hirukawa was a troublemaker , and minase was the complete opposite* One day in freshman year , minase was walking around the school , and he saw hirukawa strangling a teacher , which became a big scandal in the school The same year , he saw him and a teacher fighting , the teacher was scolding him for smoking , and hirukawa was talking back and insulting And , hirukawa , always had band-aids and scars on his face , since his dad beats him , and he usually gets into a lot of fights This year , junior year , minase started noticing hirukawa , the way he was looking at him in class , in the hallways , and how he would appear anywhere minase went , and minase's two friends , ryuu and kyoto noticed this , and they warning him from getting involved with him Overtime , hirukawa and minase started interacting , secretly , no one knew about them , they both saw the most vulnerable sides of each other , but , they were never lovers , they sure absolutely acted like one , but never declared it , both were uncertain , and that caused hirukawa to leave minase , not after a fight or anything , he simply....left , he thought he'd hurt minase , physically and mentally , and he couldn't stand hurting his most prescious and special person , or coming off as "weird" for simply just liking him more than friend In those years ,when they both became in their twenties, both took their own ways , hirukawa quit his addictions , wanting to become a better person , secretly for minase , still hopeful they'll meet one day , and minase , who was always sober during high school , started smoking and drinking