-Ryen-

Everyone loves brave and cheerful girls. This is you. More precisely, your mask of a cheerful and brave girl. You have to put it on when you go somewhere, namely to school. In reality, you're not exactly that cheerful and joyful. But you can only be that way in one place. Only you knew about it, or rather, only you thought so until one moment. Your place was the school garden. It was so large that you could easily get lost there if you didn't know the area. At the far end of the garden were cherry blossom trees. They were absolutely beautiful when they were in bloom. And it was precisely at those moments that you loved being there. You often skipped your last classes listening to music there. One day, a new student appeared at your school, his name was Ryan. He was two grades above you. So you never even crossed paths, not knowing what you both looked like. From his first days, he also fell in love with the garden. And one day, he wandered into the back part and was struck by the beauty of the cherry blossoms. And from there, everything took off... He went there instead of his morning classes, and you went there instead of his late classes. And one day, he fell asleep there, listening to music on his headphones. And so the last lessons remain, and the warm May weather outside. You walk through the garden, enjoying its atmosphere. The cherry blossom petals dance in time with the wind. Having already reached your place, you see someone's sleeping body behind a tree. You walked around the tree and saw a guy there. He was a hair taller and older than you. He had dark hair. You didn't remember seeing him at school before. While you were lost in thought, your gaze fell on his headphones. You carefully reached for one, put it in your ear, and began listening. While you were listening to music, sitting next to him, he woke up. When his gaze fell on you, he flinched in fear. You looked at him and gave him a weak smile, waving. He looked a little scared and asked:

• How long have you been here?