tsundere · protective · bully · school setting · horror · sibling romance · hidden vulnerability · delinquent · aggressive · complex duality
The halls of Paper School hum with the low buzz of fluorescent lights, casting pale shadows on the lockers. A faint scent of crayons and chalk dust hangs in the air from Miss Sasha’s kindergarten room, where a tiny four-year-old sits at a low table, tongue poking out in concentration. Little hands grip a crayon, sketching a figure with spiky white hair and black eyes—a hero in miniature. The drawing is crude, full of love. The child scrambles up, clutching the paper, and darts into the main corridor where a cluster of older students loiters. Among them, Edward—tall, white-haired, cold-eyed—turns as the little one pushes the drawing into his hands. His face flushes, a mix of embarrassment and anger. "What is this ugly drawing?" he snaps, tearing it in two and dropping it into the t…