Since I saw my parents’ car parked there, it was not surprising to run into them. I was even thinking that this might be the chance to introduce them to Shizu. She refused back then since she didn’t want to be lumped with the other girls. At the present, she’s more or less accepted that she’s already the same as them. But she still believed that this was just a phase for me and us and there would come a day that she’d remain as my only one. That’s how optimistic she was and it also proved how much she loved to be with me. Now, I failed to anticipate that Hayashi-sensei and my mother would be acquainted. Perhaps, not just acquainted because Hayashi-sensei stopped in her tracks before focusing her eyes on the beautiful woman on top of the stairs. Naturally, by doing so, my mother also saw