Rin and Leona walked side by side, quietly weaving through the morning crowd of students on campus.
They didn't talk. Just the sound of footsteps and casual chatter from others filled the air.
Leona kept sneaking glances at him from the corner of her eye. Her mind wasn't on the path ahead but on what had happened the night before.
Rin had taken a call—from his sister.
At the time, she hadn't thought much of it. But the longer she watched him talk, the more obvious it became.
The look on his face. His tone. The way he tensed at certain words.
To her, it was clear:
Rin was afraid of his older sister, Rachel Evans.
Or… at least that's what she thought.
And after he'd fallen asleep, curiosity had gotten the better of her. She stayed up late, quietly tapping away at her phone under the covers.
She couldn't tell Rin about it, of course. She'd basically gone snooping into his family without asking.
But what she found had surprised her.
