17-year-old Yuki Mizuho
(the brunette with white headband) is a top
tennis player at school and very pretty, but she
doesn't have a boyfriend.... and she doesn't
want one right now, either! This makes her all
the more shocked to find out that a boy her age
named Nanase Touru will be staying with her
family.
|
|
Her mother
and younger brother Tetsuya think it's a wonderful idea,
but Mizuho is extremely annoyed.... of course, having him
walk in with Tetsuya when she was getting ready to take a
shower (undressed down to her underwear), could have
something to do with this, too.
|
News of
their living together under the same roof
spreads like wildfire through the school the
next day - by the time they arrive, everyone
already knows that they're an "item"! Touru goes
onto the PA system and corrects everyone's
misimpressions.
|
This comes
as a tremendous relief to at least two girls who have
crushes on him: Minamizato Ai (lighter-haired brunette),
a freshmen one year younger than Touru, and Mizuho's best
friend Kamiyama Miko (green-haired girl with braids).
Miko lives and works in a shrine with her father. She
confesses her feelings for Touru to Mizuho at lunch that
day. Miko is a very sweet and naive girl whose father is
extremely protective of her.
Ai comes
to the coffee shop where Touru works after
school. However, she's too timid to speak to
him, until Miyuki (green-haired girl with
ponytail) offers her some much-needed
encouragement. Ai tells him that she believes
what he said, even if others don't... then, she
practically runs out of the room without
|
|
introducing
herself! Miko asks Mizuho to try to set her up with
Touru; she wants to bring him lunch and try to get to
know him a bit better. Miko is an excellent cook - eating
the lunch she makes is a joy for Touru, and he tells her
that she'll make someone a good bride one day. She
practically has a heart attack because she gets so
excited! Mizuho overhears them, and is careful to walk
away....
|