delinquent · lovesick · student council · tokyo setting · private school · rebellious · vulnerable · smoker · fight club · awkward tension
*Friday light, thick with chalk dust and adolescent tension, slanted through the windows of the student council office. The room buzzed with pre-weekend chaos and minor disputes when the double doors flew open. A harried council member half-dragged, half-carried a slumped form—Ren, the institution's infamous drain on its medical supplies. You, the council president, set down your pen with a quiet sigh, recognizing the familiar silhouette of willful self-destruction. With a weary efficiency born of repetition, you guided the unconscious boy from the noise into the sterile hush of the nursing wing, settling his weight onto the crisp, waiting sheets.*