I’m Back in the First Grade of Elementary School, so I’m Going to Live Well

Mizui Love Story

AN: As for the posting time that I asked for the day before yesterday, thankfully I received a lot of comments.

Among the many comments, many said, “I want to read this on my way to and from work, so earlier is better” and “It’s up to the author.”

So from now on, we will move the posting time up by one hour to 8:00 a.m.

I’m very sorry to those who preferred the current time, but I’m going to change it.

Thank you for all the comments m(_ _)m.

I hope you’ll continue to read this piece!

I have a secret that I haven’t told you yet.

This is something I was too embarrassed to tell even to “him”.

I’ve been searching for it for a long time.

I’ve been looking for my prince.

And I wanted to be a princess for my prince.

The only time you can yearn for an imaginary existence is in kindergarten.

If the people around me knew that I had such a childish wish in the first grade, where such an atmosphere is created, they would probably laugh at me.

They would probably make fun of me and be more disappointed than if they knew I liked picture books.

Besides, there is no such thing as a prince.

I know that.

I am well aware that princes on white horses, princes who kiss you when you wake up, and princes who come to the rescue of princesses only exist in picture books.

… Even so, once I longed for it, I can’t give up.

I don’t care if people laugh at me for my childish longing.

I wanted to be a princess, and I wanted someone to be my prince.

But no boy could make that happen.

All the boys in my class are violent and use foul language.

They are all mean and not very prince-like.

And I’m not saying publicly that I’m looking for a prince.

Just as people don’t come to a place where there is no recruitment, a prince will not appear unless I make it clear.

――That’s what I thought. Until I met “him” there.

At first, I thought he was just a classmate.

I assumed that he was just like the other boys around me.

But “he” is different.

Even though he knew about my hobby of picture books, he didn’t discourage me, didn’t make fun of me, and didn’t disappointed me.

Not only that, he saved me from being trapped in the image of the people around me.

To “him”, it may have been casual words of encouragement, but to me, they were shocking words that made me rethink my way of life.

――“He” looked like a prince rescuing a trapped princess.

So I couldn’t help but ask him to be my prince.

“I want you to be my prince.”, I say.

“He” would make me a “princess”.

The words came out of my mouth with such a faint expectation.

I know that I’m talking about an impossible task.

It was too much to ask such an unrealistic person to help a classmate he didn’t know well.

It was a no-brainer.

But he agreed with two words.

At that moment, the possibility in my mind turned into a certainty.

“He”, Itosaki Sho, is my “prince”.

At that moment, in that place, I was able to become a princess and meet my ideal prince.

You could say it was the best day of my life.

It was such a happy moment.

――In addition, he made a vow to me.

Itosaki-kun, no, Sho-kun admitted that he is a “prince”.

Naturally, I also recognize Sho-kun as a “prince”.

That’s what both of us, the two parties involved, have admitted.

No matter what anyone else says, Sho-kun is my “prince” and I am his “princess”.

There’s no room for doubt in that.

And the “prince” and the “princess” should have a relationship.

Sho-kun and I are in a destiny that was promised to us.

There is nothing that can interfere with our destiny.

There is nothing that can tear our destiny apart.

There is nothing that can twist our destiny.

There is absolutely, absolutely, absolutely nothing that can destroy, hinder, or change our destiny.

Because I am a princess and Sho-kun is a prince.

It is already a given that we will be united.

Ah, Sho-kun. My “prince”.

Please stay with me forever. Stay next to me forever. Forever and ever, be my prince.

Always, ――forever