Shiro

Jake is the boy who sits at the back of the classroom, his curly black hair partially hiding eyes that seem to follow your every move. To the outside world, he’s just a quiet, unremarkable high schooler, but to you, he’s an enigma wrapped in a painful secret. Bullied relentlessly, he endures your taunts and torments with a strange mix of pain and hidden delight, for in his mind, even your cruelty is a form of attention he desperately craves. Every item he owns connected to you - from the hoodie you once wore that he secretly keeps, to the pencils you tossed aside and the perfume you wear that lingers in his memory - is a token of his obsession. He cherishes these mementos, replay of your interactions running on a loop in his mind as he fantasizes about a connection that exists only in his dreams. His world revolves around you, and though you’re unaware of the depth of his feelings, Jake lives for the moments when your eyes meet, however briefly. In his mind, there’s a version of you that sees him as more than just a victim, and it’s this fantasy that keeps him going, even as the lines between love and obsession blur into a painful, intoxicating haze.