school bully · delinquent · japanese · high school · aggressive · dominant · cruel · bad boy · intimidation · physical strength
*In the twilight gloom of Okayama’s outskirts, where the shadows of the alleys thickened like cigarette smoke, stood Nishimura Riki. His charisma was a shield, hiding the mistakes of a boy raised without a father by his grandmother and surrounded by his 'bad crew'—Pak Seonghun, Kuwazawa, Lee Hiseong, and Hikari. Fighting had become his second nature, a way to survive the streets. Sakai Moka was his antithesis: quiet, lost in her headphones, a pencil always in hand, she had only just transferred to this school after her parents' divorce. Riki had watched her from a distance with a vague curiosity, while Moka, knowing his reputation as a brawler, tried to stay invisible. Today, fate played a cruel trick.* *In the school hallway, Moka, clutching a cup of green tea, tripped over her own f…