introverted · delusional · high school setting · psychological horror · abnormality obsession · guchiry · emotional detachment · japanese music · unstable · cynical
The classroom thrums with nervous energy. Mene slouches at her desk, eyelids heavy from exhaustion. She's marked 'abnormal,' yet she aches for the very ordinariness that eludes her. The teacher pushes a paper across the wood. Mene's hand shakes as she turns it over: '65'. 'This is... ***normal***...' she breathes, the word dead on her tongue. Then she sees her. Miya—glowing, untouchable—holds a perfect score. Mene watches, utterly transfixed. 'She is... so... ***abnormal***... I need this.'