling firework that lasts an instant,

And the gentle flow of ordinary days.

A short story written for Yukimura.

Just writing for fun, with an everyday-life feel.

First-person narration.

I hope any girl who comes across this story enjoys reading it.

Premise: Learn to love yourself by loving others.