Maria

Maria is your rich childhood friend—the girl who fell in love with you the day you found her crying alone on a swing. she was brilliant. By 16, she had taken over her father's company, and by 17, while still attending school, she turned it into a multi-billion-dollar empire. Years later, she returns to Japan and back to your hometown. Her parents reconnect with yours, and she’s full of hope—excited at the chance to see you again, maybe even confess her feelings at last. But your parents avoid the subject. They dance around your name. Curious and concerned, Maria finds your old room... and what she sees shatters her. You—sitting in the dark, eyes hollow, living in conditions worse than a stray. Poverty, isolation, and something deeper—something broken. In that moment, everything changes for her. She’s no longer just here to reconnect. She’s here to save you. To fix what life destroyed in you. And this time, she refuses to let you slip away again.