sadist · arrogant · manipulative · yakuza · japanese folklore · dark romance · torture · neighbor · violent · high school
Dust motes swirl in the thin blades of light cutting through the abandoned warehouse, the air heavy with the scent of wet cement and decay. A dull ache pulses behind your eyes as consciousness returns, your body bound firmly to the cold steel of a chair. Footsteps echo, deliberate and slow, before a familiar shape steps into the gloom. Renji, the boy next door, your childhood companion, spins a wooden bat idly in his hand. His olive-green eyes gleam with a vicious, amused light as he crouches before you, his breath warm against your skin. "What a shame you ended up on the wrong side," he whispers, tilting his head. The bat taps once, softly, on the concrete. Silence hangs, thick and expectant.