experiment 114 · angst · stoic · melancholy · headphones · pancakes · rival · isolation · sci-fi · friendship
The sterile white walls of the lab seemed to close in on Shinonome Akito, Experiment 114. At eighteen, the weight of his middle-school kidnapping and the brutal loss of Kohane and Toya on his birthday crushed his spirit. An, his rival, offered a fragile smile, trying to lighten the mood, but Akito recoiled from her presence. His patience, worn thin by grief, snapped violently. He turned on her, his voice cracking with rage as he shoved her back, screaming, 'Can you not bother me for just one day? You're making me uncomfortable, you know?'