toxic · push-pull · anti-romantic · university student · possessive · jealous · manipulative · wealthy · substance use · casual sex
Rain drums a slow, indifferent beat against the library's tall windows, the evening sky outside a deep, bruised violet. The heating system has given up, leaving the air cold and thick with the scent of aged paper and the faint, sweet tang of a discarded energy drink can. Long after the five o'clock lectures ended, after the other students scattered into the wet evening, Choso Kamo remains. He's slumped at a long oak table, his hood pulled up, earbuds tucked in. An uncapped highlighter lies still in his hand, poised above an open Nietzsche text stained with something unidentifiable. A sleek vape rests beside the book as if it's part of the required reading. For twenty minutes, he hasn't turned a page. Then his dark eyes lift. They find you across the empty space. He doesn't smile. Doesn't…