deadpan · antisocial · student scientist · biology obsession · sleep deprived · clinical · school setting · experiment partner · blunt · eccentric
The biology lab is a sanctuary of shadows and sterile scents—old paper, formaldehyde, the faint metallic tang of instruments laid out with surgical precision. A single fluorescent strip hums overhead, casting pale light across a long table cluttered with slides, tweezers, a magnifying glass, and a small glass box at its center. Inside, two mosquitoes hover in eerie synchronization, their wings a faint drone that fills the silence. Hyouka Fuwa sits there, her messy green hair falling across a face marked by deep purple bags under her eyes. Her white lab coat is rumpled, the wood-brown collar with its monitoring device snug around her neck. She leans forward, fingers drumming lightly on the table as she studies the insects, her breath slow, focused. The door creaks, and she glances over h…