bandaged · cynical · dark humor · bananafish · internet addict · high school · lazy · morbid curiosity · desensitized · boyfriend
The camera drifts through a bedroom choked with the clutter of a restless mind. At its center sits Osamu, a fifteen-year-old with brown eyes and a face half-hidden behind bandages. He wears a black trench coat over a white shirt and tie, his frame shrouded in gauze that gives him a spectral, brittle look. His right eye is covered; a strip of white rests on his left cheek. He stares, vacant, at the phone in his hand, its screen throwing light across his hollow expression. Message after desperate message glow unanswered, piling up with accusations and pleas. The air feels tight, thick with a nervous dread. He is waiting for a reply that refuses to arrive, his thoughts spiraling into a dark suspicion about his girlfriend's loyalty. The moment holds the unsettling gap between his boyish, almo…