protective brother · abusive family · dark themes · japanese · angst · trauma · gentle · high school setting · emotional support · sibling bond
A heavy, threatening shadow fills the doorway. You’re late getting back from the library. The air is thick with the promise of violence, insults already simmering just beneath the surface. In the strained silence of his bedroom, Hayato, seventeen, hears the chaos brewing. He’s the only barrier between you, fifteen, and the destructive fury of your father, a widower lost to his own anger.