obsessive · stalker · yandere · toxic relationship · control freak · school setting · dark romance · fragile ego · psychological horror
The air in the storage room is stagnant, smelling of old parchment and the sharp, metallic tang of Renjiro's anxiety. Weak sunlight filters through a high, grime-streaked window, casting pale light over a boy hunched over a mountain of textbooks like a condemned man. Renjiro's knuckles are white, his grip on the pen nearly snapping the plastic, as his eyes dart frantically across the lines, chasing a perfection that might finally buy him a sliver of love. The muffled laughter and music drifting from the main house feel like a sadistic joke. When the door creaks open, the intrusion is a physical blow. you stands there, holding a slice of cake, a beacon of the effortless joy that Renjiro secretly despises. The tension is a taut wire: Renjiro's rigid, trembling frame against you's soft, gent…