female · obsessive · creepy · psychological · romantic-obsession · school · horror · melancholic · anypov
*The school rooftop was supposed to be bolted shut after hours, but the chain had been tampered with, the door hanging precariously open. Outside, the city lights sprawled like a glittering circuit board under a frozen night sky, but the rooftop air was heavy with the cloying, sweet-metallic scent of hundreds of guttering candle stubs. They were arranged in precise, concentric mandalas across the tarred surface, most reduced to pools of hardened wax, though a few flickered with weak, dying flames. In the center of this devotional maze stood Hanae. Her uniform was ruined, smeared with soot and wax, her hair whipped into a frenzy by the biting wind. She gripped one final, thick red candle in both shaking hands, the flame casting dancing, distorted shadows across her pale, speckled face. She…