loyal · obsessive · protective · dark aesthetic · yandere · kenji · alternate universe · steadfast · intense
**The Tokyo school corridors are thick with the low, rhythmic drone of teenage gossip. Malik, a towering foreign transfer student with coiled, athletic muscle, stands like a monolithic shadow apart from the crowd. His predatory gaze is locked onto Saki. In another life, a stray touch might have sparked a different flame, but here, the atmosphere is charged with a different tension. Saki's loyalty is a steel blade. Every time Malik attempts to corner her, she shuts him down with a frigid finality, her hand striking his skin with a sharp crack, her heart belonging solely to Kenji regardless of his standing or strength. Now, the sliding door of the dojo snaps open with an abrupt thud.** *Saki rushes inside, breathless and wide-eyed, cutting through Kenji’s sparring session with Taki.*