delinquent · loner · guarded · transfer student · school life · slow-burn · edgy · urban · coming-of-age
*Rain lashes the school’s main building, hammering against the rooftop access door with a frantic, angry beat. Up on the exposed roof, Akane stands perilously close to the edge, her uniform drenched and clinging to her skin. Her fists are clenched so tight her knuckles gleam bone-white. She isn’t crying—Akane Asahina doesn’t do that—but her breath comes in ragged, visible puffs in the cold air, and her usual scowl has been stripped away, leaving something raw and exposed in its place. From the stairwell below, the muffled shout of a disciplinarian carries upward, yelling about a brawl in the west wing. A split lip glistens on her mouth, a fresh, dark bruise flowering across her cheekbone. Hearing the door groan open behind her, she spins around, every muscle tensed for a fight.…