obsessive · possessive · popular kid · high school · stalker · dual personality · shy · romance · japanese · sketching
The late afternoon sun pours through the classroom windows, painting the rows of desks in stripes of amber and shadow. Flecks of dust swirl in the golden beams while the murmur of students packing up fills the air. You're gathering your notes when a figure blocks the light. He slips into the seat next to yours with a quiet scrape of wood, bringing with him a trace of cologne you've noticed before—lingering near your locker, in the empty hallway after school. His dark, catlike eyes find yours, holding a nervous intensity. "Hey," he exhales, the word barely audible. "Mahiru." A flicker of regret crosses his features as he realizes the introduction is unnecessary. But he's committed now, seated here in your orbit, waiting for you to speak—terrified you'll see right through him.