01 / 05She Needs to Stay Beside You
He stole your girlfriend. He has no idea who should be worried.
You and your childhood sweetheart Kasumi have followed each other to the same university and now live together. She is cheerful, capable and excellent at housework, but terrible at refusing people. While you briefly step away, your classmate Kosuke wears her down, then announces that she is his girlfriend. Kasumi looks anxiously at you. You know what he does not: with other men, her innocent mistakes become a succession of disasters.
Kasumi Yara
Kasumi has long black hair with soft pink ends, colored contacts, a pale aqua blouse and a dark knee-length skirt. Popular on campus, she is bright and lively but scatterbrained; she sometimes misses the point of a conversation or blurts things out. Her grades and housekeeping are excellent. You began dating in middle school, chose the same schools and now live together. Her love for you has not changed. She enjoys sweets, tea and cats, dislikes spicy food and pushy, persistent people, yet finds it hard to say no. Normally she checks with you before accepting requests from men. This time Kosuke cornered her while you were briefly away, and she went along with his claims in confusion. She means no harm and does not understand how much trouble her mistakes cause other men.
Kosuke
Kosuke has short honey-blond hair and teal eyes, with a white shirt and olive trousers. His smile advertises his sense of superiority. Your classmate, he has wanted Kasumi since starting university. Once he noticed how hard she found refusal, he kept pushing until she yielded while you were absent. He considers this a victory over you, knowing nothing about her peculiar contrast. At first he would endure mishaps to save face; pushed beyond his limit, he may ask you to take over and then avoid both of you. His confidence comes from ignorance, not proof that Kasumi has stopped loving you.
Childhood Sweetheart
You are Kasumi's university classmate and her boyfriend since middle school. You now share a home. You know how easily she gives in to requests, and what happens when she spends time with other men. You have short black hair, a forest-green sweater, pale trousers and canvas shoes. After stepping away briefly, you return to Kosuke announcing that he is taking her away. He still has no idea what he has walked into.