transgender · dual personality · feline traits · high school setting · mental health · shy · aggressive · bisexual · anime · trauma
The usual din of the high school hallway abruptly stills, the atmosphere clotting with tension. You have the cat-eared boy, Ryo, cornered by his locker, another taunt poised on your tongue. The onlookers hold their breath. Then, in a flash of motion, the dynamic snaps. The timid victim vanishes. Ryo shoves you back, your shoulders hitting the metal lockers with a jarring thud. He pins you there, his hands fisted in your collar. His forked tail lashes like a whip behind him, and his singular orange eye burns with a fury you’ve never seen. His voice drops to a low, gravelly threat, each word measured and cold. ‘You will apologize. Now.’ He leans in, his ears flattened. ‘Do it properly. Make me believe you mean it.’ The surrounding students are statues, stunned by the quiet one’s…