Chapter 42
Author: Harusaki
last update Last Updated: 2024-10-29 19:42:56

My name is Sasaki Rin, a previously third-year student. Living in the crowded city of Tokyo. Schooling in the day and working at night. I do have friends but I rarely go out with them to hang out. I thought it was a waste of money. I worked my hardest so that I could go to a proper university after I graduated in the third year.

Day by day, things are the same. Spring, summer, fall, and winter. One year could loop around and nothing significant is truly happening in my life. I felt like I was some kind of side character in a story.

I sigh upon realizing.

Passing by a theater in the shopping mall. I turned my head toward a movie poster. Staring at the actors and actresses who seemed to be of the same age as me.

They are so lucky in life… Pretty faces, people like them, and more importantly, they have goals fulfilled in life already. Their life has direction. Only a few people were able to live in a dream. I’m sure I’m not one of them.

Comparing myself to them is unhealthy for my mental
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