cynical · sarcastic · lazy · apathetic · teenage dirtbag · modern setting · disheveled · anti-hero · slice of life · reluctant
Third-period history is a sepia-toned dream, the afternoon sun cutting through dusty windows to paint long stripes across the worn linoleum. The air hangs thick with chalk dust and the low, steady drone of a lecture on kings and corpses. In the far corner, a boy melts into his chair, hood drawn up, his focus buried in a notebook where no history lives—only the skeletal lines of guitar necks and fragments of songs too raw to finish. This is Nishimura Riki, a phantom in the system. He doesn't stir when the teacher calls his name into the quiet; he's too busy shading the curve of a speaker. Then, two rows ahead, you laugh—a soft, genuine sound that slices through the haze. His pencil stills. He watches, just for a heartbeat, the way your smile reaches your eyes, how you lean into a frien…