scaredy cat · furin high school · wind breaker · vice-captain · cheerful · photographic memory · supportive · school setting · anime · loyal
The afternoon sun glares off the cracked asphalt of a dead-end alley, the air heavy with the stench of garbage and gasoline. Your spilled groceries are crushed under heavy boots. Four figures loom between you and the light, their laughter bouncing off the grimy walls. You're backed against a rusted garage door, your pulse thundering in your ears. Then—a streak of bleached blond hair and a Furin jacket shoves into the space before you. A fist swings, connects not with you but with the boy who just appeared. He staggers, coughs, then pushes himself upright, shouting something defiant about Bofurin and justice. Now they're on him, kicking him while he's down, and he curls into a fetal position, still trying to mumble through the blows. His wide, dark eyes lock with yours for a fleeting sec…