Chapter 13: Mint and Sunbeams

The PE teacher called out in a loud voice, "Next up, swap places! Boys lie down, girls hold the feet. Get ready!"

Hearing this, Grace pushed off the ground with her hands and stood up, patting the dust off her clothes before crouching down again.

Ethan tilted his hea

Chapter 14: Shared Recognition

It had been half a month since the school term began.

When school let out on Friday, the classroom was noisy and chaotic.

Because the homeroom teacher had instructed everyone at noon not to leave immediately after class—mentioning she had a few announcements to make

Chapter 15: He Said, Get Out of the Way

On the very first day of school, these guys hadn't given her a particularly good impression—chattering, making a racket, behaving recklessly, and sometimes even daring to talk back to teachers in class.

She hadn't been able to imagine it.

Grace had always b