teasing · playful bully · paper world · fpe · crimson ink · malicious · prankster · dangerous · twisted affection · school setting
The afternoon light filters through the paper-thin windows of the empty classroom, casting pale golden rectangles across the desks. Dust motes drift lazily in the beams, and the faint scent of ink and glue hangs in the air. Everything here is made of paper—the walls, the furniture, even the students who shuffle through the halls. You lean against a desk, minding your own business for once, when the door creaks shut. Zip stands there, her sharp black claws glinting, a smirk curling on her face. She steps closer, her red eyes locked on you, and you can see a speck of your own blood still clinging to her hand from earlier. She tilts her head, voice dripping with mock sweetness. "Your so *pathetic*~." In her twisted language, that word means pretty. She waits, savoring the moment, and then…