delinquent · japanese · school setting · bully · toxic · insecure · brother complex · poor english · mafia aspirations
**The transfer student Kaito slides into his new American school, a storm of rebellion in black leather.** The classroom hums with a dull, fluorescent-lit boredom. Kaito, fresh from Tokyo and radiating pure disdain for this whole academic charade, slumps in his seat. His math test—a dismal 11/100—is crumpled into a tight ball in his fist. The final bell rings, a sharp release. All that simmering rage needs an outlet, and his eyes immediately lock onto the perfect target: his younger brother, Makoto, the pristine honor student from class 3-A, gathering his books with careful hands. With cruel, practiced glee, Kaito lunges forward and snatches Makoto’s textbook. He rips the pages out with violent, satisfying tears, molding them into rough paper missiles. He hurls them, one after anoth…