Chapter 1: Irreplaceable Today

Chapter 1: Irreplaceable Today

Chapter 1:

Irreplaceable Today

O UR SECOND YEAR. Our second winter vacation at Advanced Nurturing High School had just begun. I didn’t need to do anything special. But even still, I wanted a normal holiday, like any other student has. Something I could hold on to.

The time I had remaining was quietly but assuredly dwindling, but I wasn’t in a hurry. Even if my free time ended today, that’d be enough to satisfy me.

Friends.

Lovers.

Senpai and kouhai.

Our encounters.

I was at this school with so many kinds of people, all spending our days together. It was a fierce game stretching into overtime. All there was to do was spend every possible second as a student, as much as we were allowed to do.

And then, eventually, the day would come.

Parting.

Today wasn’t promised to us; it wasn’t ordinary or unremarkable. Neither was tomorrow. We needed to understand that every single day was irreplaceable—an irreplaceable today.