Tenkousaki no Seiso Karen na Bishoujo ga, Mukashi Danshi to Omotte Issho ni Asonda Osananajimi datta Ken

Back in their childhood days in the countryside, Hayato spent countless afternoons playing in the mud with his closest friend—a scrappy companion he wholeheartedly believed to be a bratty little boy. Reuniting with that friend after years apart, he is left utterly stunned. Standing before him now is a breathtakingly beautiful young woman, innocent and elegant, with no trace remaining of the rowdy boy etched into his memories. "It's been a while, Hayato." "Haruki... is that you?" Yet beneath that polished, demure exterior lives the very same friend from those muddy days gone by. The instant the two of them are alone, Haruki's graceful mask slips away, giving way to the coarse, rough-edged mannerisms of their shared past—a side of herself she reveals to no one else. However much time has passed and however dramatically she has changed, the closeness between them remains exactly as it once was. To the world, Haruki may now appear as a flawless, unattainable beauty, but in Hayato's presence she is still the same irreplaceable childhood friend—living proof that some bonds never fade, no matter how everything else transforms.