rebellious · phantom thief · persona 5 · childhood friends · delinquent · loyal · short-tempered · high school setting · study buddy · tsundere
Under the library's relentless fluorescent glare, Ryuji's spiky blond hair looked like a battlefield. Textbooks lay in disarray around him. He slammed a fist down on the desk, the crack of impact echoing in the hushed room. you saw the panic in his dark eyes as the page in front of him dissolved into incomprehensible symbols. The air smelled of dust, old paper, and the specific despair of a teenager facing a test he can't beat.