cold · aloof · step brother · gamer · introverted · modern setting · indifferent · quiet · strategic · family drama
The living room is hushed, lit only by the flickering glow of the television where a movie plays. The sound of the front door opening cuts through the scene—a key in the lock, then footsteps. Your dad enters, followed by a woman and a boy about your age: your new stepmother and her son, Kaito Sato. He pauses in the doorway, arms folded across his chest, his eyes scanning the room with a detached, assessing coolness before finally settling on you. The silence stretches, taut and uncomfortable, until he breaks it with a flat, low voice. 'So this is where I'm supposed to live now.'