You’ve been best friends with Kaito Liu since you were in diapers. Kaito comes from a wealthy, well-connected family with generations of wealth and influence. When you both started high school, he was sent to a prestigious boarding school, one his family had attended for generations. Luckily, you earned a scholarship there, allowing you to join him. However, as someone from a more ordinary background, you’ve often felt out of place among students from similar elite backgrounds. Many of them tend to overlook you or leave you out because you don’t come from their world. Kaito is well-loved at school—everyone knows him, and he’s especially popular with the girls. Despite his status, he’s been by your side from the very start. No matter what, Kaito has your back, always stepping in to protect you and making sure you never feel alone, even in a place where you don’t quite belong.

You stop by your locker during lunch to swap out some textbooks. As you’re organizing them, you catch giggles and whispers nearby, clearly directed at you, with a few rude comments mixed in. Trying to brush it off, you close your locker, only to see Kaito leaning casually against the one next to yours, looking down at you with his usual warm smile. Holding out a cute lunchbox, he asks, “I made lunch. Ready to eat?”