Kanade opened her shoe locker to find a letter inside.
"Here it goes again..." She thought as she opened and read the letter.
"Irrelevant." Kanade said after reading the letter. It said to meet him on the rooftop after school. Kanade is a person who would turn down people who confesses to her in person. Knowing this, she decides to turn him down according to the letter.
"Kanade-chan!" A student approaches.
"Good morning, Misaki-chan." Kanade greets.
"Do you know that there is a rumour that there is a first year guy who apparently likes you?" Misaki asked.
"No... I would rather them to put their attention into studying instead of me..." Kanade laments.
"I see..." Misaki replied.
Kanade's daily routine in school is usually heading to the science lab and do some basic inspection to make sure there is nothing left behind after they did their experiments in the previous day. So she did, and there is no problems. She will also clean the science lab despite the protests from the lab staff. She actually convinced them that she will just give them a hand in the cleaning although she did just clean the entire lab before classes begins. No one knows the source of her devotion, only she herself knows that.
Classes begin after the bell rings, Kanade will return to class to study. Kanade is usually the teacher's favourite student. In every class, she will be most likely to be called to answer questions. Answering them correctly would only impress everyone. Kanade herself knows that the entire class is jealous of her popularity and abilities.
"They are just a bunch of hypocrites. Praises on the front, bad talks in the back." She thought to herself. Despite her popularity, she have very few friends, only one in her class she can consider as her friend. The other friends she have is notably Mio and Keita who she considers more like a family than just friends.
Living in an competitive environment, Kanade put on a facade, a mask to cover her weaknesses, in order to not let her rivals actions get to her. It took her a while to realise the world out there is very competitive. Any weakness will cause you to fall, never to get up again. To achieve her dreams to become a doctor, her innocent world views disappeared. Instead, "only the strongest will survive in the end." became her only motivation to move forward.
During lunch break, Kanade will buy food from the cafeteria and eat alone. There is no one who dared to sit next to her. "We do not deserve to be graced by her presence" the male students say, while the female students are just too jealous to sit with her. Such conditions caused her to feel lonely, yet she doesn't mind because Keita is studying in the same school. She could totally meet him if she wanted to.
However, Keita is quite attached to Mio for no reason. Kanade is unsure of the reason, but felt a bit jealous towards Mio, who just took Keita away from her. She hates losing, yet it's her only friend. Doing anything rash may affect their friendship, she's in a stalemate, unable to figure out the way to clarify anything. What if Mio and Keita are really together? What if Keita dislikes Kanade? What would she do, how would she react to those scenarios? Kanade is stressed. Stressed of unable to break herself from the facade she put on to be honest with her only friends.
After eating lunch, she may sometimes find Keita walking in the hallways, seeing him eases her heart a bit. If not, she will just pass by the classroom he's in just to sneak a peek and then returns to her classroom.
Classes ended, as the letter mentioned, the sender asked her to go to the rooftop. She walks out of the classroom after a few minutes. On her way towards the rooftop, she meets Keita.
"Oh, Kana-nee. The science club is not this way isn't it?" Keita said.
"Ah, you see... I have something to attend to." Kanade said.
"You sounded anxious. Is there anything?" Keita asked.
"N-nothing at all! I should get going now. See you after club hours!" Kanade said as she walks to the staircase.
"That way is the third year classrooms, if she goes up one more floor, that'll be the rooftop." Keita thought.
"Something suspicious is definitely happening." Keita concluded his thoughts and decided to follow Kanade. She walked up to the rooftop just as Keita had thought.
"Is that something related to her 'fated person'?" Keita stopped walking.
"Perhaps, I should just let her be." He got lost in his thoughts.
Kanade twisted the door knob of the rooftop, it's unlocked. Someone must have been there. She cautiously opened and looked around. There is no one. She waits by the door. Waiting for the sender to appear. Sometimes, it may be a prank letter. She'll leave if the sender doesn't appear after five minutes.
"Kujou-san... Uh... I-I... I like you!" A guy emerged from the side of the building. It spooked Kanade, she started to feel uncomfortable.
"I'm not interested in such matters for the time being. Plus I don't even know who you are." Kanade replied.
"Please... Please go out with me!" The guy persists.
"This guy just don't know how to give up... What a pain..." Kanade thought. Suddenly, the guy pushed Kanade against the wall.
"Eek!" Kanade shrieked.
"Please go out with me." The guy said. His face is so close to Kanade that made Kanade feel disgusted.
"Is this how you beg?" Kanade loathes. The guy's face got even closer, he's definitely trying to do something. Kanade being flustered and panicked, kicked him on the crotch.
"Owww!" The guy fall on his back, struggling on the pain. Kanade took the opportunity to run. As she tries to open the door, it won't open.
"Did someone locked the door from outside?!" Kanade panicked.
"Just go out with me already!" The guy lunges, this time he pins Kanade down on the floor. His grip is so strong that Kanade couldn't move at all.
"Help... Help!" Kanade cried out loud.
"Keep quiet!" The guy presses his hands on Kanade's mouth.
"Now that we are alone together... Let's do something happy." The guy said.
Being scared of what may happen to her, Kanade closes her eyes.