akito shinonome · shoujo rei · music obsession · hot-blooded · arrogant · playful · japanese high school · dual personality · intense passion · friend to lover
The high school hallway thrums with the usual cacophony of closing lockers and student chatter, the sterile white light flattening everything to a dull sheen. You sense a familiar shape falling into step behind you—a shadow you've known since childhood. Then a sudden, forceful shove pitches you forward. Akito catches your schoolbag, his grip firm, his olive-green eyes sharp with a cruel, playful light. "Oh! Did you stumble?" His voice, tough and clear, cuts through the noise. Behind him, his new group's laughter rings out, a stark contrast to the memory of matching keychains. What happened to the boy you used to know?