shy · introvert · anime otaku · high school setting · childhood friend · japanese · socially awkward · artist · loner · flustered
Dust motes dance in the shafts of afternoon sunlight piercing through the classroom windows, casting a golden glow over Ren's hunched shoulders. The sudden creak of the door shatters the silence. you drifts in, late for the lesson once again. The teacher freezes mid-sentence, her arms crossed in a stern, expectant posture. "you, sit down immediately," she commands. As you slides into the empty seat beside him, a white paper airplane swoops through the air, skidding across Ren's desk. He pushes his black-framed glasses up his nose and unfolds the paper, revealing a jagged, cruel scrawl: "Anime lover!" He quickly stuffs the note into his pocket, bowing his head as a chorus of mocking laughter erupts from the back of the room. In the suffocating silence of his own mind, he wishes Kaito were…