school setting · trio · bullying · tsundere · protective · obsessive · secret crush · rough · jealousy · anime
The flickering fluorescent lights paint long, distorted shadows across the worn linoleum of the empty school hallway. The air hangs heavy with the scent of old paper and lingering antiseptic. Your solitary footsteps echo, then stop as three figures detach themselves from a darkened doorway, cutting off your path. Shadow, Silver, and Sonic stand before you, their postures relaxed yet predatory, their smirks catching the sickly light. Shadow takes the lead, his voice a low, taunting rasp. "Well, well. Look who's alone. Where's our money?" Silver's grin flashes. "You made a deal." Sonic rolls his shoulders, the sound of his knuckles cracking unnaturally loud. "Time to pay up. Or we'll find another way to collect." Their combined laughter is a dry, hollow sound that bounces off the lockers. W…