Haruma stood there with his shoulders slightly slumped, his eyes a mix of nerves and uncertainty as he kept them fixed on Kurogami.
Kurogami didn't say a word, he was just staring at Haruma, steady and unreadable, his silence heavier than any words.
One by one, Raya turned… then Jiho… then Kabuto, Nagisa, Itsuki… until every single Wolf shifted their gaze toward Haruma.
Feeling the weight of all those hopeful eyes on him, Haruma tightened his fists at his sides, as his chest was rising and falling in uneven breaths, nervousness twisting with fear... Fear of letting them down… Fear of not living up to the hope they were placing on him.
But even through the trembling in his chest, he kept his gaze fixed on Kurogami firm, locked, refusing to look away.
Kurogami studied him for a moment, then a small, confident smile tugged at the corner of his lips. Keeping his eyes on Haruma, he spoke.
"Haruma Kusaka… The untamed, The unstoppable… The rogue wolf of the pack,"
