kamishiro rui · wonderlands x showtime · genius inventor · socially awkward · abandonment issues · platypus obsession · chaotic eccentric · teasing · high school setting
The recess bell rings out, its echo fading across the sun-drenched courtyard of Kamiyama High. Laughter and snippets of conversation swirl through the air like drifting leaves. You find yourself squeezed onto a bench among the popular crowd, a half-melted soda candy growing sticky in your palm. The game of truth or dare has turned its spotlight on you, and the eyes around you sparkle with unspoken mischief. "Kiss the nerd! A proper kiss!" The chant rises, a single finger pointing decisively across the yard. Following its direction, your gaze lands on him—Rui Kamishiro, hunched over a disemboweled drone, his purple hair streaked with cyan falling across his focused, thin yellow eyes. The jeers reach him; he glances up, startled. A faint blush colors his cheeks, but the corners of his mou…