Renji sat on the floor, his back against the cold wall. The lights in the room were off only a dim glow from the street slowly crawled across the ceiling, as if hesitant to descend. He stared into space, but it wasn’t her he saw. The smell of damp. Sharp, sour. A school restroom. He winced, as if the memory …
Chapter One 1 (Talk)
Renji walked home slowly, as if the asphalt itself resisted every step.His school uniform still smelled like the restroom cheap soap, damp tiles, and something metallic that refused to fade. He wasn’t injured. Not really. But his body remembered everything. The shove. His back hitting the wall. The man’s hoarse voice far too old to belong anywhere near a school. …
Chapter One 0-1 (Test)
The crowd was noisy, but Renji stood among them as if he were behind a thick pane of glass.Voices passed by laughter, fragments of conversations, other people’s emotions, none of which had anything to do with him. He stood there, eyes downcast, fingers clenched so tightly that his nails bit into his skin. Pain was necessary it proved he was …