The morning break started. Students were leaving the classroom to attend to their needs.
A few girls were discussing the famous woman who had committed suicide the previous day.
One girl was writing something on the first bench, while a group of boys in the back row chatted about a new pornstar with an H-cup size.
In the bench typically reserved for the anime protagonist, a red-haired boy with a slim, 5'11" frame sat staring wide-eyed at a girl's chest, unblinking.
Ryo, the protagonist, watched him with amusement and decided to block his view.
"Bro, move away! What are you staring at, Shin?"
"You know exactly what I'm looking at."
"If you keep ogling her like that, you'll get caught."
Shin turned to Ryo and asked, "Can boobs grow in a single day?"
"No. That's impossible."
"Why not?"
"It just not."
"Why not, you stupid bastard?"
"Because I have a biology textbook at home."
Both smirked.
Shin leaned in. "Ryo, you won't believe this, but listen. You know Yumi, right? Our classmate?"
"Yeah."
"You know her boobs, right?"
"No!"
"Her boobs got bigger overnight."
Ryo frowned. "What are you talking about?"
"They're huge now, Ryo! I memorize every classmate's chest size. Yumi's was always flat as a highway, but now she's loaded. Look!"
Ryo glanced at Yumi. "Hmm."
"Right? But I swear I never noticed before—there was nothing *to* notice!"
"Maybe she's wearing padded clothes or had surgery."
"She's not like that. I've talked to her. She wouldn't do that."
"Then ask her yourself."
"Ask her?!" Shin gaped.
"What are you two discussing in English?" interrupted the class representative, Vignesh—a black-haired, glasses-wearing student with a fit build.
"Just practicing for our English assignment," Shin lied.
"We should head to the library. It's PT period, but the teacher's absent. Sam Sir took over."
"Mitsuki's group begged for library time, so he agreed," Vignesh explained.
"That simp," Ryo muttered with disgust.
As they left, Shin split off to join his friends, while Ryo and Vignesh wandered to the history section. Ryo searched for a book he'd hidden earlier, now misplaced on the top shelf.
Vignesh was silently standing, staring at the boys through the gaps between the books and racks.
Vignesh and Ryo were the odd ones in the class. The only difference was that Ryo stayed quiet and didn't talk much, even with the boys. With girls, he hadn't had a single conversation. He always tried to avoid girls.
Vignesh was the opposite of Ryo. He always tried to get along with his classmates, but he often felt that the boys avoided him. However, he got along well with the girls and talked to all of them in the class.
Ryo considered him a popular guy. He knew why the boys avoided Vignesh. Ryo knows Vignesh fight for what the boys wanted and ohe always do it. Today was a perfect example—there was no PT period. The boys thought Vignesh was a simp, like Sam Sir, but that wasn't true. Shin had actually fought for the PT period, but Sam Sir was the biggest simp. He flirted with all the girls, and the boys knew it and hated him for it. Vignesh, on the other hand, always tried his best to get what the boys wanted.
**Vignesh broke the silence.**
"Ryo, I actually fought for the PT period, you know. Six girls wanted the library, and I was the only one arguing for PT."
Ryo said nothing. The air grew heavy for a moment.
Ryo responded, in his emotionless tone.
"I know you always try hard. but the thing ,When you fail to get people what they want, they hate you. But even when you succeed, they barely care. They forget quickly… like always. So don't overthink it."
vignesh replied, "You're right."
Ryo said "Your friend Yumi seems quiet today. Strange—she's usually talking to someone."
"Yeah."
"I'll go check on her."
Ryo nodded vaguely.
Ryo found the book he had hidden. Someone had moved it to the top rack. He needed a ladder to reach it, but the ladder was always kept in the far back corner of the library, where they stored large, pictureless books that boys rarely touched unless they had a phone—since phones were banned on campus.
Ryo walked to the back corner. It was dark and eerily quiet. He liked being alone, and this place suited him, but he usually avoided it because someone might show up unexpectedly, leading to awkward situations.
Today, however, he decided to stay. He looked around for something to read.
Suddenly, he felt the temperature drop. It was getting colder. Ryo grew scared, feeling as though someone was watching him, even though no one was around. He decided to leave, but just as he turned, a girl appeared out of nowhere. She placed her hand over his mouth to prevent him from screaming.
But Ryo wouldn't scream, even if he encountered the devil. He would stay quiet and die silently—at least, that's what he believed.
Suddenly, a girl clamped her hand over his mouth. "Don't scream," she pleaded, pinning him to the floor. Ryo stayed silent, flushed as she straddled him
Ryo fell to the floor, and the girl sat on his lap. He blushed deeply as she leaned closer, her face inches from his.
"Please don't scream. I'm so sorry for doing this," she whispered into his ear.
"Okay," Ryo replied softly.
She removed her hand from his mouth, but Ryo remained flushed. He noticed something was off about her.
"There's something missing here," he thought to himself.
The girl spoke again. "I need your help, Ryo."
*She knows my name?*
"What do you need?" he asked.
She began unbuttoning her shirt.
Ryo's face turned even redder. "W-What are you doing?!"
"Look, Ryo," she said.
He stared in shock. Her chest was completely flat—like a man's. There was no sign of breasts.
"My boobs are gone," she said, her voice trembling. "I had an H-cup yesterday. Now… there's nothing."
Ryo was speechless. He couldn't believe what he was seeing.
"I want my boobs back," she pleaded.
Ryo said to himself ''why me''.
Unseen, a shadowy figure watched from the distance, grinning.