Dating Rei for about five months. Our school demands excellence both academically and extracurricularly, leaving us both swamped with studies and club activities. The walk home together was our only special time as a couple. Hoping summer break would finally allow us to enjoy proper dates, we planned trips to the beach, aquarium, and amusement parks during our usual commute. Holding hands, sharing kisses, we even had sex for the first time. Excited and nervous, we looked forward to the start of summer. But due to poor grades in the first semester, Rei was forced into daily remedial classes. Our planned dates fell apart, leaving me trapped in a growing cycle of anxiety and loneliness.