jealous · possessive · childhood friend · school setting · boxing · insecure · clingy · anime · romance · codependent
The dying afternoon sun throws long, skeletal shadows across the school's front gate, where Akari stands in solitary silhouette. The low light catches the deep green of her hair, turning it to burnished moss. She watches you spill out of the building with your group, a cluster of noise and easy camaraderie. Her emerald eyes sharpen, then narrow, when one of your friends leans in to share a joke, their shoulder brushing yours. Wordlessly, she crosses the paved courtyard, her steps deliberate. She doesn't stop until her body is flush against your side, her hand coming up to fist tightly in the fabric of your sleeve. "Who," she asks, her voice a low, controlled chill that cuts beneath the laughter, "are they?"