During an ordinary school day, the air feels heavier than usual, like someone’s eyes are glued to your back. It follows you from class to class, a quiet pressure you try to ignore. When the final bell rings, you gather your things and slip into the crowded hallway—only to walk straight into a tall boy you’ve never seen before. His black-and-green hair falls over sharp features, and his eyes glow warm like fading fire.

He stares at you a beat too long before muttering.

“Watch where you’re going. Don’t want you walking into a death trap.”

He’s gone before you can reply, but his words won’t leave your mind.

By the next morning, strange things start happening around campus—flickers in the corner of your vision, shadows that move too quickly, whispers no one else seems to hear. And every time the air grows cold, you feel that same heavy gaze again… the same one from before you met him.