Backstory

Andrea was born in Medan, Western Sumatera, Indonesia. His dad, Seman Said Harun had a relatively successful career working as a civil engineer. His mother, NA Masrurah, was a housewife to his father and she had 3 kids before Andrea. One brother and two sisters, all spaced two years in between each other. Andre’s father was a gifted, and Hirata eventually inherited his gift that way even as his other siblings didn’t. As, when he was 7 and playing around with his friends, he found that he could look into the early forms of his ability as he saw what the branch that he held at that time had, where it was from and all. He, didn’t tell it to his friends, but he told it to his dad first, as their relationship is pretty well developed at that time. But in a sense, gifted’s were shunned in his home country in general, so he never really used his gift in his early years as his dad told him off from doing so. Though, in spite of being shunned because of something he couldn’t have a say in, whether it was his unnaturally white hair or his gift that he couldn’t show to people. He lived a quite fulfilling childhood. As Andre managed to get good grades, whilst helping other students with their homework.

He’s generally regarded as a student that’s initially well liked by a lot of the teachers and other students. With accolades to back him up academically as he participated in multiple olympiads. His life was pretty much the same throughout junior high, and high school. Though, for the latter, as he didn’t manage to get into a school with higher passing grades, he ended up in a less than stellar public school. It wasn’t long until Andre fell into delinquency through the pressure of trying to conform with the others. With him skipping school, and coming to spectate a brawl, at one time. But regardless of the bumps, he did well enough in high school that his teachers tolerated Andre. His homework was always on time and with good grades, he’s attentive in class when he wants to, and his exam grades are one of the more stellar ones throughout his school. It was through this that he was granted a scholarship to attend Yokohama National University, an opportunity that he took as he saw it open up.. And though there were some hiccups throughout his university degree, mainly with how he dealt with the language barrier that was present in Japan, alongside the different cultures and customs he had to adjust to. He graduated with relatively good grades, even if he wasn’t a top scorer in his class like he used to. Whilst also continuing to further his old hobby in the new land he’s living in. As he made new friends, and made some videos about those hobbies.

After he finished his degree in accounting, he stayed in the country after getting citizenship and landing a job in the field that he majored in in university. But, life wasn’t really all sunshine and rainbows for him. As Andre cut his ties with his old friends as he dived head first into Japan’s job hunting culture. And, as a result of the feeling of loneliness he got from distancing himself from his old hobbies and friends. He slowly, but surely got into drinking and smoking. From cheap vending machine beer to store-bought vodka, his alcoholism got worse and worse. Which, as a result, strained the relations between him and his family, only worsening the feeling of loneliness that had gripped him as he stayed longer and longer away from his parents. And, sadly for Andre, it culminated in them cutting their ties with the then 23 year old. Although he slowly learned to control his alcoholism later on, he still got himself into a pretty deep hole, and his vodka drinking left him penniless each month after rent and his unpaid bills. Which, because of his bad spending habits from him accruing debt from vodka, he was left to borrow money from loan sharks.

To add insult to injury, he was laid off from his job because the company that he was working for was going under. Which left him in a pretty broken state as you can imagine. Left without a job, in a pretty pathetic living situation as he was strapped with debts that are bound to chain him for life, whilst being disowned by your parents that live thousands of kilometers from you. It broke him. And, It was at this time that he felt he’s ran out of options. And, a few weeks after his layoff, he cut the gas line of his stove, and intended to die of carbon monoxide poisoning. But, it was as if life had other, more demented plans, as another person heard the smoke alarm that rang, and called medics, who saved him, and tacked an equally devastating hospital bill for him as he was barely saved from a certain death.

It was in that context that, a few days after the ordeal, he was walking home from trying to find a job. He got to the bar, to get drunk and meet some new people there to make him forget what the fuck’s happeend to him. His ability served as a bit of a party trick, and he showed it to all of the patrons around him, and a person that he talked to in the bar approached him about entering the mafia or such. Admittedly, he wasn’t in his clearest mind. But even then, he was in debt and in need of some quick cash. He feels a bit indebted to the mafioso he was drinking with as he owed him a bottle or two. And it wasn’t as if he valued his life so much that he wouldn’t let himself join the Port Mafia, as seen in his previous attempts to take his own life on his own terms. But when he realized what he’s gotten himself into a few days after the fact, he deeply regretted it to say the least. He didn’t show up for a few days, before he did, and was immediately told to repo some money from a person who was out of his job and struggling like him. The first job went well. He managed to force the man to get some more money from his relatives, and he managed to get paid by the Mafia as a result, slowly relieving his own debts. And, after that job, he saw no turning back, as he slowly proved his worth to the Port Mafia as he sought to get paid more to get rid of his debts. It was clear to a lot of his co-workers back then that Andrea was someone that was more accepting of his job because of that reasoning.

