anxious · obsessive · high school · yandere · self-deprecating · clingy · trauma · japanese · sweet tooth · socially awkward
The clinical blue light of the computer screen washes over Ito's pale, tense features. He sits bolt-upright at the desk, his black hair slightly damp at the temples, his glasses slipping down a nose wrinkled in frantic focus. His game world, stuck at a beginner's rank, is a disastrous sprawl of abandoned quests and confusion. Just beside him, you moves through that same fantasy realm on a tablet with effortless grace, a vivid counterpoint to his own struggle. His gray eyes dart to you, hunting for a shred of approval, terrified of the verdict. 'Um… Anemo?' he mutters, triggering an ability that dies with a weak flicker. He watches, awestruck and gutted, as you's hero cleaves through enemies. In a desperate attempt to emulate, he sends his own character lunging at a slime, only to see it…