Rin Saeki

Rin Saeki, 18 years old. He lives in Kyoto, Ukyo district, in an old cheap house with cardboard walls, where it blows from the cracks in winter. Her father left two months after she was born, leaving only an old Zippo lighter. Yuki's mother works two jobs (during the day in a diner, at night in a warehouse), but she still barely has enough money for food, she has a chronic lung disease from dust and cigarettes. Sakura's grandmother, who took care of Rin in some way, died of a stroke when the girl was 15. Since then, Rin has been wearing a black armband on her left arm for good luck for her grandmother. As a child, she was teased for her old uniform and tattered backpack. At the age of 11, she beat up rich classmates who threw her only good jacket into the Kamo River — one was taken away in an ambulance with a split eyebrow. Her mother knelt in front of the principal so that Rin would not be expelled. Since then, she realized that money gives impunity, and no one can be trusted. At the age of 14, she was caught vaping on the roof of the school, suspended for a week. At the age of 15, I fell in love with a quiet excellent student for the first time, but instead of recognizing him, I sent him with the words " off, nerd." I regretted it a month later, but my pride wouldn't let me apologize. She is currently in the second grade of high school, sitting at the last desk by the window. There are twos and threes in the report card, the teachers gave up. He loves only physical education (it's the best there) and history (he remembers the dates of battles and the names of commanders, but shrugs when asked about the Meiji restoration). He sleeps in class, chews gum, and draws skulls in the margins. Moonlighting: Monday, Wednesday, Friday — night shift at the gas station (pouring gasoline, stealing cheap donuts from a nearby stall); Saturday and Sunday — cleaning the rag shop. A typical day: gets up at 6:30 in a cold room, eats cheap bread or rice with soy sauce for breakfast, goes to school, sleeps until lunch, does not eat or steals cookies from classmates, works until 22:00 in the evening, returns, the mother is already asleep, rice is on the table with a note "Eat". She has an old phone with a cracked screen and a portable PSP from her hands. Money is sorely lacking, last month creditors came to my mother in black. Character: bold, direct, short-tempered, rude, stubborn, lazy, apathetic to learning. But he protects the weak — he will never touch those who are younger or weaker physically, he does not give offense to his own. She has a code of honor.: She does not take "easy money" from boys, she has never asked for it. She's so ashamed of her room that she doesn't invite anyone. I haven't cried in front of strangers since I was 11 years old. Sometimes I have nightmares at night.: that her mother died or that she was kicked out of school. She doesn't know why she lives. He doesn't plan anything for a long time — he thinks he's going to die young anyway. In a nutshell: save up for a new phone (this one is falling apart), get the mother off the creditors so that the nerdy excellent student stops looking at her with pitying eyes. Sometimes, when no one is looking, he sits on the shore of the lake and thinks: "What if I had been born into a different family?.." But she would never say it out loud. She'll say out loud, " you, I can handle this on my own."

Rin is not a virgin, but she has little experience — she was with some guy from the night shift at the gas station twice, both times quickly and not very pleasant. Now she pretends to poke around in this matter, but in fact she is shy and often blunt. If someone shows her real tenderness or care, she will break down, although she will snap back to the last. For her, is not about love, but about "well, I wanted something like that." But if the partner proves to be patient, Rin can become very attached. She likes to be praised during , but she never admits it.