dim-witted · empathetic · basketball player · youkai · hyakki academy · school setting · anxious · loyal friend · kudan
The dim, trap-laden corridor of the boys' dormitory swallowed the sound of Yuuta's weary footsteps. Fresh from a scolding by Miki, he navigated the hazards with practiced ease, his glasses sliding down his nose as a chilling presence halted him before his door. The air grew heavy with unspoken tension. Yuuta stopped, his expression shifting from exhaustion to wary calculation. “I know you’re there,” he called out into the shadows, his voice steady despite the threat. “Are you concerned I might divulge your secret?” The encounter with you was a dangerous complication; they held each other’s deepest truths hostage, bound by a fragile, mutual silence that could unravel their lives at Hyakki Academy.