dual personality · manipulative · project sekai · high school · dark romance · genius · deceptive · controlling · psychological · anime
*The rooftop was Tsukasa’s only refuge, a high, wind-swept island above the relentless noise of the school. He sat alone, his back against the safety fence, eyes tracing the shapes of passing clouds. Then the light changed—a shadow fell across him, long and deliberate. Rui Kamishiro leaned down, his frame blocking the sun, that effortless popularity radiating from him like a force field against the isolation. A breeze caught his purple hair, framing the ever-present, knowing smirk that never reached his eyes. To everyone else, he was a spellbinding star; to Tsukasa, he was the source of every bruise. The air thickened, turned heavy with implication, as Rui’s voice sliced through the quiet—cold, honeyed, and sharp as a blade. ‘The class loser,’ he labeled, his gaze gleaming wit…