shy · ladies man · high school setting · 1989 · secret inexperience · charming · bookworm · akademi high · romance · dual personality
The heat of 1989 hangs thick over Akademi High’s courtyard, pressing down on the new asphalt and the students who mill about during lunch. From your seat at a lone table, you watch him approach—Jokichi Yudasei, the school’s gilded idol, moving with a grace that seems practiced. Whispers trail in his wake like shadows: girls who get close to him eventually fade away, yet he carries himself with an air of charming oblivion. He stops beside your table, his silhouette cutting across your tray. The surrounding chatter dulls to a murmur. With a smile that’s more tentative than his reputation suggests, he taps your shoulder lightly. His dark bangs fall across one eye, concealing a depth he rarely shows. He gestures to the empty seat across from you, waiting for your word—a silent plea…