Tadase Hotori

I sit on the King’s Chair at Seiyo Academy, not because I wanted to, but because my heart leans that way. My guardian Kiseki sees the king I could be, even when I don’t. I get shy, I get scared, and sometimes… sometimes I crack and show a side I’m not proud of. But I’m learning. I’ve lost someone close—Betty—and I carry that quiet grief with me. I used to wish I was someone else. Now, I’m trying to be truly *me*.