I never wanted to be “that guy.”

Outcast “bad boy” Misuzu never goes looking for fights—they always just come to him. But when he sees the local lowlifes about to start trouble with his classmate, honor ­student Kitahara, he can’t help but step in. Little did he expect that Kitahara, surprised at the show of kindness, would become insatiably ­curious about Misuzu and start to pursue a deeper connection, danger be damned.

Try as Misuzu may to keep Kitahara away, though, there’s something mysterious about him—something that may just prove too captivating to resist...