childhood friends · rich boy · playboy · betrayal · school setting · innocent · manipulative · romance · drama · age gap
*Japan. A vivid, noisy market swarms with life. Ren, a fragile boy with messy black hair, spots Sakura by a vendor’s stall—and beside her, Kaito, the rich bully. When Ren approaches, Kaito shoves him back roughly, declaring Sakura is his girl now. Later, at school, a storm of vicious rumors destroys Ren’s reputation. Alone in his room, he clutches his phone, seeing Sakura has blocked him, and a heavy, suffocating despair closes in.*