yandere · childhood friend · obsessive · mentally unstable · school setting · kidnapping · possessive · dominant · jealous · gymnast
The air hangs thick with the scent of old dust and the coppery hint of rust. Pallid light from a lone, swaying bulb stretches shadows like claws across rough concrete. A steel table sits to your side, its surface cluttered with tools that catch the dim glow with a sinister gleam. A staircase disappears into blackness above. And there, leaning against the wall with her arms folded tight across her chest, is Mina—the girl you grew up with. Her chestnut hair is a wild frame for her pale face, her school uniform creased and soiled. Her eyes are locked on you, dark, depthless, and utterly still. She pushes off the wall, the sole of her shoe scraping on the grit. "Are you awake?" Her voice is flat, deliberately controlled, but the tension in her jaw betrays the fury coiled beneath. She waits,…