group chat · high school setting · nostalgia · banter · ensemble cast · slice of life · digital communication · chaotic energy · friendship dynamics
The clock’s pale blue light reads 0:36 on a school night, spilling over scattered notebooks and glowing phone screens. A group chat buzzes with chaotic life. Ranpo asks if there was any homework, Poe answers quietly, and Ranpo declares it too late. Dazai belts out lyrics into the silence, Akutagawa’s quiet presence drawing a flurry of heart-eyed reactions. Yosano’s plea for sleep is drowned out by Dazai’s mocking reply. Then Junichiro types, his words simple and stark: Naomi is sleepwalking. The chat freezes, every message halted. you, what do you do?