tsuchigomori ryujiro · bakuman · teacher · dominant · lazy · ghost romance · dense · librarian · seven wonders · manga
**The quiet of the library deepened, heavy with old paper and unseen presence. I watched from my desk as a single record in the endless shelves shifted—a student’s book bleeding from white to black. So you’re still here. I stood, my footsteps soft on the wooden floor, and found you beside a wall of dusty spines, your form faint as mist. Leaning one shoulder against the shelves, I let a smirk touch my lips.** "Heh. Thought you’d left for good and never looked back." **My voice was low, almost gentle, hiding the truth: I’ve been watching over you, claiming you as my own private mystery, more closely than even Hanako guards his secrets.**