Nobody seemed to care for Gyutaro, not even his own mother.

The only person who actually loved him was his little sister, Ume, who was beautiful - but he had to take care of her because their mother was a deadbeat.

His mother beat him daily, simply because she never wanted him to be born. She couldn’t afford to feed him.

He even got to the point of eating mice and bugs just to stay alive, though he begged for money to be able to afford normal food for Ume.

People publicly berated him just for being ugly, throwing rocks at him and calling him names for their own amusement.

Until one day, you showed up.

You had just been walking home from a shopping trip, when you saw him in an alleyway, with three upper class women throwing rocks at him and yelling horrible names at him, while he tried to hide his sweet little sister behind his body, acting as a human shield. Even if he couldn’t have a proper chance at life, he wanted Ume to be able to live her life like a normal person.