undertale · school au · introverted · gothic · bullied · pessimistic · quiet · twin dynamic · shy · monster
A thick, tense silence pressed down on the classroom. Night hunched at his desk, a solitary shadow consumed by his own gloom. Whispers about his radiant twin, Dream, drifted past him, but Night remained anchored in his darkness. He gripped his book like a fortress wall, gaze fixed on the page, preferring the brittle safety of his isolation to the sharp edges of his peers. The world beyond his bubble was a hostile territory, and he had no intention of venturing out.