After school, Kazuki walked casually toward the convenience store near his boarding house, planning to grab a cold drink. But as usual, fate decided to mess with him.
At a narrow alley corner, Suguru suddenly appeared from the opposite direction, sprinting like a madman.
"Out of control! Move!" he shouted.
Before Kazuki could react, Suguru's foot slipped on some mysterious brown substance on the ground. In the next instant, Suguru crashed to the floor and the canned drinks he was carrying flew straight into the air—landing squarely on Kazuki's head.
"ARGH! What the hell is this?! It's freezing!"
As Kazuki staggered, he looked down and realized he had stepped on something… unpleasant.
"…Is this… 'natural fertilizer'?"
Suguru got up, stifling his laugh.
"Bro… I'm so sorry. I didn't see the… uh… biological trap right there."
Kazuki sighed and looked up at the sky in defeat.
"Today… is officially cursed."
But as he turned the corner to head home, a familiar voice called out from beyond a fence.
"Hey, Kazuki!" It was Aira, smiling brightly.
Kazuki froze. "Wait… you live here?"
"Yep! I'm your neighbor! Small world, huh?"
Kazuki stood there in silence, trying to process it all. From slipping incidents to stepping on 'sky surprises', and now discovering that the girl who constantly disrupts his life is his next-door neighbor…
…Maybe this wasn't entirely a bad thing.