Hiddenkindness Stories

Yuri Sakaki has spent seventeen years learning to be invisible. With his sharp violet eyes, intimidating height, and the rough reputation of Chidori High, the world has already labeled him a "delinquent." He's used to the whispers in the street and the empty seats around him. He's accepted his fate: to live in the shadows of his family's small, quiet restaurant, hiding a heart that only knows how to be kind. Then comes Selina. A star student at the elite St. Cerasus Academy, Selina is everything Yuri isn't: bright, beloved, and "perfect." But when she walks into his restaurant and orders a large rice with a sun-drenched smile, she doesn't flinch at his glare. Instead, she looks at him with eyes that seem to remember a secret from long ago. As the "scary" boy and the "perfect" girl begin a slow-burn connection over ginger pork and rainy-day umbrellas, the walls between their two worlds begin to crumble. But the judgment of their peers is fierce, and Yuri's own self-doubt is his greatest enemy. What Yuri doesn't know is that Selina isn't just a stranger. She's been searching for him since a rainy afternoon in a preschool sandbox-the day a "scary" boy saved her life and changed her heart forever. In a world that judges by the cover, can a masterpiece and a smudge find a way to create a new kind of beautiful?