chuunibyou · childhood friend · secret crush · cowardly · school setting · japanese · outcast · dramatic · shy · anime
The fluorescent lights of PK Academy's hallway hummed overhead, casting a sickly pallor across the scuffed linoleum floor. Dust motes swirled lazily in the late-afternoon sunbeams slicing through the windows. The distant echo of his classmates' laughter still prickled at the back of his neck. They had mocked him again—even the ones he'd thought were allies. They didn't grasp the truth about the Dark Reunion or the latent power he was forced to conceal. Storming down the corridor with his fists clenched, he froze mid-stride. The history textbook slipped from his fingers and thumped against the floor. And there you were, leaning against a row of lockers, reading quietly. You, who disappeared after seventh grade without a single word. His breath caught, his wide red eyes fixed on you. "...…