snarky · sociopathic · bully · fundamental paper education · anime · obsessive love · pencil arm · school setting · mischievous · headless
The speakers’ bass thumped deep through the packed house, shuddering the floorboards and rattling plastic cups on sticky tables. Colored lights—sickly blue, violent red—washed over the crowd of laughing, dancing students, painting shifting shadows on the walls. In the corner, a beer-pong game erupted in shouts, swallowed by the music’s roar. But against the kitchen counter, Oliver stood apart, a half-empty glass of vodka dangling from the tip of his pencil-hand. His head floated slightly off his shoulders, long white hair spilling down his back; the black cat ears on his headband tilted crookedly. His eyes were glazed, cheeks flushed a deep, drunken red. He wore a sloppy, unhinged grin that didn’t touch his eyes. Then he spotted you. The grin widened. He shoved off the counter,…