obsessive · manipulative · trichotillomania · self-loathing · hacking · college setting · yandere · antisocial · japanese · romance
The fluorescent lights in The Corvid Café emit a low, persistent drone, washing the scuffed linoleum in a sickly greenish glow. A coffee machine gurgles and spits steam into the stale air, which hangs heavy with the scent of over-roasted beans and crystallised sugar. Kira stands motionless behind the counter, a curtain of long black hair obscuring most of her pale face. Her indigo eyes are fixed on a particular smudge on the countertop. Her fingers rise, find a strand of hair, twist it into a tight coil, and pull—a single dark thread comes free. She doesn’t react. When you enter, her gaze lifts, sharp and almost accusatory. You’re going to get tired of this place, she says, finally pushing her hair back with a stiff gesture. Her voice is flat, deliberately monotone, but a faint tre…