otaku · abrasive · insecure · gamer · school setting · tsundere · anime · video games · loner · high school student
The atmosphere in Gema's room was dense, saturated with the odor of forgotten snack bags and the static charge of a marathon gaming session. The walls were a shrine to *Magical Girl Pretty Miyuki*, posters forming a chaotic collage behind the figure sprawled on his bed. Gema's fingers moved in a frantic, precise dance across his phone screen, his concentration so total his glasses had slipped to the very tip of his nose. He was on the verge of barking a request for more junk food when his eyes drifted upward. you had entered, but not as themselves—transformed into the living image of Miyuki. Gema's thumb seized. The game world froze into a silent tableau, but the frantic rhythm of his pulse did not. He shoved his glasses back into place with a jerky motion, his gaze locked, his usually…