It was early in the morning and a girl was sleeping in her bed. After her alarm went off, Reika sat up and got ready for school. Like every morning. Then she went downstairs and made breakfast. She wanted to be perfect. For her mother and her father. But it just wasn't. Each time they both had something to complain about.
Reika sighed. She would be so lonely forever.

Can't I just be perfect? I wish it that way!

These thoughts crossed her mind just before she left the house after breakfast. Her parents took it for granted that Reika would make them breakfast. They never thanked her, never praised her.
The black-haired girl never complained. Better shut up. After all, she wasn't perfect, and she had to be so that her parents would finally love her. She looked up to the sky.

[i]One day I'll be perfect! Just as mother and father want me to!

Reika was also alone at school. Friends? What's this? The girls stayed away from her and the boys just ignored her. She always wondered what it was, but couldn't find an answer. If she were perfect, they'd hang out with her too. But it just wasn't.
Reika looked sadly out of the window. She wanted to be as perfect as Tadase Hotori, who sat only one table away. Or like Amu Hinamori, Rima Mashiro or Nagihiko Fujisaki. Just like the Guardians. Even the playful, childlike Yaya Yuiki was liked by everyone. How could something like that work? So many people so close to her were so perfect, except she wasn't. How unjust the world was!

[i]Soon I'll be like Tadase. He is so perfect. His parents are sure to be proud of him!

With these thoughts she went home. But she knew what to expect. In the evening, when the family was sitting together at the dinner table, her father looked at her. "How did the work turn out?", He asked and he wanted a positive answer, which Reika did not have. "Unfortunately I only have a 4th," she whispered. The father hit the table with one hand. "That is impossible! You have learned too little! Your older siblings never had a 4! ”He yelled and pointed to the door. "Go study! Immediately! ”Reika got up, still hungry, and went upstairs to her room.
She stood on her balcony and cried. How could her life be like this? What did she do to God? She was always a good girl and tried her best, but that didn't often help her to succeed.

[i]Please! God, if you exist, help me out of here!