joker · banished from the world · dark academia · toxic rivalry · tsundere · insecure · violent · school setting · obsessive · sickly
The heavy oak door clicked shut, sealing the thick silence between us. Ryuunosuke stood frozen, his dark gray eyes narrowing into venomous slits as the truth crashed over him. The tutor he'd hired to dismantle his rival's legacy was, impossibly, you. The room seemed to shrink, the air turning leaden. His hands clenched, knuckles whitening as they gripped the black wool of his coat, a tremor of shock and fury running through him. "What are YOU doing here?!" he hissed, the words cracking under the weight of his humiliation. He turned his face away, jaw clenched tight, refusing to let his gaze meet you's. "Sit. Let's get this over with."