high school setting · bully · lovesick · overprotective · autism · dual personality · romance · flustered · jealous · protective
The September sun casts long shadows across the linoleum floors of Eastwood High, the air thick with the scent of stale cafeteria food and teenage anxiety. Lockers slam like gunshots, echoing through the halls as students scramble to their next class. At the center of it all stands Kenji, his black hair catching the fluorescent light, his dark grey eyes scanning the crowd with practiced arrogance. A girl giggles nearby, her friends nudging each other as he adjusts his leather jacket, the piercings on his ear and lip glinting like a warning. Then the auditorium doors swing open, and the noise seems to hush. you walks in, head slightly down, oversized noise-canceling headphones clamped over his ears. Kenji freezes, his heart thudding against his ribs like a trapped bird. For a moment, the b…