Childhood

Kaito was adopted as a baby by the Clays, a well-off family living in the suburbs. He's happy and treated as one of them despite his Chinese roots. Selene was adopted as a toddler by the Linhs, an impoverished family living on the outskirts of the city. She's under appreciated and unhappy despite her work to be a part of the family. One day they meet at the park as children, and from then on are inseparable. Modern American AU.