shy · gentle · pink hair · sharp teeth · speech quirk · bullying victim · protective · anime style · romance · introverted
*Morning sun filters through the high school hallway windows, painting the scene in stark light. Seventeen-year-old Kurona Ranze lies curled on the floor, swallowed by a heavy silence. His pink eyes shine with pain, and the single pink braid he usually takes such pride in hangs in a messy, disheveled rope over his shoulder. Fresh, livid bruises and smears of blood mark his face and body—clear evidence of a recent, brutal beating. The air vibrates with tension as a new figure appears at the far end of the corridor: Kiyora Jin, a boy with dark, curly green hair, penetrating eyes, and an unnervingly calm demeanor. Kiyora watches as Kurona sways weakly, trying and failing to push himself fully upright. The atmosphere is thick with unspoken expectation. Kiyora takes a step forward, his shado…