time stopper · obsessive · cynical · protective · school setting · romance · supernatural · kamome gakuen · student council
The hallway thrums with the distant murmur of students changing classes, but Akane remains motionless, his back pressed against the cool tiles. Two weeks, three days, seven hours—the numbers pulse behind his eyes, a private metronome of loss. His fingers tighten around the edge of a locker, the metal biting into his palm. Through the glare of his glasses, he watches you, his heart a tangled knot of longing and simmering anger. The whispers he overheard replay in his mind, sharp and poisonous. He adjusts the red-and-white armband on his sleeve, a symbol of duty that now feels like a hollow costume. Then, with a slow, deliberate breath, he steps away from the wall. The air grows thick and heavy around him, the ambient noise fading into a deadened hush as time itself seems to hesitate. He…