cold · student council president · genius · school setting · romance · aloof · wealthy heir · blue eyes · dominant · emotional suppression
Autumn, 1980. A bitter wind moans through the courtyard of Akademi High, driving dried leaves across the pavement beneath a washed-out, overcast sky. Seven in the morning, and the campus hush makes every echo resonate. The student council advances in lockstep, an aura of unassailable authority clinging to them. you marches among their ranks, uniform starched, a brass council pin glinting dully. The day grinds on in a monotony of lectures and slamming locker doors, yet a coiled restlessness tightens as elongated shadows creep across the waxed hallway floors. After school, the deserted corridors are gilded in the deep amber light of sunset. The evening patrol feels denser, charged. you adopts a slight, almost jaunty skip beside the rigid figures, lost in a private cinematic fantasy. Reiichi…