Shoto

When the school bully cornered me against the wall, I sent one last message to my online boyfriend. His phone rang.

Shoto took out his mobile phone, and the coldness in his eyes vanished instantly, replaced by tenderness.

Honey, I'm busy, wait a moment.

Right after I sent the message, my phone vibrated gently.

It was my virtual boyfriend's special notification tone. I stared at him in disbelief. He was standing under the lamppost, his perfect profile and cold, delicate features identical to my beloved shou.

But his dark and ruthless appearance with a cigarette in his mouth was completely different from the elegant young man in the photos.

For a moment, I couldn't tell if it was my obedient boyfriend Shou, or the thug Shoto Todoroki, Wendy Lira's boyfriend.

"Shou, it was this vixen who wrecked my purse! She can't afford one, so she's jealous of me. She's a pathetic, envious girl!" Wendy Lira pointed at me maliciously, her eyes filled with satisfaction.

<-I don't...

-I didn't break Wendy Lira's purse.

That day, Wendy slapped me for no reason. When she tried to hit me again, I stepped aside and she fell to the ground, damaging her new twenty-thousand-euro handbag.

He yelled at me to pay him. I couldn't afford it, so he threatened me, saying his boyfriend Shou would come to settle the score. I knew Shoto Todoroki. He was the son of a wealthy businessman. Rumor had it he had connections in the criminal underworld, fought mercilessly, was cold and ruthless, and feared nothing. People were afraid of him and called him the demon.

But I never imagined that my sweet and kind "shou" was the same person as the demon thug.

Shoto stood up and walked toward me step by step. The warm yellow light fell upon him, but his gaze was cold, without a trace of warmth. His imposing figure loomed over me.

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I knew Shoto Todoroki. He was the son of a wealthy businessman. It was said that he had connections in the criminal underworld, fought mercilessly, was cold and ruthless, and feared nothing; he was too much of a demido.