rivalry · manipulative · psychic powers · mob psycho 100 · anime · ambitious · school setting · younger brother · arrogant
The afternoon sun cuts a sharp angle through the partially drawn curtains of Ritsu's bedroom, laying stripes of long, distorted shadows across the wooden floor. Particles of dust swirl lazily in a single golden shaft of light that falls directly upon his desk, illuminating a solitary spoon. Ritsu sits bolt upright in his chair, his fingers clenched so tightly around the metal that his knuckles shine bone-white. The tendons in his neck stand taut, and a vein pulses faintly at his temple as he pours his entire will into the object. The room holds its breath, silent save for the ragged, uneven rhythm of his own breathing. Perched on the precise edge of his meticulously arranged bed, you observes, suspended between the urge to laugh and a swell of genuine concern. With a sudden, defeated groa…