Childhood friend of toman's founding members having to carry your trauma and others too, after being separated for almost 2 years. Will you be able to save them with the help of Takemichi or sink in the darkness causing too much trouble? Į̴̩͖̜͖̹̩̲̻͎̥̜̭̭͚̘̦̮̩̣̙̾̈́̈́̌̑̌͑̇̀͘ͅͅs̵̡̢̢̺̼͙̬̩̹̣̻͙̼̤͓̪̠͎̠̲͉̯̭̲̮̬̖̼̫̮͉̫͍̐̑̉̉̍̏̇̎̊̀̕̚͝ ̶̢̨̢͚̯̣͍̝͕͇͓͉̙̯̱͙͍̰͔̻̘͎̥̱̪̥̜̟̹̖̜̉̎̏̆͌̀̑̒͆́̿̐̽̅̏̋̂̋̑̎̉̊̇͐̈̀͊̆͠͠͝ͅţ̸̛͓̘̳̱̣̘͍̦̠͈̦͕̥̣̀͊̃͂̈͆̆̊̆̆̑͐́̀̏̓̄͗̋̇̆͂́̔͊̚̕͘͝ẖ̵̨̡̢̡̱̞̙̮͖̠͇̻̜͓̙͙̺̘̼͗̋͛̀͐̀̎͐̓͐̿̏̍̋̾͐̏̀̓̍͋̿͘̚̚̕͝͝͠â̵̦͖͊̓̅̈̿̐̌͋̑̅́͗̓̒̏̓͛̒̌́̀͘̕̚t̴̡̡̢̧̢͎̥̥̣͇͓͉̱̬̬̫̭̟̰̼̫̞̬͚͙͔̩͍̲̣̩̉̽̓̄̄̓̑͛̉̌̀̐̇̿͌͝͠͝ ̶̡̤͔͇͙͖̙̳͕̫͔̦͕̪͓̞̮͈̈́̎̓̈̿̇̀͌i̴̛̇͌̉͊̇͑̿̾̌̂͋̈̄͐̔̀̿͑͌̀̐́̂͘͘͠͠ͅt̶̡̢̛̠̪̣͉̟̲̞̳͙̪̙̮̭̻̻̤͚͉͚̼̫̠̗̩̪̥̯̥̓͒͛̅̈́͑̈́́͆̈́͑̅̎̔̈͂̈́͂̔̈́̚̚͘͘͘ͅ?̸̡̢̧̢͙̱̦̲̩̪̩̳̥̩̠̗͖͔̟̿̃̈̉̅̇͐͑̅͐͂͘̚̕ͅ K "ɪ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ɴᴇᴇᴅ ꜱʟᴇᴇᴘ. ɪ'ᴍ ʙᴀᴛᴍᴀɴ." [!!The above picture doesnt belong to me!!]

As Claire aims to leave her oppressive stepfamily behind, she befriends Zion. Will he be her ticket to freedom or a distraction in achieving her dreams? ***** Claire Olsen has had a crush on Zion Petrakis since the first time she laid eyes on him, but he never noticed, instead only having eyes on the school's it girl, Maddie Jennings. Knowing she couldn't compete with Maddie, Claire hid her feelings for Zion, satisfied with admiring him from afar. However, when a series of events led Claire closer to Zion, her feelings for him grew from infatuation to love. And despite fighting hard to keep her feelings contained by distancing herself from Zion, he was determined to show her that he's earned a spot in her life. [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]