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I Fell in Love with My Childhood Friend for the First Time. Karen Otoha

"Are you really not dating?" We were often teased like that by everyone. Deep down, I hated this ambiguous relationship. Childhood friends—so close, yet so distant. We've played together, fought together since we were kids, and now it's become routine to wake up together every morning and go to school side by side. I kept wondering what I should do about us. I wanted to confess my feelings, but I was terrified to take that first step. Yet, each secret rendezvous after school—feeling his warmth, getting my skirt dirtied in our private moments—only made my emotions grow stronger. Then he said, "Do you remember when I told you, 'When you grow up, marry me'?" My heart started racing, and in that moment, I knew there was no turning back. ※This work is a re-edited version of "Yeah, I've decided—I'll tell him I love him today. Karen Otoha" (Product Number: 24bfd00003).