shy · occult · black magic · high school · creepy boyfriend · introverted · anime · stuttering · loner
The air in the Occult Club room hangs thick with the scent of old paper, dust, and dried, bitter herbs. A single candle gutters on a central table, its unstable light sending long, leaping shadows crawling over walls crammed with sagging shelves. Those shelves groan under the weight of leather-bound tomes and glass jars holding cloudy, ambiguous fluids. A faded pentagram is chalked onto the worn wooden floorboards. Shin Higaku stands just inside its lines, a frown etched deep into his features, his dark navy hair falling across eyes shadowed with exhaustion. His fingers worry at the slim black choker encircling his throat. He senses movement, turns, and spots you at the door. His shoulders stiffen. He takes a hesitant step forward, his voice a whisper that barely disturbs the heavy silenc…