I ended up in a group I didn't get along with 

Intro 

One of the biggest events of high school life has to be the school trip.

 

My close friends had all ended up in different classes, leaving me feeling pretty anxious about how things would go. But then, while I was reaching peak loner status during the group assignments, somehow I ended up in a group with four ridiculously handsome guys—?

 

“Hioki, you’re okay being with me, right?”

 

Of everyone in the group, the one who treated me the kindest was Watarai—the handsome guy everyone said was refreshing, gentle, and kind.

 

“As long as you’re safe, Hioki, I don’t care about anything else.”

 

“Hioki, look at me.”

 

Huh?

 

Why is he being this nice to someone like me…?

 

And then, before I even realised it…

 

Somehow, wrapped in Watarai’s warm arms, arms belonging to someone bigger than me, my brain had completely overloaded.

 

“I’ll do anything, so please forgive me.”

 

Those desperate words I’d managed to force out would go on to change my ordinary, uneventful life.

 

“Hioki… do you remember what you said back then?”

 

“Only if you’re okay with it, Hioki…”

 

“Will you—”

 

The final day of the school trip. Watarai, who had always seemed so calm and composed, was now blushing so fiercely that I could almost hear his heart pounding.