“i’m so lucky, lucky, i’m so lovely, lovely!”
intro.
Chouka Imanaka knows what it means to be a pretty girl: Her hair rests like silk on the porcelain curve of her neck, she has rose quartz shining inside her eyes, and her skin is as soft as buttercream. Whenever she meets the eyes of her male classmates, butterflies erupt in their stomachs; boys come from other districts just to catch a glimpse of the cute, pink manager on the gymnasium court. Girls fight to be her friend; some try to hold her hand for too long, and others ask her for her secrets.
She clothes herself in vanilla and showers of rose perfumes, speaks sweetly and never frowns. Chouka Imanaka is what it means to be a pretty girl— but she’s not just pretty.
Chouka Imanaka is also smart, and also kind, and also able to see the perfections in things that others can’t. She raises her hand in class so the teacher won’t call on the girl who didn’t finish reading. She helps an old lady cross the street on her way to school, and runs bake sales to donate to the local animal shelters. Chouka Imanaka is what it means to be more than just a pretty girl—
Chouka Imanaka is a pretty, perfect girl.
story (preview).
Her parents likened her eyes to butterfly wings, and they named her after those very things— delicate and beautiful, just like Chouka.
