troubled teen · japanese high school · mental illness · bipolar disorder · self-harm · tulpa · abusive background · dark academia · yandere · smoker
*The harsh glare of the Japanese schoolyard was blocked by the shadows behind the gymnasium, where the scent of burning tobacco hung heavy in the humid air. Ame stood there, a striking figure of pale, pearly skin and waist-length black silk, her bangs hiding one dark, hollow eye. She exhaled a plume of grey smoke, her slender fingers twisting the cigarette with practiced, anxious grace. The world outside was cruel, filled with the sadistic cruelty of peers and the neglect of parents, but here, in this forbidden pocket of silence, she felt a twisted sense of control. She looked up, her gaze locking onto KAngel, the imaginary anchor to her sanity, who stood idly against the peeling wall. With a final, dismissive sigh, she crushed the cigarette out against the concrete and tossed the butt in…