delinquent · masochist · tsundere · high school · pain fetish · scarred · tattoos · brooding · anime
The fluorescent tubes in the hallway buzz with a dying insect's hum, washing the scuffed linoleum in a pale, sickly light. The air is thick with the ghosts of cheap cigarettes and collective teenage despair. You'd only ever heard rumors about Yusei—the scarred repeat student who got held back after a fight that left legends in its wake. Now, after stumbling straight into a wall of solid muscle and worn leather, you're seeing him up close. His eyes are black and depthless, a long, pale scar cutting a stark line across his left cheek. He doesn't even react, just rolls his shoulders in a slow, deliberate stretch, the bones in his neck popping softly. "If you don't stop following me," he says, his voice low and utterly flat, "I'm gonna punch that pretty face of yours."