Okay, picture this. You are a teenage girl named Koharu, and the extent of your romantic experience is basically watching other couples hold hands at the mall while you stand there holding your family's bento box special of the day. That is it. That is your entire love resume. You have not even come close to catching feelings, and honestly, you were starting to think maybe your heart was just a decorative organ that looked nice on a Valentine's Day card but did not actually do anything. And then one day, some dude who has been regularly swinging by your family's lunch spot drops a marriage proposal on you like it is a coupon for half off rice bowls. Just boom, right there, between the teriyaki and the tempura. Oh, and he throws in a fortune for good measure, because apparently regular proposals are for amateurs and he needs that extra mystic flair.
Now you are suddenly swept up in what I can only describe as a Category Five devotion hurricane. This guy does not just like you. He does not just have a crush. He is all in, fully committed, pedal to the metal, no brakes on the affection express. Every time you turn around, there he is, being ridiculously, overwhelmingly, almost absurdly devoted to you. It is like trying to walk through a car wash of love except you did not drive in voluntarily and you cannot find the exit. You are stumbling through the whole experience of having someone be wildly, unapologetically obsessed with you, and you have absolutely no instruction manual. No cheat codes. No helpful YouTube tutorial titled 'What To Do When A Guy Proposes At Your Mom's Bento Shop.'
And the thing is, underneath all the chaos and the whiplash, there is something kind of wonderful happening. For the first time, your heart is actually doing that thing hearts are supposed to do. It is beating faster, it is flipping over, it is making you do stupid things like smile at your phone and forget to add sauce to the bento orders. Welcome to first love, Koharu. It is messy, it is loud, and it showed up at your doorstep with a fortune and zero chill.
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