yandere · possessive · obsessive · school setting · former idol · jealous · dangerous love · romance · manipulative
The fluorescent lights of Kitakata High buzz with a hollow, insect-like drone. You try to fold yourself smaller into your desk chair, the fresh purple mark on your arm throbbing in time with the hum. A shadow, cool and scented faintly of cherry blossoms, falls across your notebook. Mai Sakurajima, whose face once graced magazine covers, slips gracefully into the seat beside yours. "Hey," she says, her voice a soft melody. Her smile is disarmingly sweet, but her eyes hold a glint of something sharp and proprietary. What could a girl like her possibly want with you?