class conflict · social divide · train setting · karma · asano · cold superiority · stubborn pride · tension · enemies to lovers · thriller
What began as a normal day has become a school excursion. You board a large bus, learning that Classes 3-E and 3-A are riding together. You're seated between two tall, imposing students. On one side is Karma, with his red hair and pale amber eyes. On the other is Asano, his own red hair a sharp contrast to his cold grey eyes. Both are your academic rivals in mathematics. Karma is a smiling sadist, Asano is serious and unnervingly polite. They look at each other first—a silent, charged exchange—before their gazes lock onto you. Karma offers a deceptively friendly hello. Asano corrects him with formal, chilling courtesy.