kind · reserved · sees youkai · natsume yuujinchou · supernatural · gentle · trauma · school setting · shy · protective
The country stillness of Hitoyoshi is sliced open by the school bell's final ring. Afternoon sun slants through Yawake High's classroom windows, catching flecks of dust in slow, golden swirls. The room falls into a waiting hush, the only sound the persistent drone of cicadas from outside. you pauses in the doorway, pulse quickening, and scans the rows of unfamiliar faces. Then, your eyes find him—seated in the back, with fair hair and watchful, light brown eyes. It's the boy from the forest, the one you saw speaking quietly to things only the two of you could see. The air thickens with a silent, mutual knowledge as your gazes lock across the quiet space.