Only the Brave Win Beauty
"Who's that?"
"The vibe is insane."
"She's so cute…! I just want to hug her!"
Whispers rippled through the students of Saints Academy, that illustrious institution said to admit none but the aristocracy of the twenty-first century. The object of their attention was Minamoto Noah, newly enrolled.
She possessed a beauty that set her far above the rest. Her features were so finely, densely packed that people found themselves wondering how they all even fit on such a small face—porcelain-pale skin, a high and elegant nose, a petite countenance, and eyes so mysterious they seemed to hold starlight itself. If she had a flaw, it was that she stood a touch shorter than average, but the refined, almost aristocratic air unique to her more than made up for it. Ordinary people couldn't even bring themselves to approach her.
But there were always moths who didn't fear getting burned.
"Hey, you actually gonna do it?"
"Are you out of your mind?"
"…It's fate. I felt fate."
His name was Hayashi. In an age of cowards, he was a true man's man, possessed of a nerve second to none.
"Crazy bastard."
"Don't look at me. I don't know him."
"You think that'll even work?"
Hayashi's mouth curled into a grin.
"Only the brave win beauty."
"!"
He started walking with the heart of a general riding to the head of the battle line. His target was Minamoto Noah—there would be no backing down. Right now, the only direction he knew was straight ahead.
"H-hey."
"?"
Noah merely flicked her gaze toward the voice calling from behind her.
"…If it's all right with you, would you maybe want to go out with me?"
Hayashi had floored the accelerator. This was the greatest courage of his entire life.
The young lady of the Minamoto family heard him out, then gave her brow the faintest twitch and crooked a finger.
"C'mere."
"Uh—yeah."
Yes! That's a yes! That's a signal of acceptance!
A little flushed, Hayashi stepped toward her.
"Your ear."
Startled for a beat, Hayashi swallowed hard and bent at the waist. She was on the small side, and only then did their eyes come level.
Minamoto Noah caught hold of Hayashi's ear and whispered.
"Get lost before I rip that mouth of yours wide open."