[Asakura Yu's Everyday Survival Guide]
One: Speak as little as possible. Solve everything with a smile and a nod.
Two: If more than five people gather nearby, immediately look for a way to escape.
Three: Even a friendly attempt to strike up a conversation is automatically interpreted by his brain as a "social terror attack."
Asakura Yu strictly followed these three rules, thinking he could live out the rest of his days in peace. After all, for a social phobe who has to rehearse for half an hour just to read a promotional announcement at a convenience store, being popular isn't an honor. It's a place of execution.
But reality kept proving him wrong:
What he thought was "silent help" came across to the other person as "aloof devotion";
What he thought was a "professional fake smile" looked to others like a "healing smile";
The baseball cap he borrowed to avoid the crowd only made the girls' "protective instincts" and curiosity grow stronger.
Looking at the confession letters being held out to him and the heads bobbing all around, Asakura Yu's social anxiety flared up again: ringing ears, dizziness, weakness in all four limbs...
"Please, someone save me. I just want to be alone..."
