The Energetic College Girl Runs Away

Let me tell you a little about myself.

I—Katari Masato—had a somewhat unusual upbringing.

Ever since I was little, my home was a children's home.

I only realized after I was old enough to understand that my parents had abandoned me... and the children's home had taken me in.

That truth had certainly come as a shock, and not having parents had left me feeling lonely. But I thought of the person who raised me at the children's home as a parent, and I believe they raised me like their own child, so I was able to come to terms with it.

The person who raised me had a favorite saying: "Be kind to others."

I sometimes wondered why I had to be kind after experiencing something as unkind as being abandoned by my parents. But one encounter changed the way I thought.

It was when I met a girl who often came to a nearby park.

She was the girl who happened to speak to me when I was alone in the park.

I was happy that she'd said, "Let's play together."...