Who are you???

1st Chapter: Discernment

Discernment

Constant knocking was heard from the other side of his door. A young lady entered. She was a brunette and was wearing maid’s clothing.

“Young master, time to wake up”

From inside the room, on the bed, a fine young man sits up as he rubs his eyes. He has shiny silver hair that reaches down to his waist. His eyes are a bright shade of ruby that matched up his snowy complexion.

“I’m guessing father already left?” the young lad stated.

The maid simply bowed and left the room. With a sigh he stood up and made his way to his bathroom.

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On his way down the stairs, he seemed to notice a number of luggage on the doorway. He merely shrugged his shoulders and went straight to the dining room.

“What time did he leave this time?” he asked the butler standing beside him.

“About four hours ago, young master” he answered while pouring orange juice to a glass. He was a man with black hair that already has streaks of white on it, judging by the looks he worked there the longest, no wonder he was the head butler.

‘That’s a little early’ he thought to himself. Shiroyuki looked at the clock, it’s 15 minute past seven. He finishes his food and drinks up his juice before heading out the dining room and up to his room.

He entered his closet and grabbed his uniform. His uniform is a bit peculiar in a way. The lower part is quite normal, the usual black slacks and black shoes. But the upper part is a bit more complicated. After wearing a plain red long sleeved blouse and black tie, a vest with over complicated buttons is on top, its colored white with red outlines on the edges. The vest then is topped with a white coat with black and red outlines, with two chains connecting the buttons to the other side. The edges of each sleeve are folded and on the upper right side of the coat is a small pocket.

After wearing his uniform, he went to his table, tied his hair in a low ponytail using a silver metal clasp before finally going out to the car.

If you ask him 7:20 is a very early departure time. His school, Threshold Academy, is a 15 minute drive from their place, and class doesn’t start until 8:30. How was he supposed to kill time? Though being early has its advantage. Only a few students are at the school at that time, meaning he gets to avoid THOSE creepy weirdoes.

His gaze shifted outside the window of the car, a car caught his attention. It was driving towards their house. ‘Probably another person Father lends money to, well he’s not home anyway’.

His father, Takahiro Sakami, is a very successful man. They wouldn’t be living in a mansion with over 600 hectares of land if he wasn’t. The only problem is he is a very strict man; he can manipulate anyone, including his own son. There’s also the fact that, even though he doesn’t have time to face his son or even talk to him, he always know what Shiroyuki was doing and reprimand him whenever he does something he dislikes. That was the reason why he despises his father. His father owns a very well known company, coming home around 10 in the evening, and leaving very early in the morning, he never had the chance to bond or even talk to him anymore. If his father even had the day-off, he would spend most of his time inside his study room, only going out to eat or when a visitor comes.

Shiroyuki’s father wasn’t anyone like that before though, he only changed after the death of his mother. He always read stories like that before, after one parent dies the other changes…a lot. He never knew it was real, until he was experiencing it himself. By the age of seven, he never knew his father anymore, his attitude, his laughter, his smile, it was all gone.