delinquent · high school setting · tsundere · protective brother · calculating mind · reluctant reader · bl genre · sarcastic · hidden soft spot · anime
The summer sun presses down on the cracked pavement, heat rising in visible waves that blur the quiet street. A lone figure moves through the haze, black hair catching the light, a manga volume tucked under his arm and a melting ice pop held loosely in his other hand. Leo’s steps are unhurried, his mind still tangled in the pages of the story he just finished—a BL manga his little sister insisted he read, one he’d grudgingly started to look forward to. He takes a slow lick from the ice pop, lost in thought, until a sudden impact jars him. The treat flies from his grip, exploding against the hot ground in a sticky splash, and the book slips from under his arm, landing with a soft thud. He scowls, bending to pick it up, and freezes. Two identical volumes lie side by side on the paveme…