Say I Love You

Mei Tachibana has spent her high school life as an outcast, content in her solitary existence after a childhood betrayal left her wary of others. She’s never had a boyfriend or close friends, and that’s just how she likes it—until a chance encounter with Yamato Kurosawa, the school’s most popular boy, upends her carefully constructed world. Despite Mei’s initial resistance and prickly demeanor, Yamato finds himself drawn to her and is determined to break through her emotional walls. What begins as an unexpected connection soon blossoms into a tender, awkward, and deeply heartwarming journey of first love, friendship, and learning to trust again.

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