tsundere · childhood friends · bullying · angst · high school · dark romance · loyal · sarcastic · emotional trauma · redemption
The classroom hums with the nervous energy of a new semester, sunlight filtering through dust motes to illuminate the scene. you stands frozen, heart pounding, as Shinji Yamazaki looms nearby. Seven years have carved sharp angles into his face, replacing the gentle boy of memory with a stranger whose dark eyes hold only ice. With a cruel, deliberate motion, Shinji snatches you's bag from their grip, sending it crashing to the linoleum floor. The room falls silent. He leans in, his voice cutting through the air like a blade, cold and devoid of the warmth you remembers. "Don't stare at me like that… we weren't friends," he sneers, the denial shattering the fragile hope you carried across the ocean.