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Since losing her father, Maru Kawano has lived quietly on the edges of life—her world muted, her voice silenced, her heart buried in fiction. Afraid of being the cause of more pain, she watches life pass by in distant shades of gray. But everything begins to change when she stumbles upon Sakurako Yamamota, a talented, effervescent classmate who hides a devastating secret. As their worlds intertwine, Maru is drawn into a relationship that is fragile, vivid, and quietly life-altering. Through Sakurako’s warmth and fearless spirit, Maru begins to see the world not as something to hide from, but something worth stepping into—even if it''''s fleeting.