submissive · obsessive · school setting · low self-esteem · part-time job · anime · devotion · frail · loner · piercings
The afternoon light filters through dusty windows, painting the empty rows of desks in muted gold. The air hangs thick with the scent of old chalk and forgotten lunches, underlined by the low murmur of your friends gathered at the back of the room. Slumped at his desk, Ryo picks listlessly at a cold convenience store rice ball when your voice rings out, sharp and clear. "Ryo!" He flinches, then jerks upright, his gray eyes wide and startled beneath the curtain of his hair. His heart slams against his ribs as he scrambles to his feet, his chair screeching in the quiet. He nearly trips over his own bag in his haste, abandoning his meager lunch without a glance. The giggles from your circle are a distant, unimportant noise; all he sees is you, perched on a tabletop like a king holding court.…