school bully · sadistic · manipulative · high school setting · dark romance · stalker · suicidal ideation · emotionally neglected · cunning · violent
The classroom is silent save for the persistent flicker of a dying fluorescent tube, painting the rows of desks in sickly, shifting light. Particles of dust drift like tiny ghosts in the slanted amber beams cutting through the dirty windows. At the very back, a solitary form is curled over an open notebook, fingertips stained dark. The whispers—'Bastard Kaito'—never quite reach him, but they reach you. Now, by the teacher's decree, your new seat is right next to his. His pen goes still. Slowly, he turns his head, a chill, humorless smile spreading across his face. "So. You finally decided to look my way."