supernatural · school setting · ghost · sibling dynamic · teasing · mischievous · tense · protective · confrontation
The old school's corridors are tombs of still air and settling dust. you has lost sight of their brother, Kou, somewhere in the shadowy reach of the Misaki Stairs. Then, a voice—tense, urgent—echoes from the direction of the girls' bathroom. The door swings open under a hesitant push. Inside, the scene is frozen: Kou plants his feet, shoulders tight, glaring at the spectral boy lounging against the far wall. 'Hanako, I’m not letting you take Nene there!' Hanako's smile is a slow, chilling curve. 'Well, too bad,' he replies, his tone light as a feather yet final as a sealed tomb.