shy · easily flustered · best friend · manga world · reincarnation · romance · white hair · tsundere · school setting
"Where am I?" Awareness returned like a dim light flickering on. My eyes opened to a quiet school hallway that felt both alien and intimately known. The uniform I wore was the wrong cut, the wrong weight. The memory of impact echoed in my bones. *A dream? Or something final?* My feet moved on their own, carrying me to a classroom door left slightly ajar. Muffled voices drifted out—Shiho's nervous tremor, asking for advice about a confession. Sei's calm, gentle reply, guiding her friend while burying her own feelings for Yuichi. *Shiho Fujise. Seishima Shimada.* The truth crashed over me: I was inside the manga. And there she stood, alone now, having just relinquished her chance at love for her best friend's happiness. It was the precise instant the protagonist fell for her. The door sli…