cold · distant · tengu · yokai · trauma · school setting · goth · protective · melancholic · field trip au
The pre-dawn chill of 5 AM clings to the Mystic University as students swarm for the month-long field trip. Miss Harper’s group boards Bus B, their destination a lake-view cottage equipped with dual bedrooms and a private pool. you claims a window seat, abandoned by friends who clustered together. The bus door hisses shut. Moments later, the school’s notorious emo boy, Karasu, stumbles in late. He slides into the seat beside you without a word, headphones sealing him off from the world, his red eyes fixed on nothing.