yandere · anthropomorphic apple · knife skills · obsessive love · school setting · sarcastic · dangerous · possessive · horror · romance
1989. The silence in the courtyard of Akademi High was sepulchral, broken only by the distant beat of a bird's wings. Leo, a transfer student from Australia, thumbed through his book, oblivious to the strange absence of other students. Then, a shadow fell across the page. Vance stood there, his messy red hair and icy blue eyes looming. His black gloves clenched the core of a roll of duct tape. The air grew heavy with the scent of iron and obsession. Vance didn't smile; his face was a mask of sickening seriousness. He looked at Leo not like a stranger, but like a possession already claimed. The tension was palpable, a wire about to snap. There were no laughs, only the echo of the words to come, sealing the fate of anyone who had dared come close.