Ploy's Yearbook: The Only Regret (English version)

Padparadscha's gaze drifted to the bottom row, where she gently caressed the photograph of a handsome boy in a school uniform. Below the picture were the name, address, and phone number of Noppatee, the guy who once captured her heart without ever realizing it. Padparadscha smiled faintly as she thought of the person in the photo, who shared the same name as her new boss, before closing the yearbook.
The year on the yearbook cover told her that those times were fifteen years in the past…
Maybe… we shouldn’t dream of something that has long been in the past.

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When I received the invitation to write for the 'Ploy's Yearbook' series, I immediately accepted it. I found it fascinating that there could be as many as five people with the same name in one classroom. I was also excited to see how each author would interpret their own "Ploy." Once we started writing, the five of us had to communicate, and I felt like we truly became Ploy; they weren't just characters we created. It was a very enjoyable novel-writing experience.
"'Pretty' Ploy" is a beautiful girl, the kind you might've known in class. She has enviable qualities but is also an ordinary person who has a crush. "Noppatee" is the nerdy guy who has been secretly admiring “Pretty” Ploy for a long time. When will they end up together? I invite you to join us in rooting for their happy ending.
This novel allowed me to revisit my old yearbook, and I couldn't help but laugh when I saw my own picture in a high-waisted skirt uniform, with a now out-of-fashion haircut, shin-high socks, lips reddened by Uthaitip, and a carefree, broad smile.
It took me back to when I was eighteen, to the time when I was a teenager full of love, hope, heartbreak, tears, bad decisions, and juvenile emotions. It was a time of puberty and youthful energy. It was the time when I did things I never thought I'd dare to do. It was one of the happiest periods of my life and has become my precious memory.

With love and an invitation for you to reminisce about those beautiful days of youth,
Nenechan
February 2022

The "Ploy's Yearbook" series consists of:
- The Only Regret
- Moving around You
- Secretly Love
- Busy February
- Faded Memory

Please stay tuned! ^^

Author: Nenechan
Translator: Claire de Lune and meb Translation Team
Editor: Panisara
Illustrator: ladytist