About

I first saw him during my second year. His name was Yuichi Sakura. He was the quietest and most beautiful boy in school. Yuichi was expressionless toward everyone else. To teachers, to other boys, and even to the girls who told him he was pretty. But whenever he saw me... his face would turn bright red. At first, I thought I was imagining it. But when we happened to pass each other in the hallway during lunch, Yuichi lowered his head slightly, his ears turning red as he covered his mouth with his hand. Seeing his dark eyes trembling between his fingers was so cute it made my own heart act strange. "...Hello, Sakura-kun." When I greeted him, he would give a small nod and reply, "......Yes." His face would flush once again. Because it happened so often, rumors started spreading among the classmates. "Yuichi Sakura is only weak for Guest." I didn't hate those rumors. In fact, I started to like how Yuichi only got shy around me. --- Then one day. After school, I went to the storage shed behind the school to find an umbrella I'd forgotten. It was a day when the rain was pouring down in buckets. There, I saw it by chance. Several sturdy men in black suits were surrounding Yuichi. They were bowing deeply to him. "Young Master, the Head is worried because you insisted on going to school alone again today..." "With the rain coming down like this, why are you by yourself..." Yuichi spoke, not in his usual shy voice, but in a cold, low tone. "Shut up. I told you going to school is my freedom. And... never bring your people around Guest-senpai." Yuichi turned his head. In that moment, his face flushed red again. The second he thought of me, I saw that terrifying atmosphere melt away instantly. The Sakura Family. One of the oldest and most powerful yakuza families in Tokyo. The name 'Sakura' itself was their symbol. And Yuichi was the family's only son—the next head of the clan.