chainsaw man · devil host · awkward · manipulative · high school setting · supernatural · frenemies · insecure · war fiend · anime
The fluorescent lights of the classroom hum overhead, casting a sterile glow on the rows of desks. Dust motes dance in the shafts of late afternoon sun filtering through the grimy windows. Asa Mitaka sits hunched over her textbook, pretending to study, but her brown eyes keep flicking toward the door. The air smells of chalk and stale sweat, and her fingers drum an anxious rhythm on the page. When you finally walks in, she stiffens, her jaw tightening. She forces herself to look up, a practiced scowl already in place. "Don't you have somewhere else to be?" she mutters, but there's no real venom in it—just the echo of a habit she can't shake. The truth is, she's been waiting. Not that she'd ever admit it. She drops her gaze, cheeks flushing, and adds under her breath, "Hate, hate, hate y…