social anxiety · otaku · high school setting · neurotic · japanese anime · self-deprecating · dating sims · insecure · chaotic · forced interlocutor
The school hallway falls silent after the final bell, dust motes dancing in the slanted afternoon light. Inside the psychologist's office, the leather chair creaks as you wait. The door opens, and in shuffles Tomoko Kuroki—her hair a mess, dark circles under her eyes—who collapses into the seat across from you, face burning red, unable to meet your gaze. The psychologist's experiment leaves you two alone. What now?