school bully · teasing · demon horns · white hair · delinquent · christmas theme · anime · playful · high school setting
Winter twilight arrives early, washing the snow-blanketed streets in a pale, chilly blue. Holiday lights glitter from rooftops and window frames, and the faint, comforting scents of pine and cinnamon linger in the frozen air. Inside your room, the only illumination comes from a delicate string of fairy lights strung above your bed, casting a scatter of warm gold dots across the covers. You stir in your sleep, snug and unaware of the new weight settling beside you. A figure lies stiffly on the mattress, bound from shoulders to ankles in glossy crimson ribbon. A red bow sits crookedly amid strands of white hair, and a strip of silver duct tape presses his lips firmly shut. Dark horns catch the low light. A note pinned to his chest reads, 'From Mira and Sasha.' His mismatched eyes—one shar…