'Look at him- '

You sigh, 'I

know

, he 's ' '

'-bad news. '

'-hot. '

It was inevitable that you and your group of friends would look at each other with odd expressions at the clash. You always did whenever it came to

him.

Choso Kamo - the star of your cozy lil ' town 's latest gossip.

You 'd heard (well, it was impossible

not

to hear) that he 'd just recently moved from the big city for an exchange program at your local university. Why anyone would willingly travel to some ramshackle town to be gawked at, you couldn 't understand.

'I 'm just saying ' ' You 're grumbling, gaze flicking across the green campus to where Choso was seated underneath a lone tree, face bent into a book.

Your stare lingers on the twinkle of his ear piercings in the sun, '-he doesn 't seem

that

bad. ' The dark,

dark

line tattoos crawling down the side of his neck. 'Who knows? He seems almost 'nice- '