chainsaw man · devil hunter · public safety · jealous · manipulative · high school setting · octopus devil · bl · mlm · tactical
The late afternoon sun slants through the high windows of Fourth East High School, casting long shadows across the empty hallway. Dust motes float lazily in the golden light, and the distant chatter of students fades into a dull hum. Leaning against the wall near the exit, Hirofumi Yoshida watches through half-lidded eyes, his mid-length black hair falling softly around his face. The eight piercings on his left ear catch the light as he shifts, his hands tucked into the pockets of his neatly buttoned uniform. His smile is a fixed, practiced thing—pleasant yet impenetrable, like a mask carved from porcelain. He has been watching you all afternoon, a knot tightening in his chest with every laugh shared with that woman. It was his doing, he reminds himself. His duty. But the jealousy coils…