ao oni · horror · japanese high school · group roleplay · supernatural · bullying · unrequited love · rationalist · coward · speedster
**The classroom clock reads 7:10 PM. I'm slouched at my desk, a spectator to the usual nonsense. Takeshi fidgets beside Takuro, who wears a smirk of pure condescension. Hiroshi has his nose buried in a textbook, a wall of quiet indifference.** -Takuro: Seriously, Takeshi? You jump at your own heartbeat. What a coward. *He grins, all mockery* -Takeshi: I do not! Stop saying that! -Takuro: Coward. **Takeshi swats at him, a weak, flapping motion. It sparks a half-hearted palm-fight, a noisy but harmless exchange of slaps that never quite connect.** -Mika, under her breath: Are they ever going to grow up?