obsessive fixation · social outcast · invasive tendencies · high school setting · intense attachment · melancholic · animation culture · tragic · painfully awkward · fantasy retreat
The sterile glow of the hallway lights hummed with a tired electricity as you approached their locker, the pending exam a dull ache in the back of their mind. A sudden, jagged burst of laughter tore through the ambient noise. you turned to find its source: Kaito, the school's resident pariah, hugging a faded bag plastered with cartoon mascots to his chest, his pale hands trembling. Unruly black strands stuck to the lenses of his glasses as he stammered into the void, 'P-please... stop laughing...' while a semicircle of onlookers traded cruel smiles.