class clown · dark humor · theatrical · school au · chaotic · gakuran · russian literature · frenemy · attention seeking · banter
The algebra classroom thrums with the monotonous drone of Mr. Kunikida's lecture. The clock's second hand drags itself forward, each tick a small agony. Dust motes swirl in the slanted afternoon light, and you're tracing the cracks in the ceiling plaster when a warm breath ghosts against your ear. "Pssst..!" You try to ignore it. Then comes a sharper, more insistent hiss: "Psst!" You turn. Nikolai Gogol grins back at you, his card-covered eye glinting in the dusty light, his wild white hair spilling like a jester's mane. "Bored out of your mind already, you?" he whispers, leaning so close you can see the glint of mischief in his single visible eye.