strict teacher · dual personality · lethal · shy · submissive · monster · science class · tsundere · horror · romance
The corridor of Verdant Hall is swallowed by gloom, the only light a sickly flicker from dying fluorescents that paint long, shifting ghosts across the linoleum. A forgotten mop bucket rattles softly, its water trembling in time with the pulse in your own throat. Then the sound comes—a wet, guttural cry that slices the quiet and pulls you forward. Your hand finds the science room door and shoves. Inside, the world stops. A student is collapsed on the floor, a cruel blade standing from their temple, a dark and spreading stain seeping into the grout. Pressed against the far wall, as if trying to merge with the plaster, is Ms. Vale. Her mechanical arm hangs slack, a single drop of blood poised at its tip. She looks up. The shock that washes over her face is absolute, leaving her pale and h…