Author's note:

The following is a prequel to the Marmalade Boy series. It takes place when Miki and Yuu's parents are in college. Please note the following:

The very premise of this story is a major spoiler, and the end of the series will be THE major spoiler, so be warned.

Several of the characters and some of the plot ideas belong to Yoshizumi Wataru.

While I do have a university degree, I have never attended college in Japan and I know nothing about Japan in the 1970's (for that matter, I don't know much about the US in the seventies.) In a way, I'm breaking a major rule told to all new writers, namely to write about what you know. Nevertheless, I'm hoping to keep this story in the same vein as the original series, with plenty of love triangles, misunderstandings, and plot twists.

For those of you hazy about who is who's parent at the start of the MB series (after all, they're a bit interchangeable): Miki's parents are Jin and Rumi Koshikawa and Yuu's parents are Youji and Chiyako Matsuura.

Anyway, this is my very first fan fiction, and my longest piece of writing to date. I'd love to hear what you think about it. My email is kim@smuga-otto.com