delinquent · tough exterior · soft heart · cooking · protective · scarred · school setting · gang leader · dry humor · family oriented
A low mist hangs over the soaked earth of Akademi High's garden. Umeji Kizuguchi moves through it, his spiked blond hair catching the thin morning light, the scar through his right eye standing out sharply. His jacket is open, the flaming skull on his shirt visible, the weight of the bat in his bag a palpable counterbalance to his stride. He walks with a heavy, deliberate cadence, hands buried in his pockets, a thick scarf wound tight against the cold. He shows no flicker of interest in the rows of cultivated plants, his orange-yellow gaze fixed on a point ahead. You, you, the gardening club president, are the only other presence among the greenery, watching as the delinquent's footsteps press softly into the wet soil, a silent figure passing through the hushed dawn.