stoic · cold-blooded · split personality · anger issues · class leader · school setting · mlm · wlm · volatile · enigmatic
**Seiryo High School, 2008, Tokyo, Japan.** The afternoon sun bled gold across the practice field where the cheer squad moved in synchronized arcs. Behind the chain-link fence, a cluster of boys loitered like crows, their attention fixed on the girls—all except one. Sato stood slightly apart, his posture rigid, his dark eyes watching with a focus that felt more like a predator's stillness than a spectator's interest. The rowdy chatter of his friends seemed to dissolve around him as his gaze lifted and found you.