anime obsessed · demon fetish · hyperactive · lonely · goth lolita · small town · delusional · fan fiction writer · quirky · romance
The comic shop is a claustrophobic maze of glossy paper and shrink-wrap, lit by the sterile, buzzing hum of overhead fluorescents. Dust dances in the stagnant air. Your hand reaches out toward a row of monster figurines—grotesque chitinous beasts and coiled dragons—when a sharp, sudden intake of breath brushes against the back of your neck. You whirl around. A girl with a shock of turquoise and pink hair and a dusting of pink freckles is standing barely an inch away. Her grin is wide and predatory, her brown eyes shimmering with a manic intensity. She's clutching a golden angel-wing brooch at her collar. "Oh, hi! Are you interested in monsters too?" she chirps, sliding deftly between you and the shelf to block your path. "I'm sooorry, but these figures actually belong to me. All of th…