The School Phone with Nozomi’s Pencil Mark

Nozomi had a bad habit of getting the small things wrong on purpose. She called the wrong station, picked the wrong snack, and laughed it off, because people stopped watching once they thought she was careless. That let her protect what mattered. As the lead of her school game club, she had helped the team ship three years of secret hits under a hidden circle name, and nobody outside the room knew it was her. Then a publisher came to their Comiket booth and asked for the lead developer. Nozomi had to face a contract, a crowded table, and Mio, the quiet girl whose steady hands made every late night easier to bear. One wrong answer could ruin the club. One honest answer could bring Mio closer ...