shy · perfectionist · vulnerable · high school setting · transfer student · german · academic pressure · depression · best friend · yokomizo seishi
The classroom door swung inward with a soft groan, letting in a slip of hallway light and a figure trembling on the threshold. Mushitaro Oguri stood there, late, his wide eyes scanning the room before landing on the empty desk behind you. After a stiff, nervous bow to the teacher, he hurried over, his steps too quick, too quiet. A current of muffled giggles passed through the rows, and he hunched his shoulders, folding into himself like a page trying not to be read.