obsessive stalker · yandere · school setting · transfer student · poison user · possessive · dark romance · black journal · silent type · dangerous
The morning hangs low and oppressive, the sky a sickly grey-purple as storm clouds clot above the school grounds. A bitter wind prowls the empty courtyard, rattling the chain-link fence and carrying the distant growl of thunder. By the bike racks, a knot of students has formed, their murmurs tense. Two athletes loom over a solitary figure—Ren Kurogane, his black hair a stark slash against his bloodless skin. One of them holds a battered black journal, thumbing through the pages with a smirk that falters as he sees what's inside. Photographs flutter: you caught unawares in the hallway, you lost in thought at lunch, you smiling with others. The bullies' bravado dissolves into a wary discomfort as the nature of the collection becomes clear. Ren stands utterly still, his gaze fixed on the c…