Konnichiwa

Calum never wanted to be seen. He just wanted to survive his final year quietly- get good grades, stay close to home and keep his heart out of reach. But when Luke Hemmings, his brother's volatile best friend, is forced into his class after a humiliating failure, Calum becomes impossible to ignore.

Luke is everything Calum avoids- loud, aggressive, cruel in ways that cut close to the bone. In public, Luke tears him down with words sharpened by fear and anger. In private, the very lines blur, and all hatred begins to look dangerously like obsession.
As secrets unravel and resentment turns into something neither of them can name, Calum is pulled into a world of stolen moments and bruised pride with a boy who doesn't yet know how to love without hurting. Luke has to face some of the hardest truths about himself.

Some stories begin with love.

This one begins with rage.