Whether it was through him lacking his value in life that allowed him to butt into firefights most people usually don’t stand a chance in. Or it was through his sheer will of living debt free before he gets a bullet stuck in his head. Or rather, it was just him trying to put himself through the most amount of shit as possible as punishment for himself. He slowly grew to enjoy the job, the freedom he had to use his ability, the satisfaction that he got from releasing his pain and stress onto the victims he extorted, as he shouted and pushed them around before inevitably expending his bullets onto them. Which led to him seeking to contribute more of himself to the organization. As, to be honest, he didn’t have much if not any choices in his life. Either he leaves the Mafia abruptly and gets blackmailed constantly by his loan sharks from late dues. With the worst of the worst being that he gets executed for desertion in the Mafia. Or he stays, and sees where his course of actions might bring him.

So, Andre grew to do more for the organization from just killing and extortion. He grew to do more high stakes deals such as arms trades, bribery and collusion as he gained the trust of the people around him through his nonchalant and cool persona that he developed. From a lowly Mafioso, to him slowly working his ranks up to becoming a specialized Black Lizard marksman. He was certainly a Mafioso that caught the higher up’s eyes as he showed a high level of marksmanship for someone who's first experience with a gun was just a few months ago, and his ability to handle transactions well with the aid of his ability and his newly developed persona in the mafia. And, after moving up the ranks swiftly, three years into the job, one of those years spent becoming a Black Lizard member. Andrea became a Commander, commanding and taking care of his own set of mafiosi. Becoming a well regarded commander by his underlings through his relatively decent treatment of his members and leadership. And after his performance after the recent conflicts that had stricken the PM, it didn’t take him long after that to progress to his next rank as the Port Mafia.

After Ace’s sudden passing and the vacancy of the role that that opened, Andre was deemed to be the best fit for the role at such a short notice. As, with his prior experiences of adapting to his roles well in 1-2 years, and his ability to command units well as a Commander, not to mention his experience handling accounting jobs and things of the like, something that was bound to be needed for someone filling in the shoes of someone like Ace, he was chosen to be the one to fill in for him, either temporarily or permanently. Which explained the abruptness of Andre’s ascent to that role.

Though his induction to the elite role of Executive has received a neutral, and even negative reception from the vocal members of the Mafia from his relative nonchalance and unpredictability in his demeanor. It's still safe to say that Andre has gotten accustomed to the role a few months into his job. Though he still yearns his more involved role compared to his current one as he’s now more tasked with handling transactions, and revenues from the Port Mafia itself and its multiple facets. He still respects the decision, even though he yearns for his gunslinging days which have grown lesser and lesser. Although Hirata is grateful for the connections and friends he made in the Mafia. Growing a strong sense of loyalty to it as he wants to see the company prosper “in revenue terms”. A part of him still feels a bit empty as a distance grows between his old friends back as a Mafioso and a Command Unit leader. The way he doesn’t have the liberties he used to have, and how he watched his personal life wash away with the turn of time as he became engrossed in the life of a Mafia Executive. only added insult to injury as he lost his way in life, putting on a veil that masqueraded his true self in pursuit of showing loyalty.

He still drinks, with his alcoholism spiraling more out of control as he gets a larger check. His now spiraling habit of chain smoking also got worse, which would be apparent with his clothes’ frequent stench of cigarettes. Though, he still tries to keep a comfortable part of his pay to help him stay afloat. As is apparent with his “midlife crisis” purchases, such as a new 400 thousand dollar supercar that he doesn't even use that often. Andrea still struggles to put his past, and the reason why he ended up here behind him. Even if he’s still in the best place he’s ever been in financially, with no debts under his name, and with him having all the money he’d ever wanted in the past. His mental state, his alcoholism, his humanity, everything about him, has never been in a state that’s any worse after the plunge into the Port Mafia. Something that he isn’t certain would change in the near future.