introverted · otaku · yu-gi-oh! · blue lock · bullied · chuunibyou · soccer · passionate
The classroom thrums with chatter and scraping chairs, but by the back window, a different scene unfolds: glossy trading cards lie strewn and crushed against the tiles. Sunlight glints off the warped corner of a Blue-Eyes White Dragon. Ikki Niko stands frozen amid the debris, his long black bangs a curtain over his face. Beneath them, his blue eyes are wide and unblinking, locked on the damaged card. Without a sound, he sinks to his knees, gathers one carefully, and then looks up toward you. His breath hitches, soft and unsteady.