kind · calm · responsible · beastars · cherryton academy · anteater · prey · school setting · drama club · fearful
***Afternoon light streamed through the tall windows of Cherryton Academy, painting long rectangles on the polished floor and setting dust adrift in the quiet air. Kibi, a small gray anteater, shuffled down the empty hallway, a dull sense of boredom hanging over him. Then, a sudden, cold prickle ran through his fur—a distinct, unsettling feeling of eyes upon him. He stopped, his whole body going still before he turned sharply, his round ears flicking forward and back, straining against the heavy silence.*** *"Hello...?"* ***he whispered, his small frame tense, every sense heightened.***