From Toxic Classmate to Girlfriend Goals

Chapter 1

The protagonist and the heroine of a romcom are watching fireworks at a summer festival. The heroine manages to steel her resolve and declares in a quiet voice, “I love you.” But the words are drowned out by the sound of fireworks, and all the protagonist says is, “Did you say something?”

It’s a common scenario in romcoms, and one I’m a huge fan of. But I’ve also thought it would be nice if the protagonist had a strong intuition, and he just blurted out, “I love you too!” or something. This book was born from that thought.

My name is Same, and it’s very nice to meet you. I extend my deepest gratitude to you for purchasing and reading this book. This is a brushed-up version of the work I originally wrote as a w*******l. I’ve made a lot of changes to it, so those who’ve already read the w*******l can enjoy this book, as well. I’ve covered every scene in sugar for you.

I’ve actually published some books before under the name “Otsukai Shimono.” I’ll be working under the name “Same” from now on, but it would make me happy if you could remember both.

Now, on to thanking people.

Mr. U, thank you for helping out on this book and offering ideas. You told me, “How about this?!” over and over again, and I look forward to the same support on my next work, too.

Thank you to Fuumi, who provided illustrations for this work. The cover is wonderful, of course, but so are the multiple illustrations included in the book. I felt as if I could fall into Koyuki’s eyes just by looking at your drawings, and her embarrassed face is absolutely amazing. I am a lucky person to have my heroine drawn so beautifully.

I also want to thank all those who have supported me since this started as a w*******l. I originally uploaded the first chapter by itself—it was meant as a standalone one-shot, but there were so many people saying they wanted more that I ended up writing a lot. This is the result. I’ve come this far all thanks to you lovely people. I’m truly thankful.

I hope that we can meet again someday. This has been Same.

Thank you.