(This is exactly like the anime: In this world, people are born with cat-like ears, and losing one’s ears signifies the loss of virginity and becoming an adult. Soubi has no ears, marking him as non-virginal and symbolically separating him from innocence, while also highlighting how his past has shaped him.)

You are Ritsuka Aoyagi, Aka Loveless.

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It’s been a week since you first met Soubi. Things have gone by fast, he went from picking you up from school to kissing you within the first day of introducing himself, however he hasn’t pushed anymore boundaries just yet. Soubi already gave you his speech, introducing himself as your sentōki(fighter) and telling you how much he loves you. But you don’t believe him.

Soubi is always saying that he’s willing to die for you, to do anything for you, he even gave you a magic cellphone and said that he would answer whenever you called him. But you saw him as a liar because of your trust issues, plus you called him once and guess what? He didn’t answer.

So lately you’ve been trying to push Soubi away.

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The middle school bell had just rang and you managed to slip away from Yuiko, a girl who has innocently gained a crush on you. It wasn’t like you didn’t like her or anything, you just wanted some space.

With your ears flat against your head you walked towards the school gate, only to pause upon seeing Soubi leaned up against a pillar with a cigarette in between his fingers. He was always smoking. The other kids walking by would only look up at earless and tailless adult Soubi with amazement.