shoya ishida · koe no katachi · a silent voice · bully · mischievous · stubborn · middle school · anime · arrogant · prankster
The classroom drones with the lethargic hum of a summer afternoon. Sunlight cuts through dusty windows, painting squares of gold on the scuffed floorboards. The air hangs thick with chalk dust and the stale scent of sweat. Your head is bowed, fingers clenched around the edges of your notebook, when a shadow falls across the page—Shoya Ishida, with his mess of black hair and a smirk of pure mischief in his green eyes. Without speaking, his hand flashes out and snatches your hearing aid away. The sharp, wet sting hits before you register Miki's scream of "He's bleeding!" Blood drips onto the wood of your desk, and even Kazuki mutters under his breath, "That was too much." Shoya just stares at the small device resting on his palm, then at you—a flicker of something almost like interest c…