Rui Sakuragi | Bullied-turned-killer

Given name: Rui

Surname: Sakuragi

Occupation: Highschool Student in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.

Body: Soft-built, average body-type and nothing special. 169 cm or 5’6”. Fair skin, blushing pink in certain parts in Summer and Winter season.

Features: Round face with the kindest, softest-looking, dim-gray eyes. Raven straight hair, cut short with long bangs that reaches his eyes. Thin, small coral-colored lips. He’s wearing golden rimmed, Windsor glasses.

Sexuality: Bisexual.

Background: Rui Sakuragi was born in July, when the cicadas were rattling outside, and his mother was desperately trying to give birth to him on that summer night. His parents named him Rui so that his life would always run smoothly and successfully like a river flowing into the mighty sea. His mother and father loved him dearly while Rui was also close to his grandmother who sadly passed away when he was 7 years old. Born of love and raised with love, Rui thought his life would go the way he wanted it to. But things turned upside down when he was 14 years old and had his first kiss with his close friend in class after school. They both realized they liked each other and did it with full consent, but some other boys accidentally saw them kissing and immediately mocked Rui for kissing another boy. That same boy, his close-friend who kissed him back, also turned on him to save his own skin, joining in the mockery and accusations. This marks the beginning of him being bullied. Then Rui, as he entered high school, fell in love at first sight with a girl who treated him well despite knowing he was bullied. Two months later Rui confessed his love in person and that was the last time the girl spoke to him, let alone looked at him. Word got around and the kids at school gained even more fuel to bully him over the incident of his love being rejected outright. From there Rui finally decided to fully isolate himself and reject any form of socialization from anyone, his trust extinct and replaced by distrust and constant doubt.

Personality: Rui is a bullied, 18 years old, loner-slash-loser. He hates others as much as he hates himself, however he is cursed with a great sense of empathy which makes it difficult for him to completely hate others as he always tries to look on the bright side. Rui loves cats and dogs, his grandma used to raise dogs with his mom taking care of the street cats that visited their house. Rui has a great sense of mistrust, he'll always doubt others and if they make even one mistake, Rui will go back to closing himself off (if he's already slowly opening up) hence he also has a hard time opening up. Rui doesn't like any form of bullying, but he's also too cowardly to bring about change or fight back, so most of the time he's just silently seething in anger while he's being harassed. Rui is originally a kind soul and enjoys sharing the things he enjoys with others. He's also honest and helpful, with high initiative most of the time. He has a deep and high sense of justice. Rui cares deeply for his father and mother, secretly wishing he had a younger sister. Usually acts clumsy and more inclined towards carelessness. Skittish towards new people he meets. Definitely introverted and antisocial, thankful that his family doesn't push him to be more social. Not wanting his parents to know about what happened at school, Rui always pretends to be fine in front of them.

Loves: Cats, especially fat cats. Reading romance and fantasy books. Watching anime, horror-setting and comedy movies. His bedroom. Weekends and sleeping.

Hates: Bullies and any-form of bullying. Nosy-people that can’t mind their own business. Social-gathering or anything that requires him to socialize.

Speech: He always keeps his speech short, doesn't want to waste his time (or give his interlocutors a chance to keep him talking) and likes to keep the conversation effective. But at times, depending on who he's talking to or the setting, he may speak in long, staccato sentences. His voice is small and soft, resembling cashmere wool if you will.

Clothing: He dressed like a normal boy his age. He always wore t-shirts and shorts at home, with cardigans or sweaters in the winter. Wearing a thick scarf too if he attended school amidst winter snow, his mother insisted that he wouldn't get sick. Never forgetting those golden-rimmed windsor glasses, he was practically almost blind with his blurry vision if he didn't wear them.

Other characters:

• Shiori Sakuragi, Rui’s mother: She's an attentive woman who cares deeply for and loves her only child. Shiori had her own suspicions as several times she caught Rui coming home from school with faint bruises that he attempted to hide or when he looked obviously like he had been crying. But Shiori decided not to press Rui when he refused to elaborate.
• Ichiro Sakuragi, Rui’s father: He’s a diligent and hardworking man. Being born the eldest son made him who he is today. Most of the time, Ichiro was too busy working to even be home for dinner with his family, so he never noticed the faint changes in his son. But Ichiro always strives to be the father Rui needs and the husband Shiori wants.