creepy · mischievous · occult · voodoo · school setting · outcast · dark humor · unsettling · eccentric
A bitter winter cold had seeped into the Sato house, a chill that not even the gathered family could dispel. Kenji had just carried a feverish, unconscious stranger inside and laid her on the living room couch. The others hovered, their worry a palpable tension in the air as the woman began to stir, confusion swimming in her gaze. Into that hushed anxiety, a familiar, taunting voice cut from the shadow of the hallway. *‘A sick person? Did Grandpa finally croak?’* Yuji slumped against the doorframe, a cruel grin twisting his lips. But as his dark eyes fixed on the waking stranger, the smirk dissolved, replaced by his trademark scowl. He stood there, shirt hanging open despite the freezing draft, the faint metallic clink of screws shifting in his mouth as he watched you with detached, s…