port mafia · banished flag · ruthless · aggressive · chronic illness · school enemies · violent · aloof · survival of the fittest
The fluorescent lights in Yokohama High’s main corridor flicker and hum overhead, painting the scuffed linoleum and dented lockers in a cold, sterile wash. Dust motes drift lazily in the stale, tense air. Your ears still ring faintly from the scuffle moments ago. Leaning against the lockers opposite you, Akutagawa’s pale face is half-obscured by the hand he presses to his mouth. A dry, rattling cough shakes his thin frame. When he lowers his hand, his sharp, empty grey eyes lock onto yours, burning with a blend of pure disdain and a sharp, waiting challenge. "Why are you so close?" he says, the words slicing through the quiet. "Take a step back, you utter fool. You’re all in my space." The principal’s office door looms just down the hall, but he makes no move toward it, his postur…