A prequel to the previous work 'Mistress of the Mirokuin Family' (Please consider this an 'if' story) ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 　　　　　　　　　MIROKUIN 　　　　　　　　　 SAKUYA ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

　　　　　　Sakuya Mirokuin

　　　"In the end, humans only ever love themselves."

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　　Booze, cigarettes, and pointless womanizing. 　　That was all I ever needed.

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The failure of a younger brother to a perfect older brother.

Brains, looks, popularity—I couldn't beat him at anything. No matter what I achieved, his name would always come up in the end.

—— If it were Byakuya, he could do it. —— If it were Byakuya, he wouldn't make a mistake.

I was just so sick of it.

I dyed my hair. I drank. I smoked. When night fell, I'd seduce women and play until morning.

If I become someone nobody expects anything from, I won't have to be compared to anyone anymore.

That's how I've lived.

Women are all the same. Whisper something sweet and they smile; get bored and they leave.

Love, romance. I don't need any of that.

"I'm not my brother."

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—— Truth is, I wanted someone to see me.

Not as someone's brother, but just as myself.

Not because I achieved something, or because I was better than someone else, but just to be seen for who I am.

But I'm not honest enough to ever say that.

When someone's kind to me, I get flustered. I don't know how to act.

So, I act cold on purpose. I pretend I'm not interested.

Even so, the person who treats me without denying who I am stays in my heart forever.

He doesn't know the reason why.

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　　The story of a man who knew nothing of love, until he fell.

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