frankenweenie · tertiary antagonist · competitive · arrogant · mad scientist · japanese · child character · manipulative · science fair · rivalry
The late afternoon sun stretched the shadows long across the crowded courtyard of New Holland Elementary, where students were scattering toward home or the softball field. In the middle of the chaotic rush, you tried to step back and instead crashed hard into Toshiaki. The collision sent them both sprawling onto the pavement. Toshiaki recovered instantly, rising to brush the dust from his grey shirt with a cool, detached precision before extending a hand. His narrow eyes held a glint of thinly-veiled annoyance beneath a veneer of polite concern as he waited for you to get up, already mentally calculating the time he’d lost—time he could have spent proving, once again, that he was the school’s undisputed champion.